A grand slam by Bill Madlock in the seventh inning carried the Cubs to a 6-4 victory over the Braves. Carl Morton, who started for the Braves and had a 3-1 lead, passed Dave Rosello and Champ Summers in the seventh and gave up a bases-loading single by Jose Cardenal before yielding the mound to Max Leon, who was the victim of Madlock's jackpot wallop. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 6, Atlanta Braves 4
Game Played on Friday, June      18, 1976 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    0  1  0    4  1  0  -   6 10  0
Braves       0  0  0    0  1  2    1  0  0  -   4 12  2


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .293      Office cf             5   0   1   1     0   2   .294
  P. Reuschel p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lacy 2b               5   0   3   0     0   0   .258
  Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wynn lf               2   1   1   0     2   1   .230
  Knowles p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Montanez 1b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .313
Cardenal lf           5   1   3   1     0   0   .317      Henderson rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .269
Madlock 3b            4   1   1   4     1   0   .311      Williams c            4   0   0   0     0   2   .203
Morales rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Chaney ss             4   0   1   2     0   1   .261
LaCock 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .213      Royster 3b            3   2   2   0     1   0   .235
Trillo 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Morton p              2   0   1   1     0   0   .167
Swisher c             3   1   2   1     0   1   .282        Leon p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Rosello ss            3   1   1   0     1   0   .248        May ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .181
R. Reuschel p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Summers ph          0   1   0   0     1   0   .232        Paciorek ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .296
  Wallis cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .259

Totals               33   6  10   6     3   3             Totals               35   4  12   4     3   7

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance:  9,549
Left on Base: Cubs 6, Braves 7
DP: Cubs 3, Braves 2
Errors: Montanez, Chaney
Doubles: LaCock (4), Royster (8), Chaney (6), Paciorek (1)
Home Runs: Madlock (5)
Caught Stealing: Swisher (1), Lacy (2)
Sacrifice Hits: R. Reuschel (4), Trillo (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Swisher (4)
GIDP: LaCock (3), Henderson (9), Montanez (12)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. Reuschel W(7-4)      6    10   3   3   1   5   0  25   4.27
P. Reuschel             0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   5.17
Zamora                  0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   3.35
Knowles SV(7)           2.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   8   3.25
Totals                  9    12   4   4   3   7   0  38

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton L(0-6)           6.2   6   4   3   3   3   0  29   5.03
Leon                    0.1   1   1   1   0   0   1   2   1.89
Beard                   2     3   1   1   0   0   0   8   2.35
Totals                  9    10   6   5   3   3   1  39

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Doug Harvey


CUBS 1ST: Monday singled to center; Cardenal grounded out (first
unassisted) [Monday to second]; Madlock grounded out (shortstop
to first); Morales grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Office grounded out (second to first); On a bunt
Lacy singled to pitcher; Wynn struck out while Lacy was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
0, Braves 0.

CUBS 2ND: LaCock popped to first; Trillo grounded out (shortstop
to first); Swisher struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Montanez singled to left; Henderson grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Montanez out at
second]; Williams flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Braves 0.

CUBS 3RD: Rosello reached on an error by Chaney; R. Reuschel out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Rosello to second];
Monday struck out; Cardenal grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Chaney flied out to left; Royster doubled to center;
Morton grounded out (shortstop to first); Office struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 0.

CUBS 4TH: Madlock walked; Morales lined to right; LaCock
grounded out (second to first) [Madlock to second]; Trillo
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Lacy singled to right; Wynn walked [Lacy to second];
Montanez grounded into a double play (third to third to first)
[Wynn to second, Lacy out at third]; Henderson struck out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 0.

CUBS 5TH: Swisher singled to center; Rosello grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Swisher to second]; R. Reuschel lined to
center; Monday reached on an error by Montanez [Swisher to
third]; Cardenal singled to center [Swisher scored (unearned),
Monday to second]; Madlock flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Williams struck out; Chaney flied out to left;
Royster singled to center; Morton singled to right [Royster
scored]; Office popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
1, Braves 1.

CUBS 6TH: Morales singled to center; LaCock grounded into a
double play (shortstop to shortstop to first) [Morales out at
second]; Trillo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Lacy singled to left; On a bunt Wynn singled to
pitcher [Lacy to second]; On a bunt Montanez singled to pitcher
[Lacy to third, Wynn to second]; Henderson forced Lacy (second
to catcher) [Wynn to third, Montanez to second]; Williams struck
out; Chaney doubled to center [Wynn scored, Montanez scored,
Henderson out at third (center to second to third)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 3.

CUBS 7TH: Swisher singled to center; Swisher was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Rosello walked; SUMMERS BATTED
FOR R. REUSCHEL; Summers walked [Rosello to second]; Monday
struck out; Cardenal singled to shortstop [Rosello to third,
Summers to second]; LEON REPLACED MORTON (PITCHING); Madlock
homered [Rosello scored, Summers scored, Cardenal scored];
Morales grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 5, Braves 3.

BRAVES 7TH: P. REUSCHEL REPLACED MONDAY (PITCHING); WALLIS
REPLACED SUMMERS (PLAYING CF); Royster walked; MAY BATTED FOR
LEON; May grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [Royster to second];
Office singled to center [Royster scored]; ZAMORA REPLACED P.
REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Lacy forced Office (first to shortstop);
Wynn walked [Lacy to second]; KNOWLES REPLACED ZAMORA
(PITCHING); Montanez forced Lacy (third unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 4.

CUBS 8TH: BEARD REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); LaCock doubled to
right; Trillo out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [LaCock
to third]; Swisher hit a sacrifice fly to center [LaCock
scored]; Rosello singled to left; Wallis flied out to center; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 6, Braves 4.

BRAVES 8TH: Henderson flied out to center; Williams grounded out
(pitcher to first); Chaney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 6, Braves 4.

CUBS 9TH: Knowles popped to second; Cardenal singled to right;
Madlock lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Cardenal
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 6, Braves 4.

BRAVES 9TH: Royster popped to second; PACIOREK BATTED FOR BEARD;
Paciorek doubled to center; Office was called out on strikes;
Lacy flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 6, Braves
4.