With seven rookies in their starting lineup, the Cubs defeated the Phillies, 4-3. Rick Reuschel, who started and pitched seven innings, struck out 10 to match the Cubs' high for the season. Bill North hit a triple and two singles and Pete LaCock batted in three runs with two singles and a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]
Chicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Game Played on Monday, October 2, 1972 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   3  9  3
Cubs         2  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   4  5  2


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harmon ss             3   0   1   0     1   1   .282      North cf              4   2   3   0     0   0   .183
  Bowa ss             0   0   0   0     0   0   .246      LaCock rf             3   1   2   3     0   0   .500
  Johnson ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .210      Hiser lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .225
  Koegel pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Bourque 1b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .227
Doyle 2b              4   1   0   0     1   2   .251      Fanzone 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Montanez 1b           5   0   1   0     0   2   .250      Rudolph c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Luzinski lf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .276      Montreuil 2b          3   0   0   0     0   2   .111
Hutton rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .261      Rosello ss            2   1   0   0     1   0   .250
B. Robinson cf        4   1   0   0     0   1   .243      Reuschel p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .136
Schmidt 3b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .200        Tyrone ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Money 3b            1   1   1   1     0   0   .220        Phoebus p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .118
Boone c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .292        Pizarro p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Twitchell p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .071
  Scarce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stone ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
  Wilson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gamble ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .237

Totals               37   3   9   3     2  10             Totals               26   4   5   3     3   4

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance:  1,942
Left on Base: Phillies 9, Cubs 3
DP: Phillies 2, Cubs 0
Errors: Luzinski 2, Boone, Fanzone, Rosello
Doubles: North (2)
Triples: Money (2), North (3)
Caught Stealing: Luzinski (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Reuschel (6)
Sacrifice Flies: LaCock (1)
GIDP: Hiser (1), Fanzone (7)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell L(5-9)        4.2   5   4   2   3   2   0  21   4.06
Scarce                  1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.44
Wilson                  2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.30
Totals                  8     5   4   2   3   4   0  31

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuschel W(10-8)        7     6   1   1   1  10   0  29   2.93
Phoebus                 1.2   3   2   0   1   0   0   9   4.04
Pizarro SV(1)           0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.94
Totals                  9     9   3   1   2  10   0  39

Wild Pitches: Twitchell (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Ed Sudol


PHILLIES 1ST: Harmon grounded out (third to first); Doyle struck
out; Montanez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: North doubled to left; LaCock singled to left [North
scored, LaCock to second (error by Luzinski)]; Hiser grounded
out (second to first) [LaCock to third]; Twitchell threw a wild
pitch [LaCock scored (unearned)]; Bourque struck out; Fanzone
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Cubs 2.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski flied out to left; Hutton singled to
second; B. Robinson grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hutton to
second]; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Cubs 2.

CUBS 2ND: Rudolph flied out to left; Montreuil struck out;
Rosello grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Phillies 0, Cubs 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone was called out on strikes; Twitchell
grounded out (catcher to first); Harmon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 2.

CUBS 3RD: Reuschel grounded out (third to first); North tripled
to left; LaCock singled to center [North scored]; Hiser grounded
into a double play (second to first) [LaCock out at second]; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Doyle grounded out (third to first); Montanez
struck out; Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 3.

CUBS 4TH: Bourque walked; Fanzone grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Bourque out at second]; Rudolph
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
0, Cubs 3.

PHILLIES 5TH: Hutton flied out to center; B. Robinson reached on
an error by Rosello; Schmidt singled to left [B. Robinson to
second]; Boone flied out to center; Twitchell struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 3.

CUBS 5TH: Montreuil flied out to center; Rosello walked;
Reuschel reached on an error by Boone on a sacrifice bunt
[Rosello to second]; North singled to pitcher [Rosello to third,
Reuschel to second]; LaCock hit a sacrifice fly to left [Rosello
scored (unearned), Reuschel to third (error by Luzinski), North
to second]; Hiser walked; SCARCE REPLACED TWITCHELL (PITCHING);
Bourque flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.
Phillies 0, Cubs 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Harmon walked; Doyle forced Harmon (second to
shortstop); Montanez singled to center [Doyle to second];
Luzinski singled to center [Doyle scored, Montanez to second];
Hutton flied out to right; B. Robinson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 4.

CUBS 6TH: Fanzone flied out to right; Rudolph grounded out
(third to first); Montreuil struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Cubs 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Schmidt made an out to second; Boone singled to
center; STONE BATTED FOR SCARCE; Stone struck out; Harmon
singled to pitcher [Boone to second]; Doyle struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 4.

CUBS 7TH: WILSON REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Rosello grounded out
(shortstop to first); TYRONE BATTED FOR REUSCHEL; Tyrone struck
out; North grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: PHOEBUS REPLACED TYRONE (PITCHING); Montanez
grounded out (first unassisted); Luzinski singled to left;
Luzinski was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Hutton grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Cubs 4.

CUBS 8TH: BOWA REPLACED HARMON (PLAYING SS); MONEY REPLACED
SCHMIDT (PLAYING 3B); LaCock grounded out (first unassisted);
Hiser grounded out (first unassisted); Bourque grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 4.

PHILLIES 9TH: B. Robinson reached on an error by Fanzone; Money
tripled [B. Robinson scored (unearned)]; Boone popped to third;
GAMBLE BATTED FOR WILSON; Gamble flied out to center; JOHNSON
BATTED FOR BOWA; Johnson singled to left [Money scored
(unearned)]; KOEGEL RAN FOR JOHNSON; Doyle walked [Koegel to
second]; PIZARRO REPLACED PHOEBUS (PITCHING); Montanez popped to
second; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cubs 4.
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