Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 16, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1977 at Veteran's Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 9, Philadelphia Phillies 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 1 1 0
Cardenal lf 5 1 1 0
Biittner 1b 4 1 1 0
Murcer rf 4 2 1 0
Morales cf 4 1 1 1
Ontiveros 3b 2 1 1 1
  Rosello 3b 1 1 0 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 2 1
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
  Swisher c 0 0 0 0
Kelleher 2b 3 0 1 0
  Broberg p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 1 3
  Sutter p 1 0 0 0
Reuschel p 1 1 1 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Trillo 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 6
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 4 3 1 0
Bowa ss 4 2 2 0
Johnstone 1b 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Hutton 1b 1 0 0 1
Luzinski lf 3 2 1 3
Hebner 3b 3 1 1 0
Maddox cf 3 0 1 2
Boone c 4 0 1 2
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Lerch p 0 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 1 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 1 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 7 8
Chicago 203 100 3009111
Philadelphia 000 330 200871
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   4.1 4 5 5 2 3
  Hernandez   0.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Broberg  W (1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Sutter  SV (24) 3.0 1 2 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
8
6
3
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch   2.2 6 5 5 3 3
  Brusstar   2.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Reed  L (6-4) 4.0 2 3 3 3 3
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
6
7

  E–Trillo (17), Sizemore (6).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Chicago Mitterwald (13,off Lerch); R Reuschel (1,off Brusstar), Philadelphia Luzinski (23,off G Hernandez); Bowa (10,off Sutter).  3B–Chicago Gross (2,off Reed).  SH–R Reuschel (5,off Lerch).  HBP–Murcer (2,by Reed); Maddox (4,by R Reuschel).  IBB–Rosello (1,by Reed); Swisher (2,by Reed).  SF–Luzinski (6,off Sutter).  SB–Mitterwald (3,2nd base off Brusstar/Boone); McBride (18,2nd base off R Reuschel/Mitterwald).  CS–Maddox (3,2nd base by Broberg/Mitterwald).  WP–Brusstar 2 (3), Reed (1).  HBP–R Reuschel (4,Maddox); Reed (1,Murcer).  IBB–Reed 2 (6,Rosello,Swisher).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:55.  A–35,095.
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