Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
September 5, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1974 at Wrigley Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 6, Chicago Cubs 5

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 6 1 3 1
Bowa ss 6 0 2 0
Schmidt 3b 6 0 1 0
Montanez 1b 6 2 4 1
Luzinski lf 3 0 1 0
  Anderson rf,cf 2 1 1 0
Unser cf 4 0 0 0
  Brown ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Johnstone rf,lf 4 1 1 1
Boone c 4 1 1 2
Lonborg p 2 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 1 1
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 1 0
  Bannister pr 0 0 0 0
  Schueler p 1 0 0 0
  Watt p 0 0 0 0
  Scarce p 0 0 0 0
  Christenson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 6 16 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 6 0 1 0
Kessinger ss 5 0 0 0
Cardenal lf 6 1 1 0
Morales rf 5 1 1 0
LaCock 1b 5 0 1 1
Madlock 3b 2 2 1 0
Swisher c 4 1 3 1
Dunn 2b 3 0 1 2
  Sperring 2b 0 0 0 0
  Stelmaszek ph 1 0 0 0
  Grabarkewitz 2b 0 0 0 0
Reuschel p 2 0 0 0
  Zamora p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton ph 1 0 0 0
  Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Hutson p 0 0 0 0
  Hiser ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 41 5 10 5
Philadelphia 110 000 200 026161
Chicago 010 020 010 015102
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lonborg   6.0 4 3 3 1 5
  Garber   3.0 4 1 1 2 2
  Schueler  W (9-14) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Watt   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Scarce   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Christenson  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
10
5
5
5
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   6.2 11 4 4 4 5
  Zamora   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Todd   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Bonham   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  LaRoche  L (3-4) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Hutson   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
16
6
6
5
10

  E–Unser (5), Madlock (17), Reuschel (3).  2B–Philadelphia Cash (25,off Reuschel); Montanez 2 (27,off Reuschel,off LaRoche).  3B–Chicago Cardenal (3,off Garber); LaCock (1,off Garber).  SH–Lonborg (10,off Reuschel); Swisher (2,off Garber); Grabarkewitz (1,off Watt).  HBP–Boone (4,by Reuschel).  IBB–Johnstone 2 (3,by Reuschel,by Hutson); Boone (8,by Reuschel); Madlock (7,by Garber).  SB–Montanez (3,2nd base off Reuschel/Swisher); Schmidt (19,3rd base off Reuschel/Swisher).  CS–Bowa (10,2nd base by Reuschel/Swisher).  WP–Reuschel (7).  HBP–Reuschel (6,Boone).  IBB–Garber (10,Madlock); Reuschel 2 (12,Johnstone,Boone); Hutson (1,Johnstone).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–3:31.  A–1,943.
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