Although driving in what proved to be the winning run, Bill Bonham was knocked out in the fifth inning and failed to get credit for the Cubs' 5-4 victory over the Braves. The decision went to Oscar Zamora, the second of the Cubs' two relievers. After Bonham gave up a run in the first, the Cubs came back with four in the third on a single by Bonham, pass to Jose Cardenal, single by Rick Monday, sacrifice fly by Bill Madlock, double by Andre Thornton and single by Pete LaCock. Manny Trillo opened the fourth with a triple and Bonham followed with his second single of the game to put the Cubs ahead, 5-1.

However, Bonham was tagged for two runs in the fifth on a bases-loaded single by Earl Williams. When Dusty Baker walked to reload the sacks, Bonham was removed, one out short of completing the required five innings for a starting pitcher's victory. Geoff Zahn gave up singles by Larvell Blanks and Vic Correll in the sixth and yielded the mound to Zamora. The Braves then scored their last run on a sacrifice bunt by Rod Gilbreath and sacrifice fly by Ralph Garr. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 5, Atlanta Braves 4
Game Played on Wednesday, May       28, 1975 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Braves       1  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  0  -   4  7  0
Cubs         0  0  4    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   5  9  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               3   2   1   1     1   0   .243      Kessinger ss          4   0   2   0     0   0   .261
Perez 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .253      Cardenal lf           4   1   0   0     1   0   .323
Evans 3b              4   0   0   1     1   0   .278      Monday cf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .322
Williams 1b           4   0   1   2     0   0   .223      Madlock 3b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .311
Baker rf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .250      Thornton 1b           2   1   1   1     2   0   .342
May cf                3   0   0   0     1   0   .227      LaCock rf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .243
Blanks ss             4   1   2   0     0   1   .250      Mitterwald c          2   0   0   0     2   0   .293
Correll c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .258      Trillo 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .254
Morton p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .148      Bonham p              2   1   2   1     0   0   .125
  Beall ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Zahn p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Thompson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Zamora p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Gilbreath ph        0   0   0   0     0   0   .219
  Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Office ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .270
  Leon p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               31   4   7   4     5   2             Totals               31   5   9   5     5   0

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 10,085
Left on Base: Braves 9, Cubs 9
DP: Braves 0, Cubs 0
Doubles: Garr (8), Blanks (6), Thornton (4), Kessinger (10)
Triples: Trillo (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Gilbreath (2), Perez (2), Kessinger (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Garr (1), Madlock (3)
Hit by Pitch: Williams (1,by Bonham)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton L(5-5)           4     6   5   5   3   0   0  21   4.64
Thompson                1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   4.66
Beard                   2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.84
Leon                    1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.12
Totals                  8     9   5   5   5   0   0  38

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham                  4.2   4   3   3   4   2   0  23   4.20
Zahn                    0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   6.41
Zamora W(3-0)           4     1   0   0   1   0   0  14   2.51
Totals                  9     7   4   4   5   2   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Bonham (2)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


BRAVES 1ST: Garr doubled to left; Perez grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Garr to third]; Evans grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Garr scored]; Williams was hit by a pitch; Baker walked
[Williams to second]; May grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger flied out to center; Cardenal grounded out
(first unassisted); Monday grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Blanks grounded out (second to first); Correll flied
out to right; Morton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Madlock grounded out (pitcher to first); Thornton
walked; LaCock grounded out (second to first) [Thornton to
second]; Mitterwald walked; Trillo forced Thornton (third
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez grounded
out (shortstop to first); Evans grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Bonham singled to pitcher; Kessinger out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Bonham to second]; Cardenal
walked; Monday singled to left [Bonham scored, Cardenal to
third]; Madlock hit a sacrifice fly to shortstop [Cardenal
scored]; Thornton doubled to left [Monday scored, Thornton to
third (on throw to home)]; LaCock singled to center [Thornton
scored]; Mitterwald popped to shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 1, Cubs 4.

BRAVES 4TH: Williams lined to left; Baker grounded out (third to
first); May walked; Blanks was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Cubs 4.

CUBS 4TH: Trillo tripled to right; Bonham singled to center
[Trillo scored]; Kessinger flied out to right; Cardenal popped
to shortstop; Monday flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 1, Cubs 5.

BRAVES 5TH: Correll singled to center; BEALL BATTED FOR MORTON;
Beall was called out on strikes; Garr forced Correll (first to
shortstop); Perez singled to right [Garr to second]; Evans
walked [Garr to third, Perez to second]; Williams singled to
left [Garr scored, Perez scored, Evans to second]; Baker walked
[Evans to third, Williams to second]; ZAHN REPLACED BONHAM
(PITCHING); May grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Braves 3, Cubs 5.

CUBS 5TH: THOMPSON REPLACED BEALL (PITCHING); Madlock grounded
out (shortstop to first); Thornton walked; LaCock singled to
right [Thornton to third]; Mitterwald flied out to right; Trillo
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
3, Cubs 5.

BRAVES 6TH: Blanks singled to left; Correll singled to left
[Blanks to second]; GILBREATH BATTED FOR THOMPSON; ZAMORA
REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Gilbreath out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Blanks to third, Correll to second]; Garr
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Blanks scored, Correll to third];
Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 4, Cubs 5.

CUBS 6TH: BEARD REPLACED GILBREATH (PITCHING); Zamora popped to
first; Kessinger singled to right; Cardenal popped to second;
Monday grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 4, Cubs 5.

BRAVES 7TH: Evans flied out to left; Williams grounded out
(pitcher to first); Baker popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 4, Cubs 5.

CUBS 7TH: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Thornton flied
out to left; LaCock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Cubs 5.

BRAVES 8TH: May grounded out (second to first); Blanks doubled
to center; Correll popped to catcher in foul territory; OFFICE
BATTED FOR BEARD; Office flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 4, Cubs 5.

CUBS 8TH: LEON REPLACED OFFICE (PITCHING); Mitterwald walked; On
a bunt Trillo made an out to first; Manny Trillo called for
interference; Zamora forced Mitterwald (catcher to
shortstop); Kessinger doubled to left [Zamora to third];
Cardenal popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 4, Cubs
5.

BRAVES 9TH: Garr walked; Perez out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Garr to second]; Evans flied out to center; Williams
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
4, Cubs 5.