Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
May 3, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1974 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, Chicago Cubs 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 1 1 3
Morgan 2b 5 0 2 0
Driessen 3b 4 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Gullett p 0 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 2 0
Bench c 3 0 0 0
Griffey rf 3 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 0
  Osburn p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Chaney 3b 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0
Foster cf,rf 3 2 2 2
Kirby p 2 0 1 0
  Geronimo cf 2 1 2 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Harris 2b 3 1 2 2
Monday cf 5 1 2 2
Madlock 3b 4 0 2 0
Williams 1b 2 0 0 0
Cardenal rf 3 2 0 0
Morales lf 4 0 1 1
Mitterwald c 2 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 1 1
  Lundstedt c 1 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 3 2 1 0
Hooton p 1 0 0 0
  Burris p 1 0 0 0
  Kremmel p 0 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 9 6
Cincinnati 020 000 0035122
Chicago 001 011 012691
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Kirby   5.0 4 3 2 2 2
  Borbon   1.2 3 0 0 0 0
  Norman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Osburn   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Carroll   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Gullett  L (2-2) 0.0 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
5
5
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton   7.2 8 2 2 1 3
  Burris   0.2 3 3 3 1 0
  Kremmel   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Pina  W (2-2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
3

  E–Kirby 2 (4), Monday (4).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Morgan (5,off Hooton); Concepcion (11,off Hooton), Chicago Kessinger (2,off Kirby); Morales (1,off Osborn).  3B–Cincinnati Geronimo (3,off Hooton).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (2,2nd inning off Hooton 1 on, 2 out); Rose (1,9th inning off Burris 2 on, 1 out), Chicago Monday (3,9th inning off Gullett 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Hooton 2 (2,off Kirby 2).  SF–Harris (2,off Kirby).  IBB–Kessinger (3,by C Carroll).  SB–Morgan (10,2nd base off Pina/Lundstedt); Cardenal 2 (5,2nd base off Borbon/Bench,2nd base off Osborn/Bench).  CS–Foster (1,2nd base by Hooton/Mitterwald); Morgan (3,3rd base by Pina/Lundstedt); Madlock (3,2nd base by Norman/Bench).  IBB–C Carroll (4,Kessinger).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:54.  A–4,157.
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