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Friday July 31, 1970
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Chicago Cubs 11, Cincinnati Reds 7 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, July 31, 1970 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Cubs         3  0  2    1  0  2    0  3  0  -  11 16  2
Reds         3  0  1    0  1  1    0  1  0  -   7 10  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          5   2   3   0     0   0   .272      Rose rf               3   1   2   1     1   0   .321
Beckert 2b            5   3   3   0     0   0   .292      Tolan cf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .317
Williams lf           5   1   2   1     0   0   .318      Perez 3b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .338
Santo 3b              4   2   4   3     1   0   .253      Bench lf,c            5   2   2   1     0   1   .299
Hickman 1b            4   3   2   4     1   0   .327      May 1b                4   0   1   2     0   2   .259
Pepitone cf           5   0   1   1     0   0   .253      Stewart 2b            3   0   1   1     0   0   .243
  James cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .208      Corrales c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Callison rf           5   0   1   2     0   0   .257        Carbo ph,lf         1   1   1   2     0   0   .325
Hiatt c               3   0   0   0     2   1   .255      Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Colborn p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Merritt p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .148
  Rodriguez p         3   0   0   0     0   0   .091        Carroll p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Bravo ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .277
                                                            Noriega p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Washburn p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cline ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
                                                            Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               41  11  16  11     4   2             Totals               35   7  10   7     2   6

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 50,056
Left on Base: Cubs 7, Reds 6
DP: Cubs 0, Reds 0
Errors: Kessinger, Santo, Bench
Doubles: Hickman (20), Pepitone (10), Kessinger (16), Santo 2 (21), Callison (18), Williams (18), May (26), Perez (16), Bench (26)
Triples: Bravo (1)
Home Runs: Hickman (24), Carbo (17)
Stolen Bases: Tolan (37)
Caught Stealing: Rose (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Stewart (1), Carbo (1), Rose (4)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn                 4.1   8   5   4   2   5   0  24   3.28
Rodriguez W(2-1)        4.2   2   2   2   0   1   1  16   4.97
Totals                  9    10   7   6   2   6   1  40

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Merritt L(15-10)        3.2  10   6   6   3   1   0  22   4.15
Carroll                 2.1   3   2   2   0   0   0  10   2.92
Noriega                 1.2   2   2   2   1   0   0   8   6.75
Washburn                0.1   1   1   1   0   0   1   2   6.92
Granger                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.58
Totals                  9    16  11  11   4   2   1  45

Umpires: HP - Tony Venzon, 1B - Frank Secory, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to right; On a bunt Beckert singled
to third [Kessinger to second]; Williams grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Kessinger to third, Beckert to second]; Santo was
walked intentionally; Hickman doubled to left [Kessinger scored,
Beckert scored, Santo out at home (left to catcher)]; Pepitone
doubled to right [Hickman scored]; Callison lined to second; 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose walked; Tolan singled to center [Rose to third];
Tolan stole second; Perez struck out; Bench reached on an error
by Santo [Rose stayed at third, Bench to first]; May doubled to
left [Rose scored, Tolan scored, Bench to third]; Stewart hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Bench scored (unearned)]; Corrales
grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 3, Reds 3.

CUBS 2ND: Hiatt popped to catcher in foul territory; Colborn
grounded out (third to first); Kessinger doubled to left;
Beckert flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 3.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion struck out; Merritt struck out; Rose
singled to center; Rose was caught stealing second but was safe
at second (error by Kessinger; assist by Hiatt); Tolan flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Reds 3.

CUBS 3RD: Williams popped to catcher in foul territory; Santo
doubled to left; Hickman was walked intentionally; Pepitone
popped to shortstop; Callison doubled to left [Santo scored,
Hickman scored]; Hiatt was walked intentionally; Colborn was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Reds 3.

REDS 3RD: Perez doubled to right; Bench doubled to center [Perez
scored]; May struck out; Stewart flied out to left; Corrales
lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Reds 4.

CUBS 4TH: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Beckert
singled to center; Williams singled to shortstop [Beckert to
second]; Santo singled to left [Beckert scored, Williams to
third (error by Bench)]; Santo was picked off first (pitcher to
second); CARROLL REPLACED MERRITT (PITCHING); Hickman grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 6, Reds 4.

REDS 4TH: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Carroll
grounded out (first to pitcher); Rose singled to right; Tolan
walked [Rose to second]; Perez forced Rose (third unassisted); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 6, Reds 4.

CUBS 5TH: Pepitone popped to shortstop; Callison grounded out
(second to first); Hiatt grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 6, Reds 4.

REDS 5TH: Bench singled to center; May struck out; Stewart
singled to right [Bench to third]; CARBO BATTED FOR CORRALES;
RODRIGUEZ REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); Carbo hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Bench scored]; Concepcion flied out to right; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 6, Reds 5.

CUBS 6TH: CARBO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BENCH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to
first); Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); Beckert
singled to center; Williams doubled to left [Beckert scored];
Santo singled to right [Williams scored]; Hickman grounded out
(catcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 8, Reds 5.

REDS 6TH: BRAVO BATTED FOR CARROLL; Bravo tripled to center;
Rose hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bravo scored]; Tolan popped
to first; Perez popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 8, Reds 6.

CUBS 7TH: NORIEGA REPLACED BRAVO (PITCHING); Pepitone grounded
out (catcher to first); Callison flied out to center; Hiatt
walked; Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cubs 8, Reds 6.

REDS 7TH: Bench popped to first; May popped to shortstop;
Stewart grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 8, Reds 6.

CUBS 8TH: Kessinger singled to center; Beckert flied out to
left; Williams popped to third; Santo doubled to right
[Kessinger scored]; WASHBURN REPLACED NORIEGA (PITCHING);
Hickman homered [Santo scored]; Pepitone grounded out (first to
pitcher); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 11, Reds 6.

REDS 8TH: JAMES REPLACED PEPITONE (PLAYING CF); Carbo homered;
Concepcion popped to shortstop; CLINE BATTED FOR WASHBURN; Cline
grounded out (second to first); Rose grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 11, Reds 7.

CUBS 9TH: GRANGER REPLACED CLINE (PITCHING); Callison grounded
out (second to first); Hiatt struck out; Rodriguez grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 11, Reds 7.

REDS 9TH: Tolan flied out to center; Perez flied out to right;
Bench struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 11, Reds 7.



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