Regaining sole possession of first place in the Western division, the Giants swept a doubleheader from the Cubs, 4-2 and 1-0. Wild pitches by Cub starter Rick Reuschel helped the Giants in the opener. In the third inning, Bill Madlock doubled, went to third on an infield out and scored on a wild pitch. A double by Darrell Evans and single by Mike Ivie put the Giants ahead, 2-1, in the fourth and the winning run came in the sixth on a walk to Evans, an infield out, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly by Jim Dwyer.

The only run of the second game came in the fourth inning on consecutive singles by Jack Clark, Ivie and Hector Cruz. Vida Blue picked up his 15th victory, tops in the league. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 4, Chicago Cubs 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, July 30, 1978 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Cubs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 7 2 Giants 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x - 4 6 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Madlock 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .307 Gross cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .311 Clines ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .263 Clark rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .312 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Evans 3b 3 3 2 0 1 0 .257 Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .323 Ivie 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .316 Murcer rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .277 Dwyer cf 0 0 0 1 1 0 .223 Biittner lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Herndon cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Metzger ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .268 Scott 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .293 Tamargo c 1 0 0 0 3 0 .286 Kingman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Barr p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .161 Rader c 3 1 2 0 0 0 .211 Lavelle p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .071 R. Reuschel p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Vail ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .330 White pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Totals 32 2 7 2 1 1 Totals 27 4 6 3 6 1 Time of Game: 2:05 Left on Base: Cubs 5, Giants 8 DP: Cubs 0, Giants 0 Errors: Buckner, Rader Doubles: Gross (7), Madlock (18), Evans (19) Stolen Bases: Metzger (5) Sacrifice Hits: De Jesus (7), Dwyer (2), Ivie (2) Sacrifice Flies: Dwyer (4) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA R. Reuschel L(9-9) 7 4 3 3 5 1 0 30 2.72 Moore 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 4.06 Totals 8 6 4 4 6 1 0 36 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barr W(6-8) 7.1 6 2 2 1 0 0 28 3.21 Lavelle 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 3.26 Moffitt SV(8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.29 Totals 9 7 2 2 1 1 0 34 Wild Pitches: R. Reuschel 3 (7) Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Eric Gregg, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (third to first); Gross doubled to center; Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gross to third]; Murcer singled to center [Gross scored]; Biittner grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Whitfield grounded out (second to first); Clark walked; Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 0. CUBS 2ND: Trillo lined to left; On a bunt Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); Rader singled to left; R. Reuschel grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Dwyer walked; Metzger flied out to right; Tamargo popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 0. CUBS 3RD: De Jesus flied out to right; Gross grounded out (second to first); Buckner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Barr struck out; Madlock doubled to center; Whitfield grounded out (first to pitcher) [Madlock to third]; R. Reuschel threw a wild pitch [Madlock scored]; Clark lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 1. CUBS 4TH: Murcer lined to right; Biittner flied out to right; Trillo lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 4TH: Evans doubled to right; Ivie singled to center [Evans scored, Ivie to second (on throw to home)]; Dwyer out on a sacrifice bunt (second to first) [Ivie to third]; Metzger lined to shortstop; Tamargo was walked intentionally; Barr lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 2. CUBS 5TH: Scott walked; Scott was picked off first (pitcher to first); Rader grounded out (first unassisted); R. Reuschel flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 2. GIANTS 5TH: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Whitfield lined to center; Clark grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 2. CUBS 6TH: De Jesus singled to left; Gross grounded out (first unassisted) [De Jesus to second]; Buckner popped to catcher in foul territory; Murcer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 2. GIANTS 6TH: Evans walked; Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first) [Evans to second]; R. Reuschel threw a wild pitch [Evans to third]; Dwyer hit a sacrifice fly to right [Evans scored]; Metzger singled to second; R. Reuschel threw a wild pitch [Metzger to second]; Tamargo was walked intentionally; Barr grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 3. CUBS 7TH: HERNDON REPLACED DWYER (PLAYING CF); Biittner flied out to left; Trillo popped to first in foul territory; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 3. GIANTS 7TH: Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitfield lined to center; Clark popped to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 3. CUBS 8TH: Rader singled to center; VAIL BATTED FOR R. REUSCHEL; Vail singled to left [Rader to second]; WHITE RAN FOR VAIL; De Jesus out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Rader to third, White to second]; LAVELLE REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); CLINES BATTED FOR GROSS; Clines grounded out (second to first) [Rader scored, White to third]; Buckner grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Giants 3. GIANTS 8TH: WHITE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MOORE REPLACED CLINES (PITCHING); Evans singled to right; Ivie out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Evans to second]; Herndon popped to first in foul territory [Evans to third (error by Buckner)]; Metzger singled to right [Evans scored]; Metzger stole second [Metzger to third (error by Rader)]; Tamargo was walked intentionally; Lavelle grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 2, Giants 4. CUBS 9TH: Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); Biittner was called out on strikes; Trillo singled to right; KINGMAN BATTED FOR SCOTT; MOFFITT REPLACED LAVELLE (PITCHING); Kingman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Giants 4.

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