When the Phillies and Cubs met at Wrigley for the finale of a three-game series on May 17, 1979 – exactly 38 years ago today – the wind must have been blowing out.
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The two teams combined for 45 runs and an astounding 50 hits in the 10-inning game, which the Phillies won 23-22. It remains the second highest-scoring game in MLB history. And you'll never guess who the other one featured...
That's right, the Cubs and Phillies – 57 years earlier (August 25, 1922) the two teams combined for 49 runs in a 26-23 Cubs' win.
Since the game took place before the advent of SportsCenter, ESPN ran the highlights on Tuesday morning, and Philly guy Kevin Negandhi was on the call. Take a look:
And because it's something you really need to see to believe, here's a look at the boxscore, courtesy of baseball-reference.com:
PHILLIES
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB-SO | Details |
| B. McBride, RF | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0-2 | |
| L. Bowa, SS | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0-0 | 2·2B, SB |
| P. Rose, 1B | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1-0 | 2·2B |
| M. Schmidt, 3B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4-0 | 2·HR, 2·IW |
| D. Unser, LF | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0-2 | SF |
| G. Maddox, CF | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0-0 | HR, 2·2B |
| Greg Gross, PR-CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 3B, SF |
| B. Boone, C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2-0 | HR, 2B, HBP, 2·IW |
| R. Meoli, 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-2 | SB |
| R. Lerch, P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | HR |
| D. Bird, P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | |
| G. Luzinski, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | |
| N. Espinosa, PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| T. McGraw, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| R. Reed, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | |
| T. McCarver, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| R. Eastwick, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| TOTAL | 53 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 12-7 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB-SO | HR |
| R. Lerch | 0.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0-0 | 1 |
| D. Bird | 3.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0-2 | 2 |
| T. McGraw | 0.2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3-1 | 2 |
| R. Reed | 3.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0-0 | 1 |
| R. Eastwick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 10 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 3-4 | 6 |
CUBS
| Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | Details |
| I. de Jesus, SS | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1-1 | 2B |
| M. Vail, RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | |
| R. Burris, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| S. Thompson, PH-RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| B. Buckner, 1B | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0-0 | HR |
| D. Kingman, LF | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1-1 | 3·HR, GDP |
| S. Ontiveros, 3B | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0-1 | HR |
| J. Martin, CF | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0-0 | HR, 2B |
| B. Sutter, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| B. Foote, C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 2B |
| T. Sizemore, 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | |
| B. Caudill, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| B. Murcer, RF-CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| D. Lamp, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| D. Moore, P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 3B |
| W. Hernandez, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | |
| S. Dillard, PH-2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | |
| L. Biittner, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | GDP |
| M. Kelleher, 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| TOTAL | 56 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 3-4 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB-SO | HR |
| D. Lamp | 0.1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0-0 | 2 |
| D. Moore | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2-1 | 1 |
| W. Hernandez | 2.2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7-1 | 1 |
| B. Caudill | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2-3 | 0 |
| R. Burris | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 |
| B. Sutter | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 10 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 12-7 | 5 |
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