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Wednesday April 23, 1975
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Bill Madlock hit a double and single, driving in four runs, and George Mitterwald and Rick Monday contributed homers as the Cubs defeated the Phillies, 9-3. Willie Montanez accounted for two Phillies' runs with a round-tripper. [The Sporting News]


Chicago Cubs 9, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Game Played on Wednesday, April 23, 1975 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Phillies     1  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   3 10  0
Cubs         0  0  1    4  1  0    0  3  x  -   9 13  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   1   1   0     0   0   .358      Kessinger ss          3   2   1   1     1   0   .229
Bowa ss               5   1   1   0     0   0   .260      Cardenal lf           4   1   2   2     1   1   .277
Montanez 1b           3   1   3   2     1   0   .306      Madlock 3b            3   0   2   4     2   0   .308
Luzinski lf           4   0   1   1     0   2   .313      Monday cf             5   1   2   1     0   0   .422
Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .205      Morales rf            5   0   2   0     0   1   .320
Boone c               4   0   2   0     0   0   .375      Mitterwald 1b         3   1   1   1     0   0   .294
Anderson rf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .235        LaCock 1b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Bannister cf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .268      Trillo 2b             3   1   1   0     1   2   .333
Underwood p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Swisher c             3   1   1   0     1   1   .262
  Acosta p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Burris p              3   2   1   0     0   1   .167
  Johnstone ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .400

Totals               36   3  10   3     1   6             Totals               34   9  13   9     6   6

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  3,228
Left on Base: Phillies 8, Cubs 9
DP: Phillies 0, Cubs 1
Errors: Trillo
Doubles: Boone (4), Cardenal (4), Madlock (5), Swisher (5)
Home Runs: Montanez (2), Mitterwald (1), Monday (2)
Stolen Bases: Montanez (1), Cardenal (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Underwood (1), Kessinger (1), Zamora (1)
GIDP: Anderson (3)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood L(2-1)        3.2   6   5   5   3   2   1  20   4.00
Acosta                  1.1   2   1   1   1   1   1   6   8.10
Schueler                2.1   4   3   3   2   3   0  13   8.64
Hoerner                 0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8    13   9   9   6   6   2  42

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burris W(2-0)           7    10   3   3   1   5   1  33   3.54
Zamora SV(1)            2     0   0   0   0   1   0   5   2.89
Totals                  9    10   3   3   1   6   1  38

Balks: Underwood (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Dick Stello


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to center; Bowa singled to pitcher;
Montanez walked [Bowa to second]; Luzinski singled to right
[Bowa scored, Montanez to second]; Schmidt struck out; Boone
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies
1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger flied out to center; Cardenal popped to
third; Madlock walked; Monday singled to center [Madlock to
second]; Morales struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Cubs 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Anderson singled to third; Bannister flied out to
right; Underwood out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Anderson to second]; Cash grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Mitterwald flied out to left; Trillo struck out;
Swisher grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Cubs 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa grounded out (second to first); Montanez
singled to left; Montanez stole second; Luzinski struck out;
Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Burris singled to center; Kessinger out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Burris to second]; Cardenal doubled to
center [Burris scored]; Underwood balked [Cardenal to third];
Madlock popped to shortstop; Monday popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Boone doubled to right; Anderson singled to
shortstop [Boone stayed at second]; Bannister flied out to
center [Boone to third, Anderson to second]; Underwood grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cash grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 1.

CUBS 4TH: Morales grounded out (pitcher to first); Mitterwald
homered; Trillo singled to center; Swisher walked [Trillo to
second]; Burris forced Swisher (shortstop to second) [Trillo to
third]; Kessinger singled to center [Trillo scored, Burris to
third]; Cardenal walked [Kessinger to second]; ACOSTA REPLACED
UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Madlock doubled to left [Burris scored,
Kessinger scored, Cardenal out at home (left to shortstop to
catcher)]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 5.

PHILLIES 5TH: On a bunt Bowa grounded out (pitcher to first);
Montanez singled to right; Luzinski reached on an error by
Trillo [Montanez to second, Luzinski to first]; Schmidt flied
out to right; Boone forced Luzinski (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 5.

CUBS 5TH: Monday homered; Morales popped to first; Mitterwald
grounded out (third to first); Trillo walked; Swisher struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 6.

PHILLIES 6TH: LACOCK REPLACED MITTERWALD (PLAYING 1B); Anderson
grounded out (third to first); Bannister was called out on
strikes; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR ACOSTA; Johnstone flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 6.

CUBS 6TH: SCHUELER REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Burris struck
out; Kessinger flied out to center; Cardenal struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 6.

PHILLIES 7TH: Cash singled to left; Bowa lined to right;
Montanez homered [Cash scored]; Luzinski was called out on
strikes; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 3, Cubs 6.

CUBS 7TH: Madlock walked; Monday flied out to right; Morales
singled to center [Madlock to second]; LaCock flied out to
right; Trillo struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Cubs 6.

PHILLIES 8TH: Boone singled to center; ZAMORA REPLACED BURRIS
(PITCHING); Anderson grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Boone out at second]; Bannister struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cubs 6.

CUBS 8TH: Swisher doubled to center; Zamora out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Swisher to third]; Kessinger was
walked intentionally; Cardenal singled to center [Swisher
scored, Kessinger to third]; Cardenal stole second; Madlock
singled to center [Kessinger scored, Cardenal scored]; HOERNER
REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Monday forced Madlock (second to
shortstop); Morales singled to left [Monday to second]; LaCock
flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cubs 9.

PHILLIES 9TH: TAYLOR BATTED FOR HOERNER; Taylor grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cash flied out to center; Bowa grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Cubs 9.



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