Blasting off with four runs in the first inning, the Braves went on to a 10-5 victory over the Cubs. Dale Murphy drilled a three-run triple in the opening frame and Glenn Hubbard followed with a double. Hubbard also stroked a sacrifice fly in the third. Jerry Royster had two triples in the Braves' attack. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 10, Chicago Cubs 5
Game Played on Tuesday, September 2, 1980 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Braves       4  0  1    1  0  2    2  0  0  -  10 12  1
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  2    0  3  0  -   5 11  3


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster lf,3b         4   1   2   1     1   1   .234      De Jesus ss           4   0   1   0     1   1   .266
Ramirez ss            4   1   2   1     0   1   .277      Thompson cf           5   0   1   0     0   2   .207
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      Buckner rf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .312
Matthews rf           4   1   1   1     1   1   .288      Johnson 1b            4   1   1   0     1   1   .237
  Spikes rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .303      Tracy lf              5   1   1   0     0   1   .182
Horner 3b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .258      Blackwell c           3   2   2   1     1   0   .272
  Cooper lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tyson 2b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .254
Chambliss 1b          4   2   0   0     1   0   .278      Dillard 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Lum 1b              0   0   0   0     0   0   .197        Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Murphy cf             5   1   2   3     0   2   .290        Biittner ph         1   0   0   1     0   0   .254
Hubbard 2b            3   1   2   2     1   1   .268        Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Benedict c            4   0   0   0     1   0   .261      Krukow p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Alexander p           3   1   1   0     0   0   .178        Figueroa ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .257
  Burroughs ph        1   1   1   1     0   0   .261        Riley p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gomez ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .193        Randle 3b           2   0   1   2     0   0   .277

Totals               37  10  12  10     5   6             Totals               38   5  11   5     3   6

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance:  4,013
Left on Base: Braves 7, Cubs 9
DP: Braves 0, Cubs 1
Errors: Murphy, Tracy, Blackwell, Tyson
Doubles: Hubbard (17), Ramirez (5), Horner (10), Blackwell (13), Tyson (19), De Jesus (23), Randle (17)
Triples: Murphy (2), Royster 2 (4), Thompson (1)
Stolen Bases: Murphy (6), De Jesus (34)
Sacrifice Flies: Hubbard (3)
GIDP: Benedict (9)
Hit by Pitch: Ramirez (2,by Krukow)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander W(13-7)       6     6   2   2   2   4   0  26   3.84
Garber                  3     5   3   3   1   2   0  15   4.09
Totals                  9    11   5   5   3   6   0  41

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krukow L(8-14)          5     6   6   5   3   4   0  25   4.37
Riley                   1.2   5   4   4   2   1   0  12   4.73
Smith                   1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.00
Hernandez               1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.93
Totals                  9    12  10   9   5   6   0  44

Hit by Pitch: Krukow (8)
Wild Pitches: Krukow (4)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Steve Fields, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Jim Quick


BRAVES 1ST: Royster walked; Ramirez was hit by a pitch [Royster
to second]; Matthews forced Ramirez (second to shortstop)
[Royster to third]; Horner reached on a fielder's choice
[Royster out at home (third unassisted), Matthews to second];
Chambliss walked [Matthews to third, Horner to second]; Murphy
tripled to center [Matthews scored, Horner scored, Chambliss
scored]; Hubbard doubled to third [Murphy scored]; Benedict was
walked intentionally; Alexander flied out to right; 4 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Braves 4, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus walked; De Jesus stole second; Thompson
struck out; Buckner reached on a fielder's choice [De Jesus out
at third (pitcher to third to shortstop)]; Johnson walked
[Buckner to second]; Tracy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 4, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Royster struck out; Ramirez doubled to left;
Matthews flied out to center; Horner grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Blackwell singled to center; Tyson struck out; Dillard
flied out to right; Krukow flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 4, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Chambliss reached on an error by Tyson [Chambliss to
second]; Krukow threw a wild pitch [Chambliss to third]; Murphy
was called out on strikes; Hubbard hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Chambliss scored (unearned)]; Benedict grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 5, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: De Jesus grounded out (catcher unassisted); Thompson
tripled to center; Buckner popped to catcher in foul territory;
Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 5, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Alexander singled to left; Royster grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Alexander to second]; Ramirez struck out;
Matthews singled to left [Alexander scored, Matthews to third
(error by Tracy)]; Matthews was picked off third (catcher to
third); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 6, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Tracy popped to second; Blackwell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tyson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 6, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Horner popped to first in foul territory; Chambliss
flied out to left; Murphy singled to right; Murphy stole second
[Murphy to third (error by Blackwell)]; Hubbard struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 6, Cubs 0.

CUBS 5TH: Dillard flied out to center; FIGUEROA BATTED FOR
KRUKOW; Figueroa singled to left; De Jesus flied out to center;
Thompson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 6, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 6TH: RILEY REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Benedict
grounded out (shortstop to first); Alexander grounded out
(shortstop to first); Royster tripled to right; Ramirez singled
to center [Royster scored]; Matthews walked [Ramirez to second];
Horner doubled to left [Ramirez scored, Matthews to third];
Chambliss flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 8,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 6TH: Buckner flied out to left; Johnson flied out to left;
Tracy singled to left; Blackwell doubled to right [Tracy
scored]; Tyson doubled to right [Blackwell scored]; Dillard
popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 8, Cubs 2.

BRAVES 7TH: Murphy struck out; Hubbard walked; Benedict grounded
out (pitcher to first) [Hubbard to second]; BURROUGHS BATTED FOR
ALEXANDER; Burroughs singled to right [Hubbard scored]; Royster
tripled to right [Burroughs scored]; SMITH REPLACED DILLARD
(PITCHING); RANDLE REPLACED RILEY (PLAYING 3B); Ramirez flied
out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 10, Cubs 2.

CUBS 7TH: GARBER REPLACED RAMIREZ (PITCHING); GOMEZ REPLACED
BURROUGHS (PLAYING SS); Randle grounded out (second to first);
De Jesus doubled to left; Thompson struck out; Buckner popped to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 10, Cubs 2.

BRAVES 8TH: Matthews struck out; Horner grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 10, Cubs 2.

CUBS 8TH: SPIKES REPLACED MATTHEWS (PLAYING RF); COOPER REPLACED
HORNER (PLAYING LF); ROYSTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); LUM
REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PLAYING 1B); Johnson singled to left; Tracy
grounded out (second to first) [Johnson to second]; Blackwell
walked; Tyson singled to left [Johnson to third, Blackwell to
second]; BIITTNER BATTED FOR SMITH; Biittner grounded out (first
unassisted) [Johnson scored, Blackwell to third, Tyson to
second]; Randle doubled to center [Blackwell scored, Tyson
scored, Randle to third (error by Murphy)]; De Jesus was called
out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 10, Cubs 5.

BRAVES 9TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); Murphy
popped to second; Hubbard singled to right; Benedict grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hubbard out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 10, Cubs 5.

CUBS 9TH: Thompson grounded out (first unassisted); Buckner
singled to center; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Buckner to second]; Tracy flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 10, Cubs 5.