Three Cubs' pitchers -- Rick Reuschel, Steve Stone and Ken Frailing -- combined on a five-hitter to defeat the Phillies, 5-2. Reuschel left the mound after three innings with a slightly pulled hamstring. Stone relieved and was the winner with last-out help from Frailing. Ron Dunn batted in the Cubs' first run with a single in the second inning. A double by Dunn between singles by Bill Madlock and Reuschel produced two runs in the fourth.

Reuschel hurt himself running the bases. A double by Don Kessinger and fly balls by Pete LaCock and Jose Cardenal accounted for another marker in the fifth before the Cubs wound up their scoring in the seventh with a walk to Rick Monday, an error and single by LaCock. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Game Played on Wednesday, September 18, 1974 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Cubs         0  1  0    2  1  0    1  0  0  -   5 10  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   2  5  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             4   1   0   0     1   0   .292      Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .304
Kessinger ss          4   1   1   0     0   0   .261      Bowa ss               4   1   1   0     0   1   .273
LaCock rf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .177      Schmidt 3b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .298
Cardenal lf           3   1   1   1     0   0   .297      Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .304
Madlock 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .308      Luzinski lf           3   1   0   1     1   0   .259
Thornton 1b           4   1   0   0     0   2   .253      Johnstone rf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .317
Dunn 2b               4   1   2   2     0   0   .283      Unser cf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .264
  Grabarkewitz 2b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .219        Anderson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Swisher c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .224      Boone c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .247
Reuschel p            2   0   2   1     0   0   .232      Lonborg p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .101
  Stone p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .127        Hutton ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .238
  Frailing p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .258        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .351
                                                            Thomason p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  10   5     2   3             Totals               32   2   5   2     2   5

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance:  8,133
Left on Base: Cubs 5, Phillies 5
DP: Cubs 0, Phillies 3
Errors: Cash
Doubles: Dunn (4), Kessinger (20)
Sacrifice Flies: Cardenal (3)
GIDP: Cardenal 2 (16), Thornton (6)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuschel                3     0   0   0   1   3   0  10   4.35
Stone W(8-5)            5.2   5   2   2   1   2   0  23   4.07
Frailing SV(1)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.87
Totals                  9     5   2   2   2   5   0  34

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg L(15-12)        5     8   4   4   1   1   0  23   3.34
Garber                  3     2   1   0   1   1   0  11   3.48
Thomason                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9    10   5   4   2   3   0  37

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Ed Vargo


CUBS 1ST: Monday grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger
flied out to left; LaCock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

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

CUBS 2ND: Cardenal singled to left; Madlock grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Cardenal to second]; Thornton struck out;
Dunn singled to center [Cardenal scored]; Swisher walked [Dunn
to second]; Reuschel singled to left [Dunn to third, Swisher to
second]; Monday flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs
1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Montanez grounded out (first to pitcher); Luzinski
grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnstone walked; Unser
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

CUBS 3RD: Kessinger grounded out (second to pitcher); LaCock
singled to center; Cardenal grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [LaCock out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone grounded out (third to first); Lonborg
grounded out (first unassisted); Cash grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

CUBS 4TH: Madlock singled to center; Thornton forced Madlock
(shortstop to second); Dunn doubled to left [Thornton scored];
Swisher popped to catcher in foul territory; Reuschel singled to
center [Dunn scored]; Monday forced Reuschel (shortstop
unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: STONE REPLACED REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Bowa grounded
out (second to first); Schmidt grounded out (third to first);
Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 3, Phillies 0.

CUBS 5TH: Kessinger doubled to left; LaCock flied out to right
[Kessinger to third]; Cardenal hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Kessinger scored]; Madlock grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Luzinski walked; Johnstone flied out to right;
Unser popped to first in foul territory; Boone singled to center
[Luzinski to second]; HUTTON BATTED FOR LONBORG; Hutton singled
to right [Luzinski scored, Boone to second]; Cash flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 4, Phillies 1.

CUBS 6TH: GARBER REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); Thornton struck
out; Dunn grounded out (third to first); Swisher grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: On a bunt Bowa grounded out (pitcher to first);
Schmidt struck out; Montanez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 4, Phillies 1.

CUBS 7TH: Stone lined to first; Monday walked; Kessinger reached
on an error by Cash [Monday to second]; LaCock singled to center
[Monday scored (unearned), Kessinger to second]; Cardenal
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[LaCock out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Luzinski popped to second; Johnstone popped to
third in foul territory; Unser flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Phillies 1.

CUBS 8TH: Madlock singled to center; Thornton grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Madlock out at second]; Dunn
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: GRABARKEWITZ REPLACED DUNN (PLAYING 2B); Boone
grounded out (pitcher to first); TAYLOR BATTED FOR GARBER;
Taylor flied out to center; Cash flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Phillies 1.

CUBS 9TH: THOMASON REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Swisher struck
out; Debut game for Erskine Thomason; Stone grounded out
(shortstop to first); Monday grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: Bowa singled to right; On a bunt Schmidt singled
to third [Bowa to second]; Montanez flied out to center [Bowa to
third]; Luzinski forced Schmidt (third to second) [Bowa scored];
Johnstone singled to left [Luzinski to second]; FRAILING
REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); ANDERSON BATTED FOR UNSER; Anderson
forced Johnstone (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 5, Phillies 2.