Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
September 26, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1971 at Wrigley Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, Chicago Cubs 1

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 5 0 3 0
Anderson cf 5 0 2 1
McCarver c 5 0 0 0
Montanez rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
  Vukovich pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Luzinski 1b 4 1 1 0
Doyle 2b 3 2 1 0
Freed lf 4 1 3 4
Reynolds p 4 1 2 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
James cf 5 1 3 0
Popovich 2b 5 0 0 0
Fanzone lf 4 0 0 0
Banks 1b 3 0 1 0
Santo 3b 4 0 2 1
North rf 3 0 2 0
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
Rudolph c 3 0 2 0
  Davis pr 0 0 0 0
  Tompkins p 0 0 0 0
  Hickman ph 1 0 0 0
Decker p 1 0 0 0
  Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Newman p 0 0 0 0
  Cannizzaro ph 0 0 0 0
  Hiser pr 0 0 0 0
  Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  Fernandez ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 10 1
Philadelphia 002 300 0005120
Chicago 100 000 0001101
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  W (5-9) 9.0 10 1 1 3 2
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
3
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Decker  L (3-2) 3.0 7 4 4 2 3
  Colborn   0.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Newman   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Bonham   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Tompkins   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
3
10

  E–Popovich (4).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia Freed (12,off Decker); Anderson (4,off Decker).  HR–Philadelphia Freed (6,4th inning off Colborn 2 on, 0 out).  CS–Bowa (11,2nd base by Decker/Rudolph); Freed (3,3rd base by Decker/Rudolph); James (2,2nd base by Reynolds/McCarver).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:39.  A–18,505.
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