Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 9, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 1, Philadelphia Phillies 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 2 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
Hickman 1b 4 1 2 0
Pepitone cf 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 3 0 1 0
Callison rf 4 0 1 0
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Gura p 1 0 0 0
  Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 0
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 3b 3 2 1 2
Harmon ss 4 1 1 0
Briggs lf 2 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 1 1
Browne rf 4 0 1 2
Hisle cf 3 0 0 0
Doyle 2b 3 0 0 0
Ryan c 3 2 1 1
Lersch p 2 1 0 0
Totals 27 6 6 6
Chicago 000 000 001180
Philadelphia 002 002 11x661
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  L (1-2) 5.1 4 4 4 4 4
  Colborn   0.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Rodriguez   2.0 2 2 2 2 2
Totals
8.0
6
6
6
7
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lersch  W (3-0) 9.0 8 1 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
1
4

  E–Briggs (2).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  PB–Ryan (1).  2B–Chicago Santo (24,off Lersch), Philadelphia Browne (14,off Gura).  HR–Philadelphia Taylor (9,3rd inning off Gura 1 on, 1 out); Ryan (2,8th inning off Rodriguez 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Gura (1,off Lersch); Lersch (2,off Gura); Briggs (2,off Gura).  IBB–Johnson (5,by Gura); Doyle (3,by Colborn).  SB–Briggs (4,2nd base off Gura/Hundley).  CS–Hisle (2,2nd base by Gura/Hundley).  IBB–Gura (3,Johnson); Colborn (6,Doyle).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:24.  A–19,907.
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