The upstart Cubs dealt the Phillies their third loss in succession, 6-2, behind the seven-hit pitching of Bill Bonham. Bobby Murcer's second homer of the season, a solo blast in the sixth, proved to be decisive for the Cubs. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Game Played on Monday, April     11, 1977 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Cubs         0  0  2    0  0  1    0  3  0  -   6  8  1
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  7  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           4   0   1   1     1   0   .333      Maddox cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .071
Cardenal lf           3   1   0   0     2   0   .143      Bowa ss               4   1   1   0     0   0   .364
Biittner 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .333      Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .273
Murcer rf             4   2   2   1     0   1   .400      Luzinski lf           3   0   2   1     1   1   .545
Morales cf            3   1   1   2     1   1   .200      Johnstone rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Ontiveros 3b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .133      Boone c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .444
Mitterwald c          4   1   2   0     0   2   .300      Iorg 1b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Trillo 2b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .286      Sizemore 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .364
Bonham p              3   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Twitchell p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Tolan ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Andrews ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   6   8   5     6   7             Totals               32   2   7   1     1   4

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 17,578
Left on Base: Cubs 5, Phillies 4
DP: Cubs 2, Phillies 2
Errors: Bonham, Bowa
Doubles: Trillo (1), Morales (1), Mitterwald (1), Maddox (1)
Home Runs: Murcer (2)
Caught Stealing: De Jesus (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Bonham (1)
GIDP: Johnstone (1), Sizemore (1)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham W(1-0)           9     7   2   2   1   4   0  33   2.00
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   4   0  33

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell L(0-1)        6     4   3   3   5   7   1  25   4.50
Underwood               3     4   3   3   1   0   0  13   9.00
Totals                  9     8   6   6   6   7   1  38

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Paul Pryor


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus walked; Cardenal lined to right; Biittner
lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [De Jesus out at
first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

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

CUBS 2ND: Murcer struck out; Morales struck out; Ontiveros
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski singled to center; Johnstone grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Luzinski out
at second]; Boone singled to right; Iorg grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

CUBS 3RD: Mitterwald singled to center; Trillo doubled to left
[Mitterwald scored]; Bonham out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Trillo to third]; De Jesus singled to left [Trillo
scored]; De Jesus was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Cardenal popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Sizemore lined to shortstop; Twitchell grounded
out (pitcher to first); Maddox grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Phillies 0.

CUBS 4TH: Biittner walked; Murcer lined to third; Morales walked
[Biittner to second]; Ontiveros walked [Biittner to third,
Morales to second]; Mitterwald struck out; Trillo was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa popped to center; Schmidt struck out;
Luzinski walked; Johnstone lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubs 2, Phillies 0.

CUBS 5TH: Bonham struck out; De Jesus grounded out (third to
first); Cardenal walked; Biittner lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Boone flied out to left; Iorg flied out to left;
Sizemore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 2, Phillies 0.

CUBS 6TH: Murcer homered; Morales flied out to center; Ontiveros
lined to shortstop; Mitterwald was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: TOLAN BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Tolan was called out
on strikes; Maddox grounded out (second to first); Bowa flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Phillies 0.

CUBS 7TH: UNDERWOOD REPLACED TOLAN (PITCHING); Trillo flied out
to right; Bonham grounded out (shortstop to first); De Jesus
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Schmidt struck out; Luzinski struck out; Johnstone
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Phillies 0.

CUBS 8TH: Cardenal walked; Biittner popped to second; Murcer
singled to right [Cardenal to second]; Morales doubled to right
[Cardenal scored, Murcer scored, Morales scored (error by Bowa)
(no RBI)]; Ontiveros grounded out (pitcher to first); Mitterwald
doubled to left; Trillo flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); Iorg
singled to left; Sizemore grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Iorg out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 6, Phillies 0.

CUBS 9TH: Bonham singled to second; De Jesus flied out to right;
Cardenal lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Bonham
out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 6, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: ANDREWS BATTED FOR UNDERWOOD; Andrews grounded out
(pitcher to first); Maddox doubled to right; On a bunt Bowa
singled to pitcher [Maddox scored (error by Bonham), Bowa to
third]; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Luzinski singled
to center [Bowa scored]; Johnstone singled to center [Luzinski
to third]; Boone lined to right; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 6,
Phillies 2.