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Cubs
@ Padres
San Diego Stadium
May 9, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs, played on May 9, 1978 at San Diego Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 9, 1978 |
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Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Home Team |
San Diego Padres
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 9, 1978 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
Home Team | San Diego Padres |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Woodie Fryman |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Shirley |
Ballpark | San Diego Stadium |
City | San Diego |
State | CA |
Attendance | 15,643 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
Umpires | HP: John Kibler 1B: Nick Colosi 2B: Satch Davidson 3B: Joe West |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ivan De Jesus | Shortstop |
Steve Ontiveros | Third Baseman |
Bill Buckner | First Baseman |
Dave Kingman | Left Fielder |
Manny Trillo | Second Baseman |
Bobby Murcer | Right Fielder |
Hector Cruz | Center Fielder |
Larry Cox | Catcher |
Woodie Fryman | Pitcher |
Herman Franks | Manager |
San Diego Padres Lineup
Name | Position |
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Gene Richards | First Baseman |
Ozzie Smith | Shortstop |
Oscar Gamble | Left Fielder |
Dave Winfield | Center Fielder |
George Hendrick | Right Fielder |
Derrel Thomas | Second Baseman |
Gene Tenace | Catcher |
Bill Almon | Third Baseman |
Bob Shirley | Pitcher |
Roger Craig | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cubs
@ Padres
San Diego Stadium
May 9, 1978
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Shirley
De Jesus hits a fly ball into center field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Shirley
Ontiveros hits a popup into center field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Shirley
Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Richards vs. Fryman
Richards hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Fryman
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. Fryman
Gamble hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Shirley
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Shirley
Trillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Shirley
Shirley fires to first and picks off Trillo. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Shirley
Murcer is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Winfield vs. Fryman
Winfield takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hendrick vs. Fryman
There goes Winfield. The throw from Cox and he is out, De Jesus applying the tag. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Fryman
Hendrick hits a popup towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Fryman
Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Shirley
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Shirley
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Shirley
Fryman bunts towards the mound. Shirley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Fryman
Tenace takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Almon vs. Fryman
Almon hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Tenace moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Shirley vs. Fryman
Shirley bunts towards the mound. Fryman fields it and throws to third for the out. Almon moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Richards vs. Fryman
Richards takes first base on ball four. Almon moves to third. Shirley moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Smith vs. Fryman
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 123
Gamble vs. Fryman
Gamble hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Shirley
De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Shirley
Ontiveros takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buckner vs. Shirley
Buckner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Shirley
Kingman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Winfield vs. Fryman
Winfield hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Hendrick vs. Fryman
Hendrick hits a line drive into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Fryman
Thomas bunts towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out. Winfield moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Tenace vs. Fryman
Tenace hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Shirley
Trillo strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Shirley
Murcer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Shirley
Cruz hits a popup towards first. Richards settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Shirley
Cox hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Shirley
Fryman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gamble. Fryman reaches second base with a double. Gamble throws the ball in to Almon who tags Fryman trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 2 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Fryman
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shirley vs. Fryman
Shirley bunts towards the mound. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. Almon moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Richards vs. Fryman
Richards hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Almon scores. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Fryman
There goes Richards. The throw from Cox and he is out, De Jesus applying the tag. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Fryman
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Shirley
De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Richards scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats De Jesus for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Shirley
Ontiveros hits a line drive towards third. Almon reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Shirley
Buckner hits a line drive into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. Fryman
Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Winfield vs. Fryman
Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Fryman
Hendrick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Fryman
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Shirley
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Almon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Shirley
Trillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Shirley
Murcer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Winfield. Murcer reaches second base with a double. Trillo goes all the way around to score. Murcer moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Gross vs. Lee
Mark Lee now pitching. Greg Gross pinch hits for Hector Cruz.
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murcer tags and scores. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Lee
Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 4 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Fryman
Greg Gross now playing left field. Joe Wallis now playing center field.
Tenace hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Sutter
Bruce Sutter now pitching. Dave Rader now catching.
