Dick Ruthven hurled the route, giving up eight hits, and also drove in one of the Phillies' runs in a 4-3 victory over the Cubs. The Phillies began their scoring with two runs in the second inning on consecutive singles by Jay Johnstone, Bob Boone, Ruthven and Dave Cash. Mike Schmidt singled, stole second and counted on a single by Greg Luzinski in the fifth.

The Phillies then beat Burt Hooton for the sixth straight time since May 16, 1972, putting over their deciding run in the seventh on a single by Cash, sacrifice by Larry Bowa and single by Willie Montanez. Bill Madlock batted in two of the Cubs' runs with a single and double. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 4, Chicago Cubs 3

Game Played on Friday, September 6, 1974 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Phillies     0  2  0    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   4 12  0
Cubs         0  0  0    1  0  1    0  1  0  -   3  8  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   1   2   1     0   0   .305      Monday cf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .289
Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Kessinger ss          4   1   1   0     0   0   .257
Schmidt 3b            4   1   1   0     1   0   .297      Cardenal lf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .302
Montanez 1b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .308      Morales rf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .266
Luzinski lf           4   0   2   1     0   2   .278      LaCock 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .200
  Anderson rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Madlock 3b            3   0   2   2     1   0   .307
Unser cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Swisher c             4   0   1   1     0   1   .226
Johnstone rf,lf       4   1   1   0     0   0   .313      Dunn 2b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Boone c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .251        Frailing p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Ruthven p             4   0   1   1     0   2   .190        Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Stelmaszek ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                          Hooton p              1   0   0   0     1   1   .073
                                                            Sperring 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .145
                                                            Ward ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .218
                                                            Grabarkewitz 2b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
                                                            Thornton ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .265

Totals               37   4  12   4     1   4             Totals               34   3   8   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance:  2,104
Left on Base: Phillies 8, Cubs 7
DP: Phillies 1, Cubs 1
Errors: Kessinger
Doubles: LaCock (2), Madlock (17)
Stolen Bases: Schmidt (20)
Sacrifice Hits: Bowa (16)
GIDP: Unser (7)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven W(8-11)         9     8   3   3   3   3   0  37   3.61
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   3   0  37

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hooton L(4-11)          6.1  11   4   4   1   2   0  30   4.95
Frailing                0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.86
Zamora                  2.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   8   3.11
Totals                  9    12   4   4   1   4   0  39

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Nick Colosi


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

CUBS 1ST: Monday singled to shortstop; Kessinger grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Monday to second]; Cardenal walked;
Morales hit into a double play (second to first) [Monday out at
home (first to shortstop to pitcher to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski singled to second; Unser grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Luzinski out at second];
Johnstone singled to left; Boone singled to left [Johnstone to
third]; Ruthven singled to pitcher [Johnstone scored, Boone to
second]; Cash singled to right [Boone scored, Ruthven to third];
Bowa forced Cash (second unassisted); 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: LaCock lined to left; Madlock flied out to center;
Swisher struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Schmidt grounded out (catcher to first); Montanez
singled to right; Luzinski struck out; Unser forced Montanez
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Dunn grounded out (second to first); Hooton struck
out; Monday grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Johnstone grounded out (pitcher to first); Boone
singled to right; Ruthven struck out; Cash flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Kessinger singled to left; Cardenal struck out;
Morales singled to right [Kessinger to third]; LaCock popped to
second; Madlock singled to right [Kessinger scored, Morales to
third]; Swisher grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa grounded out (first unassisted); Schmidt
singled to left; Schmidt stole second [Schmidt to third (error
by Kessinger)]; Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Luzinski singled to right [Schmidt scored]; Unser grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cubs 1.

CUBS 5TH: Dunn grounded out (third to first); Hooton walked;
Monday flied out to center; Kessinger grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cubs 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Johnstone grounded out (first unassisted); Boone
grounded out (second to first); Ruthven grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cubs 1.

CUBS 6TH: Cardenal grounded out (pitcher to first); Morales
singled to right; LaCock flied out to center; Madlock walked
[Morales to second]; Swisher singled to center [Morales scored,
Madlock to second]; Dunn flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 3, Cubs 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: Cash singled to right; Bowa out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Cash to second]; Schmidt walked; FRAILING
REPLACED DUNN (PITCHING); SPERRING REPLACED HOOTON (PLAYING 2B);
Montanez singled to right [Cash scored, Schmidt to third];
ZAMORA REPLACED FRAILING (PITCHING); Luzinski struck out; Unser
flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cubs 2.

CUBS 7TH: ANDERSON REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING RF); JOHNSTONE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); WARD BATTED FOR SPERRING; Ward
flied out to center; Monday grounded out (pitcher to first);
Kessinger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 4, Cubs 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: GRABARKEWITZ REPLACED WARD (PLAYING 2B); Johnstone
grounded out (first unassisted); Boone popped to first; Ruthven
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Cubs 2.

CUBS 8TH: Cardenal flied out to center; Morales flied out to
right; LaCock doubled to right; Madlock doubled to left [LaCock
scored]; Swisher grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cubs 3.

PHILLIES 9TH: Cash flied out to left; Bowa flied out to left;
Schmidt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Cubs 3.

CUBS 9TH: STELMASZEK BATTED FOR ZAMORA; Stelmaszek popped to
shortstop; THORNTON BATTED FOR GRABARKEWITZ; Thornton flied out
to center; Monday flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 4, Cubs 3.

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