Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 12, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1976 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 0, Philadelphia Phillies 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday 1b 4 0 2 0
Wallis cf 4 0 1 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 1 0
Morales rf 3 0 0 0
Biittner lf 3 0 0 0
  Swisher ph 1 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 2 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 1 0
Kelleher ss 2 0 1 0
  Summers ph 0 0 0 0
  Tyrone ph 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
Renko p 2 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Sperring ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 6 0
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 5 1 2 2
Cash 2b 5 0 2 1
Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 1
Luzinski lf 2 1 0 0
  Martin lf 1 0 0 0
Johnstone rf 3 1 1 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Hutton 1b 3 0 1 0
Bowa ss 4 2 2 0
Oates c 4 2 3 2
Christenson p 3 0 1 1
  Brown rf 1 1 0 0
Totals 35 8 13 7
Chicago 000 000 000060
Philadelphia 001 003 04x8130
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  L (7-9) 5.1 7 4 4 4 5
  Coleman   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Schultz   0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Garman   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
5
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Christenson  W (12-8) 7.0 6 0 0 1 1
  McGraw  SV (9) 2.0 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Philadelphia 2.  2B–Chicago Wallis (9,off Christenson), Philadelphia Oates (2,off Renko).  SB–Cash (8,2nd base off Renko/Mitterwald); Schmidt (13,2nd base off Coleman/Mitterwald).  WP–Garman (4).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:36.  A–34,469.
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