May 3, 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs Play by Play and Box Score

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TEX 2
@BAL 1 BOS 11
MIN 9 DET 7
@CAL 4 MIL 4
CHW 0 NYY 6
KCR 5 OAK 11
TOR 3 CLE 10
@SEA 5 LAD 9
@CHC 5 CIN 12
PHI 3 MON 10
HOU 3 SDP 7
@PIT 5 SFG 4
@STL 0

Standings at end of play this day

Wrigley Field, Attendance: 9,252

Wednesday, May 3, 1978
Time of Game: 3:03

Dodgers

14-8

Won 1

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Dodgers         0  1  0   0  1  3   1  1  2    9 15  0
Cubs            0  2  0   0  2  0   0  1  0    5 14  3

W: D Rau (4-0), L: R Burris (2-1), S: T Forster (3)

Cubs

12-10

Lost 1

3rd, 1 GB

BATTING

Los Angeles Dodgers          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Lopes 2B                    3   1   0   0    2   0  .310  .918    0    0   2   SB,SH
B Russell SS                  5   2   2   0    1   0  .255  .638    0    1   5   3B
R Smith RF                    6   2   4   3    0   1  .310  .905    7    4   2   3B,2B
R Cey 3B                      3   1   2   1    1   0  .329  .861   14    3   1   HBP
  T Martinez PR-3B            0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .250    0    0   0   SH
S Garvey 1B                   4   0   0   2    1   0  .312  .816    0    8   2   SF
D Baker LF                    6   0   1   0    0   0  .318  .784    0    4   0   SB
R Monday CF                   4   2   3   2    1   0  .378 1.283    0    2   0   HR,2B,IW
S Yeager C                    4   0   1   0    1   0  .217  .541    0    4   1   IW
D Rau P                       2   0   0   0    0   1  .154  .308    4    0   1   SH
  C Hough P                   2   1   2   1    0   0  .600 1.400    0    1   0   2B
  T Forster P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
Totals                       39   9  15   9    7   2               25   27  14

BATTING

2B: R Monday (5, off R Burris); R Smith (7, off W Hernandez); C Hough (1, off M Krukow).

3B: R Smith (1, off M Krukow); B Russell (1, off W Hernandez).

HR: R Monday (9, off R Burris; 2nd inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF).

SF: S Garvey (1, off W Hernandez).

SH: D Lopes (2, off M Krukow); T Martinez (1, off W Hernandez); D Rau (2, off R Burris).

IBB: R Monday (6, by D Moore); S Yeager (2, by R Burris).

HBP: R Cey (1, by M Krukow).

TB: R Monday 7; R Smith 7; B Russell 4; C Hough 3; R Cey 2; D Baker; S Yeager.

RBI: R Smith 3 (14); R Monday 2 (24); S Garvey 2 (18); R Cey (16); C Hough (1).

2-out RBI: C Hough; R Monday; R Smith.

Team LOB: 15.

With RISP: 7 for 18.

FIELDING

DP: 1. R Smith-S Garvey.

BASERUNNING

SB: D Lopes (10, 2nd base off R Burris/L Cox); D Baker (2, 2nd base off D Moore/L Cox).

PO: D Lopes (1st base by R Burris).

Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
I DeJesus SS                  5   0   0   0    0   0  .293  .700    0    2   5   
M Trillo 2B                   3   0   1   0    2   0  .273  .732    6    5   2   CS
B Buckner 1B                  5   1   3   0    0   0  .364  .878    6   12   2   2B
H Cruz CF                     3   1   1   1    0   2  .262  .731    4    2   0   
  G Gross PH-CF               1   0   0   0    0   0  .349  .852    0    1   0   
  G Clines PH                 1   0   1   0    0   0  .214  .515    0    0   0   
B Murcer RF                   4   0   2   0    1   0  .293  .799   11    0   0   
S Ontiveros 3B                4   2   2   1    0   1  .159  .445    5    2   4   SF
D Kingman LF                  4   1   2   2    0   1  .203  .636    0    1   0   HR
L Cox C                       3   0   2   1    1   0  .267  .620    0    2   1   
R Burris P                    2   0   0   0    0   0  .154  .308    0    0   0   
  D Moore P                   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         0   0   
  R Meoli PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .167    0    0   0   
  M Krukow P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
  L Biittner PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .268  .850    0    0   0   
  W Hernandez P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
Totals                       37   5  14   5    4   4               32   27  16

BATTING

2B: B Buckner (3, off D Rau).

