Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
August 8, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1973 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 4 0 1 0
Kessinger ss 5 0 0 0
Williams lf 5 0 0 0
Hickman 1b 3 1 1 0
Cardenal rf 3 1 1 0
Santo 3b 4 1 1 2
Popovich 2b 3 0 2 0
Rudolph c 3 0 2 1
  Bourque ph 1 0 0 0
  Hundley c 0 0 0 0
Jenkins p 2 0 0 0
  Beckert ph 1 0 1 0
  Gura pr 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Hiser ph 1 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 3 1 2 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
Driessen 3b,1b 4 1 2 1
Perez 1b 3 1 2 2
  Menke 3b 1 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Tolan rf 4 0 1 1
Geronimo cf 2 0 0 0
Crosby ss 2 0 1 0
Norman p 2 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 9 4
Chicago 000 100 020390
Cincinnati 000 400 00x490
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (10-11) 6.0 8 4 4 0 4
  LaRoche   1.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Locker   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
3
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  W (10-9) 7.1 8 3 3 4 5
  Borbon   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Hall  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Cincinnati 1.  3B–Cincinnati Perez (3,off Jenkins); Tolan (2,off Jenkins).  HR–Chicago Santo (12,8th inning off Norman 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Norman (6,off LaRoche).  IBB–Rose (3,by LaRoche).  SB–Cardenal (13,3rd base off Norman/Bench).  CS–Crosby (1,2nd base by Jenkins/Rudolph); Geronimo (3,2nd base by LaRoche/Rudolph).  IBB–LaRoche (2,Rose).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:25.  A–33,173.
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