After failing in three previous tries, Fergie Jenkins breezed to the 100th victory of his major league career as the Cubs trounced the Braves, 11-0. Jenkins pitched a three-hitter. The Cubs piled up 19 hits, including a homer and three singles by Joe Pepitone, who drove in three runs. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 11, Atlanta Braves 0
Game Played on Friday, June      4, 1971 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Cubs         4  1  1    1  0  1    0  0  3  -  11 19  0
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  3


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          6   3   3   1     0   0   .261      Jackson cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .265
Beckert 2b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .357      Garr lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .354
  Popovich 2b         2   0   1   1     0   0   .125      Evans 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .242
Williams lf           4   2   2   1     0   0   .282      Cepeda 1b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .294
  H. Breeden 1b       2   0   1   1     0   0   .152        Williams 1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Santo 3b              6   1   0   1     0   1   .289      Lum rf                3   0   0   0     0   0   .161
Pepitone 1b,lf        5   1   4   3     0   0   .309      Versalles 2b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Davis cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .220      Perez ss              2   0   0   0     1   0   .210
Callison rf           3   2   2   1     1   0   .208      Didier c              3   0   2   0     0   0   .220
D. Breeden c          3   1   1   1     0   0   .195      Niekro p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Jenkins p             4   0   2   1     0   0   .256        Herbel p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Staehle ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kelley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            King ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
                                                            Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               43  11  19  11     1   1             Totals               30   0   3   0     1   6

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 10,761
Left on Base: Cubs 11, Braves 4
DP: Cubs 0, Braves 0
Errors: Evans, Perez 2
Doubles: Callison (10)
Home Runs: Pepitone (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Davis (1), D. Breeden (2), Jenkins (3)
Sacrifice Flies: D. Breeden (1), Callison (2)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(9-5)          9     3   0   0   1   6   0  31   3.19
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1   6   0  31

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(3-6)           1     5   4   2   1   0   0   9   3.52
Herbel                  4     7   3   2   0   1   0  21   5.57
Kelley                  3     2   1   1   0   0   1  11   3.38
Barber                  1     5   3   3   0   0   0   8   5.03
Totals                  9    19  11   8   1   1   1  49

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Al Barlick


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to center; Beckert singled to left
[Kessinger to second]; Williams singled to center [Beckert to
third, Kessinger scored]; Santo reached on an error by Perez
[Williams to second, Beckert scored]; Pepitone singled to left
[Santo to second, Williams scored (unearned)]; Davis out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Pepitone to second, Santo to
third]; Callison was walked intentionally; D. Breeden hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Santo scored (unearned)]; Jenkins singled
to left [Callison to second, Pepitone out at home (left to
catcher)]; 4 R (2 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: On a bunt Jackson singled to third; Garr popped to
third in foul territory; Evans struck out; Cepeda was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Braves 0.

CUBS 2ND: HERBEL REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Kessinger singled
to center; Beckert singled to second [Kessinger to second];
Williams flied out to left; Santo popped to catcher in foul
territory; Pepitone singled to right [Beckert to third,
Kessinger scored]; Davis forced Pepitone (shortstop to second);
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Lum flied out to right; Versalles struck out; Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
5, Braves 0.

CUBS 3RD: Callison singled to left; D. Breeden out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Callison to second]; Jenkins
singled to center [Callison scored]; Kessinger forced Jenkins
(second to shortstop); Beckert flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 6, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Didier flied out to center; Herbel struck out;
Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 6, Braves
0.

CUBS 4TH: Williams singled to right; Santo struck out; Pepitone
singled to right [Williams to second]; Davis reached on an error
by Perez [Pepitone to second, Williams to third]; Callison hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Pepitone to third, Williams scored
(unearned)]; D. Breeden flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 7, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Evans grounded
out (second to first); Cepeda struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 7, Braves 0.

CUBS 5TH: Jenkins reached on an error by Evans; Kessinger flied
out to left; Beckert forced Jenkins (shortstop to second);
Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 7, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Lum grounded out (first to pitcher); On a bunt
Versalles grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez walked; Didier
singled to left [Perez to second]; STAEHLE BATTED FOR HERBEL;
Staehle popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 7,
Braves 0.

CUBS 6TH: KELLEY REPLACED STAEHLE (PITCHING); Santo flied out to
right; Pepitone homered; Davis grounded out (shortstop to
first); Callison doubled to left; D. Breeden grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 8, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: POPOVICH REPLACED BECKERT (PLAYING 2B); Jackson
grounded out (first to pitcher); On a bunt Garr grounded out
(pitcher to first); Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 8, Braves 0.

CUBS 7TH: Jenkins popped to shortstop; Kessinger grounded out
(second to first); Popovich popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 8, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: H. BREEDEN REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING 1B); PEPITONE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Cepeda grounded out (shortstop
to first); Lum popped to third; Versalles flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 8, Braves 0.

CUBS 8TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED CEPEDA (PLAYING 1B); H. Breeden
grounded out (third to first); Santo popped to catcher in foul
territory; Pepitone popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 8, Braves 0.

BRAVES 8TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Didier
singled to center; KING BATTED FOR KELLEY; King struck out;
Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 8, Braves
0.

CUBS 9TH: BARBER REPLACED KING (PITCHING); Davis singled to
center; Callison forced Davis (first to shortstop); D. Breeden
singled to center [Callison to second]; Jenkins out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [D. Breeden to second,
Callison to third]; Kessinger singled to left [Callison scored,
D. Breeden to third, Kessinger to second (on throw)]; Popovich
singled to third [Kessinger to third, D. Breeden scored]; H.
Breeden singled to left [Popovich to second, Kessinger scored];
Santo flied out to right; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 11, Braves
0.

BRAVES 9TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Evans flied out
to center; Williams flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 11, Braves 0.