Rick Reuschel pitched his third shutout of the season and delivered a key single, leading to the only run of the game as the Cubs edged Atlanta, 1-0. Manny Trillo singled to open the seventh inning and reached second on George Mitterwald's sacrifice. Reuschel's single to left moved Trillo to third and he scored when Ivan DeJesus forced Reuschel at second. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 1, Atlanta Braves 0
Game Played on Friday, July      22, 1977 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   1  9  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Office cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .246      De Jesus ss           4   0   0   1     0   1   .260
Matthews lf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .290      Cardenal lf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .219
Montanez 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .311      Biittner 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .283
Burroughs rf          4   0   1   0     0   3   .267      Murcer rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .274
Pocoroba c            2   0   0   0     1   0   .293      Morales cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .326
Moore 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .260      Ontiveros 3b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .285
Chaney ss             3   0   1   0     0   1   .212      Trillo 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .303
Gilbreath 2b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Mitterwald c          2   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Ruthven p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .211      R. Reuschel p         3   0   2   0     0   0   .213
  Camp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Nolan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .355
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   5   0     1   7             Totals               32   1   9   1     1   3

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance: 17,026
Left on Base: Braves 4, Cubs 9
DP: Braves 0, Cubs 1
Doubles: Cardenal (7)
Caught Stealing: Matthews (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Mitterwald (1)
GIDP: Gilbreath (6)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven L(3-6)          6.1   7   1   1   1   3   0  27   3.52
Camp                    0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.80
Campbell                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.35
Totals                  8     9   1   1   1   3   0  34

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. Reuschel W(13-3)     9     5   0   0   1   7   0  31   2.28
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   7   0  31

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Ed Vargo


BRAVES 1ST: Office popped to third in foul territory; Matthews
singled to center; Montanez forced Matthews (pitcher to
shortstop); Burroughs was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal
was called out on strikes; Biittner singled to left; Murcer
singled to right [Biittner to third]; Morales forced Murcer
(second unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Pocoroba popped to second; Moore grounded out (third
to first); Chaney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Ontiveros was called out on strikes; Trillo grounded
out (third to first); Mitterwald singled to left; R. Reuschel
singled to pitcher [Mitterwald to second]; De Jesus forced R.
Reuschel (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cubs 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Gilbreath grounded out (second to first); Ruthven
grounded out (shortstop to first); Office grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Cardenal flied out to left; Biittner grounded out
(second to first); Murcer lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Braves 0, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Matthews grounded out (third to first); Montanez
grounded out (second to first); Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Morales grounded out (second to first); Ontiveros
walked; Trillo forced Ontiveros (first to shortstop); Mitterwald
forced Trillo (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
0, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Pocoroba grounded out (second to first); Moore
grounded out (second to first); Chaney lined to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 5TH: R. Reuschel lined to left; De Jesus was called out on
strikes; Cardenal doubled to center; Biittner grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Gilbreath grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Ruthven struck out; Office grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 6TH: Murcer flied out to center; Morales flied out to left;
Ontiveros flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cubs 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Matthews singled to center; Matthews was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Montanez struck out;
Burroughs singled to third; Pocoroba walked [Burroughs to
second]; Moore flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 7TH: Trillo singled to center; Mitterwald out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Trillo to second]; R. Reuschel
singled to left [Trillo to third]; CAMP REPLACED RUTHVEN
(PITCHING); De Jesus forced R. Reuschel (second to shortstop)
[Trillo scored]; Cardenal singled to first [De Jesus to second];
Biittner grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 0, Cubs 1.

BRAVES 8TH: Chaney singled to right; Gilbreath grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Chaney out at
second]; NOLAN BATTED FOR CAMP; Nolan grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 8TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Murcer singled to
center; Morales flied out to center; Ontiveros flied out to
center; Trillo grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 1.

BRAVES 9TH: Office flied out to left; Matthews was called out on
strikes; Montanez singled to right; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 1.