The Cubs' Randy Martz, making his first start after five relief appearances, combined with Dick Tidrow on a five-hitter and cracked the decisive two-run single in the fourth inning of a 5-2 victory over the Braves. Atlanta had taken a 2-0 lead on Dale Murphy's sacrifice fly in the first and doubles by Glenn Hubbard and Rafael Ramirez in the second.

Leon Durham singled for the Cubs and stole second in the fourth, and one out later Tim Blackwell walked and Ivan DeJesus doubled to score Durham. Martz followed with a liner off shortstop Ramirez' glove into center field. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 5, Atlanta Braves 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       2, 1981 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Braves       1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  2
Cubs         0  0  0    3  2  0    0  0  x  -   5  8  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Miller lf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .226      Fletcher 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Washington rf         2   0   0   0     1   0   .258      Morales cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .381
Murphy cf             3   0   0   1     0   0   .203      Buckner 1b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .233
Horner 3b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .250      Henderson lf          3   1   1   0     1   0   .369
Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Durham rf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .214
Hubbard 2b            4   1   2   0     0   1   .279      Cruz 3b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Benedict c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .259        Tidrow p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ramirez ss            3   0   2   1     0   0   .203      Blackwell c           2   1   0   0     2   0   .139
Niekro p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .100      De Jesus ss           3   1   1   1     1   1   .136
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Martz p               2   0   1   2     0   0   .333
  Asselstine ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Reitz 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .196
  Bradford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mahler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   2   5   2     2   3             Totals               31   5   8   4     4   2

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 16,936
Left on Base: Braves 4, Cubs 6
DP: Braves 1, Cubs 0
Errors: Horner 2
Doubles: Hubbard (5), Ramirez (3), Buckner (6), De Jesus (1)
Triples: Durham (4)
Stolen Bases: Miller (9), Durham (1)
Caught Stealing: Horner (2), Henderson (3), De Jesus (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Washington (1), Niekro (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Murphy (1)
GIDP: Durham (3)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(1-1)           4.1   8   5   5   2   0   0  23   2.79
Garber                  1.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   6   3.97
Bradford                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.69
Mahler                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.35
Totals                  8     8   5   5   4   2   0  35

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Martz W(1-0)            5     5   2   2   2   2   0  21   1.93
Tidrow SV(1)            4     0   0   0   0   1   0  12   4.20
Totals                  9     5   2   2   2   3   0  33

Passed Balls: Benedict (2)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Eric Gregg


BRAVES 1ST: On a bunt Miller singled to third; Miller stole
second; Washington out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Miller to third]; Murphy hit a sacrifice fly to left [Miller
scored]; Horner walked; Horner was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Fletcher grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales
lined to right; Buckner doubled to right; Henderson flied to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Chambliss flied to center; Hubbard doubled to right;
Benedict grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hubbard to third];
Ramirez doubled to left [Hubbard scored]; Niekro grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Durham flied to left; Cruz lined to pitcher; Blackwell
lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Miller flied to right; Washington flied to left;
Murphy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Martz
flied to center; Fletcher reached on an error by Horner; Morales
singled to left [Fletcher to second]; Buckner popped to center;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Horner struck out; Chambliss popped to shortstop;
Hubbard singled to right; Benedict flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Henderson walked; Henderson was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Durham singled to right; Cruz flied to
right; Durham stole second; Blackwell walked; De Jesus doubled
to left [Durham scored, Blackwell to third]; Martz singled to
left [Blackwell scored, De Jesus scored]; Fletcher flied to
center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 3.

BRAVES 5TH: Ramirez singled to center; Niekro out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Ramirez to second]; Miller struck out;
Washington walked; Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 3.

CUBS 5TH: Morales flied to center; Buckner singled to left;
Henderson singled to right [Buckner to third]; Benedict allowed
a passed ball [Buckner scored, Henderson to second]; Durham
tripled to left [Henderson scored]; GARBER REPLACED NIEKRO
(PITCHING); Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); Blackwell
walked; De Jesus struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2,
Cubs 5.

BRAVES 6TH: REITZ REPLACED MARTZ (PLAYING 3B); TIDROW REPLACED
CRUZ (PITCHING); Horner lined to center; Chambliss lined to
right; Hubbard was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 2, Cubs 5.

CUBS 6TH: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Fletcher was
called out on strikes; Morales popped to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 5.

BRAVES 7TH: Benedict grounded out (pitcher to first); Ramirez
popped to first; ASSELSTINE BATTED FOR GARBER; Asselstine
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
2, Cubs 5.

CUBS 7TH: BRADFORD REPLACED ASSELSTINE (PITCHING); Buckner
popped to second; Henderson reached on an error by Horner;
Durham grounded into a double play (shortstop to shortstop to
first) [Henderson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
2, Cubs 5.

BRAVES 8TH: Miller flied to left; Washington grounded out
(shortstop to first); Murphy grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 5.

CUBS 8TH: MAHLER REPLACED BRADFORD (PITCHING); Tidrow popped to
first; Blackwell grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first);
De Jesus walked; De Jesus was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 5.

BRAVES 9TH: Horner popped to third in foul territory; Chambliss
grounded out (second to first); Hubbard popped to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 5.