Sharing in the Cubs' production, Jerry Morales batted in three runs and Rick Monday drove in two to defeat the Braves, 5-2. Monday homered for the first run in the third inning. After the Braves picked up their pair on a circuit clout by Ken Henderson in the fifth, the Cubs came back with three runs in their half.

Singles by Mick Kelleher, Steve Renko and Monday accounted for the first tally. Following a walk to Jose Cardenal, loading the bases, Bill Madlock forced Renko at home, but Morales singled to drive in two runs. Morales then accounted for the last tally with a homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 5, Atlanta Braves 2
Game Played on Saturday, August    28, 1976 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Braves       0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  4  0
Cubs         0  0  1    0  3  0    0  1  x  -   5 10  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Monday 1b             4   2   3   2     0   0   .276
Office cf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .282      Cardenal lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .296
Wynn lf               3   0   0   0     1   2   .211      Madlock 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .336
Montanez 1b           3   1   1   0     0   0   .307      Morales rf            4   1   2   3     0   0   .278
Henderson rf          3   1   1   2     0   1   .270      Wallis cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .237
Chaney ss             3   0   1   0     0   1   .274      Trillo 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .241
Gilbreath 2b          2   0   0   0     0   1   .259      Mitterwald c          4   0   1   0     0   1   .212
Correll c             2   0   0   0     0   2   .230      Kelleher ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .224
  May ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Renko p               3   0   1   0     0   1   .093
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .091        Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Ruthven p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .190
  Devine p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Paciorek ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .280
  Varney c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222

Totals               28   2   4   2     1  11             Totals               32   5  10   5     3   3

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 15,374
Left on Base: Braves 1, Cubs 6
DP: Braves 0, Cubs 1
Home Runs: Henderson (12), Monday (24), Morales (15)
Stolen Bases: Cardenal (18), Madlock (13)
Caught Stealing: Ruthven (1), Monday (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Gilbreath (14)
GIDP: Montanez (24)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven L(13-13)        4.1   8   4   4   1   1   1  22   3.57
Devine                  2.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   8   3.44
Marshall                0     1   1   1   2   0   1   3   3.99
Dal Canton              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.51
Totals                  8    10   5   5   3   3   2  35

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko W(6-7)            7     3   2   2   1   9   1  23   4.40
Sutter SV(8)            2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.00
Totals                  9     4   2   2   1  11   1  30

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


BRAVES 1ST: Royster flied out to left; Office grounded out
(first unassisted); Wynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Cubs 0.

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

BRAVES 2ND: Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); Henderson
struck out; Chaney flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Wallis struck out; Trillo grounded out (third to
first); Mitterwald singled to right; Kelleher forced Mitterwald
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Gilbreath grounded out (third to first); Correll
struck out; Ruthven singled to center; Ruthven was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Renko grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday
homered; Cardenal popped to third in foul territory; Madlock
singled to right; Madlock stole second; Morales popped to
second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Royster grounded out (third to first); Office struck
out; Wynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 4TH: Wallis flied out to left; Trillo flied out to right;
Mitterwald grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Montanez singled to shortstop; Henderson homered
[Montanez scored]; Chaney was called out on strikes; Gilbreath
struck out; Correll struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2,
Cubs 1.

CUBS 5TH: Kelleher singled to center; Renko singled to third
[Kelleher to second]; Monday singled to right [Kelleher scored,
Renko to second]; Cardenal walked [Renko to third, Monday to
second]; Madlock forced Renko (pitcher to catcher) [Monday to
third, Cardenal to second]; Morales singled to left [Monday
scored, Cardenal scored, Madlock to second]; DEVINE REPLACED
RUTHVEN (PITCHING); Wallis popped to left; Trillo flied out to
center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 4.

BRAVES 6TH: Devine struck out; On a bunt Royster made an out to
catcher; Office struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2,
Cubs 4.

CUBS 6TH: Mitterwald struck out; Kelleher flied out to center;
Renko was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
2, Cubs 4.

BRAVES 7TH: Wynn walked; Montanez grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Wynn out at second]; Henderson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2,
Cubs 4.

CUBS 7TH: Monday singled to center; Monday was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Cardenal grounded out (second to
first); Madlock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 4.

BRAVES 8TH: SUTTER REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Chaney singled to
center; Gilbreath out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Chaney to second]; MAY BATTED FOR CORRELL; May grounded out
(first unassisted); PACIOREK BATTED FOR DEVINE; Paciorek
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2,
Cubs 4.

CUBS 8TH: VARNEY REPLACED PACIOREK (PLAYING C ); MARSHALL
REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Morales homered; Wallis walked; Trillo
walked [Wallis to second]; DAL CANTON REPLACED MARSHALL
(PITCHING); Wallis was out trying to advance to third and Trillo
advanced to second (catcher to third to shortstop to catcher to
second); Mitterwald popped to catcher; Kelleher flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 5.

BRAVES 9TH: Royster grounded out (third to first); Office struck
out; Wynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 5.