Chicago Cubs 4 – 3 Pittsburgh Pirates
9 April 1978 · PIT07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Dave Kingman | 1 in 107 games |
| 13 | final score 4–3 | 1 in 18 games | |
| 12 | 4 hits | Manny Trillo | 1 in 138 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Box score
Chicago Cubs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan De Jesus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gene Clines | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Buckner | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Dave Kingman | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | HR |
| Bobby Murcer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Steve Ontiveros | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Manny Trillo | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Rader | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Woodie Fryman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Biittner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Sutter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 39 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
Chicago Cubs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodie Fryman | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Donnie Moore | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Sutter | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Taveras | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Phil Garner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dave Parker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Robinson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Manny Sanguillen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Ott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rennie Stennett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fernando Gonzalez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Fregosi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Kison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Stargell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Steve Brye | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Omar Moreno | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jerry Reuss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Milner | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 30 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Reuss | 5.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Bruce Kison | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Grant Jackson | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |