Rick Reuschel became the major leagues' leading winner with his 19th victory when the Cubs defeated the Dodgers, 4-1. The Dodgers scored their run in the third inning on a single by Davey Lopes and double by Bill Russell.

After Bill Buckner and Gene Clines hit doubles for a matching tally in the fourth, the Cubs loaded the bases in the sixth on a double by Jose Cardenal, single by Buckner and pass to Bobby Murcer and scored two runs on sacrifice flies by Clines and Steve Ontiveros. A walk to Ivan DeJesus, single by Cardenal and sacrifice fly by Buckner added the last run in the eighth. Reuschel was lifted after giving up a leadoff single by Reggie Smith in the ninth and Bruce Sutter retired the last three batters. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Game Played on Tuesday, August    30, 1977 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    1  0  2    0  1  0  -   4  8  1
Dodgers      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           2   1   1   0     2   0   .261      Lopes 2b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .284
Cardenal cf           4   1   3   0     0   1   .253      Russell ss            4   0   1   1     0   0   .281
Buckner 1b            3   2   2   1     0   0   .311      Smith rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .313
Murcer rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .276      Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   0   .252
Clines lf             3   0   2   2     0   0   .300      Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .281
Ontiveros 3b          3   0   0   1     0   0   .294      Baker lf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .278
Trillo 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Burke cf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Mitterwald c          4   0   0   0     0   1   .241        Davalillo ph,cf     2   0   0   0     0   1   .333
R. Reuschel p         3   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Oates c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Rau p                 1   0   0   0     1   1   .164
                                                            Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .056
                                                            Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               29   4   8   4     3   2             Totals               32   1   6   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 40,663
Left on Base: Cubs 4, Dodgers 6
DP: Cubs 1, Dodgers 1
Errors: De Jesus
Doubles: Buckner (19), Clines (10), Cardenal (11), Smith (22), Russell (24)
Caught Stealing: De Jesus (10), Murcer (6), Baker (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Clines (3), Ontiveros (4), Buckner (5)
GIDP: Buckner (11), Russell (18)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. Reuschel W(19-5)     8     5   1   1   2   4   0  30   2.64
Sutter SV(26)           1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.02
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   5   0  34

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau L(13-5)             7     8   4   4   3   2   0  29   3.49
Hough                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.57
Sosa                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.36
Totals                  9     8   4   4   3   2   0  35

Wild Pitches: Rau (3)

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Jerry Dale


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus singled to left; De Jesus was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Cardenal singled to center;
Buckner grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Cardenal out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; Russell grounded out (third to
first); Smith doubled to left; Cey grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 2ND: Murcer flied out to right; Clines singled to right;
Ontiveros grounded out (second to first) [Clines to second];
Trillo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker
walked; Baker was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 3RD: Mitterwald struck out; R. Reuschel grounded out
(shortstop to first); De Jesus walked; Cardenal struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Oates grounded out (first unassisted); Rau struck
out; Lopes singled to third; Russell doubled to left [Lopes
scored, Russell to third (on throw to home)]; Smith flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 4TH: Buckner doubled to right; Murcer grounded out (second
to first) [Buckner to third]; Clines doubled to right [Buckner
scored]; Ontiveros lined to right; Trillo grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey
struck out; Baker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 5TH: Mitterwald grounded out (pitcher to first); R.
Reuschel grounded out (third to first); De Jesus flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); Oates
grounded out (first to pitcher); Rau walked; Lopes forced Rau
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 6TH: Cardenal doubled to left; Buckner singled to right
[Cardenal to third]; Rau threw a wild pitch [Buckner to second];
Murcer walked; Clines hit a sacrifice fly to right [Cardenal
scored, Buckner to third]; Ontiveros hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Buckner scored]; Murcer was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Russell popped to first; Smith grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cey reached on an error by De Jesus [Cey
to first]; Garvey lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3,
Dodgers 1.

CUBS 7TH: Trillo lined to center; Mitterwald popped to third in
foul territory; R. Reuschel lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); DAVALILLO
BATTED FOR BURKE; Davalillo grounded out (second to first);
Oates grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 3, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 8TH: DAVALILLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); De Jesus
walked; Cardenal singled to left [De Jesus to third]; HOUGH
REPLACED RAU (PITCHING); Buckner lined out on a sacrifice fly to
center [De Jesus scored, Cardenal to second]; Murcer grounded
out (first unassisted) [Cardenal to third]; Clines popped to
first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 8TH: GOODSON BATTED FOR HOUGH; Goodson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lopes singled to center; Russell grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lopes out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 9TH: SOSA REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Ontiveros grounded
out (first unassisted); Trillo lined to center; Mitterwald
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4,
Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 9TH: Smith singled to left; SUTTER REPLACED R. REUSCHEL
(PITCHING); Cey flied out to center; Garvey forced Smith (third
to second); Baker singled to second [Garvey to second];
Davalillo struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 4, Dodgers 1.