Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
July 31, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 11, Cincinnati Reds 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 2 3 0
Beckert 2b 5 3 3 0
Williams lf 5 1 2 1
Santo 3b 4 2 4 3
Hickman 1b 4 3 2 4
Pepitone cf 5 0 1 1
  James cf 0 0 0 0
Callison rf 5 0 1 2
Hiatt c 3 0 0 0
Colborn p 2 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 3 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 16 11
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 3 1 2 1
Tolan cf 4 1 1 0
Perez 3b 5 1 1 0
Bench lf,c 5 2 2 1
May 1b 4 0 1 2
Stewart 2b 3 0 1 1
Corrales c 2 0 0 0
  Carbo ph,lf 1 1 1 2
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Merritt p 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 1 0 0 0
  Bravo ph 1 1 1 0
  Noriega p 0 0 0 0
  Washburn p 0 0 0 0
  Cline ph 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 7
Chicago 302 102 03011162
Cincinnati 301 011 0107101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Colborn   4.1 8 5 4 2 5
  Rodriguez  W (2-1) 4.2 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
2
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt  L (15-10) 3.2 10 6 6 3 1
  Carroll   2.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Noriega   1.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Washburn   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Granger   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
11
11
4
2

  E–Kessinger (17), Santo (17), Bench (7).  2B–Chicago Hickman (20,off Merritt); Pepitone (10,off Merritt); Kessinger (16,off Merritt); Santo 2 (21,off Merritt,off Noriega); Callison (18,off Merritt); Williams (18,off Carroll), Cincinnati May (26,off Colborn); Perez (16,off Colborn); Bench (26,off Colborn).  3B–Cincinnati Bravo (1,off Rodriguez).  HR–Chicago Hickman (24,8th inning off Washburn 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Carbo (17,8th inning off Rodriguez 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Santo (5,by Merritt); Hickman (6,by Merritt); Hiatt (2,by Merritt).  SF–Stewart (1,off Colborn); Carbo (1,off Rodriguez); Rose (4,off Rodriguez).  SB–Tolan (37,2nd base off Colborn/Hiatt).  CS–Rose (6,2nd base by Colborn/Hiatt).  IBB–Merritt 3 (8,Santo,Hickman,Hiatt).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:39.  A–50,056.
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