A three-run rally in the eighth inning, capped with a double by Bob Boone, brought the Phillies a 3-2 victory over the Cubs. Billy Williams homered for the Cubs in the first inning and Bill Madlock drove in another run with a single in the eighth.

The Phillies began their rally against Oscar Zamora, pitching in relief of Rick Reuschel, with a run on singles by Larry Bowa, Willie Montanez and Del Unser. Dave LaRoche took over and walked Tony Taylor to load the bases. Tom Dettore relieved and apparently had Bob Boone fooled on a pitch, but the Phillies' catcher got the end of his bat on the ball and looped a double down the right field line, driving in the tying and winning runs. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 3, Chicago Cubs 2

Game Played on Wednesday, August 7, 1974 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Cubs         1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  9  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  x  -   3  8  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .295      Cash 2b               3   0   1   0     1   1   .305
Cardenal rf           4   1   0   0     0   1   .299      Bowa ss               3   1   2   0     1   0   .275
Williams lf           3   1   2   1     1   0   .282      Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .305
  Morales pr,lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Montanez 1b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .315
Thornton 1b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .303      Unser cf              4   1   1   1     0   1   .280
Madlock 3b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .295      Hutton lf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .229
Kessinger ss          3   0   1   0     1   0   .257        Taylor ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .350
Rosello 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .203        Robinson lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  Ward ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .271      Boone c               4   0   2   2     0   2   .240
Swisher c             3   0   0   0     0   2   .207      Anderson rf           3   0   1   0     1   1   .260
  Stelmaszek ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Lonborg p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .116
Reuschel p            3   0   2   0     0   0   .226        Johnstone ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .361
  Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .278        Garber p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dettore p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mitterwald ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .238

Totals               32   2   9   2     4   5             Totals               31   3   8   3     5   8

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 11,284
Left on Base: Cubs 7, Phillies 9
DP: Cubs 0, Phillies 2
Doubles: Reuschel (4), Anderson (19), Boone (16)
Triples: Reuschel (1), Thornton (2)
Home Runs: Williams (14)
Caught Stealing: Williams (5)
GIDP: Madlock (11), Stelmaszek (1)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuschel                6.1   3   0   0   3   6   0  24   4.27
Zamora L(3-4)           1.1   4   3   3   0   2   0   8   2.37
LaRoche                 0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   3.55
Dettore                 0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.69
Totals                  8     8   3   3   5   8   0  36

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg                 7     7   1   1   2   5   1  27   3.18
Richert                 0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   3.04
Garber W(1-0)           1.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   6   4.05
Totals                  9     9   2   2   4   5   1  36

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Art Williams, 3B - Doug Harvey


CUBS 1ST: Monday struck out; Cardenal flied out to left;
Williams homered; Thornton was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash struck out; Bowa walked; Bowa was picked off
first (pitcher to first); Schmidt was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

CUBS 2ND: Madlock grounded out (pitcher to first); Kessinger
flied out to left; Rosello flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); Unser
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hutton flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

CUBS 3RD: Swisher struck out; Reuschel tripled to center; Monday
grounded out (second to first); Cardenal grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone was called out on strikes; Anderson struck
out; Lonborg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies
0.

CUBS 4TH: Williams flied out to center; Thornton tripled to
center; On a bunt Madlock grounded out (first unassisted);
Bill Madlock called for interference; Kessinger was walked
intentionally; Rosello forced Kessinger (third to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Cash singled to left; Bowa grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Cash to second]; Schmidt grounded out (third to
first); Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

CUBS 5TH: Swisher was called out on strikes; Reuschel flied out
to center; Monday walked; Cardenal struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Unser flied out to center; Hutton grounded out
(second to first); Boone singled to center; Anderson forced
Boone (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Phillies 0.

CUBS 6TH: Williams singled to center; Thornton singled to right
[Williams to second]; Williams was picked off and caught
stealing third (catcher to shortstop); Madlock grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Thornton out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Lonborg grounded out (pitcher to first); Cash
walked; Bowa singled to right [Cash to second]; Schmidt flied
out to left; Montanez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

CUBS 7TH: Kessinger singled to center; Rosello forced Kessinger
(first to shortstop); Swisher forced Rosello (shortstop to
second); Reuschel doubled to right [Swisher out at home (right
to shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Unser struck out; Hutton walked; ZAMORA REPLACED
REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Boone struck out; Anderson doubled to left
[Hutton to third]; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR LONBORG; Johnstone lined
to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

CUBS 8TH: RICHERT REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Monday singled
to center; Cardenal forced Monday (third to second); Williams
walked [Cardenal to second]; MORALES RAN FOR WILLIAMS; GARBER
REPLACED RICHERT (PITCHING); Thornton flied out to right;
Madlock singled to left [Cardenal scored, Morales to second];
Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Cubs 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Cash flied
out to left; Bowa singled to left; Schmidt struck out; Montanez
singled to second [Bowa to second]; Unser singled to center
[Bowa scored, Montanez to second]; LAROCHE REPLACED ZAMORA
(PITCHING); TAYLOR BATTED FOR HUTTON; Taylor walked [Montanez to
third, Unser to second]; DETTORE REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING);
Boone doubled to right [Montanez scored, Unser scored, Taylor to
third]; Anderson was walked intentionally; Garber grounded out
(pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 2, Phillies 3.

CUBS 9TH: ROBINSON REPLACED TAYLOR (PLAYING LF); WARD BATTED FOR
ROSELLO; Ward walked; STELMASZEK BATTED FOR SWISHER; Stelmaszek
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ward
out at second]; MITTERWALD BATTED FOR DETTORE; Mitterwald popped
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Phillies 3.

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