Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 9, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1972 at Veteran's Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 7, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 3 1 0 0
Cardenal rf 3 2 0 0
Williams lf 5 0 2 1
  North pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Hickman 1b 5 1 2 1
Santo 3b 4 1 2 3
Monday cf 3 1 1 1
Hendricks c 3 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Beckert 2b 1 0 0 0
Fanzone 2b 3 0 2 1
  Bonham p 0 0 0 0
Reuschel p 2 0 0 0
  Hundley c 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Doyle 2b 2 0 0 0
  Harmon ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 1 2 2
Hutton 1b 2 0 0 0
  Lis ph 1 0 1 1
  Robinson pr 0 0 0 0
  Johnson 1b 0 0 0 0
Montanez cf 4 0 1 1
Luzinski lf 4 0 0 0
Money 3b 4 0 1 0
Koegel rf,c 4 0 0 0
Bateman c 2 0 1 0
  Reynolds pr 0 1 0 0
  Lersch p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Stone ph 1 0 0 0
  Selma p 0 0 0 0
  Scarce p 0 0 0 0
  Freed ph 0 0 0 0
Twitchell p 1 0 1 0
  Gamble ph,rf 3 2 2 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Chicago 201 002 101790
Philadelphia 000 120 100490
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (8-7) 6.0 8 4 4 1 4
  Gura   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Bonham  SV (2) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell   5.0 3 3 3 4 6
  Lersch  L (2-6) 0.1 2 2 2 2 0
  Wilson   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Selma   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Scarce   2.1 2 1 1 4 4
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
10
12

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Williams (31,off Twitchell); Monday (16,off Lersch); Fanzone (10,off Lersch), Philadelphia Lis (4,off Gura).  3B–Chicago Hickman (2,off Selma), Philadelphia Bowa (12,off Reuschel).  SH–Reuschel (4,off Twitchell); Doyle (6,off Reuschel).  IBB–Hendricks (3,by Lersch).  SB–Cardenal (20,3rd base off Twitchell/Bateman); North (6,2nd base off Scarce/Koegel); Hickman (3,2nd base off Scarce/Koegel).  CS–Santo (3,2nd base by Twitchell/Bateman).  WP–Lersch (3).  IBB–Lersch (7,Hendricks).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:44.  A–10,101.
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