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Saturday July 4, 1970
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Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, July 4, 1970 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   2 10  0
Cubs         0  0  0    0  1  4    2  0  x  -   7 12  2


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alou cf               5   0   2   1     0   0   .282      Kessinger ss          5   0   3   1     0   0   .289
Hebner 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Popovich 2b           4   2   1   0     1   1   .276
  Clemente ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .344      Williams lf           4   1   1   2     0   0   .315
Oliver 1b             5   0   0   0     0   2   .266      Hickman rf            4   1   1   1     0   1   .339
Stargell lf           4   1   3   1     0   0   .247      Banks 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .237
Alley ss              4   0   0   0     0   2   .250        Smith pr,1b         0   1   0   0     0   0   .188
Mazeroski 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .209      Santo 3b              3   1   1   0     1   1   .236
Jeter rf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .217      James cf              3   1   2   2     1   0   .208
J. May c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .186      Rudolph c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .200
  Clines ph           0   0   0   0     1   0  1.000      Pappas p              4   0   1   1     0   2   .063
  Ricketts c          1   0   1   0     0   0   .200        Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Veale p               2   0   1   0     0   1   .125
  Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pagan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .238
  Gibbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Patek ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .235

Totals               37   2  10   2     2   5             Totals               34   7  12   7     4   6

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 26,634
Left on Base: Pirates 10, Cubs 7
DP: Pirates 1, Cubs 0
Errors: Kessinger, Hickman
Doubles: Veale (2), Kessinger (13), James (6)
Triples: Popovich (1)
Home Runs: Stargell (16), Williams (24), Hickman (19)
Caught Stealing: Alou (5)
GIDP: Kessinger (8)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Veale L(5-10)           5.1   9   5   5   1   5   2  25   3.51
Dal Canton              0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.90
Gibbon                  2     2   2   2   2   1   0  10   7.90
Totals                  8    12   7   7   4   6   2  38

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pappas W(3-3)           8.1  10   2   2   2   4   1  37   5.04
Gura SV(1)              0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.93
Totals                  9    10   2   2   2   5   1  39

Wild Pitches: Veale (4), Gibbon (3)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Mel Steiner


PIRATES 1ST: On a bunt Alou popped to catcher in foul territory;
Hebner grounded out (second to first); Oliver popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to right; Popovich lined to left;
Williams forced Kessinger (second to shortstop); Hickman struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell singled to right; Alley struck out;
Mazeroski popped to second; Jeter walked [Stargell to second];
J. May popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Banks struck out; Santo grounded out (shortstop to
first); James grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Veale doubled to left; Alou popped to third; Hebner
popped to shortstop; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Rudolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Pappas
flied out to right; Kessinger doubled to left; Popovich struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Stargell grounded out (first to pitcher); Alley
reached on an error by Kessinger [Alley to first]; Mazeroski
popped to shortstop; Jeter flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Williams grounded out (first unassisted); Hickman
grounded out (third to first); Banks grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 5TH: J. May flied out to left; Veale struck out; Alou
singled to right; Alou was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 5TH: Santo was called out on strikes; James walked; Rudolph
singled to center [James to second]; Veale threw a wild pitch
[James to third, Rudolph to second]; Pappas struck out;
Kessinger singled to left [James scored, Rudolph out at home
(left to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 1.

PIRATES 6TH: Hebner flied out to right; Oliver flied out to
left; Stargell homered; Alley flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cubs 1.

CUBS 6TH: Popovich tripled to right; Williams homered [Popovich
scored]; Hickman homered; Banks flied out to center; Santo
singled to left; James doubled to left [Santo to third]; DAL
CANTON REPLACED VEALE (PITCHING); Rudolph was walked
intentionally; Pappas singled to left [Santo scored, James to
third, Rudolph to second]; Kessinger grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Pappas out at second]; 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 1, Cubs 5.

PIRATES 7TH: Mazeroski flied out to center; Jeter singled to
shortstop; CLINES BATTED FOR J. MAY; Clines walked [Jeter to
second]; PAGAN BATTED FOR DAL CANTON; Pagan flied out to center;
Alou popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 1, Cubs 5.

CUBS 7TH: RICKETTS REPLACED CLINES (PLAYING C ); GIBBON REPLACED
PAGAN (PITCHING); Popovich walked; Williams flied out to center;
Hickman lined to center; Banks singled to left [Popovich to
second]; SMITH RAN FOR BANKS; Gibbon threw a wild pitch
[Popovich to third, Smith to second]; Santo was walked
intentionally; James singled to right [Popovich scored, Smith
scored, Santo to second]; Rudolph flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cubs 7.

PIRATES 8TH: SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Hebner grounded
out (shortstop to first); Oliver grounded out (second to first);
Stargell singled to right [Stargell to second (error by
Hickman)]; Alley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Cubs 7.

CUBS 8TH: Pappas struck out; Kessinger grounded out (second to
first); Popovich grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cubs 7.

PIRATES 9TH: Mazeroski grounded out (shortstop to first); Jeter
singled to center; Ricketts singled to left [Jeter to second];
PATEK BATTED FOR GIBBON; Patek singled to right [Jeter to third,
Ricketts to second]; Alou singled to left [Jeter scored,
Ricketts to third, Patek to second]; GURA REPLACED PAPPAS
(PITCHING); CLEMENTE BATTED FOR HEBNER; Clemente popped to
shortstop; Oliver struck out; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Cubs 7.



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