Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
May 4, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 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 2, Chicago Cubs 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 0 2 0
Morgan 2b 6 1 3 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 2 1
Foster cf,rf 5 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 1 0
Rettenmund rf 3 1 2 0
  Geronimo cf 1 0 0 0
Kosco 3b 3 0 0 0
  Chaney pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Nelson p 4 0 1 1
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Norman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 2 12 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Harris 2b 5 0 0 0
Monday cf 5 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 1 0 0 0
  Fanzone 3b 4 1 0 0
Williams 1b 5 2 3 2
Cardenal rf 3 0 1 0
  Kremmel p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton ph 1 0 0 0
  Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
Morales lf,rf 3 0 1 1
Mitterwald c 4 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0
Frailing p 1 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 1 0
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Garrett lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 6 3
Cincinnati 001 100 000 002121
Chicago 000 000 002 01360
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson   9.0 5 2 0 2 4
  Norman  L (1-2) 1.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.2
6
3
1
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Frailing   6.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Pina   1.2 3 0 0 3 1
  Kremmel   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Todd   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Reuschel  W (1-1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
12
2
2
7
6

  E–Chaney (1).  2B–Cincinnati Concepcion (12,off Frailing); Morgan (6,off Pina).  3B–Chicago Morales (1,off Nelson).  HR–Chicago Williams (5,11th inning off Norman 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Perez (2,by Pina).  SB–Morgan 2 (12,2nd base off Frailing/Mitterwald 2); Rettenmund (3,2nd base off Pina/Mitterwald); Alexander (1,2nd base off Nelson/Bench).  CS–Rettenmund (1,2nd base by Frailing/Mitterwald); Chaney (1,2nd base by Reuschel/Mitterwald); Morgan (4,2nd base by Reuschel/Mitterwald); Morales (3,2nd base by Nelson/Bench).  IBB–Pina (3,Perez).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–3:09.  A–17,924.
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