Bill Bonham made the Pirates walk the plank, tossing a six-hitter as the Cubs downed the Bucs, 1-0, on the strength of George Mitterwald's home run. Mitterwald, a reserve catcher inserted at first base for injured Andre Thornton, lined a 1-1 pitch 380 feet over the left-center field fence in the second stanza and Bonham made it stand up as the winning run. A diving stop by third baseman Bill Madlock on Manny Sanguillen's smash with the tying run on third and two out in the ninth preserved the victory. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0
Game Played on Saturday, June      28, 1975 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Cubs         0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          3   0   1   0     1   0   .258      Stennett 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Cardenal lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Kirkpatrick rf        4   0   2   0     0   1   .311
Madlock 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .350      Oliver cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .273
Morales rf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .295      Stargell 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .285
Monday cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .263        Robinson pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Mitterwald 1b         3   1   1   1     1   0   .282      Hebner 3b             2   0   1   0     1   0   .282
  Harris pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .176      Zisk lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .257
  LaCock 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Sanguillen c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .324
Trillo 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Taveras ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .208
Hosley c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .299        Parker ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .315
Bonham p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .163        Mendoza ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .160
                                                          Rooker p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .121

Totals               32   1   6   1     2   3             Totals               31   0   6   0     2   5

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 16,477
Left on Base: Cubs 7, Pirates 7
DP: Cubs 1, Pirates 0
Home Runs: Mitterwald (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Monday (1), Hebner (2)
GIDP: Sanguillen (9)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham W(8-5)           9     6   0   0   2   5   0  34   3.61
Totals                  9     6   0   0   2   5   0  34

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker L(5-4)           9     6   1   1   2   3   1  35   3.30
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   3   1  35

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (third to first); Cardenal
singled to pitcher; Madlock forced Cardenal (shortstop to
second); Morales popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Stennett grounded out (second to first);
Kirkpatrick struck out; Oliver singled to right; Stargell flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

CUBS 2ND: Monday struck out; Mitterwald homered; Trillo was
called out on strikes; Hosley singled to center; Bonham struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Hebner walked; Zisk struck out; Sanguillen forced
Hebner (shortstop to second); Taveras struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

CUBS 3RD: Kessinger walked; Cardenal grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Kessinger to second]; Madlock lined to right; Morales
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Rooker grounded out (shortstop to first); Stennett
popped to catcher in foul territory; Kirkpatrick singled to
third; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

CUBS 4TH: Monday grounded out (third to first); Mitterwald
grounded out (second to first); Trillo lined to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Stargell walked; Hebner singled to center [Stargell
to second]; Zisk flied out to right; Sanguillen grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Hebner out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

CUBS 5TH: Hosley flied out to right; Bonham grounded out (second
to first); Kessinger singled to shortstop; Cardenal flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Rooker
flied out to right; Stennett singled to right; Kirkpatrick
singled to left [Stennett to second]; Oliver grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

CUBS 6TH: Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales
singled to center; Monday forced Morales (second to shortstop);
Mitterwald flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Stargell grounded out (second to first); Hebner
grounded out (first to pitcher); Zisk grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

CUBS 7TH: Trillo flied out to center; Hosley grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bonham grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 7TH: Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); PARKER
BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Parker struck out; Rooker grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

CUBS 8TH: MENDOZA REPLACED PARKER (PLAYING SS); Kessinger flied
out to left; Cardenal flied out to center; Madlock grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 8TH: Stennett grounded out (second to first);
Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Oliver was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

CUBS 9TH: Morales singled to third; Monday out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Morales to second]; Mitterwald was
walked intentionally; HARRIS RAN FOR MITTERWALD; Trillo flied
out to right; Hosley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED HARRIS (PLAYING 1B); Stargell
singled to right; ROBINSON RAN FOR STARGELL; Hebner out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Robinson to second]; Zisk
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Robinson to third]; Sanguillen
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Pirates 0.