Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Mike Schmidt

The Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs combined for a staggering thirty-four runs in this slugfest which featured nine home runs including four consecutive long balls by Mike Schmidt.

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"I could ask the Phillies to keep me on to add to my statistics, but my love for the game won't let me do that." - Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt

4 Home Runs in 1 Game
by Mike Schmidt

Mike Schmidt

April 17, 1976 at Wrigley Field

Philadelphia Phillies
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Dave Cash 2b 6 1 2 2
Larry Bowa ss 6 3 3 1
Jay Johnstone rf 5 2 4 2
Greg Luzinski lf 5 0 1 1
Ollie Brown lf 0 0 0 0
Dick Allen 1b 5 2 1 2
Mike Schmidt 3b 6 4 5 8
Garry Maddox cf 5 2 2 1
Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0
e-Tim McCarver ph 1 1 1 0
Tom Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Jim Lonborg p 0 0 0 0
Bob Boone c 6 1 3 1
Steve Carlton p 1 0 0 0
Ron Schueler p 0 0 0 0
Gene Garber p 0 0 0 0
a-Tom Hutton ph 0 0 0 0
Ron Reed p 0 0 0 0
b-Jerry Martin ph 1 0 0 0
Wayne Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
c-Bobby Tolan ph-cf 3 2 2 0
TOTALS 50 18 24 18
Chicago Cubs
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Rick Monday cf 6 3 4 4
Jose Cardenal lf 5 1 1 0
Champ Summers lf 0 0 0 0
d-George Mitterwald ph 1 0 0 0
Joe Wallis lf 1 0 0 0
Bill Madlock 3b 7 2 3 3
Jerry Morales rf 5 2 1 0
Andy Thornton 1b 4 3 1 1
Manny Trillo 2b 5 0 2 3
Steve Swisher c 6 1 3 4
Dave Rosello ss 4 1 2 1
Mick Kelleher ss 2 0 1 0
Rick Reuschel p 1 2 0 0
Mike Garman p 0 0 0 0
Darold Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Paul Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
Buddy Schultz p 0 0 0 0
f-Mike Adams ph 1 1 1 0
TOTALS 48 16 19 16

a: Base on balls for Garber in 4th inning.
b
: Grounded out for Reed in 6th inning.
c: Singled for Twitchell in 8th inning.
d: Struck out for Summers in 8th inning.
e: Singled for McGraw in 10th inning.
f: Doubled for Schultz in 10th inning.

Double Plays: Trillo-Rosell-Thornton, Schmidt-Cash-Allen.
Doubles
: Cardenal, Madlock, Thornton, Boone, Adams.
Home Runs: Maddox, Swisher, Monday 2, Schmidt 4, Boone.
Left on Base: Philadelphia 8, Chicago 12.
Sacrifice Flies: Luzinski, Cash.
Sacrifice Hits: R. Reuschel, Johnston.
Triples: Johnstone, Bowa.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Philadelphia 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 5 3 3 18 24 0
Chicago 0 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 19 0
Philadelphia Phillies
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Steve Carlton 1.2 7 7 7 2 1
Ron Schueler 0.2 3 3 3 0 0
Gene Garber 0.2 2 2 2 1 1
Ron Reed 2.0 1 1 1 1 1
Wayne Twitchell 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Tug McGraw 2.0 4 2 2 1 2
Tom Underwood 0.2 2 1 1 0 1
Jim Lonborg 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Chicago Cubs
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Rick Reuschel 7.0 14 7 7 1 4
Mike Garman 0.2 4 5 5 1 1
a-Darold Knowles 1.1 3 4 4 1 0
b-Paul Reuschel 0.0 3 2 2 0 0
Buddy Schultz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

a: Knowles pitched to one batter in 10th inning.
b: P. Reuschel pitched to two batters in 10th inning.

Balk: Schultz.
Hit by Pitcher
: R. Reuschel (by Schueler), Thornton (by Garber), Monday (by Twitchell).
Losing Pitcher: Knowles.
Save: Lonborg.
Winning Pitcher: McGraw.

Attendance: 28,287.
Length of Game: 3:42.
Umpires: HP: Ed Vargo, 1B: Andy Olsen.
Umpires: 2B: Satch Davidson, Duch Rennert.
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