HR: D Kingman (3, off D Rau; 2nd inn, 1 on, 0 outs to LF).

SF: S Ontiveros (1, off D Rau).

TB: D Kingman 5; B Buckner 4; L Cox 2; S Ontiveros 2; B Murcer 2; H Cruz; G Clines; M Trillo.

RBI: D Kingman 2 (8); S Ontiveros (3); L Cox (2); H Cruz (4).

2-out RBI: L Cox.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 3 for 7.

FIELDING

E: R Burris 3 (3).

BASERUNNING

CS: M Trillo (2, 3rd base by D Rau/S Yeager).

PITCHING

Los Angeles Dodgers           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Rau, W (4-0)                 5     9   4   4    3   3   1   3.10   24     -       · 7· 0    5· 6· 5· 2     33    -     1.12  -0.25
C Hough, H (1)                 2.2   3   1   1    0   0   0   6.75   11     -       · 2· 0    5· 3· 3· 0          0-0    1.08   0.09
T Forster, S (3)               1.1   2   0   0    1   1   0   2.53    7     -       · 5· 0    3· 2· 0· 0          2-0    1.04   0.11
Totals                         9    14   5   5    4   4   1          42     -     41·14· 0   13·11· 8· 2          2-0

Chicago Cubs                  IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
R Burris, L (2-1)              5     8   5   5    6   2   1   2.55   30     -       · 4· 0   15· 3· 4· 0     27    -     1.41  -0.29
D Moore, BS (1)                1     1   0   0    1   0   0   6.39    5     -       · 2· 0    2· 1· 1· 0          2-2    1.65  -0.07
M Krukow                       2     4   2   2    0   0   0   7.00   11     -       · 2· 0    7· 0· 3· 0          0-0    0.98  -0.14
W Hernandez                    1     2   2   2    0   0   0   2.53    5     -       · 0· 0    2· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.23  -0.06
Totals                         9    15   9   9    7   2   1          51     -     47· 8· 0   26· 5·10· 0          2-2

R Burris faced 3 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: R Burris (2; S Yeager); D Moore (3; R Monday).

PO: R Burris (0; D Lopes, 1st base).

HBP: M Krukow (1; R Cey).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert.

Time of Game: 3:03.

Attendance: 9,252.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 47° F, Wind 8mph in unknown direction, Sunny, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Los Angeles Dodgers           Chicago Cubs                         
1. D Lopes              2B    1. I DeJesus            SS 
2. B Russell            SS    2. M Trillo             2B 
3. R Smith              RF    3. B Buckner            1B 
4. R Cey                3B    4. H Cruz               CF 
5. S Garvey             1B    5. B Murcer             RF 
6. D Baker              LF    6. S Ontiveros          3B 
7. R Monday             CF    7. D Kingman            LF 
8. S Yeager             C     8. L Cox                C  
9. D Rau                P     9. R Burris             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 2   0  1-0  1--     -18%  34% D Kingman       D Rau           Home Run; Ontiveros Scores
   t 5   2  2-1  1-3      15%  51% R Monday        R Burris        Double to RF (Ground Ball); Cey Scores; Baker to 3B
   t 6   0  4-2  1-3      14%  54% R Smith         R Burris        Single to RF (Line Drive); Lopes Scores; Russell to 3B
   t 6   0  4-3  1-3  6   14%  69% R Cey           D Moore         Single to CF (Line Drive); Russell Scores; Smith to 3B
   b 5   1  2-2  -2-     -14%  27% H Cruz          D Rau           Single to CF (Line Drive); Buckner Scores; Cruz to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Ray Burris facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---      48%  D Lopes         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      46%  B Russell       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---      47%  R Smith         Single to 3B (Ground Ball)
          1--      49%  R Cey           Walk; Smith to 2B
   O      12-      45%  S Garvey        Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Cubs Batting, Tied 0-0, Doug Rau facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      47%  I DeJesus       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---      45%  M Trillo        Walk
          1--  6   37%  B Buckner       Double to RF (Line Drive); Trillo to 3B
   O      -23  4   44%  H Cruz          Strikeout Swinging
   O      -23  5   50%  B Murcer        Foul Flyball: 3B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cubs 0.

