Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
August 3, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1977 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 0 0
Cardenal lf 4 1 0 0
Biittner 1b 2 0 2 2
Morales cf 5 0 0 0
Murcer rf 4 0 1 0
Ontiveros 3b 5 0 2 0
Kelleher 2b 4 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Trillo 2b 0 0 0 0
Swisher c 4 1 2 1
Reuschel p 3 1 0 0
  Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 7 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 2 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 5 2 3 2
Driessen 1b 4 1 1 2
Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0
Lum rf 4 1 1 1
Plummer c 2 0 0 0
  Bench ph,c 1 0 0 0
Moskau p 2 0 0 0
  Summers ph 0 0 0 0
  Armbrister ph 1 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Chicago 000 010 200 0370
Cincinnati 000 000 120 2591
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   6.1 3 1 1 4 7
  Hernandez  L (5-4) 3.0 6 4 4 1 3
Totals
9.1
9
5
5
5
10
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Moskau   7.0 5 3 1 5 8
  Billingham   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Borbon  W (7-4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
7
3
1
7
10

  E–Rose (10).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Chicago Biittner (17,off Moskau); Ontiveros (15,off Billingham), Cincinnati Rose (27,off R Reuschel).  HR–Chicago Swisher (3,5th inning off Moskau 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Lum (3,7th inning off R Reuschel 0 on, 0 out); Foster (36,8th inning off G Hernandez 1 on, 0 out); Driessen (13,10th inning off G Hernandez 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Swisher (3,by Billingham).  SB–DeJesus (15,2nd base off Moskau/Plummer); Rose (11,2nd base off G Hernandez/Swisher).  CS–Murcer (5,2nd base by Moskau/Plummer).  WP–Moskau (2).  IBB–Billingham (6,Swisher).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:45.  A–38,505.
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