Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
April 26, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1981 at Wrigley Field. The Philadelphia Phillies 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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Philadelphia Phillies 6, Chicago Cubs 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 5 0 1 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
  Aguayo 2b 0 0 0 0
McBride rf 2 1 1 0
  Smith rf,cf 2 1 1 0
Schmidt 3b 4 1 2 2
  Vukovich 3b 0 0 0 0
Matthews lf 3 1 0 0
  Gross lf 0 0 0 0
Maddox cf 3 2 2 1
  Unser 1b 1 0 1 0
Bowa ss 5 0 2 1
Boone c 4 0 0 2
Bystrom p 3 0 0 0
  Davis ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 1 1 0
Fletcher 2b 4 0 1 1
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Henderson lf 4 0 2 0
Durham rf 4 0 1 0
Morales cf 3 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Blackwell c 3 1 1 0
  Dillard ph 1 0 0 0
Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Martz p 1 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 1 1
  Kravec p 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Tracy ph 1 0 1 0
  Capilla p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Philadelphia 014 000 1006100
Chicago 100 010 000280
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Bystrom  W (1-0) 7.0 6 2 2 2 3
  McGraw   2.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Caudill  L (0-1) 2.1 6 5 5 3 2
  Martz   2.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Kravec   1.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Eastwick   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Capilla   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
7
3

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Philadelphia McBride (9,off Caudill); Unser (1,off Capilla), Chicago Fletcher (1,off Bystrom); Blackwell (2,off Bystrom).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (5,3rd inning off Caudill 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Schmidt (3,by Kravec).  SB–Schmidt (2,2nd base off Martz/Blackwell); Smith (2,2nd base off Kravec/Blackwell); D Davis (1,2nd base off Capilla/Blackwell); DeJesus (5,2nd base off Bystrom/Boone); Henderson (1,2nd base off Bystrom/Boone).  WP–Capilla (2).  IBB–Kravec (1,Schmidt).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:40.  A–10,093.
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