Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
May 17, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1979 at Wrigley Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Phillies 23, Chicago Cubs 22

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 8 2 3 1
Bowa ss 8 4 5 1
Rose 1b 7 4 3 4
Schmidt 3b 4 3 2 4
Unser lf 7 1 1 2
Maddox cf 4 3 4 4
  Gross pr,cf 2 1 1 1
Boone c 4 2 3 5
Meoli 2b 5 0 1 0
Lerch p 1 1 1 1
  Bird p 1 1 0 0
  Luzinski ph 0 0 0 0
  Espinosa pr 1 1 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 23 24 23
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 6 4 3 1
Vail rf 5 2 3 1
  Burris p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Buckner 1b 7 2 4 7
Kingman lf 6 4 3 6
Ontiveros 3b 7 2 1 1
Martin cf 6 2 3 3
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Foote c 6 1 3 1
Sizemore 2b 4 2 2 1
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Murcer rf,cf 2 0 1 0
Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 1 0 1 1
  Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Dillard ph,2b 1 2 1 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Kelleher 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 56 22 26 22
Philadelphia 708 240 100 123242
Chicago 600 373 030 022262
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch   0.1 5 5 5 0 0
  Bird   3.2 8 4 4 0 2
  McGraw   0.2 4 7 4 3 1
  Reed   3.1 9 6 6 0 0
  Eastwick  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 10.0 26 22 19 3 4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp   0.1 6 6 6 0 0
  Moore   2.0 6 7 7 2 1
  Hernandez   2.2 7 8 6 7 1
  Caudill   1.1 3 1 1 2 3
  Burris   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Sutter  L (1-1) 2.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals 10.0 24 23 21 12 7

  E–Schmidt 2 (6), DeJesus (7), Kingman (3).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–Philadelphia Bowa 2 (6,off Lamp,off Hernandez); Maddox 2 (10,off Moore,off Hernandez); Rose 2 (14,off Moore,off Hernandez); Boone (6,off Caudill), Chicago Martin (10,off Lerch); Foote (4,off McGraw); DeJesus (7,off Reed).  3B–Philadelphia Gross (1,off Caudill), Chicago Moore (1,off Bird).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt 2 (14,1st inning off Lamp 2 on, 1 out,10th inning off Sutter 0 on, 2 out); Boone (2,1st inning off Lamp 2 on, 1 out); Lerch (1,1st inning off Moore 0 on, 2 out); Maddox (6,3rd inning off Hernandez 2 on, 2 out), Chicago Kingman 3 (12,1st inning off Lerch 2 on, 0 out,4th inning off Bird 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Reed 0 on, 2 out); Ontiveros (1,4th inning off Bird 0 on, 2 out); Buckner (4,5th inning off McGraw 3 on, 1 out); Martin (3,5th inning off McGraw 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Unser (2,off Hernandez); Gross (1,off Hernandez).  HBP–Boone (1,by Hernandez).  IBB–Schmidt 2 (3,by Hernandez 2); Boone 2 (6,by Hernandez 2).  SB–Bowa (6,2nd base off Caudill/Foote); Meoli (1,2nd base off Sutter/Foote).  HBP–Hernandez (1,Boone).  IBB–Hernandez 4 (6,Schmidt 2,Boone 2).  U-HP–Dick Cavanaugh, 1B–Bill Lawson, 2B–Dennis Riccio, 3B–Dave Slickenmeyer.  T–4:03.  A–14,952.

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