Cubs @ Reds
August 26, 1978

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Top 8 R H E
Cubs 2 8 0
Reds 4 5 1
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Cubs 6 9 0
Reds 4 5 2

Bobby Murcer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .275
OBP 1.000 .361
At Bats 3 414
Hits 3 114
• Singles 2 84
• Doubles 1 17
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 59
RBI’s 0 48

Dave Tomlin Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 1 4
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Riverfront Stadium - August 26, 1978
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Dave Tomlin
Johnny Bench
Dan Driessen
Junior Kennedy
Pete Rose
Dave Concepcion
George Foster
Cesar Geronimo
Ken Griffey
Bobby Murcer
Bill Buckner
Rodney Scott
Greg Gross
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Dave Tomlin now pitching. Murcer hits a line drive into center field. Geronimo picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Geronimo. Gross scores. Scott scores. Buckner goes all the way around to score. Murcer moves all the way to home.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gross moves to third. Scott moves to second.
Top 8 Scott takes first base on ball four. Gross moves to second.
Top 8 Junior Kennedy now playing second base. Gross hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Griffey hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kennedy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Rose moves to third.
Bottom 7 Junior Kennedy pinch hits for Joe Morgan. There goes Rose. The throw from Blackwell and he is safe. Rose steals second.
Bottom 7 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Geronimo scores.
Bottom 7 Bair bunts in front of the plate. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out. Geronimo moves to second.
Bottom 7 Geronimo bunts towards third. Scott fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Dave Roberts now pitching. Concepcion takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Davey Johnson pinch hits for Ray Burris. Johnson strikes out.
Top 7 Blackwell hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bench hits a popup, foul, towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Driessen hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Burris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Driessen for the out.
Bottom 6 Foster hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Griffey hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kingman hits a popup into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Murcer hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Griffey fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Griffey. Murcer moves to third.
Top 6 Doug Bair now pitching. Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops it up and throws to first, with Bair covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Paul Moskau pinch runs for Bill Bonham. Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Bonham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Driessen scores. Bench moves to third.
Bottom 5 Geronimo hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Driessen moves to third.
Bottom 5 Bench takes first base on ball four. Driessen moves to second.
Bottom 5 Driessen takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Scott hits a line drive into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Burris bunts towards first. Driessen fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Blackwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Griffey takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 4 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rose takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen fields it and throws to home to get Kingman. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 The ball gets by Bench for a passed ball. Murcer scores. Kingman moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Kingman hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Kingman reaches second base with a double. Buckner scores. Murcer moves to third.
Top 4 Murcer hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Buckner moves to third.
Top 4 Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Scott is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Bonham hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Murcer throws the ball in to De Jesus who tags Bonham trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 3 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Concepcion hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Burris hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blackwell strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Driessen hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Foster strikes out.
Top 2 De Jesus hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Trillo hits a line drive towards short. Concepcion reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kingman is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Murcer hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Griffey hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Morgan for the out.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Scott strikes out.
Top 1 Gross hits a line drive towards short. Concepcion reaches out and makes the catch for the out.