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. Philadelphia Phillies 15, Chicago Cubs 9Game Played on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 (Day game) at Wrigley FieldPhillies 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. |
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