The Pirates' home winning streak of 14 games was snapped by the Cubs, who got two RBIs each from George Mitterwald and Bill Buckner to gain a 4-1 victory. A walk to Dave Parker and double by Bill Robinson accounted for the Pirates' run off Ray Burris in the first inning. Buckner hit his homer in the third. Then the Cubs then beat Jerry Reuss with two runs in the fourth when Bobby Murcer singled, Manny Trillo doubled and both scored on Mitterwald's two-bagger. Buckner's single added the final tally in the ninth. [The Sporting News] |
Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Game Played on Tuesday, August 9, 1977 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Cubs 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 10 0 Pirates 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Moreno cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .241 Clines lf 3 0 0 0 2 0 .309 Ott c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Buckner 1b 5 1 3 2 0 0 .307 Parker rf 3 1 2 0 1 1 .349 Cardenal pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Robinson 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .317 Biittner 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Oliver lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Morales cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .325 Tolan 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Murcer rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .278 Gonzalez 2b,ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .282 Trillo 2b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .299 Mendoza ss 1 0 0 0 1 1 .208 Rosello 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .175 Hairston ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Mitterwald c 3 0 1 2 1 0 .256 Reuss p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Burris p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Stennett ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .337 G. Hernandez p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 Taveras pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Totals 36 4 10 4 4 5 Totals 30 1 6 1 2 2 Time of Game: 2:11 Attendance: 28,341 Left on Base: Cubs 10, Pirates 4 DP: Cubs 3, Pirates 0 Errors: Ott Doubles: Trillo (15), Mitterwald (16), Robinson (19) Home Runs: Buckner (7) Stolen Bases: De Jesus (16) Caught Stealing: Gonzalez (2) GIDP: Ott (3) Hit by Pitch: Morales (2,by Gossage) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Burris W(12-11) 7.1 6 1 1 2 1 0 28 5.23 G. Hernandez SV(3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.54 Totals 9 6 1 1 2 2 0 32 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuss L(7-11) 8 8 3 3 4 3 1 35 3.92 Gossage 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 6 1.91 Totals 9 10 4 4 4 5 1 41 Hit by Pitch: Gossage (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Jim Quick CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (third to first); Clines walked; Buckner forced Clines (shortstop to second); Morales struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Moreno popped to left; Ott flied out to right; Parker walked; Robinson doubled to center [Parker scored]; Oliver flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 1. CUBS 2ND: Murcer walked; Trillo singled to left [Murcer to second]; Rosello lined to center; Mitterwald forced Murcer (third unassisted) [Trillo to second]; Burris grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 1. PIRATES 2ND: Tolan grounded out (second to first); Gonzalez singled to second; Mendoza struck out while Gonzalez was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 1. CUBS 3RD: De Jesus popped to third; Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner homered; Morales struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 3RD: Reuss grounded out (shortstop to first); Moreno flied out to right; Ott grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Pirates 1. CUBS 4TH: Murcer singled to left; Trillo doubled to left [Murcer to third]; Rosello flied out to right; Mitterwald doubled to left [Murcer scored, Trillo scored]; Burris was called out on strikes; De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 4TH: Parker singled to center; Robinson flied out to left; Oliver flied out to left; Tolan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. CUBS 5TH: Clines popped to right; Buckner flied out to right; Morales grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 5TH: Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to first); Mendoza walked; Reuss flied out to left; Moreno grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. CUBS 6TH: Murcer flied out to center; Trillo singled to shortstop; Rosello grounded out (third to first) [Trillo to second]; Mitterwald was walked intentionally; Burris grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 6TH: Ott grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker singled to center; Robinson hit into a double play (center to shortstop to first) [Parker out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. CUBS 7TH: De Jesus grounded out (second to first); Clines walked; Buckner singled to right [Clines to third, Buckner out at second (right to third to second)]; Morales lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 7TH: Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); Tolan grounded out (second to first); Gonzalez lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. CUBS 8TH: Murcer grounded out (first to pitcher); Trillo grounded out (pitcher to first); Rosello singled to shortstop; Mitterwald flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 8TH: HAIRSTON BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Hairston flied out to left; STENNETT BATTED FOR REUSS; Stennett singled to center; TAVERAS RAN FOR STENNETT; Moreno singled to left [Taveras to second]; G. HERNANDEZ REPLACED BURRIS (PITCHING); Ott grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Moreno out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. CUBS 9TH: GONZALEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); HAIRSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); GOSSAGE REPLACED TAVERAS (PITCHING); G. Hernandez struck out; De Jesus singled to center; De Jesus stole second [De Jesus to third (error by Ott)]; Clines lined to second; Buckner singled to center [De Jesus scored]; CARDENAL RAN FOR BUCKNER; Morales was hit by a pitch [Cardenal to second]; Murcer struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 4, Pirates 1. PIRATES 9TH: BIITTNER REPLACED CARDENAL (PLAYING 1B); Parker struck out; Robinson popped to shortstop; Oliver lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 4, Pirates 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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