Saturday April 15, 1972
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Jose Cardenal, playing his first game with the Cubs, wound up as the "goat" when the outfielder's error with two out in the ninth inning enabled Philadelphia to score two runs to gain a 4-2 victory. The Cubs counted their initial run in the third when Rick Monday singled and Fergie Jenkins hit an apparent double. However, the Cubs' starting pitcher failed to touch first base and was called out on appeal, thus losing credit for the hit.

A homer by Greg Luzinski in the fourth and singles by Denny Doyle and Tim McCarver, around a sacrifice by Steve Carlton, sent the Phillies ahead, but the Cubs tied the score in the eighth on heads-up running by Cardenal. Don Kessinger led off by drawing a walk but was forced by Cardenal, who then stole second. When Glenn Beckert beat out an infield hit, Cardenal put on the steam and scored from second base.

In the Phillies' ninth, Ron Stone and Larry Bowa singled off reliever Bill Hands. McCarver followed with a long drive to right field and Cardenal, after starting back slowly, caught up with the ball but let it pop out of his glove as Stone and Bowa scored to give the victory to Carlton in his first start for the Phillies. A crowd of 17,401 attended the Wrigley Field opener in cold weather. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 4, Chicago Cubs 2

Game Played on Saturday, April 15, 1972 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Phillies 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 - 4 10 0 Cubs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 4 2 Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bowa ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Cardenal rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .000 McCarver c 5 0 2 1 0 1 .400 Beckert 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Montanez cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .200 Williams lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Santo 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Luzinski lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .333 Pepitone 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Money 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Hundley c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Anderson rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Monday cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .333 Doyle 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .333 Kessinger ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 .500 Carlton p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jenkins p 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Stone ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 Hands p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 4 10 2 2 3 Totals 31 2 4 2 2 5 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 17,401 Left on Base: Phillies 8, Cubs 4 DP: Phillies 0, Cubs 1 Errors: Cardenal, Santo Doubles: Anderson (1), Montanez (1), Kessinger (1) Home Runs: Luzinski (1) Stolen Bases: Cardenal (1) Caught Stealing: McCarver (1) Sacrifice Hits: Carlton (1) GIDP: Money (1) Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Carlton W(1-0) 8 4 2 2 2 5 0 30 2.25 Hoerner SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 4 2 2 2 5 0 33 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins 6 5 1 1 1 2 1 25 1.50 Hands L(0-1) 2.2 5 3 1 1 0 0 12 3.38 Hamilton 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 Totals 9 10 4 2 2 3 1 39 Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Bruce Froemming PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa grounded out (pitcher to first); McCarver flied out to left; Montanez made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: Cardenal grounded out (second to first); Beckert flied out to center; Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cubs 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Johnson made an out to shortstop; Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); Money singled to center; Anderson singled [Money to second]; Doyle walked [Money to third, Anderson to second]; Carlton flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Phillies 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Santo was called out on strikes; Pepitone struck out; Hundley made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cubs 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa grounded out (pitcher to first); McCarver singled to right; Montanez struck out; Johnson forced McCarver (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 3RD: Monday singled to left; Kessinger flied out to left; Jenkins grounded out (right to second to catcher to pitcher to first) [Monday scored]; Fergie Jenkins out on appeal for missing 1B on apparent double; Cardenal walked; Beckert grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Cubs 1. PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski homered; Money grounded out (third to first); Anderson doubled to right; Doyle flied out to center; Carlton grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 1, Cubs 1. CUBS 4TH: Williams made an out to first; Santo grounded out (shortstop to first); Pepitone made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 1, Cubs 1. PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa flied out to center; McCarver struck out; Montanez made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 1, Cubs 1. CUBS 5TH: Hundley flied out to left; Monday grounded out (pitcher to first); Kessinger doubled; Jenkins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 1, Cubs 1. PHILLIES 6TH: Johnson grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Luzinski flied out to right; Money reached on an error by Santo; Anderson lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 1, Cubs 1. CUBS 6TH: Cardenal flied out to center; Beckert flied out to right; Williams flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 1, Cubs 1. PHILLIES 7TH: HANDS REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Doyle singled to center; Carlton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Doyle to second]; Bowa grounded out (second to first) [Doyle to third]; McCarver singled to center [Doyle scored]; McCarver was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cubs 1. CUBS 7TH: Santo flied out to center; Pepitone struck out; Hundley singled; Monday struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 2, Cubs 1. PHILLIES 8TH: Montanez doubled to left; Johnson lined to shortstop; Luzinski walked; Money grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Luzinski out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 2, Cubs 1. CUBS 8TH: Kessinger walked; Hands struck out; Cardenal forced Kessinger (third to second); Cardenal stole second; Beckert singled to shortstop [Cardenal scored]; Williams grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 2, Cubs 2. PHILLIES 9TH: Anderson grounded out (second to first); Doyle made an out to first; STONE BATTED FOR CARLTON; Stone singled to right; Bowa singled to right [Stone to third]; HAMILTON REPLACED HANDS (PITCHING); McCarver reached on an error by Cardenal [Stone scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bowa scored (unearned) (no RBI), McCarver to third]; Montanez struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 4, Cubs 2. CUBS 9TH: HOERNER REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Santo grounded out (shortstop to first); Pepitone flied out to left; Hundley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 4, Cubs 2.

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