San Diego Padres vs Chicago Cubs
August 18, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1970 at Wrigley Field. The San Diego Padres defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 11, Chicago Cubs 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Arcia ss 6 0 2 3
Campbell 2b 6 0 0 0
Gaston cf 5 2 2 1
Ferrara lf 3 0 1 1
  Murrell pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Brown rf 5 3 3 1
Colbert 1b 5 1 1 0
Spiezio 3b 5 3 3 4
Cannizzaro c 2 1 1 0
Dobson p 3 0 1 1
Totals 41 11 14 11
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 3 0 1 0
  Popovich ss 1 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 3 0 0 0
  Gagliano 2b 1 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 0 2 0
  James pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Hickman 1b 3 0 1 0
  Smith 1b 1 0 0 0
Pepitone cf 4 1 2 2
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Callison rf 4 1 1 1
Hundley c 2 0 0 0
  Martin c 1 0 0 0
Decker p 0 0 0 0
  Colborn p 1 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
San Diego 024 005 00011140
Chicago 000 011 001371
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  W (9-12) 9.0 7 3 3 0 5
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
0
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Decker  L (2-7) 2.2 6 6 4 3 2
  Colborn   2.1 2 0 0 2 1
  Rodriguez   0.0 5 5 5 0 0
  Pizarro   4.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
14
11
9
5
7

  E–Santo (22).  2B–San Diego Spiezio (13,off Decker).  3B–San Diego Gaston (9,off Rodriguez).  HR–San Diego Gaston (20,3rd inning off Decker 0 on, 0 out); Brown (21,3rd inning off Decker 0 on, 1 out); Spiezio (9,6th inning off Rodriguez 3 on, 0 out), Chicago Callison (16,5th inning off Dobson 0 on, 1 out); Pepitone (16,9th inning off Dobson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Dobson (13,off Pizarro).  IBB–Cannizzaro 2 (7,by Decker 2).  IBB–Decker 2 (3,Cannizzaro 2).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:43.  A–17,295.
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