Rookie Rick Reuschel, who had won one game previously in a relief role, made his first major league start and pitched the Cubs to an 11-1 victory over the Phillies. The Cubs backed their righthander with a 15-hit attack, including a homer by Rick Monday. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 11, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Monday, June      26, 1972 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Phillies     1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  3
Cubs         0  3  1    3  0  2    0  2  x  -  11 15  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Doyle 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .271      North rf              4   0   1   1     1   0   .161
Money 3b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .224      Kessinger ss          2   2   2   1     3   0   .272
Gamble rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .279      Williams lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .297
  B. Robinson rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Hiser lf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .278      Hickman 1b            4   1   2   2     0   0   .293
Montanez cf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .218        Fanzone 1b          1   1   0   0     0   0   .225
Lis 1b                2   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Monday cf             4   3   2   1     1   1   .302
  Lersch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Santo 3b              5   0   2   1     0   0   .322
  Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Popovich 2b           5   0   3   2     0   0   .162
  Freed ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .260      Hundley c             2   2   2   0     0   0   .224
  Selma p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Martin ph,c         1   0   0   1     1   0   .300
Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Reuschel p            3   1   0   0     0   1   .333
Bateman c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .302
  Ryan ph,c           1   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Champion p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .190
  Hutton 1b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .265

Totals               32   1   6   1     0   6             Totals               36  11  15   9     6   3

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 14,363
Left on Base: Phillies 4, Cubs 10
DP: Phillies 1, Cubs 1
Errors: Luzinski, Bowa, Champion
Doubles: Williams (10)
Triples: Kessinger (1)
Home Runs: Monday (7)
Stolen Bases: North (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Reuschel 2 (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Martin (1)
GIDP: Gamble (1)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Champion L(4-6)         3.2   7   6   5   2   0   1  20   4.65
Lersch                  2     7   3   3   1   2   0  14   3.45
Twitchell               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   6.21
Selma                   2     1   2   0   3   1   0  10   5.20
Totals                  8    15  11   8   6   3   1  45

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuschel W(2-0)         9     6   1   1   0   6   0  32   1.76
Totals                  9     6   1   1   0   6   0  32

Wild Pitches: Champion (3), Lersch (2)

Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Augie Donatelli


PHILLIES 1ST: Doyle grounded out (pitcher to first); Money
singled to center; Gamble singled [Money to second]; Luzinski
forced Gamble (second to shortstop) [Money to third]; Montanez
singled to right [Money scored, Luzinski to second]; Lis forced
Montanez (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies
1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: North grounded out (second to first); Kessinger
walked; Champion threw a wild pitch [Kessinger to second];
Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); Hickman grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Bowa flied out to center; Bateman flied out to
center; Champion struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Monday singled; Santo grounded out (third to first)
[Monday to second]; Popovich singled [Monday scored]; Hundley
singled [Popovich to second]; Reuschel forced Popovich (catcher
to third) [Hundley to second]; North singled to left [Hundley
scored, Reuschel scored (error by Luzinski) (unearned) (no RBI),
North to second (error by Champion)]; Kessinger walked; Williams
flied out to center; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Cubs 3.

PHILLIES 3RD: Doyle grounded out (first to second to pitcher);
Money singled to right; Gamble grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Money out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 3.

CUBS 3RD: Hickman flied out to right; Monday homered; Santo made
an out to first; Popovich made an out to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 4.

PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski struck out; Montanez grounded out (second
to first); Lis singled; Bowa grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 4.

CUBS 4TH: Hundley singled; Reuschel out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Hundley to second]; North lined to second;
Kessinger singled [Hundley scored]; LERSCH REPLACED LIS
(PITCHING); HUTTON REPLACED CHAMPION (PLAYING 1B); Williams
doubled [Kessinger to third]; Lersch threw a wild pitch
[Kessinger scored, Williams to third]; Hickman singled [Williams
scored]; Monday flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 1, Cubs 7.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bateman made an out to second; Hutton grounded out
(second to first); Doyle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 7.

CUBS 5TH: Santo flied out to center; Popovich singled; MARTIN
BATTED FOR HUNDLEY; Martin walked [Popovich to second]; Reuschel
out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Popovich to third,
Martin to second]; North grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 7.

PHILLIES 6TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Money struck
out; Gamble grounded out (second to first); Luzinski struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 7.

CUBS 6TH: B. ROBINSON REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING RF); Kessinger
tripled; Williams struck out; Hickman singled [Kessinger
scored]; Monday struck out; Santo singled [Hickman to second];
Popovich singled [Hickman scored, Santo to second]; TWITCHELL
REPLACED LERSCH (PITCHING); Martin grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 9.

PHILLIES 7TH: HISER REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING LF); Montanez
grounded out (first to pitcher); FREED BATTED FOR TWITCHELL;
Freed struck out; Bowa grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 9.

CUBS 7TH: SELMA REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Reuschel struck out;
North walked; North stole second; Kessinger walked; Hiser hit
into a double play (second to first) [Kessinger out at second];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 9.

PHILLIES 8TH: FANZONE REPLACED HICKMAN (PLAYING 1B); RYAN BATTED
FOR BATEMAN; Ryan singled; Hutton grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Ryan to second]; Doyle grounded out (second to first)
[Ryan to third]; Money grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 9.

CUBS 8TH: RYAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Fanzone reached on
an error by Bowa; Monday walked [Fanzone to second]; Santo
singled [Fanzone scored (unearned), Monday to third]; Popovich
flied out to left; Martin hit a sacrifice fly to center [Monday
scored (unearned)]; Reuschel made an out to catcher; 2 R (0 ER),
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 11.

PHILLIES 9TH: B. Robinson lined to left; Luzinski flied out to
right; Montanez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Cubs 11.