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Sunday May 10, 1981
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With the score tied, 5-5, after 14 innings, the game between the Braves and Cubs was rained out. All statistics count and the game will be replayed in its entirety as part of a twi-night doubleheader July 21. The Braves led, 5-4, going into the ninth inning but Hector Cruz tied the contest with a two-out pinch-homer. [The Sporting News]


Atlanta Braves 5, Chicago Cubs 5

Game Played on Sunday, May 10, 1981 (Day game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Cubs         2  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  -   5 10  1
Braves       0  1  4    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   5  7  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           5   0   1   0     2   0   .168      Miller lf,cf          6   1   1   0     0   2   .239
Thompson cf           5   2   2   0     0   0   .197      Washington rf         4   0   0   1     1   0   .273
Buckner 1b            4   2   2   2     2   0   .283      Chambliss 1b          5   1   2   0     1   1   .276
Henderson lf          5   0   0   1     0   3   .313        Harper pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .294
Durham rf             6   0   2   0     0   2   .280      Horner 3b             6   1   1   0     0   1   .287
Reitz 3b              6   0   1   1     0   4   .182      Murphy cf,1b          6   1   2   3     0   2   .230
Tyson 2b              2   0   0   0     0   2   .214      Hubbard 2b            5   0   0   0     0   2   .274
  Tracy ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Benedict c            5   0   0   1     0   0   .282
  Strain 2b           2   0   1   0     0   0   .304      Ramirez ss            2   0   0   0     1   1   .198
Blackwell c           3   0   0   0     0   0   .153        Pocoroba ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .310
  Cruz ph             1   1   1   1     0   0   .250        Royster pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Davis c             2   0   0   0     0   1   .250        Mahler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Caudill p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dillard ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .300        Hanna p             1   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Krug ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .500      Boggs p               2   1   1   0     0   0   .294
  Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bradford p          0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .314        Camp p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Asselstine ph       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McGlothen ph,p      2   0   0   0     0   1   .091        Gomez ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               48   5  10   5     4  15             Totals               45   5   7   5     5   9

Time of Game: 3:46   Attendance:  9,817
Left on Base: Cubs 9, Braves 6
DP: Cubs 0, Braves 1
Errors: Tyson
Doubles: Durham (2), Boggs (1), Chambliss (8)
Home Runs: Buckner (4), Cruz (2), Murphy (5)
Stolen Bases: Thompson (2), Miller (13)
Caught Stealing: Ramirez (2), Royster (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Thompson 2 (2), Hubbard (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Henderson (1), Benedict (2), Washington (2)
GIDP: Henderson (3)
Hit by Pitch: Tyson (1,by Boggs)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caudill                 6     5   5   5   2   4   1  25   4.45
Tidrow                  2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.60
Eastwick                2     0   0   0   2   1   0   7   2.35
McGlothen               4     1   0   0   1   2   0  14   3.09
Totals                 14     7   5   5   5   9   1  53

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Boggs                   5.2   7   4   4   0   6   1  25   4.47
Bradford                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.00
Camp                    3     1   1   1   0   4   1  10   2.18
Mahler                  0.2   0   0   0   2   1   0   4   3.00
Hrabosky                0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0.00
Hanna                   4     2   0   0   2   3   0  15   4.50
Totals                 14    10   5   5   4  15   2  56

Hit by Pitch: Boggs (1)
Wild Pitches: Hanna (2)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (third to first); Thompson
singled to shortstop; Thompson stole second; Buckner homered
[Thompson scored]; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Durham doubled to center; Reitz struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Miller struck out; Washington grounded out (second
to first); Chambliss popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 0.

CUBS 2ND: Tyson struck out; Blackwell grounded out (second to
first); Caudill grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Horner singled to left; Murphy singled to right
[Horner to second]; Hubbard out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Horner to third, Murphy to second]; Benedict hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Horner scored]; Ramirez struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 1.

CUBS 3RD: De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson
grounded out (first to pitcher); Buckner grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Boggs doubled to center; On a bunt Miller singled to
third [Boggs to third]; Washington hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Boggs scored, Miller to second]; Miller stole third; Chambliss
walked; Horner popped to third in foul territory; Murphy homered
[Miller scored, Chambliss scored]; Hubbard struck out; 4 R, 3 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 5.

