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August 23, 1975

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Rick Monday Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .275
OBP .000 .382
At Bats 0 425
Hits 0 117
• Singles 0 72
• Doubles 0 25
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 0 73
RBI’s 0 55

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Wrigley Field - August 23, 1975
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Home Run
Jose Sosa
Skip Jutze
Enos Cabell
Jerry DaVanon
Doug Rader
Rob Andrews
Jose Cruz
Cesar Cedeno
Wilbur Howard
Rick Monday
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Rick Monday pinch hits for Tom Dettore. Monday hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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Bottom 8 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Madlock scores.
Bottom 8 Madlock hits a popup into right field, out of the reach of Howard who is chasing the ball. Madlock reaches third base with a triple. Kessinger scores. Hiser goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Jose Sosa now pitching. Hiser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Kessinger hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Kessinger reaches second base with a double. Hosley scores. Summers goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Summers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon misplays the ball. That's an error on DaVanon. Hosley moves to third.
Bottom 8 Skip Jutze now catching. Hosley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Granger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 DaVanon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock juggles the ball. That's an error on Madlock.
Top 8 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cruz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Cabell takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Skip Jutze pinch runs for Cliff Johnson. There's a wild pitch. Jutze moves to third.
Top 8 Johnson hits a popup into center field, out of the reach of Morales. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Cedeno scores.
Top 8 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Hosley and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Howard scores.
Top 8 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Howard moves to third.
Top 8 Vic Harris now playing second base. Champ Summers now playing left field. Jose Cardenal now playing right field. Jerry Morales now playing center Howard hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Cardenal. Howard reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 George Mitterwald pinch hits for Rob Sperring. Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cabell scoops it up and throws to first, with Granger covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morales moves to second.
Bottom 7 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrews misplays the ball. That's an error on Andrews. Hiser scores. Cardenal scores. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 There goes Cardenal. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Cardenal steals second.
Bottom 7 Cardenal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hiser moves to third.
Bottom 7 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hiser hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Howard. Hiser reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Wayne Granger now pitching. Kessinger hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Champ Summers pinch hits for Oscar Zamora. Summers hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 7 Rob Sperring pinch runs for Manny Trillo. Hosley takes first base on ball four. Thornton moves to third. Sperring moves to second.
Bottom 7 Trillo is hit by the pitch. Thornton moves to second.
Bottom 7 Enos Cabell now playing first base. Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Andrews hits a fly ball into center field. Hiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 York hits a fly ball into center field. Hiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 DaVanon hits a fly ball into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Cardenal hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kessinger moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hiser hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kessinger takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Hiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Oscar Zamora now pitching. Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Pete LaCock pinch hits for Milt Wilcox. LaCock hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hosley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DaVanon scores. Andrews moves to third.
Top 5 Andrews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DaVanon moves to second.
Top 5 York strikes out.
Top 5 DaVanon hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Thornton hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Morales hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cardenal moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cardenal takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Madlock hits a fly ball into right field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hiser hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cruz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cardenal. Cruz reaches second base with a double. Cedeno scores. Johnson moves to third.
Top 4 Watson strikes out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Cedeno moves to third.
Top 4 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Andrews scores.
Top 4 Milt Wilcox now pitching. Howard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Howard for the out. Andrews moves to third.
Top 4 Andrews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Morales. Andrews reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bonham hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hosley hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 DaVanon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rader scores.
Top 3 Rader hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cardenal who is chasing the ball. Rader reaches third base with a triple. Watson scores. Cruz scores.
Top 3 There goes Cruz. The throw from Hosley and he is safe. Cruz steals second.
Top 3 Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Watson moves to third.
Top 3 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Andrews scores. Johnson moves to second.
Top 3 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a popup towards third. Madlock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Howard strikes out.
Top 3 There goes Andrews. The throw from Hosley and he is safe. Andrews steals second.
Top 3 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Trillo hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thornton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Morales bunts towards the mound. York fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 DaVanon hits a line drive into center field. Hiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hosley fires to second and picks off Cruz for the out.
Top 2 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo misplays the ball. That's an error on Trillo. Cruz moves to second.
Top 2 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Cardenal hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Hiser hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kessinger takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Hosley and he is out, Kessinger applying the tag.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard moves to third.
Top 1 Howard hits a popup into left field, out of the reach of Cardenal. Howard reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Andrews bunts towards the mound. Bonham settles under it and makes the catch for the out.