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Monday June 25, 1979
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Blasting four pitchers for 14 hits, the Cubs pounded out an 8-2 triumph over the Phillies. The Cub attack began with three runs in the first inning on a double by Bill Buckner, single by Dave Kingman and homer by Jerry Martin. The Cubs picked up five more runs in the second inning, featuring a bases-loaded triple by Ivan DeJesus. [The Sporting News]


Chicago Cubs 8, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Game Played on Monday, June 25, 1979 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Phillies     0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  1
Cubs         3  5  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   8 14  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf            5   1   2   0     0   0   .266      De Jesus ss           4   1   2   3     1   0   .275
Bowa ss               5   1   1   0     0   0   .288      Sizemore 2b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .257
Rose 1b               4   0   1   0     1   0   .337      Buckner 1b            4   2   3   1     1   0   .285
Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     1   1   .248      Kingman lf            4   1   2   1     0   0   .293
Luzinski lf           3   0   1   1     2   0   .257        Thompson lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .324
Maddox cf             3   0   1   1     0   0   .290      Martin cf             4   1   1   3     0   0   .299
McCarver c            0   0   0   0     1   0   .270      Vail rf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .327
  Eastwick p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Ontiveros 3b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .295
  Unser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Foote c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .230
  Saucier p           0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      McGlothen p           3   1   1   0     1   0   .185
  Gross ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .289        Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Trillo 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .297
Carlton p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .213
  Rader c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .261

Totals               35   2   9   2     5   3             Totals               36   8  14   8     3   3

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 27,246
Left on Base: Phillies 12, Cubs 7
DP: Phillies 1, Cubs 1
Errors: Schmidt, Ontiveros
Doubles: Maddox (16), Buckner (19), Foote (9)
Triples: De Jesus (2)
Home Runs: Martin (10)
Caught Stealing: De Jesus 2 (10), Buckner (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Maddox (3)
GIDP: Trillo (3), McGlothen (2)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(8-8)          1.1   7   8   6   1   1   1  12   3.68
Eastwick                2.2   4   0   0   0   2   0  13   6.41
Saucier                 3     3   0   0   2   0   0  11   0.00
Reed                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.86
Totals                  8    14   8   6   3   3   1  39

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen W(8-6)        8     8   2   0   5   3   0  37   4.53
Tidrow                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.27
Totals                  9     9   2   0   5   3   0  41

Wild Pitches: Eastwick (4)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Fred Brocklander


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

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus singled to pitcher; De Jesus was picked off
and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop);
Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner doubled to
center; Kingman singled to left [Buckner scored]; Martin homered
[Kingman scored]; Vail struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Cubs 3.

PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt flied out to center; Luzinski walked;
Maddox doubled to left [Luzinski to third]; McCarver walked;
Trillo grounded into a double play (second to first) [McCarver
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 3.

CUBS 2ND: Ontiveros reached on an error by Schmidt [Ontiveros to
first]; Foote doubled to left [Ontiveros to third]; McGlothen
walked; De Jesus tripled to center [Ontiveros scored (unearned),
Foote scored, McGlothen scored]; Sizemore popped to second;
Buckner singled to right [De Jesus scored]; EASTWICK REPLACED
MCCARVER (PITCHING); RADER REPLACED CARLTON (PLAYING C );
Kingman singled to right [Buckner to third]; Martin grounded out
(second to first) [Buckner scored (unearned), Kingman to
second]; Vail struck out but Kingman advanced to third and Vail
advanced to first on a wild pitch; Ontiveros grounded out
(second to first); 5 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Cubs 8.

PHILLIES 3RD: Rader grounded out (second to first); McBride
singled to right; Bowa lined to right; Rose walked [McBride to
second]; Schmidt walked [McBride to third, Rose to second];
Luzinski popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 8.

CUBS 3RD: Foote flied out to center; McGlothen singled to right;
De Jesus popped to first in foul territory; Sizemore singled to
center [McGlothen to second]; Buckner singled to second
[McGlothen to third, Sizemore to second]; Kingman grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 8.

PHILLIES 4TH: Maddox flied out to right; Eastwick struck out;
Trillo singled to right; Rader lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 8.

CUBS 4TH: Martin lined to center; Vail grounded out (shortstop
to first); Ontiveros struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
0, Cubs 8.

PHILLIES 5TH: McBride singled to right; Bowa singled to right
[McBride to second]; Rose reached on an error by Ontiveros
[McBride to third, Bowa to second, Rose to first]; Schmidt
popped to third; Luzinski walked [McBride scored (unearned),
Bowa to third, Rose to second]; Maddox hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Bowa scored (unearned), Rose to third]; UNSER BATTED FOR
EASTWICK; Unser popped to shortstop; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 8.

CUBS 5TH: SAUCIER REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); Foote singled to
center; On a bunt McGlothen grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to second) [Foote out at second]; De Jesus walked;
De Jesus was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 8.

PHILLIES 6TH: Trillo was called out on strikes; Rader singled to
center; McBride flied out to left; Bowa popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 8.

CUBS 6TH: Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Buckner
walked; Buckner was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to second); Kingman lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 8.

PHILLIES 7TH: THOMPSON REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING LF); Rose lined
to left; Schmidt was called out on strikes; Luzinski singled to
left; Maddox forced Luzinski (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 8.

CUBS 7TH: Martin grounded out (pitcher to first); Vail singled
to left; Ontiveros singled to center [Vail to second]; Foote
popped to first; McGlothen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 8.

PHILLIES 8TH: GROSS BATTED FOR SAUCIER; Gross singled to center;
Trillo popped to catcher in foul territory; Rader lined to
right; McBride popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
2, Cubs 8.

CUBS 8TH: REED REPLACED GROSS (PITCHING); De Jesus grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sizemore flied out to center; Buckner
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 8.

PHILLIES 9TH: TIDROW REPLACED MCGLOTHEN (PITCHING); Bowa
grounded out (second to first); Rose singled to left; Schmidt
lined to shortstop; Luzinski flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 8.



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