Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 17, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1974 at Veteran's Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 4 1 0 0
Kessinger ss 4 2 1 2
LaCock rf 4 0 1 1
Cardenal lf 2 0 1 1
Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 1 0
Dunn 2b 2 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Frailing p 0 0 0 0
  Zamora p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Swisher c 2 0 0 0
Dettore p 1 1 0 0
  Sperring 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 4 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 3 0 2 0
Bowa ss 5 0 2 0
Schmidt 3b 5 0 1 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 1 0
  Martin pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Johnstone rf 3 0 1 0
  Anderson ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Unser cf 3 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 0 0 0 0
  Bannister pr 0 0 0 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Boone c 3 1 0 1
Twitchell p 1 0 1 1
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Rogodzinski ph 1 0 0 0
  Schueler p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 0 0 0 0
  Christenson p 0 0 0 0
  Scarce p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Chicago 100 030 000441
Philadelphia 001 000 0102100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Dettore  W (2-4) 7.0 6 1 1 3 2
  Frailing   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Zamora   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche  SV (4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
4
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell  L (6-9) 4.0 2 4 4 6 5
  Garber   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Schueler   2.0 0 0 0 2 3
  Christenson   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Scarce   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Underwood   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
4
4
9
11

  E–Dunn (4).  DP–Chicago 1, Philadelphia 1.  2B–Chicago LaCock (3,off Twitchell); Kessinger (19,off Twitchell), Philadelphia Twitchell (1,off Dettore).  HBP–Cash (9,by Dettore); Montanez (3,by LaRoche).  CS–Cash (7,2nd base by Dettore/Swisher).  WP–Garber (3).  HBP–Dettore (3,Cash); LaRoche (3,Montanez).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–3:07.  A–10,152.
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