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Sweet vs. Sutter
Rick Sweet pinch hits for Mark Lee.
Sweet hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Sutter covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Richards vs. Sutter
Richards hits a line drive into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 4 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Spillner
Dan Spillner now pitching.
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Almon fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Almon. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
De Jesus vs. Spillner
De Jesus bunts towards the mound. Spillner fields it and throws to first for the out. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ontiveros vs. Spillner
Ontiveros hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rader scores. Ontiveros moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Buckner vs. Spillner
Buckner is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Wallis vs. Spillner
Wallis hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Hendrick who is chasing the ball. Wallis reaches third base with a triple. Ontiveros scores. Buckner goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Trillo vs. Freisleben
Dave Freisleben now pitching.
Trillo hits a fly ball into center field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wallis tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Freisleben
Murcer strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 8 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Sutter
Smith 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 -
Cubs, 8 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. Sutter
Gamble hits a line drive into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Winfield vs. Sutter
Winfield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Hendrick vs. Sutter
Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 8 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Freisleben
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Meoli vs. Freisleben
Rudy Meoli pinch hits for Bruce Sutter.
Meoli is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Freisleben
Rader hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
De Jesus vs. Freisleben
De Jesus hits a line drive into left field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Ontiveros vs. Freisleben
Ontiveros strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 8 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Moore
Donnie Moore now pitching.
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Moore drops the ball. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Tenace vs. Moore
Tenace hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Padres, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Moore
Almon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Almon reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Padres, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Turner vs. Hernandez
Jerry Turner pinch hits for Dave Freisleben. Guillermo Hernandez now pitching.
Turner strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Padres, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Richards vs. Hernandez
Richards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Almon moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Padres, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Hernandez
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Almon scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Padres, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gamble vs. Hernandez
Gamble hits a fly ball into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/9/1978 -- Chicago at San Diego (N) Chicago AB R H RBI San Diego AB R H RBI De Jesus I, ss 4 0 0 0 Richards G, 1b 4 0 1 1 Ontiveros S, 3b 4 1 1 1 Smith O, ss 5 0 1 1 Buckner B, 1b 3 1 0 0 Gamble O, lf 5 0 1 0 Kingman D, lf 3 0 0 0 Winfield D, cf 3 0 2 0 Wallis J, cf 1 1 1 2 Hendrick G, rf 3 0 0 0 Trillo M, 2b 3 1 2 1 Thomas D, 2b 3 1 0 0 Murcer B, rf 4 2 2 1 Tenace G, c 3 2 2 3 Cruz H, cf 2 0 0 0 Almon B, 3b 4 2 3 0 Gross G, ph-lf 0 0 0 1 Shirley B, p 1 0 0 0 Cox L, c 3 1 1 2 Lee M, p 0 0 0 0 Sutter B, p 0 0 0 0 Sweet R, ph 1 0 0 0 Meoli R, ph 1 0 0 0 Spillner D, p 0 0 0 0 Moore D, p 0 0 0 0 Freisleben D, p 0 0 0 0 Hernandez G, p 0 0 0 0 Turner J, ph 1 0 0 0 Fryman W, p 2 0 1 0 Rader D, c 2 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 8 9 8 33 5 10 5 Chicago 000 020 240 -- 8 San Diego 000 010 103 -- 5 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Fryman W (W)* 6.0 6 2 2 4 0 Sutter B 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 Moore D+ 0.0 2 3 1 0 0 Hernandez G 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 San Diego IP H R ER BB SO Shirley B (L) 6.1 6 4 4 1 5 Lee M 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 Spillner D 0.1 2 4 2 1 0 Freisleben D 1.2 1 0 0 1 3 * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th + Pitched to 3 batters in 9th E -- Almon B, Moore D DP -- Chicago 1 LOB -- Chicago 3, San Diego 7 2B -- Fryman W, Murcer B, Almon B 3B -- Wallis J HR -- Cox L, Tenace G 2 CS -- Winfield D, Richards G SH -- Thomas D, Shirley B, De Jesus I SF -- Gross G, Trillo M T -- 2:35 A -- 15643
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