Saturday August 3, 1974
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Bill Madlock collected four hits and had a hand in three of the Cubs' runs in a 4-3 victory over the Pirates. In the fourth inning, two walks and a single by Jerry Morales loaded the bases and set the stage for a two-run single by Madlock. Richie Hebner, who had four hits for the Pirates, tripled and counted on a single by Dave Parker in the home half of the fourth. The Cubs made it 3-1 in the seventh when Madlock singled, moved up on a walk and scored on a single by Steve Swisher.

Billy Williams doubled in the eighth and gave way on the paths to Jim Tyrone, who registered what proved to be the winning run on an infield hit by Andre Thornton and sacrifice fly by Morales. A double by Manny Sanguillen, infield out and sacrifice fly by Rennie Stennett gave the Pirates one run back in their half of the seventh before they fell short with their final marker in the ninth on a double by Art Howe, an error and single by Hebner. Dave LaRoche, appearing as the Cubs' fourth pitcher, struck out Al Oliver to end the game. [The Sporting News]

Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Game Played on Saturday, August 3, 1974 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cubs 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 - 4 8 1 Pirates 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 7 1 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kessinger ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Popovich 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Monday cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .297 Giusti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Williams lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .284 Brett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Tyrone pr,lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .241 Hebner 3b 5 1 4 1 0 0 .302 Thornton 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .305 Oliver cf 3 0 0 0 2 1 .296 Morales rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .249 Zisk rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .318 Madlock 3b 4 1 4 2 0 0 .300 Parker lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .297 Fanzone 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .180 Robertson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .207 Grabarkewitz pr,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Sanguillen c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .290 Swisher c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .223 Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .233 Reuschel p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .203 Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Frailing p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Taveras ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Zamora p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Howe ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .273 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Reuss p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Stennett ph,2b 1 0 0 1 0 0 .265 Totals 34 4 8 4 3 4 Totals 34 3 7 3 4 5 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 9,316 Left on Base: Cubs 7, Pirates 9 DP: Cubs 0, Pirates 0 Errors: Grabarkewitz, Hebner Doubles: Williams (18), Sanguillen (14), Howe (2) Triples: Hebner (5) Stolen Bases: Parker (3) Sacrifice Flies: Morales (4), Stennett (6) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuschel W(11-8) 7 5 2 2 3 3 0 29 4.43 Frailing 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4.10 Zamora 1.2 2 1 0 0 1 0 8 1.75 LaRoche SV(2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.55 Totals 9 7 3 2 4 5 0 39 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuss L(10-9) 7 5 3 3 3 4 0 29 3.99 Giusti 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 9 3.30 Totals 9 8 4 4 3 4 0 38 Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Art Williams CUBS 1ST: Kessinger flied out to left; Monday struck out; Williams made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Popovich grounded out (second to first); Hebner grounded out (first to pitcher); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. CUBS 2ND: Thornton lined to shortstop; Morales flied out to right; Madlock singled to right; Fanzone forced Madlock (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Zisk flied out to left; Parker grounded out (first unassisted); Robertson walked; Sanguillen forced Robertson (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. CUBS 3RD: Swisher struck out; Reuschel made an out to shortstop; Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Mendoza struck out; Reuss grounded out (pitcher to first); Popovich flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. CUBS 4TH: Monday struck out; Williams walked; Thornton walked [Williams to second]; Morales singled to right [Williams to third, Thornton to second]; Madlock singled to left [Williams scored, Thornton scored, Morales out at third (left to catcher to third)]; Fanzone flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: Hebner tripled to right; Oliver walked; Zisk flied out to right; Parker singled to right [Hebner scored, Oliver to third]; Robertson struck out; Parker stole second; Sanguillen was walked intentionally; Mendoza grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 2, Pirates 1. CUBS 5TH: Swisher made an out to second; Reuschel struck out; Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Pirates 1. PIRATES 5TH: Reuss was called out on strikes; Popovich flied out to left; Hebner singled to center; Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Pirates 1. CUBS 6TH: Monday flied out to left; Williams grounded out (third to first); Thornton made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Pirates 1. PIRATES 6TH: Zisk flied out to center; Parker flied out to center; Robertson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Pirates 1. CUBS 7TH: Morales grounded out (third to first); Madlock singled to center; Fanzone walked [Madlock to second]; GRABARKEWITZ RAN FOR FANZONE; Swisher singled to left [Madlock scored, Grabarkewitz to second]; On a bunt Reuschel forced Grabarkewitz (pitcher to third) [Swisher to second]; Kessinger reached on an error by Hebner [Swisher to third, Reuschel to second]; Monday grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 7TH: GRABARKEWITZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Sanguillen doubled to right; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to pitcher) [Sanguillen to third]; STENNETT BATTED FOR REUSS; Stennett hit a sacrifice fly to left [Sanguillen scored]; Popovich grounded out (second to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 2. CUBS 8TH: TAVERAS REPLACED KIRKPATRICK (PLAYING SS); STENNETT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); GIUSTI REPLACED POPOVICH (PITCHING); Williams doubled to right; TYRONE RAN FOR WILLIAMS; Thornton singled to shortstop [Tyrone to third]; Morales hit a sacrifice fly to right [Tyrone scored]; Madlock singled to center [Thornton to second]; Grabarkewitz forced Madlock (third to second) [Thornton to third]; Swisher grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 4, Pirates 2. PIRATES 8TH: TYRONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Hebner singled to right; FRAILING REPLACED REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Oliver walked [Hebner to second]; ZAMORA REPLACED FRAILING (PITCHING); Zisk flied out to center [Hebner to third]; Parker struck out; Robertson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 4, Pirates 2. CUBS 9TH: Zamora grounded out (pitcher to first); Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Monday flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 4, Pirates 2. PIRATES 9TH: Sanguillen flied out to right; HOWE BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Howe doubled to left; Stennett reached on an error by Grabarkewitz [Howe to third]; BRETT BATTED FOR GIUSTI; Brett lined to right; Hebner singled [Howe scored (unearned), Stennett to third]; LAROCHE REPLACED ZAMORA (PITCHING); Oliver struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 4, Pirates 3.

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