The Phillies clinched their second straight East Division title by rolling over the Cubs, 15-9, in a game that featured a grand-slam homer by Larry Christenson, who gained his 18th victory of the season. After taking a 4-2 lead, the Phillies exploded for seven runs in the seventh inning.

Paul Reuschel, pitching in relief for the Cubs, gave up singles by Bake McBride and Larry Bowa. Mike Schmidt forced McBride at third, but Reuschel uncorked a wild pitch before yielding to Dave Roberts. After an intentional pass to Greg Luzinski, Ollie Brown struck out. The Cubs then brought in Dennis Lamp to face Garry Maddox, who singled, driving in two runs. Bob Boone added another run with a double before Christenson came to bat and smashed his grand slam. Schmidt homered in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 15, Chicago Cubs 9
Game Played on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Phillies     0  2  0    0  0  2    7  1  3  -  15 16  2
Cubs         0  0  1    0  0  1    2  5  0  -   9 16  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf            6   1   2   0     0   0   .316      De Jesus ss           4   2   4   1     0   0   .267
Bowa ss               6   3   4   0     0   0   .278      Gross cf              5   2   2   2     0   1   .317
Schmidt 3b            5   3   2   2     0   1   .276      Biittner 1b           4   1   1   1     1   0   .303
Luzinski lf           4   1   1   1     1   1   .309      Murcer rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .266
  Martin lf           1   0   1   2     0   0   .261      Ontiveros 3b          5   1   3   2     0   1   .298
Hebner 1b             1   1   0   0     1   0   .286      Clines lf             5   1   2   1     0   0   .299
  Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .243      Trillo 2b             4   1   2   0     1   0   .282
  Hutton 1b           2   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Gordon c              5   0   0   0     0   2   .048
Maddox cf             4   1   1   2     1   0   .291      Bonham p              2   1   1   0     0   0   .234
Boone c               5   2   2   3     0   0   .288        Cardenal ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Sizemore 2b           3   1   1   0     2   0   .285        P. Reuschel p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Christenson p         3   1   1   5     0   1   .139        Roberts p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .059
  McGraw p            0   1   0   0     1   0   .400        Lamp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .375
                                                            Wallis ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .270
                                                            Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
                                                            Rosello ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .215

Totals               41  15  16  15     6   4             Totals               41   9  16   8     2   5

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance:  4,606
Left on Base: Phillies 8, Cubs 9
DP: Phillies 1, Cubs 1
Errors: McBride, Luzinski, Trillo
Doubles: Boone (26), Bonham (3), Ontiveros (30), Clines (12), Trillo (18)
Triples: Gross (4)
Home Runs: Christenson (3), Schmidt (38)
Stolen Bases: De Jesus 2 (23)
Sacrifice Hits: Christenson (10), Hebner (1), De Jesus (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Murcer (10)
GIDP: Hutton (3), Rosello (1)
Hit by Pitch: Schmidt (9,by Bonham)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson W(18-6)     7    10   6   5   2   3   0  34   4.11
McGraw                  2     6   3   3   0   2   0  11   2.57
Totals                  9    16   9   8   2   5   0  45

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham L(10-13)         6     5   4   4   3   3   0  27   4.44
P. Reuschel             0.1   2   2   2   0   0   0   3   4.14
Roberts                 0.1   0   1   1   1   1   0   2   4.65
Lamp                    1.1   5   5   5   1   0   2  11   6.00
Giusti                  0.1   4   3   3   1   0   0   6   3.89
Moore                   0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.07
Totals                  9    16  15  15   6   4   2  50

Hit by Pitch: Bonham (3)
Wild Pitches: P. Reuschel (4)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Nick Colosi


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride grounded out (third to first); Bowa
singled to center; Schmidt flied out to right; Luzinski struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus singled to right; De Jesus stole second;
Gross was called out on strikes; Biittner walked; Murcer flied
out to left; Ontiveros struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Cubs 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Hebner walked; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Hebner to second]; Boone singled to center [Hebner
scored, Boone to second (on throw to home)]; Sizemore singled to
left [Boone to third]; Christenson out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Boone scored, Sizemore to second]; McBride
flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Clines lined to right; Trillo flied out to right;
Gordon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Cubs 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa grounded out (second to first); Schmidt
struck out; Luzinski flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Bonham doubled to left; De Jesus out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to pitcher) [Bonham to third]; Gross reached on an
error by Luzinski [Bonham scored (unearned) (no RBI), Gross to
first]; Biittner popped to third in foul territory; Murcer
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 2, Cubs 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Hebner popped to third in foul territory; Maddox
grounded out (third to first); Boone grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 1.

