Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
August 2, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 1 0
Beckert 2b 5 1 2 0
Williams lf 3 1 1 1
Santo 3b 5 0 1 1
Pepitone cf 5 1 0 0
Smith 1b 5 0 0 0
Callison rf 5 0 2 0
Hiatt c 3 0 0 1
Holtzman p 4 0 0 0
  Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 7 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 0 1 0
Tolan cf 5 0 3 1
Perez 3b 5 1 0 0
Bench c 5 0 0 0
May 1b 4 1 2 1
  Stewart pr,lf,2b 0 1 0 0
McRae lf 4 0 1 0
  Concepcion pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Bravo ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Helms 2b,ss 5 0 2 0
Chaney ss 2 0 1 0
  Carbo ph 0 0 0 0
  Granger p 1 0 0 0
Nolan p 2 0 0 0
  Woodward ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Cline ph,1b 2 1 1 1
Totals 41 4 12 4
Chicago 010 000 010 10370
Cincinnati 000 000 101 114121
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman   8.0 8 2 2 1 4
  Colborn  L (3-1) 2.2 3 2 2 3 1
  Pizarro   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.2
12
4
4
4
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nolan   7.0 4 1 0 1 5
  Carroll   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Granger  W (6-2) 2.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
11.0
7
3
2
2
7

  E–May (8).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Chicago Callison (20,off Nolan), Cincinnati Tolan (23,off Holtzman); McRae (6,off Holtzman).  3B–Chicago Beckert (5,off Carroll).  HR–Chicago Williams (31,10th inning off Granger 0 on, 2 out), Cincinnati May (22,7th inning off Holtzman 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Hiatt (1,off Nolan).  IBB–Williams (5,by Carroll); Carbo (4,by Colborn); Stewart (1,by Colborn); Rose (9,by Colborn).  SH–Chaney (1,off Holtzman); Tolan (8,off Holtzman).  SB–Tolan (38,2nd base off Colborn/Hiatt).  BK–Colborn (1).  IBB–Colborn 3 (5,Carbo,Stewart,Rose); Carroll (6,Williams).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:52.  A–43,005.
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