Mike Schmidt smacked his 28th and 29th homers of the season, connecting for the second time with a man on base in the seventh inning to break a 5-5 tie and give the Phillies a 7-5 victory over the Cubs. The Cubs took a 4-0 lead before Schmidt sparked the score-tying rally by the Phils with his first homer of the game in the fourth.

Larry Bowa drove in two runs with a double and Ron Schueler laid down a sacrifice bunt for the fourth tally. The Cubs regained the lead at 5-4 in the fifth, but Tim McCarver hit his first homer of the season in the sixth to knot the count again. Schmidt's game-winning homer in the seventh followed a single by Garry Maddox. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 7, Chicago Cubs 5
Game Played on Wednesday, August    4, 1976 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Phillies     0  0  0    4  0  1    2  0  0  -   7 10  0
Cubs         3  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   5 10  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     1   0   .280      Wallis cf             3   2   2   0     1   0   .257
Maddox cf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .316      Summers lf            3   0   1   1     0   0   .208
Schmidt 3b            5   2   3   3     0   0   .282      Madlock 3b            3   1   1   2     0   1   .317
Luzinski lf           3   1   0   0     1   1   .301      Morales rf            4   1   3   0     0   0   .267
  Martin lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .283      LaCock 1b             4   0   1   1     0   2   .212
Johnstone 1b          3   1   1   0     2   2   .324      Mitterwald c          4   0   1   1     0   1   .218
  Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Sperring 2b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Brown rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .265        Monday ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .276
McCarver c            3   2   2   1     1   0   .299      Kelleher ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .236
Bowa ss               4   0   2   2     0   0   .246        Tyrone ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Christenson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .065
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Coleman p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Schueler p          0   0   0   1     0   0   .000        Trillo ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .247
  Tolan ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .240        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Garber p            1   0   1   0     0   0   .333        Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cardenal ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .302

Totals               35   7  10   7     5   5             Totals               32   5  10   5     1   7

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 16,070
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Cubs 4
DP: Phillies 1, Cubs 0
Errors: LaCock
Doubles: Bowa 2 (13), McCarver (6), Wallis 2 (7), Madlock (26), Mitterwald (6), Kelleher (11), LaCock (8)
Home Runs: Schmidt 2 (29), McCarver (1)
Caught Stealing: Morales (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Schueler (1), Renko (3), Summers (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Madlock (4)
GIDP: Summers (3)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson             2     6   4   4   0   0   0  12   4.09
Schueler                3     2   1   1   0   2   0  10   3.10
Garber W(7-2)           4     2   0   0   1   5   0  14   2.58
Totals                  9    10   5   5   1   7   0  36

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko                   3.1   4   4   4   4   0   1  17   4.44
Coleman L(0-5)          3.2   4   3   3   1   4   2  16   4.88
Knowles                 0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.02
Sutter                  1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   2.27
Totals                  9    10   7   7   5   5   3  41

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


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash walked; Maddox flied out to center [Cash to
second]; Schmidt singled to third [Cash out at home (third to
first to catcher)]; Luzinski lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Wallis doubled to left; Summers flied out to left;
Madlock doubled to left [Wallis scored]; Morales singled to
center [Madlock to third]; LaCock grounded out (second to first)
[Madlock scored, Morales to second]; Mitterwald doubled to right
[Morales scored]; Sperring flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 3.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnstone singled to center; Brown lined to left;
McCarver popped to catcher in foul territory; Bowa popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 3.

CUBS 2ND: Kelleher doubled to left; Renko out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Kelleher to third]; Wallis popped to
shortstop; Summers singled to right [Kelleher scored]; Madlock
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
0, Cubs 4.

PHILLIES 3RD: TAYLOR BATTED FOR CHRISTENSON; Taylor reached on
an error by LaCock [Taylor to second]; Cash lined to second;
Maddox popped to shortstop; Taylor was picked off second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 4.

CUBS 3RD: SCHUELER REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Morales grounded
out (second to first); LaCock struck out; Mitterwald flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 4.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt homered; Luzinski walked; Johnstone walked
[Luzinski to second]; Brown popped to second; McCarver walked
[Luzinski to third, Johnstone to second]; Bowa doubled to right
[Luzinski scored, Johnstone scored, McCarver to third]; COLEMAN
REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Schueler out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [McCarver scored, Bowa to third]; Cash
grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 4, Cubs 4.

CUBS 4TH: Sperring struck out; Kelleher flied out to left;
Coleman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 4, Cubs 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Maddox popped to catcher in foul territory;
Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Luzinski was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cubs 4.

CUBS 5TH: Wallis doubled to center; Summers out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Wallis to third]; Madlock hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Wallis scored]; Morales singled to
left; Morales was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cubs 5.

PHILLIES 6TH: Johnstone struck out; Brown was called out on
strikes; McCarver homered; Bowa doubled to shortstop; TOLAN
BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Tolan struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 5, Cubs 5.

CUBS 6TH: GARBER REPLACED TOLAN (PITCHING); LaCock doubled to
center; Mitterwald grounded out (pitcher to first); Sperring
struck out; Kelleher grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Cubs 5.

PHILLIES 7TH: Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox
singled to center; Schmidt homered [Maddox scored]; Luzinski
flied out to center; Johnstone walked; Brown grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 7, Cubs 5.

CUBS 7TH: MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); TRILLO BATTED
FOR COLEMAN; Trillo grounded out (pitcher to first); Wallis
walked; Summers grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Wallis out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 7, Cubs 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: KNOWLES REPLACED TRILLO (PITCHING); McCarver
doubled to left; Bowa reached on a fielder's choice [McCarver
out at third (pitcher to shortstop to third), Bowa to second];
Garber singled to center [Bowa to third]; SUTTER REPLACED
KNOWLES (PITCHING); Cash reached on a fielder's choice [Bowa out
at home (shortstop to catcher), Garber to second]; Maddox flied
out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 7, Cubs 5.

CUBS 8TH: Madlock struck out; Morales singled to third; LaCock
struck out; Mitterwald was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 7, Cubs 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); Martin
popped to catcher in foul territory; Johnstone struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 7, Cubs 5.

CUBS 9TH: HUTTON REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PLAYING 1B); MONDAY BATTED
FOR SPERRING; Monday grounded out (second to first); TYRONE
BATTED FOR KELLEHER; Tyrone struck out; CARDENAL BATTED FOR
SUTTER; Cardenal lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
7, Cubs 5.