Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
August 20, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1928 at Wrigley Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Philadelphia Phillies 11, Chicago Cubs 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Sothern cf 6 1 1 0
Thompson 2b 5 2 4 2
Hurst 1b 5 1 2 1
Whitney 3b 4 2 2 2
Leach lf 5 2 3 2
Lerian c 4 0 1 0
Sand ss 4 0 1 1
Klein rf 4 2 2 1
Ferguson p 1 0 0 0
  Jahn ph 1 0 0 0
  Walsh p 2 1 2 1
Totals 41 11 18 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Beck ss 4 1 0 0
Maguire 2b 5 1 3 1
Cuyler rf 4 1 3 1
Wilson cf 4 1 1 2
  Weinert p 0 0 0 0
Stephenson lf 4 1 2 1
Grimm 1b 2 0 0 0
  Kelly 1b 2 0 0 0
Hartnett c 5 1 1 0
McMillan 3b 2 0 0 1
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Bush p 1 0 1 0
  Holley p 0 0 0 0
  Heathcote cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Philadelphia 000 321 14011181
Chicago 001 020 1116111
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ferguson  W(5-8) 5.0 4 3 2 3 3
  Walsh  SV(2) 4.0 7 3 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
4
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L(8-6) 4.2 8 5 4 2 5
  Bush   2.1 7 6 6 0 0
  Holley   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Weinert   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
18
11
10
2
5

  E–Whitney (18), Kelly (2).  2B–Philadelphia Sothern (21); Thompson 2 (30); Hurst 2 (21); Whitney (26), Chicago Stephenson 2 (28).  HR–Philadelphia Leach (10,7th inning off Bush 0 on); Klein (4,8th inning off Bush 0 on 0 out); Walsh (1,8th inning off Bush 0 on 0 out), Chicago Wilson (28,5th inning off Ferguson 1 on 1 out).  SH–Sand (14); Klein (4); Cuyler (22); McMillan (5).  HBP–Lerian (2); Beck (4); Kelly (1).  Team LOB–8.  Team–12.  U–Cy Pfirman, Dolly Stark, Ernie Quigley.
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