Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
April 16, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1974 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 8, Chicago Cubs 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 6 2 1 0
Hebner 3b 4 2 3 2
Oliver cf 6 1 2 3
Stargell lf 5 1 1 0
Parker rf,1b 6 1 3 0
Robertson 1b 4 0 1 0
  Taveras pr,ss 2 1 2 1
Sanguillen c 6 0 1 2
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0
  Zisk ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Ellis p 1 0 0 0
  Clines ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Popovich ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 0 0 0 0
  Kison p 1 0 0 0
Totals 48 8 15 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Harris 2b 4 1 1 0
Monday cf 6 1 0 0
Morales lf 6 0 1 1
Williams 1b 4 1 0 1
Cardenal rf 4 2 2 2
Madlock 3b 5 0 1 0
Mitterwald c 2 0 2 0
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
  Lundstedt c 1 0 0 0
Rosello ss 4 0 0 1
Reuschel p 2 0 1 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Kremmel p 0 0 0 0
  Burris p 0 0 0 0
  Kessinger ph 1 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 1 0 0 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 8 5
Pittsburgh 301 010 000 0038151
Chicago 400 001 000 000580
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   6.0 7 5 4 2 1
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Giusti   3.0 1 0 0 3 4
  Kison  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
8
5
4
5
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   6.0 6 5 5 3 7
  Kremmel   1.1 4 0 0 1 1
  Burris   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Pina   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Paul  L (0-1) 0.2 2 2 2 0 1
  Stone   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
12.0
15
8
8
6
10

  E–Stargell (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Stennett (4,off Reuschel); Parker (4,off Reuschel); Sanguillen (1,off Stone).  HR–Pittsburgh Oliver (1,1st inning off Reuschel 2 on, 0 out); Hebner (3,3rd inning off Reuschel 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Cardenal (1,1st inning off Ellis 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Zisk (1,by Stone); Mitterwald (1,by Ellis); Williams (2,by Giusti).  SH–Harris (1,off Ellis).  SF–Rosello (1,off Ellis).  SB–Stennett (1,2nd base off Reuschel/Mitterwald).  IBB–Ellis (1,Mitterwald); Giusti (2,Williams); Stone (1,Zisk).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–3:14.  A–14,953.
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