Mike Schmidt, who hit four consecutive homers in the previous day's game, struck out and fouled out twice before hitting for the circuit again to seal the Phillies' 8-5 victory over the Cubs. Schmidt's smash came with a man on base in the seventh inning.

The Cubs also were not silent for homers, accounting for all five of their runs on circuit clouts by Jose Cardenal, Rick Monday and Andre Thornton. Larry Christenson and Bob Boone each batted in two runs with doubles for the Phillies. [The Sporting News]
Philadelphia Phillies 8, Chicago Cubs 5

Game Played on Sunday, April 18, 1976 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Phillies     0  3  3    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   8 12  0
Cubs         0  0  0    1  3  1    0  0  0  -   5 10  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   0   3   1     0   0   .323      Monday cf             5   1   2   3     0   2   .395
Bowa ss               5   0   0   0     0   1   .321      Cardenal lf           5   1   2   1     0   2   .314
Johnstone rf          5   1   2   0     0   0   .500      Madlock 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .323
  Martin rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Morales rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .344
Luzinski lf           3   1   0   0     1   1   .318      Thornton 1b           3   1   1   1     1   1   .280
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Trillo 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .324
Allen 1b              4   2   2   1     1   1   .292      Swisher c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Summers ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
Schmidt 3b            5   1   1   2     0   1   .310        Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Maddox cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .273      Rosello ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .269
Boone c               3   1   1   2     1   0   .286      Burris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Christenson p         3   1   1   2     0   2   .333        LaCock ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tolan lf            1   0   1   0     0   0   .429        Dettore p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wallis ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .250
                                                            P. Reuschel p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Schultz p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hundley c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               38   8  12   8     4   6             Totals               37   5  10   5     1   7

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance: 13,326
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Cubs 6
DP: Phillies 0, Cubs 1
Doubles: Maddox (2), Christenson (1), Cash (2), Boone (2), Morales (1)
Triples: Johnstone (2)
Home Runs: Schmidt (6), Cardenal (1), Monday (4), Thornton (1)
Stolen Bases: Allen 2 (2)
GIDP: Schmidt (1)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson W(1-0)      6     7   5   5   0   6   3  25   7.71
Garber SV(1)            3     3   0   0   1   1   0  13   5.40
Totals                  9    10   5   5   1   7   3  38

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burris L(0-2)           3     7   6   6   2   4   0  18   6.43
Dettore                 2     0   0   0   1   0   0   7   9.00
P. Reuschel             2     3   2   2   0   1   1   9   5.40
Schultz                 1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   0.00
Garman                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   9.00
Totals                  9    12   8   8   4   6   1  42

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Andy Olsen


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (second to first); Bowa lined to
second; Johnstone singled to center; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Monday struck out; Cardenal struck out; Madlock lined
to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Allen struck out; Schmidt struck out; Maddox
doubled to right; Boone walked; Christenson doubled to right
[Maddox scored, Boone scored]; Cash doubled to right
[Christenson scored]; Bowa flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Morales doubled to left; Thornton struck out; Trillo
grounded out (second to first) [Morales to third]; Swisher lined
to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cubs 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Johnstone tripled to right; Luzinski walked; Allen
singled to right [Johnstone scored, Luzinski to second]; Schmidt
popped to catcher in foul territory; Maddox flied out to right;
Boone doubled to left [Luzinski scored, Allen scored];
Christenson struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cubs
0.

CUBS 3RD: Rosello flied out to center; LACOCK BATTED FOR BURRIS;
LaCock flied out to left; Monday struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 6, Cubs 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: DETTORE REPLACED LACOCK (PITCHING); Cash grounded
out (shortstop to first); Bowa grounded out (first unassisted);
Johnstone grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Phillies 6, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Cardenal homered; Madlock struck out; Morales flied
out to right; Thornton flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 6, Cubs 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); Allen
walked; Allen stole second; Schmidt popped to first in foul
territory; Maddox flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 6, Cubs 1.

CUBS 5TH: Trillo grounded out (shortstop to first); Swisher
grounded out (pitcher to first); Rosello singled to left; WALLIS
BATTED FOR DETTORE; Wallis singled to right [Rosello to third];
Monday homered [Rosello scored, Wallis scored]; Cardenal struck
out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cubs 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: P. REUSCHEL REPLACED WALLIS (PITCHING); Boone
flied out to center; Christenson struck out; Cash singled to
left; Bowa flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6,
Cubs 4.

CUBS 6TH: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Morales
grounded out (second to first); Thornton homered; Trillo singled
to center; Swisher grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cubs 5.

PHILLIES 7TH: Johnstone grounded out (pitcher to first);
Luzinski flied out to right; Allen singled to center; Allen
stole second; Schmidt homered [Allen scored]; Maddox grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 8,
Cubs 5.

CUBS 7TH: GARBER REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); TOLAN REPLACED
CHRISTENSON (PLAYING LF); Rosello lined to third; ADAMS BATTED
FOR P. REUSCHEL; Adams grounded out (first to pitcher); Monday
singled to center; Cardenal singled to third [Monday to second];
Madlock struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 8, Cubs 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: SCHULTZ REPLACED ADAMS (PITCHING); Boone flied out
to right; Tolan singled to second; Cash singled to left [Tolan
to third, Cash to second]; Bowa struck out; Johnstone grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 8, Cubs
5.

CUBS 8TH: MARTIN REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PLAYING RF); Morales flied
out to left; Thornton walked; Trillo flied out to left; SUMMERS
BATTED FOR SWISHER; Summers singled to center [Thornton to
second]; Rosello grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Phillies 8, Cubs 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: GARMAN REPLACED SUMMERS (PITCHING); HUNDLEY
REPLACED SCHULTZ (PLAYING C ); Garber walked; Allen flied out to
center; Schmidt grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Garber out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 8, Cubs 5.

CUBS 9TH: HUTTON REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); Hundley grounded
out (shortstop to first); Monday grounded out (first to
pitcher); Cardenal grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 8, Cubs 5.
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