Showing no effects of his recent attack of the flu, Rick Rhoden scattered five hits in 7 1/3 innings and came out with credit for the Dodgers' 5-0 victory over the Cubs. Rhoden also knocked in a run with a single in the sixth, scoring Vic Davalillo, who had doubled. Manny Mota delivered the 116th pinch-hit of his career in the eighth, tying him for second place with Jerry Lynch on the major leagues' all-time list. Smokey Burgess ranked No. 1 with a total of 144 pinch-hits. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Chicago Cubs 0
Game Played on Wednesday, August    31, 1977 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1
Dodgers      0  0  0    1  1  1    0  2  x  -   5 10  2


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           3   0   1   0     1   0   .261      Lopes 2b              3   0   0   1     1   0   .281
Gross cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .315      Russell ss            5   0   0   1     0   0   .278
Buckner 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .307      Smith rf              2   0   1   0     1   0   .314
Murcer rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .278        Burke cf            1   0   0   0     1   0   .243
Ontiveros 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .294      Cey 3b                3   1   0   0     1   0   .251
Biittner lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Garvey 1b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .280
Trillo 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .285      Davalillo cf,rf       4   2   3   0     0   0   .438
Mitterwald c          2   0   0   0     0   2   .239      Baker lf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .278
  Cardenal ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Yeager c              4   1   2   0     0   1   .252
  P. Reuschel p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rhoden p              2   0   1   1     0   0   .246
  Clines ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .298        Rautzhan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Burris p              1   0   1   0     0   0   .200        Mota ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .393
  Swisher ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   1   .190        Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   6   0     2   5             Totals               32   5  10   4     5   2

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 35,934
Left on Base: Cubs 8, Dodgers 10
DP: Cubs 0, Dodgers 1
Errors: Trillo, Russell, Yeager
Doubles: Ontiveros (26), Smith (23), Davalillo (2)
Stolen Bases: Cey (2), Burke (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Burris (4), Rhoden (5), Lopes (6)
GIDP: Clines (7)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burris L(12-14)         6     7   3   3   4   2   0  28   4.90
P. Reuschel             2     3   2   1   1   0   0  11   4.05
Totals                  8    10   5   4   5   2   0  39

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden W(16-8)          7.1   5   0   0   1   4   0  29   3.65
Rautzhan                0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.38
Garman                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.13
Totals                  9     6   0   0   2   5   0  35

Wild Pitches: Burris (6)

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


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (pitcher to first); Gross
grounded out (second to first); Buckner flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 2ND: Murcer popped to shortstop; Ontiveros struck out
(catcher to first); Biittner lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey grounded out (third to first); Garvey lined to
left; Davalillo singled to right; Burris threw a wild pitch
[Davalillo to second]; Baker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 3RD: Trillo singled to third; Mitterwald struck out; Burris
out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Trillo to second];
Trillo was picked off second but was safe on an error by Yeager
[Trillo to third]; De Jesus walked; Gross flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager struck out; Rhoden grounded out (third to
first); Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 4TH: Buckner lined to left; Murcer grounded out (second to
first); Ontiveros doubled to center; Biittner lined to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
doubled to left; Smith was picked off second (catcher to third
to shortstop); Cey walked; Cey stole second; Garvey singled to
left [Cey scored, Garvey to second (on throw to home)];
Davalillo flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Dodgers 1.

CUBS 5TH: Trillo grounded out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald
struck out; Burris singled to left; De Jesus singled to left
[Burris to third]; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Baker singled to left; Yeager singled to center
[Baker to second]; Rhoden out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Baker to third, Yeager to second]; Lopes was walked
intentionally; Russell grounded out (first to pitcher) [Baker
scored, Yeager to third, Lopes to second]; Smith was walked
intentionally; Cey grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 2.

CUBS 6TH: Buckner grounded out (second to first); Murcer singled
to right; Ontiveros lined to right; Biittner forced Murcer
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Garvey flied to right in foul territory; Davalillo
doubled to right; Baker was walked intentionally; Yeager
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Davalillo to third, Baker to
second]; Rhoden singled to shortstop [Davalillo scored, Baker to
third]; Lopes flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Dodgers 3.

CUBS 7TH: BURKE REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING CF); DAVALILLO CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Trillo grounded out (second to first);
CARDENAL BATTED FOR MITTERWALD; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop
to first); SWISHER BATTED FOR BURRIS; Swisher struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 7TH: SWISHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); P. REUSCHEL
REPLACED CARDENAL (PITCHING); Russell grounded out (shortstop to
first); Burke walked; Burke stole second; Cey grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Burke to third]; Garvey grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 3.

CUBS 8TH: De Jesus flied out to left; Gross reached on an error
by Russell [Gross to first]; RAUTZHAN REPLACED RHODEN
(PITCHING); Buckner was called out on strikes; Murcer singled to
right [Gross to third]; Ontiveros grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 8TH: Davalillo singled to center; Baker flied out to
right; Yeager singled to right [Davalillo to second]; MOTA
BATTED FOR RAUTZHAN; Mota singled to pitcher [Davalillo to
third, Yeager to second]; Lopes out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Davalillo scored, Yeager to third, Mota to second];
Russell reached on an error by Trillo [Yeager scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Mota to third, Russell to first]; Burke grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Dodgers 5.

CUBS 9TH: GARMAN REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); Biittner grounded out
(second to first); Trillo walked; CLINES BATTED FOR P. REUSCHEL;
Clines grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Trillo
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 5.