Bill Greif, who took over after Jerry Morales singled off Brent Strom in the ninth inning, retired three straight batters to complete the Padres' 3-2 victory over the Cubs, who suffered their fifth straight defeat. The Padres took a 2-0 lead before the Cubs tied the score in the third on singles by Manny Trillo and Rob Sperring, a sacrifice by Geoff Zahn and single by Don Kessinger. The Padres broke the tie in the fourth when Dave Winfield singled, Dick Sharon walked and Hector Torres singled to drive in what proved to be the winning run. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Game Played on Wednesday, July      9, 1975 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Padres       1  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  0
Cubs         0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grubb cf              3   1   2   1     0   0   .305      Kessinger ss          3   0   2   2     0   0   .255
Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .267      Cardenal lf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .305
Tolan 1b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .250      Monday cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .264
Winfield rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .272      Morales rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .296
Sharon lf             2   0   1   0     2   0   .203      Thornton 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .314
Torres 3b,ss          3   0   1   1     1   0   .308      Mitterwald c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Hundley c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Trillo 2b             3   1   1   0     0   1   .248
  McCovey ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .221        Summers ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .233
  Kendall c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .191      Sperring 3b           3   1   1   0     0   1   .176
Hernandez ss          3   1   1   0     0   0   .232      Zahn p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Locklear ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .362        Dunn ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .171
  Kubiak 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .210        Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Strom p               2   0   1   0     0   0   .077
  Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   3   9   3     3   1             Totals               30   2   6   2     2   4

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 14,301
Left on Base: Padres 5, Cubs 5
DP: Padres 0, Cubs 1
Errors: Zahn
Doubles: Grubb (23), Strom (1), Sharon (3), Thornton (11)
Caught Stealing: Tolan (8), Sharon (1), Kessinger (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Strom (3), Zahn (7), Kessinger (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Grubb (3)
GIDP: Winfield (7)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strom W(4-2)            8     6   2   2   2   4   0  31   1.38
Greif SV(6)             1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.09
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   4   0  34

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn L(2-7)             8     8   3   2   2   0   0  30   4.57
Zamora                  1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   4.73
Totals                  9     9   3   2   3   1   0  35

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - John McSherry


PADRES 1ST: Grubb singled to right; Fuentes singled to left
[Grubb to third]; Tolan forced Fuentes (shortstop to second)
[Grubb scored]; Tolan was caught stealing second (first to
second); Winfield made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to center; Kessinger was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Cardenal made an out to
second; Monday struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Cubs
0.

PADRES 2ND: Sharon made an out to second; Torres grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hundley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Morales flied out to right; Thornton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mitterwald flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Cubs 0.

PADRES 3RD: Hernandez singled to shortstop; Strom out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hernandez to second];
Hernandez was picked off second but was safe on an error by Zahn
[Hernandez to third]; Grubb hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Hernandez scored (unearned)]; Fuentes grounded out (second to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Trillo singled to right; Sperring singled to left
[Trillo to second]; Zahn out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Trillo to third, Sperring to second]; Kessinger singled
to center [Trillo scored, Sperring scored]; Cardenal grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Kessinger to second]; Monday grounded
out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Cubs 2.

PADRES 4TH: Tolan grounded out (third to first); Winfield
singled to center; Sharon walked [Winfield to second]; Torres
singled to left [Winfield scored, Sharon to second]; Sharon was
picked off second (catcher to shortstop); Hundley grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Cubs 2.

CUBS 4TH: Morales flied out to right; Thornton flied out to
left; Mitterwald grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 3, Cubs 2.

PADRES 5TH: Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Strom
grounded out (third to first); Grubb doubled to right; Fuentes
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Cubs 2.

CUBS 5TH: Trillo flied out to left; Sperring struck out; Zahn
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Cubs 2.

PADRES 6TH: On a bunt Tolan singled to first; Winfield grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Tolan out at
second]; Sharon walked; Sharon was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Cubs 2.

CUBS 6TH: Kessinger grounded out (third to first); Cardenal
walked; Monday forced Cardenal (first to shortstop); Morales
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Cubs 2.

PADRES 7TH: Torres grounded out (third to first); Hundley
grounded out (third to first); Hernandez flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Cubs 2.

CUBS 7TH: Thornton doubled to left; Mitterwald grounded out
(second to first) [Thornton to third]; Trillo struck out;
Sperring grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 3, Cubs 2.

PADRES 8TH: Strom doubled to left; Grubb flied out to right
[Strom to third]; Fuentes grounded out (pitcher to first); Tolan
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
3, Cubs 2.

CUBS 8TH: DUNN BATTED FOR ZAHN; Dunn walked; Kessinger out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Dunn to second]; Cardenal
grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Cubs 2.

PADRES 9TH: ZAMORA REPLACED DUNN (PITCHING); Winfield flied out
to left; Sharon doubled to left; Torres was walked
intentionally; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR HUNDLEY; McCovey struck out;
LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Locklear grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3, Cubs 2.

CUBS 9TH: KENDALL REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING C ); KUBIAK REPLACED
LOCKLEAR (PLAYING 3B); TORRES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
Morales singled to left; GREIF REPLACED STROM (PITCHING); On a
bunt Thornton popped to first in foul territory; Mitterwald made
an out to second; SUMMERS BATTED FOR TRILLO; Summers grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Cubs 2.