Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
April 17, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1976 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 18, Chicago Cubs 16

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 6 1 2 2
Bowa ss 6 3 3 1
Johnstone rf 5 2 4 2
Luzinski lf 5 0 1 1
  Brown lf 0 0 0 0
Allen 1b 5 2 1 2
Schmidt 3b 6 4 5 8
Maddox cf 5 2 2 1
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 1 1 0
  Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Lonborg p 0 0 0 0
Boone c 6 1 3 1
Carlton p 1 0 0 0
  Schueler p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph 1 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Tolan ph,cf 3 2 2 0
Totals 50 18 24 18
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 6 3 4 4
Cardenal lf 5 1 1 0
  Summers lf 0 0 0 0
  Mitterwald ph 1 0 0 0
  Wallis lf 1 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 7 2 3 3
Morales rf 5 2 1 0
Thornton 1b 4 3 1 1
Trillo 2b 5 0 2 3
Swisher c 6 1 3 4
Rosello ss 4 1 2 1
  Kelleher ss 2 0 1 0
Reuschel R. p 1 2 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Reuschel P. p 0 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Adams ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 48 16 19 16
Philadelphia 010 120 353 318240
Chicago 075 100 002 116190
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton   1.2 7 7 7 2 1
  Schueler   0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Garber   0.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Reed   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Twitchell   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  McGraw  W (1-1) 2.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Underwood   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Lonborg  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
19
16
16
6
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel R.   7.0 14 7 7 1 4
  Garman   0.2 4 5 5 1 1
  Knowles  L (1-1) 1.1 3 4 4 1 0
  Reuschel P.   0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Schultz   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
24
18
18
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Philadelphia Boone (1,off P Reuschel), Chicago Cardenal (4,off Carlton); Madlock 2 (3,off Carlton,off Underwood); Thornton (1,off McGraw); Adams (1,off Underwood).  3B–Philadelphia Johnstone (1,off R Reuschel); Bowa (1,off Knowles).  HR–Philadelphia Maddox (1,2nd inning off R Reuschel 0 on, 1 out); Schmidt 4 (5,5th inning off R Reuschel 1 on, 2 out,7th inning off R Reuschel 0 on, 2 out,8th inning off Garman 2 on, 2 out,10th inning off P Reuschel 1 on, 0 out); Boone (1,9th inning off Knowles 0 on, 0 o, Chicago Swisher (1,2nd inning off Carlton 0 on, 1 out); Monday 2 (3,2nd inning off Carlton 2 on, 1 out,4th inning off Reed 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Johnstone (1,off Knowles); R Reuschel (1,off Carlton).  SF–Luzinski (1,off R Reuschel); Cash (1,off Schultz).  HBP–R Reuschel (1,by Schueler); Thornton (1,by Garber); Monday (1,by Twitchell).  IBB–Morales (1,by Garber).  BK–Schultz (1).  HBP–Schueler (1,R Reuschel); Garber (1,Thornton); Twitchell (1,Monday).  IBB–Garber (1,Morales).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–3:41.  A–28,287.
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