CUBS 4TH: Henderson struck out; Durham struck out; Reitz was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 5.

BRAVES 4TH: Benedict popped to catcher in foul territory;
Ramirez walked; Boggs popped to first in foul territory; Ramirez
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 5.

CUBS 5TH: Tyson struck out; Blackwell grounded out (second to
first); Caudill grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 5.

BRAVES 5TH: Miller struck out; Washington flied to left;
Chambliss popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Braves 5.

CUBS 6TH: De Jesus flied to right in foul territory; Thompson
singled to right; Buckner singled to center [Thompson to third];
Henderson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Thompson scored]; Durham
singled to center [Buckner to second]; Reitz singled to right
[Buckner scored, Durham to third]; Tyson was hit by a pitch
[Reitz to second]; BRADFORD REPLACED BOGGS (PITCHING); Blackwell
grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 4,
Braves 5.

BRAVES 6TH: Horner grounded out (second to first); Murphy
grounded out (third to first); Hubbard reached on an error by
Tyson; Benedict popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Braves 5.

CUBS 7TH: DILLARD BATTED FOR CAUDILL; CAMP REPLACED BRADFORD
(PITCHING); KRUG BATTED FOR DILLARD; Krug struck out; De Jesus
flied to center; Thompson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Braves 5.

BRAVES 7TH: TIDROW REPLACED KRUG (PITCHING); Ramirez lined to
shortstop; Camp flied to right; Miller popped to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Braves 5.

CUBS 8TH: Buckner popped to shortstop; Henderson was called out
on strikes; Durham grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Braves 5.

BRAVES 8TH: Washington flied to left; Chambliss doubled to
right; Horner was called out on strikes; Murphy struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Braves 5.

CUBS 9TH: Reitz struck out; TRACY BATTED FOR TYSON; Tracy
grounded out (second to first); CRUZ BATTED FOR BLACKWELL; Cruz
homered; MORALES BATTED FOR TIDROW; Morales struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 5.

BRAVES 9TH: STRAIN REPLACED TRACY (PLAYING 2B); DAVIS REPLACED
CRUZ (PLAYING C ); EASTWICK REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Hubbard
grounded out (pitcher to first); Benedict flied to center;
POCOROBA BATTED FOR RAMIREZ; Pocoroba walked; ROYSTER RAN FOR
POCOROBA; ASSELSTINE BATTED FOR CAMP; Royster was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 5, Braves 5.

CUBS 10TH: MAHLER REPLACED ROYSTER (PITCHING); GOMEZ REPLACED
ASSELSTINE (PLAYING SS); De Jesus walked; Thompson out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [De Jesus to second]; Buckner
was walked intentionally; Henderson struck out; HRABOSKY
REPLACED MAHLER (PITCHING); Durham was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 5.

BRAVES 10TH: Gomez flied to center; Miller flied to right;
Washington walked; Chambliss struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 5, Braves 5.

CUBS 11TH: HANNA REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Reitz grounded
out (pitcher to first); Strain singled to left; Hanna threw a
wild pitch [Strain to second]; Davis grounded out (second to
first) [Strain to third]; MCGLOTHEN BATTED FOR EASTWICK;
McGlothen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 5.

BRAVES 11TH: MCGLOTHEN STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); Horner
grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy was called out on
strikes; Hubbard grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 5.

CUBS 12TH: De Jesus walked; Thompson out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [De Jesus to second]; Buckner was walked
intentionally; Henderson grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Buckner out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 5.

BRAVES 12TH: Benedict flied to left; Hanna walked; Gomez forced
Hanna (third to second); Miller grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 5.

CUBS 13TH: Durham grounded out (second to first); Reitz struck
out; Strain grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 5.

BRAVES 13TH: Washington flied to left; Chambliss singled to
right; HARPER RAN FOR CHAMBLISS; Horner popped to shortstop;
Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 5, Braves 5.

CUBS 14TH: HARPER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MILLER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); MURPHY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
Davis struck out; 30 minute rain delay; McGlothen
grounded out (second to first); De Jesus singled to right;
Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 5, Braves 5.

BRAVES 14TH: Hubbard was called out on strikes; Benedict
grounded out (third to first); Hanna popped to second; Rain
halts game after 14th with scored tied; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 5, Braves 5.



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