The Chicago Cubs were defeated by the San Francisco Giants, 8 to 6, on June 2, 1979.

Final

Giants

26-27

8

Cubs

21-26

6

SFG

CHC

1

2

0

3

0

2

4

0

5

2

0

6

0

1

7

2

0

8

0

1

9

1

0

R

8

6

H

14

11

E

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

SFG

CHC

Single by Willie McCovey; Bill North scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

SFG

CHC

Bill Buckner grounded out; Ivan De Jesus scored.

1

Home run by Dave Kingman.

1

2

Top 2nd

SFG

CHC

Home run by Mike Ivie.

2

Bill North stole second and Johnnie LeMaster stole home.

3

2

Bottom 3rd

SFG

CHC

Home run by Jerry Martin; Bill Buckner scored.

3

4

Top 5th

SFG

CHC

Home run by Jack Clark.

4

Home run by Willie McCovey.

5

4

Bottom 6th

SFG

CHC

Home run by Jerry Martin.

5

Top 7th

SFG

CHC

Single by Terry Whitfield; Jack Clark and Bill Madlock scored.

7

5

Bottom 8th

SFG

CHC

Scot Thompson grounded out; Bobby Murcer scored.

7

6

Top 9th

SFG

CHC

Single by Mike Sadek; Roger Metzger scored.

8

6

Giants

Cubs

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Bill North CF	3	1	3	0	0	2	0	3	1	3
Larry Herndon LF	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jack Clark RF	4	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Willie McCovey 1B	5	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	6
Bill Madlock 2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Rob Andrews 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Ivie 3B	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Roger Metzger SS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Johnnie LeMaster SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Darrell Evans PH,3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Marc Hill C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Terry Whitfield PH	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Sadek C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Knepper P	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Randy Moffitt P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Lavelle P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	39	8	14	7	3	5	5	4	1	23

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Bob Knepper	5.2	8	5	5	3	3	3
Randy Moffitt (W)	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	0
Gary Lavelle (S)	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	0
Totals	9.0	11	6	6	3	7	3

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Ivan De Jesus SS	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
Ted Sizemore 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Larry Biittner PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Tidrow P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Vail PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Buckner 1B	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
Dave Kingman LF	5	1	1	1	1	0	2	4
Jerry Martin CF	4	2	2	3	2	0	0	8
Bobby Murcer RF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Steve Ontiveros 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Barry Foote C	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
Sam Mejias PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Blackwell C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Holtzman P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lynn McGlothen P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Dillard PH,2B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Scot Thompson PH	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mick Kelleher 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	37	6	11	5	3	3	7	21

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Ken Holtzman	3.2	7	3	3	1	1	1
Lynn McGlothen	2.1	3	2	2	0	3	2
Dick Tidrow (L)	3.0	4	3	3	4	1	0
Totals	9.0	14	8	8	5	5	3

Explore

More Cubs Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

9

Morel

RBI

31

Morel

AVG

.282

Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

W

5

Imanaga

K

51

Imanaga

ERA

0.96

Imanaga

Team Rankings

HR

48

10th

R

209

10th

SO

397

7th

ERA

3.81

12th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	26	18	.591
Cubs	25	21	.543	2.0
Pirates	21	25	.457	6.0
Reds	19	25	.432	7.0
Cardinals	19	25	.432	7.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 5/18	PIT	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Sun 5/19	PIT	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Tue 5/21	ATL	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Wed 5/22	ATL	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Thu 5/23	ATL	@	CHC	2:20 PM

Last Game

Cubs

25-21

3

Final

9

Pirates

21-25

Fri 17 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

13

Henderson

13

Tucker

13

Ohtani

RBI Leaders

41

Ozuna

38

Ramírez

37

Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

.358

Ohtani

.353

Kwan

.353

Contreras

Hit Leaders

64

Ohtani

63

Betts

61

Contreras

Run Leaders

40

Jr.

40

Betts

39

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.440

Betts

.430

Contreras

.426

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.676

Ohtani

.609

Ozuna

.600

Tucker

SB Leaders

30

Cruz

17

Caballero

16

Turang

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

8

Suárez

6

Sale

6

Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

81

Glasnow

71

Wheeler

70

Crochet

ERA Leaders

0.96

Imanaga

1.37

Suárez

1.49

Assad

WHIP Leaders

0.76

Suárez

0.78

Skubal

0.78

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.19

Crochet

11.76

Glasnow

11.65

Flaherty

K/BB Leaders

10.50

Flaherty

10.25

Eflin

10.20

Kirby

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

5

Kirby

6

Flaherty

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

725.2

Ohtani

688.5

Betts

684

Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

557

Ohtani

527

Cruz

526

Betts

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0