CUBS 4TH: Ontiveros singled to right; Clines flied out to right;
Trillo flied out to right; Gordon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first);
Christenson grounded out (first unassisted); McBride popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 1.

CUBS 5TH: Bonham grounded out (shortstop to first); De Jesus
singled to left; De Jesus stole second; Gross grounded out
(third to first); Biittner lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa singled to shortstop; Schmidt was hit by a
pitch [Bowa to second]; Luzinski singled to center [Bowa scored,
Schmidt to second]; Hebner out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Schmidt to third, Luzinski to second]; Maddox was walked
intentionally; Boone grounded out (third to first) [Schmidt
scored, Luzinski to third, Maddox to second]; Sizemore was
walked intentionally; Christenson struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Phillies 4, Cubs 1.

CUBS 6TH: Murcer popped to second; Ontiveros doubled to right
[Ontiveros to third (error by McBride)]; Clines doubled to
center [Ontiveros scored]; Trillo walked; Gordon flied out to
left; CARDENAL BATTED FOR BONHAM; Cardenal popped to first in
foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cubs 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: P. REUSCHEL REPLACED CARDENAL (PITCHING); McBride
singled to center; Bowa singled to center [McBride to second];
On a bunt Schmidt forced McBride (pitcher to third) [Bowa to
second]; P. Reuschel threw a wild pitch [Bowa to third, Schmidt
to second]; ROBERTS REPLACED P. REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Luzinski
was walked intentionally; BROWN BATTED FOR HEBNER; Brown struck
out; LAMP REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Maddox singled to left
[Bowa scored, Schmidt scored, Luzinski to second]; Boone doubled
to left [Luzinski scored, Maddox to third]; Sizemore was walked
intentionally; Christenson homered [Maddox scored, Boone scored,
Sizemore scored]; McBride grounded out (second to first); 7 R, 5
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 11, Cubs 2.

CUBS 7TH: HUTTON REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING 1B); De Jesus singled
to second; Gross tripled to center [De Jesus scored]; Biittner
flied out to left; Murcer hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gross
scored]; Ontiveros grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 11, Cubs 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: Bowa grounded out (second to first); Schmidt
homered; Luzinski popped to second; Hutton singled to first;
Maddox reached on an error by Trillo [Hutton to third, Maddox to
first]; Boone flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 12, Cubs 4.

CUBS 8TH: MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Clines singled
to right; Trillo doubled to center [Clines to third]; MCGRAW
REPLACED CHRISTENSON (PITCHING); Gordon struck out; WALLIS
BATTED FOR LAMP; Wallis struck out; De Jesus singled to center
[Clines scored, Trillo to third]; Gross singled to second
[Trillo scored, De Jesus to second]; Biittner singled to center
[De Jesus scored, Gross to second]; On a bunt Murcer singled to
third [Gross to third, Biittner to second]; Ontiveros singled to
center [Gross scored, Biittner scored, Murcer to second]; Clines
flied out to center; 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 12, Cubs 9.

PHILLIES 9TH: GIUSTI REPLACED WALLIS (PITCHING); Sizemore
grounded out (third to first); McGraw walked; McBride singled to
center [McGraw to second]; Bowa singled to right [McGraw to
third, McBride to second]; Schmidt singled to shortstop [McGraw
scored, McBride to third, Bowa to second]; Martin singled to
center [McBride scored, Bowa scored, Schmidt to second]; MOORE
REPLACED GIUSTI (PITCHING); Hutton grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Martin out at second]; 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 15, Cubs 9.

CUBS 9TH: Trillo singled to center; Gordon popped to right;
ROSELLO BATTED FOR MOORE; Rosello grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Trillo out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 15, Cubs 9.