Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 3, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1975 at Busch Stadium II. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 11, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 1 1
Wallis cf 5 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 5 0 3 0
Cardenal rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Summers lf 4 1 2 0
  Hiser pr 0 1 0 0
  Mitterwald c 1 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 2 4 2 0
Trillo 2b 4 1 1 1
Swisher c 3 1 2 2
  Morales ph,rf 0 1 0 0
Prall p 1 1 0 1
  Dettore p 0 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  LaCock ph 1 1 1 4
  Reuschel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 11 13 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 2 3
McBride cf 5 0 1 0
Davis rf 4 1 1 0
Simmons c 5 2 2 0
Smith 1b 3 1 1 1
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 1
Tyson ss 3 1 0 0
Reed p 2 0 1 0
  Bradford ph 0 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 0 0 0 0
  Lintz pr 0 1 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 6 9 5
Chicago 020 103 50011132
St. Louis 010 005 000693
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Prall   5.2 6 5 4 4 2
  Dettore   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Schultz  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Reuschel  SV (3) 3.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
4
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Reed   6.0 9 6 4 2 4
  Gibson  L (3-10) 1.0 2 5 5 3 0
  Wallace   2.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
13
11
9
6
7

  E–Madlock (20), Swisher (10), Simmons (11), Reitz (20), Tyson (11).  DP–Chicago 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Chicago Madlock 2 (29,off Reed 2); Summers (4,off Reed); Thornton (18,off Reed), St. Louis Brock (25,off Dettore).  HR–Chicago LaCock (6,7th inning off Gibson 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Trillo (13,off Reed); Prall 2 (2,off Reed 2).  SF–Kessinger (8,off Reed); Reitz (5,off Prall).  IBB–Morales (8,by Gibson).  HBP–Fairly (3,by Dettore).  CS–Cardenal (8,3rd base by Reed/Simmons); Simmons (2,3rd base by Prall/Swisher).  WP–Gibson (6).  HBP–Dettore (6,Fairly).  IBB–Gibson (6,Morales).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:46.  A–14,119.
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