Expos @ Cubs
September 5, 1978

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Expos 10 13 4
Cubs 8 12 3
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Expos 10 13 4
Cubs 8 12 3

Bill Buckner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .316
OBP .000 .338
At Bats 0 367
Hits 0 116
• Singles 0 89
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 58

Mike Garman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 6 10
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Wrigley Field - September 5, 1978
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Mike Garman
Gary Carter
Tony Perez
Pepe Frias
Larry Parrish
Chris Speier
Warren Cromartie
Andre Dawson
Sam Mejias
Bill Buckner
Greg Gross
Mike Vail
Jerry White

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Montreal Expos 10 13 4 5
Chicago Cubs 8 12 3 11
Winning Pitcher Wayne Twitchell
Losing Pitcher Bruce Sutter
Save Mike Garman
Game Winning RBI Dave Cash
Attendance 7,579
Time of Game 3 hours 20 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bill Buckner pinch hits for Guillermo Hernandez. Mike Garman now pitching. Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Greg Gross pinch hits for Mike Sember. Gross takes first base on ball four. White moves to third. Vail moves to second.
Bottom 9 Mike Vail pinch hits for Dave Rader. Stan Bahnsen now pitching. Vail hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White moves to second.
Bottom 9 White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Clines hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Trillo hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Cromartie bunts towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Ed Putman now playing third base. Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Perez hits a line drive into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kingman strikes out.
Bottom 8 Biittner hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Darold Knowles now pitching. Pepe Frias now playing second base. Ed Putman pinch hits for Rudy Meoli. Putman is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Dawson strikes out.
Top 8 Mejias hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cash scores.
Top 8 Cash hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of White. Cash reaches second base with a double. Speier scores.
Top 8 Tom Hutton pinch hits for Wayne Twitchell. Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hutton for the out. Speier moves to second.
Top 8 Bruce Sutter now pitching. Speier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carter scores. There goes Parrish trying to get to third. Kingman throws the ball in to Meoli, who tags Parrish for the out.
Top 8 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo misplays the ball. That's an error on Trillo. Carter moves to third.
Top 8 Manny Seoane now pitching. Carter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Carter reaches second base with a double. Cromartie scores.
Top 8 Rudy Meoli now playing third base. Mike Sember now playing shortstop. Cromartie hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clines. Cromartie reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards second. Cash scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 7 Sember hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Sam Mejias now playing right field. Rader hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sember fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dawson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Trillo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sam Mejias pinch hits for Del Unser. Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sember fields it and throws to first for the out. Cash moves to second.
Top 7 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Scott.
Bottom 6 White strikes out.
Bottom 6 Clines hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Twitchell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Trillo hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Cash reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Twitchell strikes out.
Top 6 Speier strikes out.
Top 6 Parrish hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Carter hits a line drive into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dave Roberts now pitching. Dave Rader now catching. Mike Sember now playing third base. Rodney Scott now playing shortstop. Cromartie takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez juggles the ball. That's an error on Perez. Rader scores. Thompson scores. Scott moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 5 Scott takes first base on ball four. White scores. Rader moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bobby Murcer pinch hits for Mick Kelleher. Murcer hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Scot Thompson pinch hits for Lynn McGlothen. Wayne Twitchell now pitching. Thompson takes first base on ball four. White moves to third. Rader moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dave Rader pinch hits for Larry Cox. Rader hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White moves to second.
Bottom 5 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Trillo scores.
Bottom 5 Clines bunts towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Cash covering, for the out. Trillo moves to third.
Bottom 5 Trillo hits a line drive into right field. Unser picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Unser. Trillo moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bill Atkinson now pitching. Kingman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Dawson takes first base on ball four. Unser moves to second.
Top 5 Unser takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Lynn McGlothen now pitching. Cash hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cash for the out.
Top 5 Ellis Valentine pinch hits for Randy Miller. Valentine hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Speier hits a popup, foul, towards first. Biittner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Parrish hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Carter scores.
Top 5 Carter hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Carter reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Scott strikes out.
Bottom 4 Kelleher bunts towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out. Moore moves to second.
Bottom 4 Moore takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Cromartie 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 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out. Dawson scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 There goes Dawson. The throw from Cox and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 4 Dawson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier misplays the ball. That's an error on Speier. White moves to second.
Bottom 3 White is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Clines hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Trillo strikes out.
Bottom 3 Randy Miller now pitching. Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Speier. Kingman moves to second.
Top 3 Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Clines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ed Herrmann pinch hits for Gerry Pirtle. Herrmann hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mick Kelleher now playing shortstop. Speier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Biittner hits a fly ball into right field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Scott takes first base on ball four. De Jesus moves to second.
Bottom 2 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields it and throws to second for the out. Cox moves to third.
Bottom 2 Gerry Pirtle now pitching. Moore hits a ball on the ground for an out. Clines scores. Cox moves to second.
Bottom 2 Cox hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Clines moves to third. White moves to second.
Bottom 2 White hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Clines moves to second.
Bottom 2 Clines hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Trillo scores.
Bottom 2 Trillo hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Cromartie. Trillo reaches second base with a double. Kingman goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Kingman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Carter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cromartie hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 2 Perez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Biittner strikes out.
Bottom 1 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Parrish fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Dawson hits a fly ball into right field. Clines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Unser 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 Cash hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.