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Cardinals
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
September 16, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on September 16, 1978 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
Date | September 16, 1978 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 16, 1978 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | John Denny |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dennis Lamp |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 18,738 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 19 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Lee Weyer 1B: Dutch Rennert 2B: Harry Wendelstedt 3B: Ed Montague |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Garry Templeton | Shortstop |
Dane Iorg | Right Fielder |
George Hendrick | Center Fielder |
Ted Simmons | Left Fielder |
Keith Hernandez | First Baseman |
Ken Reitz | Third Baseman |
Terry Kennedy | Catcher |
Mike Phillips | Second Baseman |
John Denny | Pitcher |
Ken Boyer | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Greg Gross | Center Fielder |
Rodney Scott | Third Baseman |
Bill Buckner | First Baseman |
Bobby Murcer | Right Fielder |
Dave Kingman | Left Fielder |
Manny Trillo | Second Baseman |
Ivan De Jesus | Shortstop |
Tim Blackwell | Catcher |
Dennis Lamp | Pitcher |
Herman Franks | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
September 16, 1978
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Templeton vs. Lamp
Templeton bunts towards the mound. Lamp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Iorg vs. Lamp
Iorg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gross throws the ball in to Trillo who tags Iorg trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Lamp
Hendrickhits a dribbler in front of the plate. Blackwell interferes with Hendrick who is awarded first base. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Lamp
Simmons hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hendrick moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Hernandez vs. Lamp
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Denny
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Denny
Scott bunts towards the mound. Denny fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Denny
Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Denny fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Lamp
Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Lamp
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Lamp
Phillips hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Denny vs. Lamp
Denny hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Denny
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murcer for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Denny
Kingman is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Denny
Trillo hits a line drive into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
De Jesus vs. Denny
De Jesus takes first base on ball four. Kingman moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Blackwell vs. Denny
Blackwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kingman scores. De Jesus moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Lamp vs. Denny
Lamp strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Templeton vs. Lamp
Templeton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Iorg vs. Lamp
There goes Templeton. The throw from Blackwell and he is safe. Templeton steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Iorg vs. Lamp
Iorg hits a line drive into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Hendrick vs. Lamp
Hendrick hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Simmons vs. Lamp
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Denny
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Denny
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Denny
Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Denny fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Lamp
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Lamp covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Lamp
Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Lamp
Kennedy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Lamp
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Denny
Murcer hits a line drive into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Denny
Kingman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Denny
Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz throws to second for one, and Phillips throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Trillo moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
De Jesus vs. Denny
De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Denny vs. Lamp
Denny hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Templeton vs. Lamp
Templeton hits a popup into center field, out of the reach of Gross. Templeton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Iorg vs. Lamp
Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Templeton moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hendrick vs. Lamp
Hendrick hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Trillo catches it and throws to first to double up Iorg. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Blackwell vs. Denny
Blackwell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lamp vs. Denny
Lamp hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Denny
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gross for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Lamp
Simmons hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Lamp
Hernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Simmons moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Reitz vs. Lamp
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Reitz vs. Lamp
Reitz strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Kennedy vs. Lamp
Kennedy is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Phillips vs. Lamp
Phillips hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Simmons scores. Hernandez scores. Kennedy moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Denny vs. Lamp
Denny bunts, foul, towards third. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Templeton vs. Lamp
Templeton hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Denny
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Denny
Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Denny
Murcer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Denny
Kingman hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Iorg vs. Lamp
Iorg hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Hendrick vs. Lamp
Hendrick takes first base on ball four. Iorg moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Simmons vs. Lamp
Simmons hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Blackwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hernandez vs. Lamp
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Lamp covering, for the out. Iorg moves to third. Hendrick moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Reitz vs. Lamp
Reitz hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Denny
Trillo strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Denny
De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Blackwell vs. Denny
Blackwell hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Phillips reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Lamp
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Lamp
Phillips hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gross. Phillips reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Denny vs. Lamp
Denny hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Phillips moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Templeton vs. Lamp
Templeton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Templeton reaches second base with a double. Phillips scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Morales vs. Hernandez
Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Dave Rader now catching. Jerry Morales pinch hits for Dane Iorg.
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Denny
Jerry Morales now playing right field. Ted Simmons now catching. Jerry Mumphrey now playing left field.
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Denny
Gross hits a fly ball into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Biittner vs. Denny
Larry Biittner pinch hits for Rodney Scott.
Biittner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Buckner vs. Denny
Mick Kelleher pinch runs for Larry Biittner.
Buckner hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Kelleher moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Murcer vs. Schultz
Rudy Meoli pinch runs for Bill Buckner. Buddy Schultz now pitching.
Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Hernandez
Mick Kelleher now playing third base. Ed Putman now playing first base.
Hendrick hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Hernandez
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Hernandez
Hernandez strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Hernandez
Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelleher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Littell
Mark Littell now pitching.
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Littell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Littell
Trillo hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Littell
De Jesus hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/16/1978 -- St.Louis at Chicago (D) St.Louis AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Templeton G, ss 5 0 3 1 Gross G, cf 4 0 0 0 Iorg D, rf 4 0 3 0 Scott R, 3b 3 0 0 0 Morales J, ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Biittner L, ph 1 0 1 0 Hendrick G, cf 3 1 1 1 Kelleher M, pr-3b 0 0 0 0 Simmons T, lf-c 5 1 2 0 Buckner B, 1b 4 0 1 0 Hernandez K, 1b 5 1 1 0 Meoli R, pr 0 0 0 0 Reitz K, 3b 5 0 0 0 Putman E, 1b 0 0 0 0 Kennedy T, c 2 0 0 0 Murcer B, rf 3 0 0 0 Mumphrey J, lf 0 0 0 0 Kingman D, lf 3 1 1 0 Phillips M, 2b 4 1 3 2 Trillo M, 2b 4 0 0 0 Denny J, p 4 0 0 0 De Jesus I, ss 3 0 0 0 Schultz B, p 0 0 0 0 Blackwell T, c 3 0 1 1 Littell M, p 0 0 0 0 Hernandez G, p 0 0 0 0 Lamp D, p 2 0 0 0 Rader D, c 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 4 13 4 31 1 4 1 St.Louis 000 002 011 -- 4 Chicago 010 000 000 -- 1 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Denny J (W) 7.2 4 1 1 2 2 Schultz B 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Littell M (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Lamp D (L) 7.2 12 3 3 3 1 Hernandez G 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 E -- Blackwell T, Phillips M DP -- Chicago 1 LOB -- St.Louis 11, Chicago 6 2B -- Templeton G 2, Phillips M HR -- Hendrick G SB -- Templeton G, Hernandez K, Simmons T HBP -- by Denny J (Kingman D) T -- 2:19 A -- 18738
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