Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 21, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1976 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 5 1 1 1
Cardenal lf 5 0 1 2
Madlock 3b 4 0 1 0
Morales rf 4 0 0 0
Biittner 1b 4 1 0 0
Swisher c 3 1 2 0
Rosello ss 3 0 0 0
Kelleher 2b 3 1 1 1
Reuschel p 3 1 2 1
  Knowles p 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 4 1 1 0
Hebner 3b 4 0 1 0
Oliver cf 2 1 0 0
Stargell 1b 2 1 1 0
Zisk lf 4 1 1 1
Robinson rf 4 0 1 3
Sanguillen c 4 0 1 0
Taveras ss 3 0 0 0
  Dyer ph 1 0 0 0
Demery p 1 0 0 0
  Ott ph 1 0 1 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Helms ph 1 0 0 0
  Moose p 0 0 0 0
  Robertson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Chicago 010 400 000590
Pittsburgh 000 004 000471
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (3-3) 6.0 6 4 4 2 5
  Knowles  SV (3) 3.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Demery  L (1-1) 6.0 8 5 4 3 3
  Tekulve   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Moose   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
3
7

  E–Hebner (5).  DP–Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Chicago Madlock (11,off Demery); Cardenal (10,off Demery), Pittsburgh Stargell (7,off R Reuschel); Robinson (5,off R Reuschel); Hebner (4,off Knowles).  3B–Pittsburgh Sanguillen (2,off R Reuschel).  IBB–Kelleher (1,by Demery).  SH–Oliver (1,off Knowles).  SB–Swisher (1,2nd base off Demery/Sanguillen); Stennett (2,2nd base off R Reuschel/Swisher).  CS–Monday (5,2nd base by Moose/Sanguillen).  WP–R Reuschel (2).  IBB–Demery (2,Kelleher).  U-HP–Al Cohen, 1B–Ralph Betcher, 2B–Joe Schratz, 3B–Elmer Guckert.  T–2:24.  A–9,342.
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