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Friday April 30, 1976
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Rick Reuschel pitched the first complete game to the credit of the Cubs' staff this season and beat the Giants, 5-2. Jose Cardenal and Manny Trillo each drove in two runs for the Cubs. [The Sporting News]


Chicago Cubs 5, San Francisco Giants 2

Game Played on Friday, April 30, 1976 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Cubs         0  0  1    0  1  3    0  0  0  -   5  8  1
Giants       0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  7  2


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .369      Joshua cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .299
Cardenal lf           5   0   1   2     0   0   .277      Thomas 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .242
Madlock 3b            4   2   3   0     1   0   .300      Murcer rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Morales rf            2   0   0   1     1   0   .289      Matthews lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .299
Thornton 1b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .227      Montanez 1b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .269
Trillo 2b             4   0   1   2     0   0   .325      Speier ss             3   1   1   0     1   0   .262
Swisher c             5   1   1   0     0   0   .239      Reitz 3b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .369
Rosello ss            3   1   1   0     1   0   .262      Rader c               3   1   1   0     0   0   .217
R. Reuschel p         3   1   0   0     1   1   .000      Halicki p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
                                                            Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
                                                            Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   8   5     5   4             Totals               30   2   7   2     2   2

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance:  3,517
Left on Base: Cubs 11, Giants 4
DP: Cubs 3, Giants 0
Errors: R. Reuschel, Thomas, Halicki
Doubles: Madlock 2 (5), Thornton (5), Rader (4), Matthews (2), Speier (3)
Stolen Bases: Madlock (4), Cardenal (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Morales (1), Trillo (1), Halicki (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Morales (2)
GIDP: Speier (3), Rader (3)
Hit by Pitch: Thornton (2,by Halicki), Monday (2,by Halicki)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. Reuschel W(1-1)      9     7   2   2   2   2   0  33   4.96
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   2   0  33

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki L(2-3)          7     7   5   4   5   4   0  35   4.64
Williams                2     1   0   0   0   0   0   8   1.23
Totals                  9     8   5   4   5   4   0  43

Hit by Pitch: Halicki 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer


CUBS 1ST: Monday flied out to left; Cardenal grounded out
(second to first); Madlock doubled to left; Morales walked;
Thornton was hit by a pitch [Madlock to third, Morales to
second]; Trillo forced Thornton (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (second to pitcher); Thomas
lined to center; Murcer lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Giants 0.

CUBS 2ND: Swisher flied out to right; Rosello walked; R.
Reuschel forced Rosello (third to second); Monday was hit by a
pitch [R. Reuschel to second]; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews walked; Montanez singled to shortstop
[Matthews to second]; Speier grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Matthews to third, Montanez out
at second]; Reitz grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

CUBS 3RD: Madlock singled to right; Madlock stole second;
Morales reached on an error by Halicki on a sacrifice bunt
[Madlock to third]; Thornton struck out; Trillo out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Madlock scored (unearned),
Morales to second]; Swisher grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Rader doubled to left; Halicki out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Rader to third]; Joshua singled to
shortstop [Rader scored]; Joshua was picked off first but was
safe on an error by R. Reuschel [Joshua to second]; Thomas
grounded out (second to first) [Joshua to third]; Murcer flied
out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Giants 1.

CUBS 4TH: Rosello grounded out (third to first); R. Reuschel
struck out; Monday was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews doubled to right; Montanez singled to
shortstop [Matthews stayed at second]; Speier walked [Matthews
to third, Montanez to second]; Reitz lined into a double play
(shortstop to shortstop to second) [Montanez out at second];
Rader popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 1, Giants 1.

CUBS 5TH: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Madlock
doubled to center; Morales grounded out (third to first);
Thornton walked; Trillo singled to left [Madlock scored,
Thornton out at third (catcher to shortstop)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Halicki was called out on strikes; Joshua grounded
out (first to pitcher); Thomas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cubs 2, Giants 1.

CUBS 6TH: Swisher singled to left; Rosello singled to shortstop
[Swisher to second]; R. Reuschel walked [Swisher to third,
Rosello to second]; Monday struck out; Cardenal singled to right
[Swisher scored, Rosello scored, R. Reuschel to third]; Cardenal
stole second; Madlock was walked intentionally; Morales hit a
sacrifice fly to center [R. Reuschel scored, Cardenal to third];
Thornton popped to third in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cubs 5, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Murcer popped to second; Matthews grounded out
(shortstop to first); Montanez grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Giants 1.

CUBS 7TH: Trillo popped to second; Swisher popped to first in
foul territory; Rosello flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 5, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier doubled to left; Reitz singled to center
[Speier scored]; Rader grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Reitz out at second]; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR
HALICKI; Ontiveros popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
5, Giants 2.

CUBS 8TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); R. Reuschel
reached on an error by Thomas; Monday grounded out (pitcher to
first) [R. Reuschel to second]; Cardenal flied out to center [R.
Reuschel to third]; Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Giants 2.

GIANTS 8TH: Joshua grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas
popped to catcher in foul territory; Murcer grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Giants 2.

CUBS 9TH: Morales grounded out (pitcher to first); Thornton
doubled to left; Trillo grounded out (pitcher to first); Swisher
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 9TH: Matthews grounded out (third to first); Montanez
grounded out (second to first); Speier popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Giants 2.



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