San Diego Padres vs Chicago Cubs
May 16, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1977 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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 6, Chicago Cubs 9

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 5 0 1 0
Champion 2b 5 1 2 0
Hendrick cf 5 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 2 1 1
Tenace 1b,c 5 1 1 0
Rader 3b 4 1 3 2
Almon ss 2 1 0 0
  Valentine ph,ss 2 0 1 0
Davis c 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph,c 1 0 0 0
  Sutherland ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Shirley p 1 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 1 2
  Bernal p 0 0 0 0
  Sawyer p 0 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Ivie ph 1 0 0 0
  Melendez cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 3 1 0
Clines lf 4 1 4 5
Biittner 1b 5 0 2 1
Murcer rf 3 1 0 0
Morales cf 3 1 0 0
Trillo 2b 5 1 1 0
Ontiveros 3b 3 1 2 2
Mitterwald c 5 1 1 0
Moore p 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Reuschel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 11 8
San Diego 000 220 2006103
Chicago 104 120 01x9112
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  L (2-5) 2.2 5 5 5 3 3
  Spillner   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bernal   0.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Sawyer   1.1 4 2 2 1 0
  Metzger   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Tomlin   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Fingers   1.0 0 1 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
11
9
8
9
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Moore   3.2 4 2 2 3 6
  Hernandez   0.2 2 2 1 0 0
  Todd  W (1-1) 2.1 3 2 2 2 3
  Reuschel  SV (3) 2.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
6
10

  E–Tenace (3), Sutherland (1), Bernal (1), Mitterwald (2), Moore (1).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–San Diego Tenace (7,off Todd), Chicago Clines (2,off Shirley); DeJesus (8,off Shirley); Biittner (6,off Sawyer).  3B–San Diego Winfield (3,off G Hernandez), Chicago Ontiveros (2,off Shirley).  HR–Chicago Clines (1,3rd inning off Shirley 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Davis (1,by Moore); Murcer (5,by Metzger).  SH–Todd (1,off Sawyer).  SB–Richards (8,2nd base off Moore/Mitterwald); Clines (1,2nd base off Tomlin/Tenace).  WP–Moore (1).  IBB–Metzger (4,Murcer); Moore (1,Davis).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:57.  A–6,992.
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