Pitching in relief, Dave Giusti couldn't overcome an error by Frank Taveras and was the loser when the Cubs scored four unearned runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Pirates, 7-3. Jose Cardenal drew a walk with one out in the stanza and when Rick Monday grounded to Rennie Stennett, Taveras dropped the throw to second.

Bill Madlock then singled, scoring Cardenal to break the 3-3 tie. After Steve Swisher was retired for what should have been the third out of the inning, Giusti walked Dave Rosello and Bill Bonham, forcing in Monday. Daryl Patterson relieved and yielded a single by Don Kessinger, scoring the Cubs' final two tallies. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Game Played on Sunday, June      23, 1974 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Pirates      0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  3
Cubs         0  0  0    2  0  1    0  4  x  -   7  6  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clines cf             4   1   2   0     1   1   .250      Kessinger ss          5   0   2   2     0   0   .280
Hebner 3b             3   1   1   0     1   2   .284      Morales lf            4   1   0   0     1   0   .268
Oliver 1b             4   1   1   1     1   2   .288      Williams 1b           4   1   0   0     0   0   .284
Stargell lf           3   0   1   2     2   1   .274        Thornton 1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Zisk rf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .309      Cardenal rf           3   2   1   0     1   1   .297
Sanguillen c          4   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Monday cf             4   1   1   2     0   1   .277
Stennett 2b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .298      Madlock 3b            4   1   2   2     0   0   .310
Mendoza ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .274      Swisher c             4   0   0   0     0   3   .226
  Ott ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rosello 2b            3   1   0   0     1   1   .207
  Taveras ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Bonham p              3   0   0   1     1   1   .167
Kison p               3   0   0   0     0   3   .091        Hooton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .069
  Kirkpatrick ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   8   3     5  10             Totals               34   7   6   7     4   7

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance: 24,855
Left on Base: Pirates 11, Cubs 7
DP: Pirates 0, Cubs 0
Errors: Stennett, Mendoza, Taveras
Doubles: Stennett (18), Stargell (17), Madlock (8)
Triples: Monday (4)
Stolen Bases: Clines (6), Sanguillen (1), Cardenal (12)
Hit by Pitch: Hebner (2,by Bonham)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kison                   7     4   3   2   1   6   0  29   3.61
Giusti L(2-3)           0.2   1   4   0   3   1   0   7   3.77
Patterson               0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Totals                  8     6   7   2   4   7   0  38

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham W(5-10)          8     8   3   3   4   9   0  37   4.44
Hooton                  1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   4.38
Totals                  9     8   3   3   5  10   0  41

Passed Balls: Sanguillen (5)
Hit by Pitch: Bonham (4)
Wild Pitches: Kison (5)

Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Nick Colosi


PIRATES 1ST: Clines struck out; Hebner walked; Oliver grounded
out (pitcher unassisted) [Hebner to second]; Stargell was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to center; Morales forced Kessinger
(second to shortstop); Williams flied out to center; Cardenal
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Cubs 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen
grounded out (pitcher to first); Stennett doubled to left;
Mendoza grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Monday was called out on strikes; Madlock grounded out
(third to first); Swisher struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Kison struck out (catcher to first); Clines singled
to center; Clines stole second; Hebner struck out; Oliver struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Rosello grounded out (second to first); Bonham
grounded out (second to first); Kessinger grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Stargell walked; Zisk forced Stargell (first to
second); Sanguillen forced Zisk (shortstop unassisted); Stennett
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Morales walked; Williams popped to shortstop; Cardenal
singled to left [Morales to second]; Monday tripled to center
[Morales scored, Cardenal scored]; Madlock reached on a
fielder's choice [Monday out at home (second to third to
catcher), Madlock to second]; Swisher grounded out (pitcher to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cubs 2.

PIRATES 5TH: Mendoza flied out to right; Kison struck out;
Clines walked; Hebner singled to right [Clines to second];
Oliver singled to center [Clines scored, Hebner to third];
Stargell doubled to left [Hebner scored, Oliver scored]; Zisk
grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
3, Cubs 2.

CUBS 5TH: Rosello grounded out (third to first); Bonham reached
on an error by Mendoza [Bonham to first]; Kessinger flied out to
center; Morales forced Bonham (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Cubs 2.

PIRATES 6TH: Sanguillen singled to right; Sanguillen stole
second; Stennett popped to second; Mendoza struck out; Kison was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Cubs 2.

CUBS 6TH: Williams reached on an error by Stennett [Williams to
first]; Cardenal struck out; Monday grounded out (pitcher
unassisted) [Williams to second]; Madlock doubled to right
[Williams scored (unearned)]; Swisher was called out on strikes;
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Cubs 3.

PIRATES 7TH: Clines grounded out (second to first); Hebner was
hit by a pitch; Oliver struck out; Stargell walked [Hebner to
second]; with a 3-1 count, ball four was called when Bill
Bonham went to his mouth; Zisk popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Cubs 3.

CUBS 7TH: Rosello struck out; Bonham struck out but advanced to
first on a passed ball; Kison threw a wild pitch [Bonham to
second]; Kessinger popped to shortstop; Morales lined to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Cubs 3.

PIRATES 8TH: Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first);
Stennett singled to third; OTT BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Ott grounded
out (second to first) [Stennett to second]; KIRKPATRICK BATTED
FOR KISON; Kirkpatrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Cubs 3.

CUBS 8TH: TAVERAS REPLACED OTT (PLAYING SS); GIUSTI REPLACED
KIRKPATRICK (PITCHING); Williams popped to third; Cardenal
walked; Monday reached on a fielder's choice [Cardenal to second
(error by Taveras; assist by Stennett)]; Cardenal stole third;
Madlock singled to left [Cardenal scored (unearned), Monday to
second]; Swisher was called out on strikes; Rosello walked
[Monday to third, Madlock to second]; Bonham walked [Monday
scored (unearned), Madlock to third, Rosello to second];
PATTERSON REPLACED GIUSTI (PITCHING); Kessinger singled to right
[Madlock scored (unearned), Rosello scored (unearned), Bonham to
second]; Morales popped to third in foul territory; 4 R (0 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Cubs 7.

PIRATES 9TH: THORNTON REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING 1B); Clines
singled to center; HOOTON REPLACED BONHAM (PITCHING); Hebner
struck out; Oliver walked [Clines to second]; Stargell flied out
to left; Zisk forced Clines (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Pirates 3, Cubs 7.