Top of the 2nd, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Ray Burris facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      48%  D Baker         Groundout: SS-1B
   R      ---      58%  R Monday        Home Run (Line Drive)
          ---      62%  S Yeager        Single to P (Ground Ball); Yeager to 2B/Adv on E1
   O      -2-      59%  D Rau           Strikeout Looking
          -2-      60%  D Lopes         Walk
          12-      63%  B Russell       Walk; Yeager to 3B; Lopes to 2B
   O      123      56%  R Smith         Popfly: SS
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-1, Doug Rau facing 6-7-8
          ---      52%  S Ontiveros     Single to RF (Ground Ball)
   RR     1--      34%  D Kingman       Home Run; Ontiveros Scores
          ---      31%  L Cox           Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--      34%  R Burris        Bunt Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--      37%  I DeJesus       Lineout: LF
   O      1--      39%  M Trillo        Flyball: LF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cubs 2.

Top of the 3rd, Dodgers Batting, Behind 1-2, Ray Burris facing 4-5-6
   O      ---      36%  R Cey           Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---      39%  S Garvey        Walk
   O      1--      36%  D Baker         Flyball: CF
   O      1--      33%  R Monday        Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cubs 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Cubs Batting, Ahead 2-1, Doug Rau facing 3-4-5
   O      ---      35%  B Buckner       Single to RF; Buckner out at 2B/RF-SS-1B-SS-1B
   O      ---      37%  H Cruz          Strikeout
          ---      35%  B Murcer        Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--      38%  S Ontiveros     Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cubs 2.

Top of the 4th, Dodgers Batting, Behind 1-2, Ray Burris facing 8-9-1
          ---      42%  S Yeager        Reached on E1 (Ground Ball); Yeager to 1B
   O      1--      40%  D Rau           Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; Yeager to 2B
   O      -2-      34%  D Lopes         Fielder's Choice SS; Yeager out at 3B/SS-3B; Lopes to 1B
          1--      35%  B Russell       Lopes Steals 2B
   O      -2-      31%  " "             Groundout: C-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cubs 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 2-1, Doug Rau facing 7-8-9
   O      ---      33%  D Kingman       Strikeout
          ---      31%  L Cox           Walk
   O      1--      34%  R Burris        Foul Flyball: 3B
   O      1--      36%  I DeJesus       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cubs 2.

Top of the 5th, Dodgers Batting, Behind 1-2, Ray Burris facing 3-4-5
   O      ---      33%  R Smith         Strikeout Looking
          ---  8   36%  R Cey           Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--      32%  S Garvey        Flyball: CF
          1--      36%  D Baker         Single to RF (Ground Ball); Cey to 3B
   R      1-3      51%  R Monday        Double to RF (Ground Ball); Cey Scores; Baker to 3B
          -23      53%  S Yeager        Intentional Walk
   O      123  4   43%  D Rau           Lineout: 2B
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Dodgers 2, Cubs 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Cubs Batting, Tied 2-2, Doug Rau facing 2-3-4
          ---      39%  M Trillo        Walk
          1--      32%  B Buckner       Single to CF (Ground Ball); Trillo to 2B
   O      12-      41%  H Cruz          Trillo Caught Stealing 3B (C-SS-3B); Buckner to 2B
   R      -2-      27%  " "             Single to CF (Line Drive); Buckner Scores; Cruz to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm
          -2-      23%  B Murcer        Single to 3B/Bunt; Cruz to 3B
   ROO    1-3      22%  S Ontiveros     Double Play: Flyball: RF-1B/Sacrifice Fly; Cruz Scores
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Cubs 4.

