Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 5, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1975 at Veteran's Stadium. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 5, Philadelphia Phillies 13

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 1 2 0
  Sperring ss 1 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 1 1 3
  Frailing p 0 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 1 0 0 0
  Harris 3b 2 0 1 1
Cardenal lf 3 0 0 0
Morales rf,cf 4 0 0 0
LaCock 1b,rf 3 1 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Swisher c 2 1 1 0
  Hosley c 1 0 0 0
Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  Crosby p 0 1 0 0
  Hiser ph 1 0 1 0
  Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton ph,1b 2 0 1 1
Totals 32 5 7 5
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 2 1 0
  Anderson cf 0 0 0 1
Bowa ss 5 1 2 0
Maddox cf 5 2 3 4
  Harmon 2b,3b 1 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 4 1 2 0
Johnstone rf 4 2 3 2
  Brown ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hutton 1b 3 1 1 2
Schmidt 3b 3 2 2 4
  Taylor ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Oates c 5 1 3 0
  Lonborg p 0 0 0 0
Ruthven p 3 0 0 0
  Boone ph,c 1 1 1 0
Totals 40 13 18 13
Chicago 004 000 001570
Philadelphia 1000 020 01x13181
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  L (10-8) 0.0 7 7 7 0 0
  Crosby   3.0 5 3 3 5 1
  Wilcox   3.0 5 2 2 0 0
  Frailing   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
18
13
13
6
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  W (1-0) 8.0 6 4 4 3 4
  Lonborg   1.0 1 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
4
4

  E–Taylor (5).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  PB–Swisher (6).  2B–Chicago Swisher (11,off Ruthven); Hiser (1,off Ruthven), Philadelphia Johnstone (15,off Bonham); Hutton (3,off Bonham); Luzinski (26,off Crosby).  3B–Chicago Monday (4,off Ruthven), Philadelphia Boone (2,off Frailing).  HR–Philadelphia Maddox (3,1st inning off Bonham 2 on, 0 out); Schmidt 2 (23,1st inning off Bonham 1 on, 0 out,5th inning off Wilcox 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Harris (1,off Ruthven); Anderson (1,off Frailing).  SH–Ruthven (1,off Crosby).  SB–Monday (5,2nd base off Ruthven/Oates).  BK–Crosby (1).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Art Williams.  T–2:48.  A–19,611.
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