Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 9, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1970 at Connie Mack Stadium. 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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Chicago Cubs 3, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 1 0
Beckert 2b 4 1 2 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 3 0 1 0
Callison rf 4 1 1 0
Banks 1b 3 0 1 1
Hickman cf 3 1 1 1
  James cf 1 0 0 0
Martin c 3 0 0 0
  Rudolph ph 1 0 0 0
Holtzman p 3 0 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
  Popovich ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 8 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 5 1 2 0
Doyle 2b 3 0 0 1
Hisle cf 2 1 0 0
Johnson 1b 3 2 1 3
Taylor lf 4 0 0 0
  Browne rf 0 0 0 0
Briggs rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Money 3b 3 0 2 1
McCarver c 4 0 2 0
Wise p 1 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Joseph ph 1 0 1 0
  Jackson pr 0 1 0 0
  Lersch p 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
Chicago 001 101 000380
Philadelphia 000 001 40x580
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (0-1) 6.1 6 4 3 5 7
  Regan   1.2 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
4
6
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Wise   5.2 5 3 3 2 3
  Wilson  W (1-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lersch   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hoerner  SV (1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Martin 2 (2).  2B–Philadelphia Bowa (1,off Holtzman).  3B–Chicago Callison (1,off Wise).  HR–Chicago Hickman (1,3rd inning off Wise 0 on, 0 out), Philadelphia Johnson (1,7th inning off Regan 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Wise (1,off Holtzman).  WP–Wise (1).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:30.  A–5,075.
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