Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 21, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1976 at Wrigley Field. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Chicago Cubs 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 6 0 2 0
Moreno cf 5 0 1 0
Zisk lf 4 1 1 0
Oliver 1b 4 0 1 0
Parker rf 4 0 1 0
Hebner 3b 3 0 0 1
Stennett 2b 5 0 0 0
Dyer c 5 0 1 0
Reuss p 2 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Moose p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 1 7 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday 1b 6 0 0 0
Kelleher ss 6 0 1 1
Madlock 3b 5 0 0 0
Morales rf 6 1 2 0
Trillo 2b 6 0 3 1
Swisher c 5 0 1 0
Sperring lf 3 0 2 0
  Biittner ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Wallis cf 3 1 0 0
Stone p 1 0 0 0
  Tyrone ph 1 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Mitterwald ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Rosello ph 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Summers ph 0 0 0 0
  Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 2 9 2
Pittsburgh 000 100 000 000 0171
Chicago 001 000 000 000 1290
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   10.0 6 1 0 4 7
  Giusti   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Moose  L (3-9) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
12.2
9
2
1
5
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   5.0 4 1 1 1 0
  Knowles   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Sutter   3.0 2 0 0 0 4
  Coleman   1.1 1 0 0 3 3
  Garman   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Reuschel  W (4-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
13.0
7
1
1
4
8

  E–Stennett (19).  DP–Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Zisk (33,off Stone), Chicago Swisher (12,off Reuss); Sperring (3,off Reuss); Morales (16,off Moose).  SH–Reuss (3,off Stone); Sperring (3,off Reuss).  SF–Hebner (4,off Stone).  IBB–Wallis (3,by Reuss).  SB–Parker (18,2nd base off Stone/Swisher); Moreno (15,2nd base off Coleman/Swisher).  CS–Taveras (11,2nd base by Stone/Swisher); Oliver (2,2nd base by Coleman/Swisher).  IBB–Reuss (9,Wallis).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–3:11.  A–5,017.
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