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Cubs
@ Phillies
Veterans Stadium
September 16, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs, played on September 16, 1979 at Veterans Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 16, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 16, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dennis Lamp |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Randy Lerch |
| Ballpark | Veterans Stadium |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 30,261 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 9 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Steve Fields 1B: Doug Harvey 2B: Andy Olsen 3B: Eric Gregg |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ivan De Jesus | Shortstop |
| Larry Biittner | First Baseman |
| Mike Vail | Right Fielder |
| Dave Kingman | Left Fielder |
| Barry Foote | Catcher |
| Steve Ontiveros | Third Baseman |
| Jerry Martin | Center Fielder |
| Mick Kelleher | Second Baseman |
| Dennis Lamp | Pitcher |
| Herman Franks | Manager |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | First Baseman |
| Manny Trillo | Second Baseman |
| Bake McBride | Right Fielder |
| Mike Schmidt | Third Baseman |
| Greg Gross | Left Fielder |
| Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
| Keith Moreland | Catcher |
| Larry Bowa | Shortstop |
| Randy Lerch | Pitcher |
| Dallas Green | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Phillies
Veterans Stadium
September 16, 1979
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Lerch
De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Biittner vs. Lerch
There goes De Jesus. The throw from Moreland and he is safe. De Jesus steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Biittner vs. Lerch
Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. De Jesus moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Vail vs. Lerch
Vail hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. De Jesus scores. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Lerch
Kingman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Lamp
Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Lamp
Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Lamp
McBride hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Lamp
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foote vs. Lerch
Foote takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ontiveros vs. Lerch
There goes Foote. The throw from Moreland and he is out, Bowa applying the tag. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Lerch
Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Lerch
Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelleher vs. Lerch
There goes Martin. The throw from Moreland and he is safe. Martin steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kelleher vs. Lerch
Kelleher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Lamp
Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Lamp
Lamp fires to first and picks off Gross. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Lamp
Maddox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Maddox reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moreland vs. Lamp
Moreland hits a fly ball towards center field. Martin makes the catch and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Martin. Maddox moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bowa vs. Lamp
Bowa hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maddox scores. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lerch vs. Lamp
Lerch hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lamp vs. Lerch
Lamp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Lerch
De Jesus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Biittner vs. Lerch
Biittner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McBride. Biittner reaches second base with a double. De Jesus moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Vail vs. Lerch
Vail hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. De Jesus scores. Biittner moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kingman vs. Lerch
Kingman hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Biittner tags and scores. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foote vs. Lerch
Foote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Lamp
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Lamp
Trillo hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Lamp
McBride hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Lamp
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Lerch
Ontiveros hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Lerch
Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelleher vs. Lerch
Kelleher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lamp vs. Lerch
Lamp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Lamp
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Lamp
Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moreland vs. Lamp
Moreland hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman who is chasing the ball. Moreland reaches third base with a triple. Maddox goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bowa vs. Lamp
Bowa hits a fly ball into right field. Vail settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Moreland tags and scores. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lerch vs. Lamp
Lerch hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Lerch
De Jesus hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biittner vs. Lerch
Biittner hits a fly ball into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vail vs. Lerch
Vail hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lerch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Lamp
Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Lamp
Trillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McBride vs. Lamp
McBride hits a ball on the ground towards second. Kelleher scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Lerch
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foote vs. Lerch
Foote hits a popup towards first. Rose settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ontiveros vs. Lerch
Ontiveros takes first base on ball four. Kingman moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Lerch
Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kelleher vs. Lerch
Kelleher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Trillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Lamp
Schmidt hits a popup towards first. Biittner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Lamp
Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Lamp
Maddox strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dillard vs. Lerch
Steve Dillard pinch hits for Dennis Lamp.
Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Lerch
De Jesus is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biittner vs. Lerch
Biittner hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moreland vs. Tidrow
Dick Tidrow now pitching.
Moreland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bowa vs. Tidrow
Lonnie Smith pinch runs for Keith Moreland.
Bowa bunts towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Unser vs. Tidrow
Del Unser pinch hits for Randy Lerch.
Unser hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Unser for the out. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rose vs. Tidrow
Rose is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Trillo vs. Tidrow
Trillo strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vail vs. Reed
Dave Rader now catching. Ron Reed now pitching.
Vail hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Reed
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foote vs. Reed
Foote hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Tidrow
Scot Thompson now playing right field.
McBride hits a popup, foul, towards first. Biittner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Tidrow
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Tidrow
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Tidrow
Maddox hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Martin who is chasing the ball. Maddox reaches third base with a triple. Gross goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rader vs. Tidrow
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rader for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Reed
Ontiveros hits a fly ball into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Reed
Martin hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Reed
Bill Buckner pinch hits for Mick Kelleher.
Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Reed
Miguel Dilone pinch runs for Bill Buckner. Ken Henderson pinch hits for Dick Tidrow.
There goes Dilone. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Dilone steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Reed
Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/16/1979 -- Chicago at Philadelphia (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
De Jesus I, ss 3 2 1 0 Rose P, 1b 3 0 1 0
Biittner L, 1b 4 1 1 0 Trillo M, 2b 4 0 1 0
Vail M, rf 4 0 1 2 McBride B, rf 4 0 2 0
Thompson S, rf 0 0 0 0 Schmidt M, 3b 4 0 0 0
Kingman D, lf 3 0 1 1 Gross G, lf 3 1 1 0
Foote B, c 3 0 0 0 Maddox G, cf 4 2 3 1
Ontiveros S, 3b 3 0 0 0 Moreland K, c 3 1 2 1
Martin J, cf 4 0 1 0 Smith L, pr 0 0 0 0
Kelleher M, 2b 3 0 1 0 Rader D, c 1 0 0 0
Buckner B, ph 1 0 1 0 Bowa L, ss 1 0 1 2
Dilone M, pr 0 0 0 0 Lerch R, p 2 0 0 0
Lamp D, p 2 0 0 0 Unser D, ph 1 0 0 0
Dillard S, ph 1 0 0 0 Reed R, p 0 0 0 0
Tidrow D, p 0 0 0 0
Henderson K, ph 1 0 0 0
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32 3 7 3 30 4 11 4
Chicago 102 000 000 -- 3
Philadelphia 010 200 01x -- 4
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp D 6.0 9 3 3 0 1
Tidrow D (L) 2.0 2 1 1 2 1
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch R 7.0 6 3 3 3 2
Reed R (W) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
E -- Martin J
DP -- Chicago 2
LOB -- Chicago 6, Philadelphia 6
2B -- Maddox G, Biittner L
3B -- Moreland K, Maddox G
SB -- De Jesus I, Martin J, Dilone M
CS -- Foote B
SH -- Bowa L
SF -- Kingman D, Bowa L
T -- 2:09
A -- 30261
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