After being shut out by Mario Soto for 7 2/3 innings, the Cubs took advantage of the rookie's sudden loss of control and scored five runs to defeat the Reds, 5-2. Soto held a 1-0 lead and had not issued a pass before walking Bill Buckner. Jerry Morales followed with a single. Soto then passed Bobby Murcer, Steve Ontiveros and Jose Cardenal in succession, forcing in two runs to put the Cubs ahead, 2-1. Dale Murray relieved and the Cubs then swung the bats, getting one run on a single by Manny Trillo and two on a single by George Mitterwald. George Foster hit his 35th homer of the season for the Reds in the ninth. [The Sporting News] |
Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati Reds 2
Game Played on Tuesday, August 2, 1977 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 5 10 0 Reds 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 .250 Rose 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .309 Biittner lf,1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .297 Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Buckner 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .279 Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .298 Rosello pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .180 Auerbach 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Broberg p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Foster lf 2 2 1 1 2 1 .318 Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Driessen 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .301 Morales cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .327 Bench c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .272 Murcer rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .273 Geronimo cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .281 Ontiveros 3b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .299 Armbrister ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Kelleher 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Lum rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .188 Clines ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .310 Soto p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 G. Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cardenal ph,lf 0 1 0 1 1 0 .246 Griffey ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .324 Swisher c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .195 Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Trillo pr,2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .295 Bonham p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Gross ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Mitterwald c 1 0 1 2 0 0 .260 Totals 35 5 10 5 4 5 Totals 31 2 5 2 3 6 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 34,091 Left on Base: Cubs 7, Reds 5 DP: Cubs 1, Reds 1 Doubles: Ontiveros (14), Morales (30), De Jesus (16), Morgan (16) Home Runs: Foster (35) GIDP: Lum (2) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bonham 6 3 1 1 3 4 0 23 4.09 G. Hernandez W(5-3) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.24 Broberg 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 5 4.61 Roberts SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.00 Totals 9 5 2 2 3 6 1 34 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Soto L(1-1) 7.2 7 5 5 4 4 0 34 4.12 Murray 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.00 Sarmiento 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4.15 Totals 9 10 5 5 4 5 0 39 Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Frank Pulli CUBS 1ST: De Jesus flied out to center; Biittner grounded out (second to first); Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose lined to center; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0. CUBS 2ND: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer grounded out (first to pitcher); Ontiveros doubled to right; Kelleher was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Foster walked; Driessen popped to third in foul territory; Bench singled to center [Foster to second]; Geronimo singled to center [Foster scored, Bench to second]; Lum grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Geronimo out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 1. CUBS 3RD: Swisher flied out to left; Bonham grounded out (third to first); De Jesus flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 1. REDS 3RD: Soto struck out; Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 1. CUBS 4TH: Biittner flied out to left; Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); Morales doubled to left; Murcer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 1. REDS 4TH: Morgan popped to shortstop; Foster struck out; Driessen walked; Bench struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 1. CUBS 5TH: Ontiveros singled to right; Kelleher popped to first in foul territory; Swisher flied out to right; Bonham struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 1. REDS 5TH: Geronimo flied out to left; Lum was called out on strikes; Soto grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 1. CUBS 6TH: De Jesus doubled to center; Biittner singled to right [De Jesus to third]; Buckner reached on a fielder's choice [De Jesus out at home (pitcher to catcher to third to pitcher), Biittner to third, Buckner to second]; Morales struck out; Murcer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 1. REDS 6TH: Rose flied out to right; Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Morgan doubled to center; Foster was walked intentionally; Driessen forced Foster (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 1. CUBS 7TH: Ontiveros popped to shortstop in foul territory; CLINES BATTED FOR KELLEHER; Clines was called out on strikes; Swisher singled to left; GROSS BATTED FOR BONHAM; TRILLO RAN FOR SWISHER; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 1. REDS 7TH: G. HERNANDEZ REPLACED CLINES (PITCHING); TRILLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MITTERWALD REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING C ); Bench struck out; Geronimo grounded out (second to first); Lum grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Reds 1. CUBS 8TH: De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Biittner grounded out (second to first); Buckner walked; ROSELLO RAN FOR BUCKNER; Morales singled to center [Rosello to second]; Murcer walked [Rosello to third, Morales to second]; Ontiveros walked [Rosello scored, Morales to third, Murcer to second]; CARDENAL BATTED FOR G. HERNANDEZ; Cardenal walked [Morales scored, Murcer to third, Ontiveros to second]; MURRAY REPLACED SOTO (PITCHING); Trillo singled to right [Murcer scored, Ontiveros to third, Cardenal to second]; Mitterwald singled to left [Ontiveros scored, Cardenal scored, Trillo to third, Mitterwald out at second (left to catcher to second)]; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 1. REDS 8TH: BROBERG REPLACED ROSELLO (PITCHING); BIITTNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); CARDENAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); GRIFFEY BATTED FOR MURRAY; Griffey was called out on strikes; Rose singled to center; Concepcion forced Rose (third to second); Morgan grounded out (shortstop to first); Joe Morgan and Reds Manager Sparky Anderson ejected by 1B umpire John Kibler; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 1. CUBS 9TH: SARMIENTO REPLACED GRIFFEY (PITCHING); AUERBACH REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); De Jesus singled to left; Biittner lined into a double play (second to first) [De Jesus out at first]; Broberg was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 1. REDS 9TH: Foster homered; ROBERTS REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Driessen grounded out (first to pitcher); Bench flied out to center; ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR GERONIMO; Armbrister grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Reds 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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