Rick Monday drove in two runs with a double and Jerry Morales produced another pair with a single as the Cubs piled up an early lead to defeat the Giants, 6-4. Derrel Thomas and Dave Rader hit homers for the Giants off Steve Stone, who survived a major threat in seventh inning by striking out Glenn Adams, Von Joshua and Thomas in succession with runners on second and third. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 6, San Francisco Giants 4
Game Played on Saturday, July      12, 1975 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Giants       1  0  1    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   4  9  1
Cubs         3  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   6 10  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .317      Kessinger ss          5   1   1   0     0   0   .254
Thomas 2b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .261      Cardenal lf           3   1   0   1     1   0   .294
Murcer rf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .305      Madlock 3b            5   1   2   0     0   0   .354
Montanez 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .279      Morales rf            4   1   3   2     1   0   .299
Speier ss             3   1   1   1     1   0   .272      Monday cf             4   1   1   2     1   0   .268
Thomasson lf          4   1   1   0     0   1   .213      Thornton 1b           3   0   1   1     1   1   .303
Ontiveros 3b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .254      Trillo 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Rader c               3   0   2   1     1   0   .294      Swisher c             4   1   2   0     0   1   .183
  Sadek pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .353      Stone p               2   0   0   0     1   0   .179
Caldwell p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .108
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .299
  Bradley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Falcone p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .061
  Hill ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .217

Totals               34   4   9   4     3   6             Totals               34   6  10   6     5   2

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 17,155
Left on Base: Giants 6, Cubs 11
DP: Giants 0, Cubs 2
Errors: Rader
Doubles: Montanez (14), Rader (9), Monday (21)
Home Runs: Thomas (4), Speier (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Stone (3)
GIDP: Rader (5), Montanez (15)
Hit by Pitch: Cardenal (3,by Williams)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell L(5-9)         1     4   5   5   2   0   0   9   5.15
Williams                3     4   1   1   1   0   0  16   3.68
Heaverlo                2     0   0   0   2   2   0   8   2.51
Bradley                 1.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   7   4.56
Falcone                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.86
Totals                  8    10   6   6   5   2   0  41

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone W(7-3)            9     9   4   4   3   6   2  37   3.15
Totals                  9     9   4   4   3   6   2  37

Hit by Pitch: Williams (3)

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - John Kibler


GIANTS 1ST: Joshua flied out to center; Thomas grounded out
(second to first); Murcer singled to right; Montanez doubled to
right [Murcer scored]; Speier walked; Thomasson flied out to
left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal
flied out to left; Madlock singled to center; Morales walked
[Madlock to second]; Monday doubled to center [Madlock scored,
Morales scored]; Thornton singled to left [Monday scored];
Trillo popped to first in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 1, Cubs 3.

GIANTS 2ND: Ontiveros grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
singled to shortstop; Caldwell grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Rader to second]; Joshua grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Cubs 3.

CUBS 2ND: Swisher singled to left; Stone walked [Swisher to
second]; WILLIAMS REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Kessinger
singled to right [Swisher to third, Stone to second]; Cardenal
was hit by a pitch [Swisher scored, Stone to third, Kessinger to
second]; Madlock forced Stone (first to catcher) [Kessinger to
third, Cardenal to second]; Morales singled to center [Kessinger
scored, Cardenal scored, Madlock to second]; Monday grounded out
(second to first) [Madlock to third, Morales to second];
Thornton was walked intentionally; Trillo grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 1, Cubs 6.

GIANTS 3RD: Thomas homered; Murcer flied out to right; Montanez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier flied out to right; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs 6.

CUBS 3RD: Swisher singled to shortstop; Stone out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to first) [Swisher to second]; Kessinger flied out
to left; Cardenal grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs 6.

GIANTS 4TH: Thomasson struck out; Ontiveros walked; Rader
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Ontiveros out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs
6.

CUBS 4TH: Madlock flied out to left; Morales singled to center;
Monday reached on an error by Rader [Morales to second, Monday
to first]; Thornton popped to third; Trillo grounded out (first
to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs 6.

GIANTS 5TH: BROWN BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Brown popped to first in
foul territory; Joshua grounded out (second to first); Thomas
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2,
Cubs 6.

CUBS 5TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Swisher was called
out on strikes; Stone flied out to right; Kessinger grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cubs 6.

GIANTS 6TH: Murcer struck out; Montanez grounded out (shortstop
to first); Speier flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Cubs 6.

CUBS 6TH: Cardenal walked; Madlock popped to catcher [Cardenal
to second]; Morales popped to first; Monday was walked
intentionally; Thornton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 2, Cubs 6.

GIANTS 7TH: Thomasson singled to right; Ontiveros singled to
center [Thomasson to second]; Rader doubled to right [Thomasson
scored, Ontiveros to third]; ADAMS BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Adams
struck out; Joshua was called out on strikes; Thomas struck out;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Cubs 6.

CUBS 7TH: BRADLEY REPLACED ADAMS (PITCHING); Trillo grounded out
(shortstop to first); Swisher grounded out (second to first);
Stone grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 3, Cubs 6.

GIANTS 8TH: Murcer singled to center; Montanez grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Murcer out at
second]; Speier homered; Thomasson flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Cubs 6.

CUBS 8TH: Kessinger flied out to center; Cardenal popped to
first; Madlock singled to shortstop; Morales singled to left
[Madlock to second]; FALCONE REPLACED BRADLEY (PITCHING); Monday
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
4, Cubs 6.

GIANTS 9TH: Ontiveros popped to third in foul territory; Rader
walked; SADEK RAN FOR RADER; HILL BATTED FOR FALCONE; Hill was
called out on strikes; Joshua flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Cubs 6.