Fergie Jenkins pitched the Cubs to a 9-2 victory to continue his career mastery of the Phillies, whom he defeated for the 24th time in 30 decisions. Glenn Beckert, who singled and scored the Cubs' initial run in the first inning, hit safely in his 26th straight game. The Philles' runs came on homers by Del Unser and Mike Rogodzinski. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 9, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Game Played on Friday, May       18, 1973 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Cubs         1  2  1    2  0  0    0  1  2  -   9  9  0
Phillies     0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  6  2


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             4   2   1   1     1   2   .304      Tovar 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .275
Beckert 2b            2   2   1   0     2   0   .323      Unser cf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .288
  Popovich 2b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Montanez rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Williams lf           3   0   2   1     1   0   .296        Lersch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Hiser pr,lf         0   0   0   1     0   0   .371      Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .219
Pepitone 1b           3   1   1   2     2   0   .268      Hutton 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .296
Santo 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .339      Schmidt 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .222
  Fanzone 3b          1   1   1   1     0   0   .133      Ryan c                3   0   1   0     0   1   .233
Cardenal rf           5   0   1   0     0   1   .311      Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     0   1   .209
  James pr,rf         0   1   0   0     0   0   .160      Ruthven p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Hundley c             3   1   1   1     2   1   .200        Brandon p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kessinger ss          4   1   1   0     1   0   .248        Anderson ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .242
Jenkins p             3   0   0   0     2   3   .000        Christenson p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rogodzinski ph,rf   1   1   1   1     0   0   .250

Totals               34   9   9   7    11   9             Totals               32   2   6   2     0   8

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 10,067
Left on Base: Cubs 11, Phillies 4
DP: Cubs 1, Phillies 1
Errors: Unser, Schmidt
Doubles: Monday (7)
Home Runs: Fanzone (1), Unser (2), Rogodzinski (1)
Stolen Bases: Pepitone (3), Monday (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Hiser (1), Monday (1)
GIDP: Cardenal (7), Montanez (6)
Hit by Pitch: Schmidt (2,by Jenkins)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(4-3)          9     6   2   2   0   8   2  33   3.48
Totals                  9     6   2   2   0   8   2  33

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven L(1-3)          2.2   4   4   2   5   4   0  17   3.05
Brandon                 2.1   1   2   2   3   4   0  11  13.50
Christenson             3     2   1   1   1   1   0  12   5.59
Lersch                  1     2   2   2   2   0   1   7   4.10
Totals                  9     9   9   7  11   9   1  47

Hit by Pitch: Jenkins (2)
Wild Pitches: Lersch (3)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


CUBS 1ST: Monday struck out; Beckert singled to shortstop;
Williams walked [Beckert to second]; Pepitone singled to right
[Beckert scored, Williams to third]; Pepitone stole second;
Santo struck out; Cardenal struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Tovar popped to center; Unser grounded out (first
to pitcher); Montanez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

CUBS 2ND: Hundley walked; Kessinger singled to center [Hundley
scored (error by Unser), Kessinger scored (unearned) (no RBI)];
Jenkins struck out; Monday flied out to center; Beckert walked;
Williams grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski singled to left; Hutton singled to right
[Luzinski to second]; Schmidt popped to third in foul territory;
Ryan grounded out (second to first) [Luzinski to third, Hutton
to second]; Bowa struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3,
Phillies 0.

CUBS 3RD: Pepitone walked; Santo reached on an error by Schmidt
[Pepitone to second]; Cardenal grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Pepitone to third, Santo out at
second]; Hundley singled to center [Pepitone scored (unearned)];
Kessinger walked [Hundley to second]; BRANDON REPLACED RUTHVEN
(PITCHING); Jenkins struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Brandon popped to shortstop; Tovar struck out;
Unser homered; Montanez flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 4, Phillies 1.

CUBS 4TH: Monday walked; Monday stole second; Beckert walked;
Williams singled to center [Monday scored, Beckert to third];
Pepitone forced Williams (first to shortstop) [Beckert scored
(RBI)]; Santo struck out; Cardenal grounded out (pitcher to
first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski grounded out (pitcher to first); Hutton
grounded out (first to pitcher); Schmidt was hit by a pitch;
Ryan singled to center [Schmidt to second]; Bowa flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 1.

CUBS 5TH: Hundley struck out; Kessinger popped to shortstop;
Jenkins walked; Monday was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: ANDERSON BATTED FOR BRANDON; Anderson struck out;
Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 1.

CUBS 6TH: CHRISTENSON REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); Beckert
grounded out (third to first); Williams singled to shortstop;
HISER RAN FOR WILLIAMS; Pepitone walked [Hiser to second]; Santo
flied out to right; Cardenal grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: HISER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); POPOVICH
REPLACED BECKERT (PLAYING 2B); Montanez grounded out (second to
first); Luzinski struck out; Hutton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 1.

CUBS 7TH: Hundley flied out to center; Kessinger grounded out
(second to first); Jenkins was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: FANZONE REPLACED SANTO (PLAYING 3B); Schmidt
struck out; Ryan struck out; Bowa flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 1.

CUBS 8TH: Monday doubled to center; Popovich grounded out (first
unassisted) [Monday to third]; Hiser hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Monday scored]; Pepitone flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 7, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: ROGODZINSKI BATTED FOR CHRISTENSON; Rogodzinski
homered; Tovar singled to left; Unser flied out to center;
Montanez grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Tovar out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 7,
Phillies 2.

CUBS 9TH: ROGODZINSKI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); LERSCH
REPLACED MONTANEZ (PITCHING); Fanzone homered; Cardenal singled
to pitcher; JAMES RAN FOR CARDENAL; Lersch threw a wild pitch
[James to second]; Hundley walked; Kessinger forced Hundley
(first to shortstop) [James to third]; Jenkins walked [Kessinger
to second]; Monday hit a sacrifice fly to left [James scored];
Popovich grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 9, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: JAMES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Luzinski struck
out; Hutton grounded out (first unassisted); Schmidt flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 9, Phillies 2.