Bill Bonham observed his 26th birthday with a victory and Rick Monday hit his career high 32nd homer of the season as the Cubs defeated the Expos, 3-1. Bonham needed help from Bruce Sutter after the Expos counted their run with one out in the ninth inning on doubles by Mike Jorgensen and Larry Parrish. Jose Morales made his 82nd pinch-hitting appearance for the Expos in the eighth, setting a major league record. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 3, Montreal Expos 1
Game Played on Friday, October   1, 1976 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  8  0
Cubs         2  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  7  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Monday 1b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .271
Foli ss               4   0   2   0     0   0   .263      Wallis cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .250
Dawson cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .260      Madlock 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .335
Valentine rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .279      Morales rf            4   1   0   0     0   0   .274
Jorgensen 1b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .254      Biittner lf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .235
Parrish 3b            4   0   2   1     0   1   .232      Trillo 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .235
Foote c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Swisher c             2   0   1   1     1   1   .236
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Kelleher ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Frias 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .236      Bonham p              3   0   1   0     0   1   .200
  Garrett ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .229        Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stanhouse p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .212
  Cromartie ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .215
  Lang p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .316
  Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   1   8   1     0   5             Totals               31   3   7   3     2   3

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance:  2,005
Left on Base: Expos 7, Cubs 6
DP: Expos 0, Cubs 0
Doubles: Parrish 2 (28), Jorgensen (13), Bonham (4), Biittner (14)
Home Runs: Monday (32)
Stolen Bases: Frias (1)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stanhouse L(9-12)       4     7   3   3   2   2   1  21   3.77
Lang                    3     0   0   0   0   1   0   9   4.09
Kerrigan                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.81
Totals                  8     7   3   3   2   3   1  33

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham W(9-13)          8.1   8   1   1   0   5   0  33   4.27
Sutter SV(10)           0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.70
Totals                  9     8   1   1   0   5   0  35

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


EXPOS 1ST: Unser grounded out (shortstop to first); Foli
grounded out (pitcher to first); Dawson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Monday flied out to left; Wallis singled to center;
Madlock singled to left [Wallis to second]; Morales forced
Madlock (shortstop to second) [Wallis to third]; Biittner
singled to center [Wallis scored, Morales to second]; Trillo
walked [Morales to third, Biittner to second]; Swisher singled
to third [Morales scored, Biittner out at home (third to second
to catcher), Trillo to second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cubs 2.

EXPOS 2ND: Valentine popped to second; Jorgensen popped to
second; Parrish struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs
2.

CUBS 2ND: Kelleher made an out to shortstop; Bonham doubled to
center; Monday reached on a fielder's choice [Bonham stayed at
second]; Wallis struck out; Madlock flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 2.

EXPOS 3RD: Foote popped to shortstop; Frias singled to center;
Frias stole second; Stanhouse was called out on strikes; Unser
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
0, Cubs 2.

CUBS 3RD: Morales popped to right; Biittner doubled to left;
Trillo grounded out (shortstop to first); Swisher walked;
Kelleher lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs
2.

EXPOS 4TH: Foli singled to center; Dawson singled to center
[Foli to second]; Valentine lined to left; Jorgensen forced
Dawson (first to shortstop); Parrish forced Jorgensen (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 2.

CUBS 4TH: Bonham struck out; Monday homered; Wallis flied out to
center; Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Foote grounded out (third to first); Frias grounded
out (second to first); CROMARTIE BATTED FOR STANHOUSE; Cromartie
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Cubs 3.

CUBS 5TH: LANG REPLACED CROMARTIE (PITCHING); Morales grounded
out (shortstop to first); Biittner grounded out (first to
pitcher); Trillo popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Cubs 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Unser grounded out (second to first); Foli grounded
out (third to first); Dawson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 3.

CUBS 6TH: Swisher struck out; Kelleher popped to right; Bonham
lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 3.

EXPOS 7TH: Valentine grounded out (pitcher to first); Jorgensen
flied out to right; Parrish doubled to right; Foote flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 3.

CUBS 7TH: Monday grounded out (pitcher to first); Wallis flied
out to right; Madlock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 3.

EXPOS 8TH: Frias grounded out (pitcher to first); MORALES BATTED
FOR LANG; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser
singled to right; Foli singled to left [Unser to second]; Dawson
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs
3.

CUBS 8TH: KERRIGAN REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Morales grounded
out (second to first); Biittner flied out to center; Trillo
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 3.

EXPOS 9TH: Valentine was called out on strikes; Jorgensen
doubled to left; Parrish doubled to left [Jorgensen scored];
WILLIAMS BATTED FOR FOOTE; SUTTER REPLACED BONHAM (PITCHING);
Williams flied out to left [Parrish to third]; GARRETT BATTED
FOR FRIAS; Garrett grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Cubs 3.