Reds @ Cubs
August 17, 1978

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

Dan Driessen Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .277
OBP .333 .363
At Bats 3 404
Hits 1 112
• Singles 1 75
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 15
Walks 0 55
RBI’s 0 63

Rick Reuschel Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 10 0
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Wrigley Field - August 17, 1978
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Out
Rick Reuschel
Tim Blackwell
Bill Buckner
Manny Trillo
Mick Kelleher
Ivan De Jesus
Greg Gross
Jerry White
Bobby Murcer
Dan Driessen

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 0 4 2 5
Chicago Cubs 2 6 1 7
Winning Pitcher Rick Reuschel
Losing Pitcher Tom Seaver
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Dave Kingman
Attendance 36,814
Time of Game 2 hours 5 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Foster strikes out.
Top 9 Greg Gross now playing left field. Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kelleher is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Tom Hume now pitching. Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops it up and throws to first, with Hume covering, for the out.
Top 8 Griffey strikes out.
Top 8 Rose hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Rose reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Dave Collins pinch hits for Tom Seaver. Collins hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Reuschel scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Collins for the out.
Top 8 Lum strikes out.
Bottom 7 Buckner hits a fly ball into center field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 White hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Reuschel moves to third.
Bottom 7 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reuschel moves to second.
Bottom 7 Reuschel bunts towards third. Rose fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Blackwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Concepcion strikes out.
Top 7 Bench strikes out.
Top 7 Driessen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Mick Kelleher now playing third base. Foster hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Trillo. The throw from Bench and he is out, Concepcion applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Trillo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Griffey strikes out.
Top 6 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murcer for the out.
Bottom 5 Buckner is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Seaver hits a popup towards short. De Jesus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lum hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Trillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Reuschel hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Seaver juggles the ball. That's an error on Seaver. Johnson scores. Trillo moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Trillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Morgan strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kingman hits a popup, foul, towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 White hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Seaver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lum hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 De Jesus strikes out.
Bottom 2 Reuschel takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to third. Blackwell moves to second.
Bottom 2 Blackwell takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Trillo hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose juggles the ball. That's an error on Rose.
Bottom 2 Kingman hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Murcer hits a line drive into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bench hits a popup, foul, towards third. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 The umpire calls a balk on Reuschel Driessen moves to second.
Top 2 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo misplays the ball. That's an error on Trillo.
Top 2 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a line drive into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 White hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 De Jesus 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 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.