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Philadelphia Phillies @ Chicago Cubs

1926-07-25 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 6000 · 2:17

Chicago Cubs defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–4. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 1st. Guy Bush earned the win. Sparky Adams went 4-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	10
CHN	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	17

W: Guy Bush L: Dutch Ulrich SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Beans Reardon · 1B: Charlie Moran · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ernie Quigley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Heinie Sand	5	1	0	1	0	0
Freddy Leach	5	1	4	1	0	0
Johnny Mokan	3	0	1	1	1	0
Ray Grimes	4	0	1	1	0	1
Al Nixon	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmie Wilson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Russ Wrightstone	4	1	3	0	0	0
Bernie Friberg	4	0	0	0	0	3
Claude Willoughby	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wayland Dean	1	0	0	0	0	0
Butch Henline	1	0	0	0	0	0
Clarence Huber	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dutch Ulrich	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sparky Adams	4	1	4	1	1	0
Cliff Heathcote	5	0	1	0	0	1
Howard Freigau	5	1	1	0	0	0
Hack Wilson	5	0	2	1	0	0
Riggs Stephenson	4	1	2	1	1	0
Charlie Grimm	4	0	1	0	1	1
Jimmy Cooney	4	1	2	1	1	0
Mike Gonzalez	3	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Piercy	3	0	2	0	0	0
Joe Kelly	1	0	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Willoughby	4.0	10	1	0
Ray Pierce	2.0	3	0	0
Jack Knight	1.1	1	1	1
Dutch Ulrich	1.1	3	2	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Piercy	6.2	9	1	4
Sheriff Blake	1.1	1	0	2
Guy Bush	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Heinie Sand: 99
Freddy Leach: S
Johnny Mokan: CS2(24)
Johnny Mokan: 99

Bot 1

Sparky Adams: S8
Cliff Heathcote: S7.1-2
Howard Freigau: PO2(E2).2-3;1-2
Howard Freigau: FC1.2X3(12);B-2
Hack Wilson: 63.3-H
Riggs Stephenson: S8.2-H
Charlie Grimm: 13

Top 2

Ray Grimes: 99
Al Nixon: K
Jimmie Wilson: E3
Russ Wrightstone: 99

Bot 2

Jimmy Cooney: 99
Mike Gonzalez: S7
Bill Piercy: S3.1-2
Sparky Adams: S7.2-H;1X3(75)
Cliff Heathcote: 3/G

Top 3

Bernie Friberg: K
Claude Willoughby: 99
Heinie Sand: 99

Bot 3

Howard Freigau: 99
Hack Wilson: S
Riggs Stephenson: S.1-2
Charlie Grimm: W.2-3;1-2
Jimmy Cooney: 99
Mike Gonzalez: 99

Top 4

Freddy Leach: S
Johnny Mokan: W.1-2
Ray Grimes: 99
Al Nixon: 99
Jimmie Wilson: K

Bot 4

Bill Piercy: S
Sparky Adams: S.1-3
Cliff Heathcote: 99
Howard Freigau: CS2(24)
Howard Freigau: 99

Top 5

Russ Wrightstone: S
Bernie Friberg: CS2(26)
Bernie Friberg: K
Wayland Dean: 99

Bot 5

Hack Wilson: 99
Riggs Stephenson: 99
Charlie Grimm: S
Jimmy Cooney: S.1-2
Mike Gonzalez: 99

Top 6

Heinie Sand: 99
Freddy Leach: D9/9D
Johnny Mokan: 99
Ray Grimes: S8.2-H
Al Nixon: 99

Bot 6

Bill Piercy: 99
Sparky Adams: S
Cliff Heathcote: 99
Howard Freigau: 99

Top 7

Jimmie Wilson: S
Russ Wrightstone: S5.1-2
Bernie Friberg: E1/BG.2-3;1-2
Butch Henline: 8
Heinie Sand: 99(1)/FO.3-H(UR);2-3;B-1
Freddy Leach: S.3-H(UR);1-3
Johnny Mokan: S.3-H(UR);1-2
Ray Grimes: K

Bot 7

Hack Wilson: 99
Riggs Stephenson: 99
Charlie Grimm: K

Top 8

Clarence Huber: 99
Jimmie Wilson: 99
Russ Wrightstone: S
Bernie Friberg: WP.1-2
Bernie Friberg: K

Bot 8

Jimmy Cooney: W
Mike Gonzalez: 99/SH.1-2
Joe Kelly: D7.2-H
Sparky Adams: W
Cliff Heathcote: K
Howard Freigau: S9.1-2;2XH(92)

Top 9

Dutch Ulrich: K
Heinie Sand: 99
Freddy Leach: 99

Bot 9

Hack Wilson: S
Riggs Stephenson: OA.1X2(26)
Riggs Stephenson: W
Charlie Grimm: 6/L
Jimmy Cooney: T/78.1-H

Notes & reviews

Freigau grounded to pitcher who threw home to head off Adams who reversed direction; catcher ran Adams all the way back to third since Heathcote was now standing on third; catcher tagged both runners and Heathcote was declared out; Freigau advanced to second during rundown

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