Utilityman Gene Clines drove in five runs with two singles, a double and the third home run of his major league career to spark the Cubs past the Padres, 9-6. A two-run single by Clines in the fifth proved decisive as the Cubs scored their seventh victory in eight games. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 9, San Diego Padres 6
Game Played on Monday, May       16, 1977 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Padres       0  0  0    2  2  0    2  0  0  -   6 10  3
Cubs         1  0  4    1  2  0    0  1  x  -   9 11  2


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           5   0   1   0     0   1   .248      De Jesus ss           3   3   1   0     2   0   .322
Champion 2b           5   1   2   0     0   2   .246      Clines lf             4   1   4   5     1   0   .471
Hendrick cf           5   0   0   0     0   3   .297      Biittner 1b           5   0   2   1     0   0   .317
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Murcer rf             3   1   0   0     2   0   .295
Winfield rf           4   2   1   1     1   0   .333      Morales cf            3   1   0   0     2   0   .271
Tenace 1b,c           5   1   1   0     0   3   .218      Trillo 2b             5   1   1   0     0   1   .356
Rader 3b              4   1   3   2     1   0   .308      Ontiveros 3b          3   1   2   2     2   0   .310
Almon ss              2   1   0   0     1   0   .228      Mitterwald c          5   1   1   0     0   1   .274
  Valentine ph,ss     2   0   1   0     0   0   .240      Moore p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Davis c               0   0   0   0     1   0   .156        G. Hernandez p      1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Roberts ph,c        1   0   0   0     1   0   .214        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sutherland ph,1b    1   0   0   0     0   0   .476        P. Reuschel p       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Shirley p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .071
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Turner ph           1   0   1   2     0   0   .228
  Bernal p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sawyer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
  Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rettenmund ph       0   0   0   0     1   0   .297
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Ivie ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Melendez cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  10   5     6  10             Totals               34   9  11   8     9   3

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance:  6,992
Left on Base: Padres 10, Cubs 11
DP: Padres 0, Cubs 1
Errors: Tenace, Sutherland, Bernal, Mitterwald, Moore
Doubles: Tenace (7), Clines (2), De Jesus (8), Biittner (6)
Triples: Winfield (3), Ontiveros (2)
Home Runs: Clines (1)
Stolen Bases: Richards (8), Clines (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Todd (1)
GIDP: Rader (3)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shirley L(2-5)          2.2   5   5   5   3   3   1  16   3.60
Spillner                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.15
Bernal                  0.1   1   1   1   2   0   0   4   4.05
Sawyer                  1.1   4   2   2   1   0   0   9   7.11
Metzger                 0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   4.50
Tomlin                  2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.08
Fingers                 1     0   1   0   2   0   0   5   3.00
Totals                  8    11   9   8   9   3   1  44

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore                   3.2   4   2   2   3   6   0  18   4.91
G. Hernandez            0.2   2   2   1   0   0   0   4   1.31
Todd W(1-1)             2.1   3   2   2   2   3   0  12   9.82
P. Reuschel SV(3)       2.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   9   0.96
Totals                  9    10   6   5   6  10   0  43

Wild Pitches: Moore (1)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Jerry Dale


PADRES 1ST: On a bunt Richards singled to first; Richards stole
second; Moore threw a wild pitch [Richards to third]; Champion
flied out to right; Hendrick struck out; Winfield lined to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus walked; Clines doubled to center [De Jesus
scored]; Biittner grounded out (pitcher to first); Murcer flied
out to right [Clines to third]; Morales grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cubs 1.

PADRES 2ND: Tenace struck out; Rader singled to center; Rader
was picked off first but was safe on an error by Moore [Rader to
third]; Almon popped to second; Davis was walked intentionally;
Shirley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 2ND: Trillo was called out on strikes; Ontiveros walked;
Mitterwald struck out; Moore struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Cubs 1.

PADRES 3RD: Richards popped to center; Champion was called out
on strikes; Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 3RD: De Jesus doubled to center; Clines homered [De Jesus
scored]; Biittner grounded out (second to first); Murcer lined
to center; Morales walked; Trillo singled to left [Morales to
second]; Ontiveros tripled to center [Morales scored, Trillo
scored]; SPILLNER REPLACED SHIRLEY (PITCHING); Mitterwald
grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Cubs 5.

PADRES 4TH: Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace
struck out; Rader singled to third; Almon walked [Rader to
second]; ROBERTS BATTED FOR DAVIS; Roberts walked [Rader to
third, Almon to second]; TURNER BATTED FOR SPILLNER; Turner
singled to center [Rader scored, Almon scored, Roberts to
third]; G. HERNANDEZ REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Richards popped
to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Cubs 5.

CUBS 4TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); BERNAL REPLACED
TURNER (PITCHING); G. Hernandez flied out to left; De Jesus
walked; De Jesus was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Bernal [De Jesus to second]; Clines walked; Biittner singled
to center [De Jesus scored, Clines to second]; SAWYER REPLACED
BERNAL (PITCHING); Murcer forced Biittner (second to shortstop)
[Clines to third]; Morales walked [Murcer to second]; Trillo
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 2, Cubs 6.

PADRES 5TH: Champion singled to third; Hendrick popped to
shortstop; Winfield tripled to center [Champion scored]; TODD
REPLACED G. HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Tenace reached on a fielder's
choice [Winfield scored (error by Mitterwald; assist by De
Jesus) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Rader grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Tenace out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Cubs 6.

CUBS 5TH: Ontiveros singled to right; Mitterwald singled to left
[Ontiveros to second]; Todd out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Ontiveros to third, Mitterwald to second]; De Jesus
grounded out (pitcher to first); Clines singled to center
[Ontiveros scored, Mitterwald scored]; Biittner doubled to left
[Clines to third]; METZGER REPLACED SAWYER (PITCHING); Murcer
was walked intentionally; Morales grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 4, Cubs 8.

PADRES 6TH: Almon lined to third; Roberts popped to second;
RETTENMUND BATTED FOR METZGER; Rettenmund walked; Richards was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4, Cubs 8.

CUBS 6TH: TOMLIN REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); Trillo popped
to right; Ontiveros grounded out (third to first); Mitterwald
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
4, Cubs 8.

PADRES 7TH: Champion struck out; Hendrick struck out; Winfield
walked; Tenace doubled to left [Winfield to third]; Rader
singled to right [Winfield scored, Tenace scored]; VALENTINE
BATTED FOR ALMON; Valentine singled to right [Rader to third];
SUTHERLAND BATTED FOR ROBERTS; P. REUSCHEL REPLACED TODD
(PITCHING); Sutherland forced Valentine (second to shortstop); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 6, Cubs 8.

CUBS 7TH: VALENTINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SUTHERLAND
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C
); P. Reuschel flied out to center; De Jesus lined to shortstop;
Clines singled to right; Clines stole second [Clines to third
(error by Tenace)]; Biittner grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6, Cubs 8.

PADRES 8TH: IVIE BATTED FOR TOMLIN; Ivie grounded out (shortstop
to first); Richards flied out to center; Champion singled to
third; Hendrick popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
6, Cubs 8.

CUBS 8TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED IVIE (PLAYING CF); FINGERS REPLACED
HENDRICK (PITCHING); Murcer walked; Morales grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Murcer scored (error by Sutherland)
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Trillo flied out to left; Ontiveros
walked; Mitterwald flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 6, Cubs 9.

PADRES 9TH: Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace
was called out on strikes; Rader walked; Valentine flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6, Cubs 9.