Top of the 6th, Dodgers Batting, Behind 2-4, Ray Burris facing 1-2-3
          ---      27%  D Lopes         Walk
          1--      30%  B Russell       Lopes Picked off 1B, safe on E1; Lopes to 2B
          -2-      40%  " "             Single to P (Ground Ball); Lopes to 3B
   R      1-3      54%  R Smith         Single to RF (Line Drive); Lopes Scores; Russell to 3B
                  Donnie Moore replaces Ray Burris pitching and batting 9th
   R      1-3  6   69%  R Cey           Single to CF (Line Drive); Russell Scores; Smith to 3B
   RO     1-3      66%  S Garvey        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Smith Scores
   O      1--      63%  D Baker         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--      65%  R Monday        Baker Steals 2B
          -2-      66%  " "             Intentional Walk
   O      12-      61%  S Yeager        Flyball: LF
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Dodgers 5, Cubs 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Cubs Batting, Behind 4-5, Charlie Hough facing 7-8-9
                  Charlie Hough replaces Doug Rau pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---      65%  D Kingman       Flyball: LF
   O      ---      68%  L Cox           Groundout: 1B-P
                  Rudy Meoli pinch hits for Donnie Moore batting 9th
   O      ---      69%  R Meoli         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 5, Cubs 4.

Top of the 7th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 5-4, Mike Krukow facing 9-1-2
                  Mike Krukow replaces Rudy Meoli pitching and batting 9th
          ---      73%  C Hough         Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--      72%  D Lopes         Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; Hough to 2B
   O      -2-      68%  B Russell       Groundout: 3B-1B
   R      -2-  7   81%  R Smith         Triple to RF (Line Drive); Hough Scores
          --3      82%  R Cey           Hit By Pitch
                  Ted Martinez pinch runs for Ron Cey batting 4th
   O      1-3      78%  S Garvey        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 6, Cubs 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Cubs Batting, Behind 4-6, Charlie Hough facing 1-2-3
                  Ted Martinez moves to 3B
   O      ---      82%  I DeJesus       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      85%  M Trillo        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      87%  B Buckner       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 6, Cubs 4.

Top of the 8th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 6-4, Mike Krukow facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      85%  D Baker         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---      87%  R Monday        Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--      86%  S Yeager        Groundout: 3B-1B; Monday to 2B
   R      -2-      93%  C Hough         Double to CF (Line Drive); Monday Scores
   O      -2-      92%  D Lopes         Groundout: P-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 7, Cubs 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Cubs Batting, Behind 4-7, Charlie Hough facing 4-5-6
                  Greg Gross pinch hits for Hector Cruz batting 4th
   O      ---      94%  G Gross         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  6   96%  B Murcer        Flyball: RF
          ---      95%  S Ontiveros     Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--      92%  D Kingman       Single to LF (Line Drive); Ontiveros to 2B
   R      12-      83%  L Cox           Single to LF (Line Drive); Ontiveros Scores; Kingman to 3B
                  Terry Forster replaces Charlie Hough pitching and batting 9th; Larry Biittner pinch hits for Mike Krukow batting 9th
   O      1-3      93%  L Biittner      Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 7, Cubs 5.

Top of the 9th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 7-5, Willie Hernandez facing 2-3-4
                  Willie Hernandez replaces Larry Biittner pitching and batting 9th; Greg Gross moves to CF
          ---      96%  B Russell       Triple to RF (Line Drive)
   R      --3      98%  R Smith         Double to LF (Line Drive); Russell Scores
   O      -2-      98%  T Martinez      Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Smith to 3B
   RO     --3      98%  S Garvey        Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Smith Scores
   O      ---      98%  D Baker         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 9, Cubs 5.

Bottom of the 9th, Cubs Batting, Behind 5-9, Terry Forster facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      99%  I DeJesus       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  6   98%  M Trillo        Single to SS (Ground Ball)
   O      1--     100%  B Buckner       Flyball: CF
                  Gene Clines pinch hits for Greg Gross batting 4th
          1--      99%  G Clines        Single to CF (Ground Ball); Trillo to 3B
          1-3      95%  B Murcer        Walk; Clines to 2B
   O      123  5  100%  S Ontiveros     Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Dodgers 9, Cubs 5.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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