Coming out of the bullpen, Barry Lersch made the first start of his major league career and pitched the Phillies to a 6-1 victory after the Cubs had won the first game of the doubleheader, 4-1. Johnny Briggs homered for the Phillies' run in the lidlifter to tie the score at 1-1, but Milt Pappas helped himself to victory by hitting a triple in the eighth and scoring the Cubs' go-ahead run on a single by Don Kessinger. After a sacrifice and two walks, Joe Pepitone batted in another run with a sacrifice fly. Johnny Callison added the final counter with a homer in the ninth.

Tony Taylor and Mike Ryan hit homers for the Phillies in the nightcap. [The Sporting News]

Chicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, August 9, 1970 (Day game) at Connie Mack Stadium

Cubs         0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  1  -   4 12  1
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  8  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          5   1   1   1     0   0   .269      Taylor 3b,ss          5   0   0   0     0   1   .283
Beckert 2b            3   0   2   0     0   0   .299      Doyle 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .239
Williams lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .308      Briggs lf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .257
Hickman 1b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .319      Johnson 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .249
Pepitone cf           3   0   2   2     0   0   .251        G. Jackson pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
Santo 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .251        Joseph 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Callison rf           4   1   2   1     0   0   .265      Stone rf,1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .282
Hundley c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .286      Gamble cf             2   0   2   0     2   0   .277
Pappas p              3   1   1   0     0   0   .125      Harmon ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .241
  Regan p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Browne ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .254
                                                          Ryan c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .181
                                                          Wise p                3   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
                                                            Hutto ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .216

Totals               33   4  12   4     2   2             Totals               35   1   8   1     2   6

Time of Game: 2:30
Left on Base: Cubs 6, Phillies 9
DP: Cubs 0, Phillies 3
Errors: Santo
Doubles: Beckert (9)
Triples: Pappas (1)
Home Runs: Callison (13), Briggs (6)
Caught Stealing: Callison (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Beckert (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Pepitone (2)
GIDP: Kessinger (9), Santo (14), Williams (9)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pappas W(7-5)           7.2   8   1   1   2   5   1  33   3.61
Regan SV(10)            1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.85
Totals                  9     8   1   1   2   6   1  37

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise L(9-10)            7.1  11   3   3   2   1   0  31   3.89
Hoerner                 1.2   1   1   1   0   1   1   6   3.07
Totals                  9    12   4   4   2   2   1  37

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Ken Burkhart, 3B - Paul Pryor


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Beckert
doubled to right; Williams grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hickman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Doyle
grounded out (second to first); Briggs grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

CUBS 2ND: Pepitone grounded out (first to pitcher); Santo
grounded out (second to first); Callison grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnson flied out to center; Stone lined to third;
Gamble singled to center; Harmon flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

CUBS 3RD: Hundley singled to right; Pappas flied out to right;
Kessinger grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Hundley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Ryan singled to left; On a bunt Wise popped to
catcher in foul territory; Taylor flied out to right; Doyle
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Phillies 0.

CUBS 4TH: Beckert grounded out (second to first); Williams
singled to center; Hickman singled to right [Williams to
second]; Pepitone singled to right [Williams scored, Hickman to
third]; Santo grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Pepitone out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Briggs singled to right; Johnson lined to center;
Stone singled to center [Briggs to third, Stone to second (on
throw to 3b)]; Gamble was walked intentionally; Harmon struck
out; Ryan flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Phillies 0.

CUBS 5TH: Callison singled to right; Hundley singled to left
[Callison to second]; On a bunt Pappas popped to catcher in foul
territory; Kessinger flied out to left; Callison was picked off
and caught stealing third (pitcher to third to shortstop); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Wise grounded out (third to first); Taylor struck
out; Doyle flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Phillies 0.

CUBS 6TH: Beckert singled to right; Williams grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Beckert out at
second]; Hickman popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Briggs homered; Johnson struck out; Stone was
called out on strikes; Gamble singled to third [Gamble to second
(error by Santo)]; Harmon grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 1.

CUBS 7TH: On a bunt Pepitone singled to first; Santo popped to
second; Callison forced Pepitone (second to shortstop); Hundley
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Ryan popped to third; Wise popped to second;
Taylor lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Phillies 1.

CUBS 8TH: Pappas tripled to right; Kessinger singled to left
[Pappas scored]; Beckert out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Kessinger to second]; Williams was walked
intentionally; Hickman walked [Kessinger to third, Williams to
second]; HOERNER REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Pepitone hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Kessinger scored]; Santo lined to
second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Doyle singled to first; Briggs flied out to
center; Johnson singled to right [Doyle to second]; G. JACKSON
RAN FOR JOHNSON; Stone struck out; Gamble walked [Doyle to
third, G. Jackson to second]; BROWNE BATTED FOR HARMON; REGAN
REPLACED PAPPAS (PITCHING); Browne grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 3, Phillies 1.

CUBS 9TH: BROWNE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); STONE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); JOSEPH REPLACED G. JACKSON (PLAYING 3B);
TAYLOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Callison homered; Hundley
flied out to left; Regan was called out on strikes; Kessinger
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: Ryan popped to first; HUTTO BATTED FOR HOERNER;
Hutto was called out on strikes; Taylor grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Phillies 1.

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