Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
June 25, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1972 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 9, Chicago Cubs 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 1 1 1
Hebner 3b 5 1 2 0
Clemente rf 5 3 2 1
Stargell lf 4 0 2 0
  Davalillo pr,lf 1 1 0 1
Oliver cf 4 1 2 2
Sanguillen c 5 1 1 4
Robertson 1b 3 0 1 0
Alley ss 3 1 1 0
Ellis p 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 12 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal rf 4 1 1 0
Kessinger ss 4 1 2 0
Williams lf 4 0 2 1
Hickman 1b 4 0 1 1
Monday cf 4 0 1 0
Santo 3b 4 0 3 0
Popovich 2b 4 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 0 0
Hooton p 3 0 1 0
  McGinn p 0 0 0 0
  Phoebus p 0 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 11 2
Pittsburgh 000 001 0449120
Chicago 100 010 0002111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  W (7-3) 7.0 9 2 2 0 3
  Hernandez   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Giusti  SV (10) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
0
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton  L (6-5) 7.2 8 3 3 1 2
  McGinn   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Phoebus   0.2 3 4 3 1 0
  Aker   0.2 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
9
7
3
3

  E–Kessinger (12).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Stargell (12,off Hooton), Chicago Kessinger (8,off Ellis); Santo (7,off Ellis).  3B–Chicago Williams (4,off Ellis).  HR–Pittsburgh Sanguillen (3,8th inning off Phoebus 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Giusti (1,off Phoebus).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:24.  A–35,099.
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