Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 28, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1976 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 4 0 1 0
Tabb 1b 4 0 1 0
Biittner lf 4 0 1 0
Morales rf 4 1 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 2 0
Sperring 3b 4 0 2 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 1 0
  Rosello pr 0 0 0 0
Kelleher ss 2 0 0 1
  LaCock ph 0 0 0 0
Reuschel p 3 0 1 0
  Summers ph 0 0 0 0
  Putman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 10 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Dilone cf 4 1 2 0
Hebner 3b 3 1 2 1
Zisk lf 3 1 2 2
Oliver 1b 4 1 1 0
Parker rf 4 0 2 2
Stennett 2b 4 0 0 0
Ott c 3 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds ss 0 0 0 0
Medich p 3 1 1 0
  Reuss p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 10 5
Chicago 000 100 0001100
Pittsburgh 100 000 04x5101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (13-12) 8.0 10 5 5 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
1
0
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  W (8-11) 8.1 10 1 1 2 4
  Reuss  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
2
4

  E–Medich (2).  DP–Chicago 2, Pittsburgh 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Parker (27,off R Reuschel).  3B–Pittsburgh Hebner (2,off R Reuschel).  SF–Kelleher (1,off Medich); Zisk (8,off R Reuschel).  SB–Trillo (17,2nd base off Medich/Ott); Dilone (2,2nd base off R Reuschel/Mitterwald).  CS–Biittner (2,2nd base by Medich/Ott).  WP–Medich (4).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–1:46.  A–2,880.
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