Taking advantage of a defensive collapse, the Cubs scored six runs in the sixth inning and gained a 6-4 victory to knock the Phillies seven games behind the Pirates and 1½ behind the Cardinals in the East Division. Five of the Cubs' the runs were unearned. Ray Burris opened the inning with a single and when Dave Rosello bunted, both runners were safe when Johnny Oates booted the ball. Joe Wallis drove in a run with a single.

After Bill Madlock walked, two runs tallied on an infield out by Jose Cardenal and sacrifice fly by Jerry Morales. Andre Thornton continued the parade on the bases by drawing a pass. Manny Trillo singled off Larry Bowa's glove. The shortstop kicked the ball into center field for an error and Greg Luzinski failed to find the handle for another error as Trillo circled the bases behind Madlock and Thornton. Steve Swisher followed with a single and reached second on a fumble by Garry Maddox for the Phillies' fourth error of the inning before the side was retired. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 6, Philadelphia Phillies 4
Game Played on Sunday, September 7, 1975 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  6    0  0  0  -   6  6  0
Phillies     1  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   4 10  4


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rosello ss            4   1   0   0     0   2   .091      Cash 2b               5   0   2   1     0   0   .303
Wallis cf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .304      Bowa ss               4   1   2   0     0   0   .309
Madlock 3b            4   1   1   0     1   0   .362        Ruthven p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Cardenal lf           3   0   0   1     1   2   .312        McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .306
Morales rf            2   0   0   1     1   0   .269        Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Thornton 1b           3   1   0   0     1   1   .295      Maddox cf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .286
Trillo 2b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .239      Luzinski lf           3   1   1   1     2   1   .298
Swisher c             4   0   1   0     0   3   .203      Allen 1b              4   0   0   0     1   3   .226
Burris p              3   1   2   0     1   0   .183      Schmidt 3b,ss,3b      4   0   1   1     0   0   .247
  R. Reuschel p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .179      Brown rf              4   1   1   1     0   1   .299
                                                          Oates c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .291
                                                          Twitchell p           2   0   1   0     0   1   .088
                                                            Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Taylor ph,3b        1   0   0   0     1   0   .221
                                                            Harmon pr,ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .194

Totals               31   6   6   4     6   9             Totals               36   4  10   4     5   6

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 30,071
Left on Base: Cubs 6, Phillies 10
DP: Cubs 0, Phillies 0
Errors: Bowa, Maddox, Luzinski, Oates
Doubles: Twitchell (2)
Stolen Bases: Trillo (1)
Caught Stealing: Madlock (5), Luzinski (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Rosello (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Morales (10)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burris W(13-10)         7.2   9   4   4   3   4   0  34   4.36
R. Reuschel SV(1)       1.1   1   0   0   2   2   0   7   3.34
Totals                  9    10   4   4   5   6   0  41

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell L(5-10)       5.2   6   6   1   3   7   0  26   4.35
Montague                1.1   0   0   0   2   0   0   6   5.21
Ruthven                 1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   5.65
Hilgendorf              1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.77
Totals                  9     6   6   1   6   9   0  39

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


CUBS 1ST: Rosello struck out; Wallis struck out; Madlock flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Bowa singled to center;
Maddox singled to right [Bowa to third]; Luzinski singled to
left [Bowa scored, Maddox to second]; Allen struck out; Schmidt
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Phillies 1.

CUBS 2ND: Cardenal struck out; Morales walked; Thornton flied
out to left; Trillo popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Brown popped to first; Oates flied out to center;
Twitchell doubled to center; Cash grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 1.

CUBS 3RD: Swisher struck out; Burris singled to third; Rosello
flied out to center; Wallis popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa popped to pitcher; Maddox grounded out (third
to first); Luzinski walked; Luzinski was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 1.

CUBS 4TH: Madlock singled to left; Madlock was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Cardenal struck out; Morales
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Allen struck out; Schmidt grounded out (third to
first); Brown grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 1.

CUBS 5TH: Thornton struck out; Trillo flied out to center;
Swisher struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Oates flied out to right; Twitchell struck out;
Cash grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
0, Phillies 1.

CUBS 6TH: Burris singled to center; Rosello reached on an error
by Oates on a sacrifice bunt [Burris to second, Rosello to
first]; Wallis singled to left [Burris scored, Rosello to
second]; Madlock walked [Rosello to third, Wallis to second];
Cardenal grounded out (first unassisted) [Rosello scored
(unearned), Wallis to third, Madlock to second]; Morales hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Wallis scored (unearned)]; Thornton
walked; Trillo singled to shortstop [Madlock scored (unearned),
Thornton scored (error by Luzinski) (unearned), Trillo scored
(error by Bowa) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Swisher singled to center
[Swisher to second (error by Maddox)]; MONTAGUE REPLACED
TWITCHELL (PITCHING); Burris walked; Rosello flied out to
center; 6 R (1 ER), 4 H, 4 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa singled to center; Maddox forced Bowa (second
to shortstop); Luzinski flied out to center; Allen walked
[Maddox to second]; Schmidt singled to third [Maddox to third,
Allen to second]; Brown struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs
6, Phillies 1.

CUBS 7TH: Wallis flied out to center; Madlock grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cardenal walked; Morales flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Oates popped to catcher in foul territory; TAYLOR
BATTED FOR MONTAGUE; Taylor popped to shortstop; Cash singled to
right; Bowa grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 1.

CUBS 8TH: TAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); SCHMIDT CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); RUTHVEN REPLACED BOWA (PITCHING);
Thornton grounded out (shortstop to first); Trillo walked;
Trillo stole second; Swisher struck out; Burris grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Maddox singled to left; Luzinski walked [Maddox to
second]; Allen grounded out (first unassisted) [Maddox to third,
Luzinski to second]; Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Maddox scored]; Brown singled to right [Luzinski scored]; R.
REUSCHEL REPLACED BURRIS (PITCHING); Oates walked [Brown to
second]; Taylor walked [Brown to third, Oates to second]; HARMON
RAN FOR TAYLOR; Cash singled to right [Brown scored, Oates to
third, Harmon to second]; MCCARVER BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; McCarver
flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 4.

CUBS 9TH: HILGENDORF REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); HARMON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SCHMIDT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
Rosello struck out; Wallis grounded out (pitcher to first);
Madlock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 6, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 9TH: Maddox popped to second; Luzinski was called out
on strikes; Allen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 6,
Phillies 4.