Leading off the sixth inning as the first batter to face Tom Hilgendorf, Jose Cardenal homered on the reliever's first pitch to give the Cubs a 3-2 victory over the Phillies. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Game Played on Monday, August    4, 1975 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    2  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  6  1
Phillies     0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          5   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Cash 2b               5   1   1   0     0   0   .308
Monday cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .280      Bowa ss               4   0   2   0     0   0   .324
Madlock 3b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .351        Brown ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .330
Cardenal lf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .298      Maddox cf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .279
Hiser rf              1   0   0   0     1   0   .273      Luzinski lf           2   0   0   0     2   1   .307
  Morales ph,rf       2   0   1   0     0   1   .281      Allen 1b              3   0   0   1     0   1   .218
LaCock 1b             1   0   0   0     1   0   .226      Johnstone rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .342
  Thornton ph,1b      2   0   0   0     0   1   .267      Schmidt 3b            2   0   0   0     1   2   .241
Trillo 2b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .240      Oates c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Swisher c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .186      Twitchell p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .063
Stone p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .146        Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  P. Reuschel p       0   0   0   0     1   0   .000        Taylor ph           0   1   0   0     1   0   .250
                                                            Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
                                                            McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .326
                                                            Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .204

Totals               32   3   6   2     4   2             Totals               32   2   6   1     5   6

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 16,285
Left on Base: Cubs 7, Phillies 10
DP: Cubs 0, Phillies 0
Errors: Swisher, Schmidt
Doubles: Maddox (16)
Home Runs: Cardenal (7)
Caught Stealing: Hiser (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Stone (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Allen (3)
Hit by Pitch: Schmidt (3,by Stone)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone W(9-5)            6     5   2   2   3   5   0  27   3.30
P. Reuschel SV(1)       3     1   0   0   2   1   0  12   3.27
Totals                  9     6   2   2   5   6   0  39

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell               3.2   4   2   2   3   0   0  17   4.83
Schueler                1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   5.75
Hilgendorf L(2-3)       1     2   1   1   0   1   1   6   2.05
Garber                  3     0   0   0   1   1   0  10   3.38
Totals                  9     6   3   3   4   2   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Stone (4)
Balks: Twitchell (4)

Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Bruce Froemming


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Monday lined to second; Madlock popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa flied
out to center; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

CUBS 2ND: Cardenal flied out to right; Hiser walked; Hiser was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); LaCock flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski walked; Allen was called out on strikes;
Johnstone singled to center [Luzinski to second]; Schmidt struck
out; Oates grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

CUBS 3RD: Trillo singled to right; Swisher flied out to left;
Stone out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Trillo to
second]; Kessinger flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Twitchell struck out; Cash popped to second; Bowa
singled to center; Maddox doubled to left [Bowa to third];
Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

CUBS 4TH: Monday singled to right; Madlock singled to shortstop
[Monday to second]; Cardenal flied out to right; Hiser grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Monday to third, Madlock to second];
Twitchell balked [Monday scored, Madlock to third]; LaCock
walked; Trillo singled to right [Madlock scored, LaCock to
third, Trillo to second (on throw to 3b)]; Swisher walked; 21
minute rain delay; SCHUELER REPLACED TWITCHELL (PITCHING);
Stone flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnstone
flied out to center; Schmidt was hit by a pitch; Oates lined to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Phillies 0.

CUBS 5TH: Kessinger flied out to right; Monday grounded out
(second to first); Madlock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: TAYLOR BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Taylor walked; Cash
singled to center [Taylor to second]; On a bunt Bowa singled to
pitcher [Taylor to third, Cash to second]; Bowa was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Swisher [Taylor scored, Cash
to third, Bowa to second]; Maddox popped to shortstop; Luzinski
was walked intentionally; Allen hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Cash scored, Bowa to third]; Johnstone flied out to center; 2
R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Phillies 2.

CUBS 6TH: HILGENDORF REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Cardenal
homered; MORALES BATTED FOR HISER; Morales singled to left;
THORNTON BATTED FOR LACOCK; Thornton struck out; Trillo reached
on an error by Schmidt [Morales to second, Trillo to first];
Swisher grounded out (pitcher to first) [Morales to third,
Trillo to second]; Stone lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 3, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 6TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); THORNTON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Schmidt struck out; Oates flied out
to left; MCCARVER BATTED FOR HILGENDORF; McCarver flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Phillies 2.

CUBS 7TH: GARBER REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Kessinger flied
out to center; Monday flied out to center; 2:18 rain delay;
Cubs manager Jim Marshall protested that the umpires should have
called the game; Madlock grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: P. REUSCHEL REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Cash flied
out to left; Bowa grounded out (second to first); Maddox singled
to left; Luzinski flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 3, Phillies 2.

CUBS 8TH: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales
was called out on strikes; Thornton popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: Allen popped to first in foul territory; Johnstone
grounded out (first unassisted); Schmidt walked; Oates struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Phillies 2.

CUBS 9TH: Trillo grounded out (second to first); Swisher
grounded out (pitcher to first); P. Reuschel walked; Kessinger
forced P. Reuschel (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 3, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: HUTTON BATTED FOR GARBER; Hutton popped to first;
Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); BROWN BATTED FOR BOWA;
Brown walked; Maddox popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 3, Phillies 2.