George Foster and Johnny Bench hit back-to-back homers in the first inning and consecutive doubles in the ninth, driving in four runs between them. to power the Reds to an 8-3 victory over the Cubs. Dave Concepcion singled in the first before Foster and Bench smashed their homers to give the Reds a 3-0 lead.

The Cubs came back with homers by Dave Kingman and Manny Trillo in the second and an unearned run in the fourth to tie the score, but the Reds broke away with two tainted tallies in the sixth and iced their victory with three runs in the ninth on doubles by Foster and Bench, a single by Tom Hume and a double by Pete Rose. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 8, Chicago Cubs 3

Game Played on Friday, August 18, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Reds 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 - 8 14 1 Cubs 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 1 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose 3b 5 0 3 1 1 0 .313 De Jesus ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .265 Morgan 2b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .248 White cf 3 0 1 0 1 2 .237 Concepcion ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 .306 Buckner 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .302 Foster lf 5 2 2 2 0 1 .291 Murcer rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .278 Bench 1b,c 4 2 2 2 1 0 .261 Kingman lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .241 Henderson cf 3 0 0 0 1 3 .193 Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .211 Geronimo cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 .230 Trillo 2b 3 2 1 1 1 1 .262 Griffey rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .287 Blackwell c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .205 Correll c 2 1 1 0 0 1 .244 Rader ph,c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .204 Driessen ph,1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 .276 Roberts p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Norman p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .156 McGlothen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Borbon p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Gross ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Collins ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Hume p 2 0 1 1 0 1 .026 Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Biittner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Totals 39 8 14 8 5 10 Totals 31 3 7 2 4 9 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 33,416 Left on Base: Reds 12, Cubs 6 DP: Reds 1, Cubs 0 Errors: Bench, Johnson Doubles: Foster (23), Bench (11), Rose (40), Buckner (17) Home Runs: Foster (27), Bench (18), Kingman (21), Trillo (3) Caught Stealing: De Jesus (8) Sacrifice Hits: Correll (2), Collins (1), Blackwell (2) Sacrifice Flies: Morgan (11) GIDP: Buckner (7) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Norman 2.1 4 2 2 2 3 2 13 3.67 Borbon W(6-2) 2.2 1 1 0 2 1 0 9 4.34 Hume SV(1) 4 2 0 0 0 5 0 14 4.83 Totals 9 7 3 2 4 9 2 36 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Roberts L(5-8) 5.2 8 5 3 3 6 2 29 5.09 McGlothen 1.1 2 0 0 1 2 0 7 3.72 Moore 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 5 3.77 Hernandez 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 6 4.17 Totals 9 14 8 6 5 10 2 47 Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Jerry Crawford REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Morgan grounded out (second to first); Concepcion singled to right; Foster homered [Concepcion scored]; Bench homered; Henderson walked; Griffey lined to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: De Jesus flied out to center; White was called out on strikes; Buckner doubled to right; Murcer lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Cubs 0. REDS 2ND: On a bunt Correll singled to third; On a bunt Norman struck out; Rose singled to left [Correll to third]; Morgan flied out to right [Rose to second]; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 3, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Kingman homered; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Trillo homered; Blackwell struck out; Roberts struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Cubs 2. REDS 3RD: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench walked; Henderson struck out; Griffey forced Bench (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Cubs 2. CUBS 3RD: De Jesus lined to right; White walked; Buckner singled to right [White to third]; Murcer walked [Buckner to second]; BORBON REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Kingman struck out; Johnson forced Murcer (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Reds 3, Cubs 2. REDS 4TH: Correll struck out; Borbon struck out; Rose singled to shortstop; Morgan singled to right [Rose to second]; Concepcion forced Rose (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 3, Cubs 2. CUBS 4TH: Trillo walked; Blackwell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Trillo to second]; Roberts grounded out (second to first) [Trillo scored (error by Bench) (unearned) (no RBI)]; De Jesus walked; De Jesus was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Cubs 3. REDS 5TH: Foster struck out; Bench lined to second; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Cubs 3. CUBS 5TH: White singled to left; Buckner grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [White out at second]; Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Cubs 3. REDS 6TH: Griffey singled to center; Correll reached on an error by Johnson on a sacrifice bunt [Griffey to second, Correll to first]; COLLINS BATTED FOR BORBON; Collins out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Griffey to third, Correll to second]; Rose was walked intentionally; Morgan lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Griffey scored (unearned), Correll to third]; MCGLOTHEN REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Concepcion singled to center [Correll scored (unearned), Rose to third]; Foster flied out to center; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Reds 5, Cubs 3. CUBS 6TH: HUME REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Kingman grounded out (third to first); Johnson was called out on strikes; Trillo was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Cubs 3. REDS 7TH: Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson was called out on strikes; On a bunt Griffey singled to third; DRIESSEN BATTED FOR CORRELL; Driessen walked [Griffey to second]; Hume struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 5, Cubs 3. CUBS 7TH: DRIESSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BENCH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); GERONIMO REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING CF); RADER BATTED FOR BLACKWELL; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); GROSS BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN; Gross struck out; De Jesus popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Cubs 3. REDS 8TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MOORE REPLACED GROSS (PITCHING); Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan flied out to center; Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Cubs 3. CUBS 8TH: White struck out; Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer singled to right; Kingman popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Cubs 3. REDS 9TH: Foster doubled to right; Bench doubled to left [Foster scored]; HERNANDEZ REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Geronimo walked; Griffey lined to center; Driessen was called out on strikes; Hume singled to center [Bench scored, Geronimo to third]; Rose doubled to center [Geronimo scored, Hume to third]; Morgan struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 8, Cubs 3. CUBS 9TH: Johnson was called out on strikes; Trillo flied out to center; Rader singled to first; BIITTNER BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Biittner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 8, Cubs 3.

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