San Diego Padres vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 9, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1976 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 3, Philadelphia Phillies 4

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Grubb lf 3 0 1 1
Fuentes 2b 5 0 1 0
Davis cf 3 1 2 0
  Melendez cf 1 1 1 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 0 0
Winfield rf 5 0 1 1
Ivie 1b 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 2 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 0 0 1
Hernandez ss 4 0 1 0
Strom p 2 1 1 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Kubiak ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 1 2 0
Bowa ss 4 0 1 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 2 2
Luzinski lf 2 1 0 0
  Martin pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Allen 1b 3 1 1 0
Brown rf 2 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 1 2
Boone c 4 0 1 0
Underwood p 2 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
San Diego 000 110 0103100
Philadelphia 020 001 10x480
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Strom  L (8-9) 6.0 4 3 3 5 1
  Metzger   2.0 4 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
6
1
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood  W (5-1) 7.0 6 2 2 3 3
  McGraw   1.1 4 1 1 1 0
  Reed  SV (4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
4
3

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1, Philadelphia 1.  2B–San Diego Melendez (3,off McGraw), Philadelphia Allen (10,off Strom); Cash (8,off Strom).  3B–San Diego W Davis (7,off Underwood); Strom (1,off Underwood).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (23,6th inning off Strom 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Luzinski (2,by Metzger).  CS–Schmidt (5,2nd base by Strom/Kendall).  WP–Underwood (2).  IBB–Metzger (3,Luzinski).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:30.  A–35,217.
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