Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 23, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1976 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 6 0 1 0
Hebner 3b 4 1 3 0
Oliver cf 3 1 0 0
Stargell 1b 5 0 1 2
Parker rf 5 0 0 0
Zisk lf 3 1 1 0
  Dilone pr 0 0 0 0
  Robinson lf 1 0 0 0
Stennett 2b 5 2 3 1
Ott c 4 0 2 1
Demery p 1 0 0 1
  Moose p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Robertson ph 1 0 0 0
  Kison p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 11 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday 1b,cf 4 0 1 0
Summers lf 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  LaCock ph 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Sperring ss 1 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 1 1 1
Morales cf,rf 5 1 3 1
Biittner rf,lf 5 0 1 2
Trillo 2b 3 0 1 0
Mitterwald c 5 0 1 0
Kelleher ss 3 1 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
Reuschel p 1 0 0 0
  Tabb ph,1b 2 1 1 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Pittsburgh 200 200 000 15111
Chicago 000 004 000 0492
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Demery   5.2 4 4 4 1 4
  Moose   1.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Giusti  W (5-4) 2.0 4 0 0 1 0
  Kison  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
9
4
4
5
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   6.0 6 4 3 2 0
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Sutter   1.1 2 0 0 2 1
  Knowles  L (5-7) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Garman   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
11
5
4
4
3

  E–Taveras (33), Trillo (17), Mitterwald (7).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Stargell (19,off R Reuschel); Hebner (20,off Sutter); Ott (1,off Knowles), Chicago Biittner (13,off Demery); Monday (19,off Moose).  3B–Pittsburgh Stennett (9,off R Reuschel).  SH–Demery (4,off R Reuschel); Hebner (3,off Hernandez); Monday (2,off Giusti).  SF–Demery (1,off R Reuschel).  IBB–Ott (1,by Sutter); Oliver (7,by Sutter); Madlock (15,by Giusti).  HBP–Kelleher (2,by Demery).  SB–Taveras (57,3rd base off Hernandez/Mitterwald); Dilone (1,2nd base off Sutter/Mitterwald).  WP–R Reuschel (7).  HBP–Demery (2,Kelleher).  IBB–Giusti (9,Madlock); Sutter 2 (8,Ott,Oliver).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:52.  A–2,132.
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