Overcoming an 8-0 deficit, the Cubs finally prevailed over the Pirates, 10-9 in 11 innings. Chicago tallied four times in the fourth and eighth frames and tied the score at 9-9 with one out in the ninth on Steve Henderson's second homer of the game. Leon Durham began Chicago's 11th with a single, stole second, reached third on a single by Henderson and, after a walk to Jerry Morales loaded the bases, scored on a line single to left by Scot Thompson. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Game Played on Monday, May       25, 1981 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Pirates      1  0  4    3  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  -   9 13  3
Cubs         0  0  0    4  0  0    0  4  1    0  1  -  10 15  2


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lacy lf               6   1   0   0     0   0   .284      De Jesus ss           6   0   2   0     0   0   .160
Moreno cf             5   2   3   1     0   1   .236      Strain 2b             5   0   0   0     0   2   .203
Madlock 3b            4   2   1   1     2   0   .323        Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Thompson 1b           3   1   1   2     3   2   .154        Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Easler rf             6   1   3   1     0   0   .361      Durham 1b             6   2   3   0     0   0   .301
Garner 2b             6   2   2   2     0   1   .351      Henderson lf          5   3   3   2     1   0   .290
Foli ss               4   0   1   1     1   0   .230      Morales cf            3   2   2   0     3   0   .296
Nicosia c             5   0   2   1     0   0   .205      Thompson rf           5   1   3   2     0   0   .202
  Stargell ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .174      Reitz 3b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .196
  Pena c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .310      Blackwell c           4   2   0   1     1   0   .161
Rhoden p              4   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Martz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kravec p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tracy ph            0   0   0   1     1   0   .242
  Cruz p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lum ph              1   0   1   0     0   0   .188
                                                            Capilla p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Buckner ph          1   0   1   2     0   0   .302
                                                            Reuschel pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .063
                                                            McGlothen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                            Dillard ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .222

Totals               45   9  13   9     6   5             Totals               44  10  15   8     6   4

Time of Game: 4:06   Attendance: 18,506
Left on Base: Pirates 11, Cubs 11
DP: Pirates 1, Cubs 0
Errors: Easler, Garner, Foli, Durham, Reitz
Doubles: Madlock (8), Thompson (1), Foli (5), Garner (4), Morales (1), De Jesus (4), Buckner (16)
Triples: Garner (2), Moreno (4)
Home Runs: Henderson 2 (3)
Stolen Bases: Madlock 2 (6), Lacy 2 (12), Moreno (12), Nicosia (2), Durham (13)
Caught Stealing: Easler (2), Durham (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Foli (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Thompson (3)
Hit by Pitch: Moreno (2,by Capilla)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden                  7     7   6   4   4   3   1  32   2.62
Romo                    0.1   1   2   1   0   0   0   3   5.18
Jackson                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.76
Cruz L(1-1)             2.2   6   2   2   2   1   1  15   1.98
Totals                 10    15  10   7   6   4   2  51

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Martz                   2.1   4   5   5   4   1   0  15   4.06
Kravec                  1.2   2   3   2   1   0   0   9   6.92
Eastwick                3     4   1   1   0   2   0  12   2.25
Capilla                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.42
McGlothen               2     3   0   0   1   0   0  10   2.91
Tidrow W(2-4)           1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.32
Totals                 11    13   9   8   6   5   0  53

Passed Balls: Nicosia (1)
Hit by Pitch: Capilla (1)

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Lanny Harris


PIRATES 1ST: Lacy popped to second; Moreno singled to right;
Moreno was picked off first but was safe on an error by Durham
[Moreno to second]; Leon Durham called for obstruction;
Madlock doubled to left [Moreno scored]; Thompson walked; Easler
lined to center; Garner struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Strain was
called out on strikes; Durham singled to center; Durham was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 1, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Foli walked; Nicosia forced Foli (pitcher to
shortstop); Rhoden flied to left; Lacy forced Nicosia (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); Morales
doubled to right; Thompson grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Morales to third]; Reitz flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 1, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Moreno flied to center; Madlock walked; Madlock
stole second; Thompson walked; Easler singled to center [Madlock
scored, Thompson to third]; Garner tripled to center [Thompson
scored, Easler scored]; KRAVEC REPLACED MARTZ (PITCHING); Foli
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Garner scored];
Nicosia popped to center; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cubs
0.

CUBS 3RD: Blackwell grounded out (second to first); Kravec
struck out; De Jesus doubled to center; Strain grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Rhoden grounded out (third to first); Lacy reached
on an error by Reitz; Lacy stole second; Lacy stole third;
Moreno tripled to center [Lacy scored (unearned)]; Madlock was
walked intentionally; Madlock stole second; Thompson doubled to
left [Moreno scored, Madlock scored]; Easler made an out to
shortstop; Garner lined to first; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 8, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Durham singled to right; Nicosia allowed a passed ball
[Durham to second]; Henderson walked; Morales singled to left
[Durham to third, Henderson to second]; Thompson hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Durham scored]; Reitz made an out to first;
Blackwell walked [Henderson to third, Morales to second]; TRACY
BATTED FOR KRAVEC; Tracy walked [Henderson scored, Morales to
third, Blackwell to second]; De Jesus reached on an error by
Foli [Morales scored (unearned) (no RBI), Blackwell scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Tracy to third, De Jesus to second]; Strain
struck out; 4 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 8, Cubs 4.

PIRATES 5TH: EASTWICK REPLACED TRACY (PITCHING); Foli doubled to
center; Nicosia flied to left; Rhoden popped to shortstop; Lacy
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 8, Cubs 4.

CUBS 5TH: Durham grounded out (third to first); Henderson flied
to center; Morales flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 8, Cubs 4.

PIRATES 6TH: Moreno was called out on strikes; Madlock popped to
second; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 8,
Cubs 4.

CUBS 6TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); HP
umpire Bruce Froemming stopped game to warn Rick Rhoden about
scuffing balls; Reitz flied to center; Blackwell grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 8, Cubs
4.

PIRATES 7TH: Easler singled to right; Easler was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Garner doubled to center; Foli
popped to first; Nicosia singled to right [Garner scored];
Rhoden popped to third; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 9, Cubs 4.

CUBS 7TH: LUM BATTED FOR EASTWICK; Lum singled to right [Lum to
second (error by Easler)]; De Jesus grounded out (third to
first); Strain grounded out (pitcher to first) [Lum to third];
Durham lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 9, Cubs
4.

PIRATES 8TH: CAPILLA REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Lacy grounded out
(shortstop to first); Moreno was hit by a pitch; Moreno stole
second; Madlock grounded out (third to first); Thompson was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 9, Cubs 4.

CUBS 8TH: Henderson homered; Morales walked; ROMO REPLACED
RHODEN (PITCHING); Thompson singled to left [Morales to second];
Reitz flied to right [Morales to third]; Blackwell reached on an
error by Garner [Morales scored, Thompson to second]; BUCKNER
BATTED FOR CAPILLA; JACKSON REPLACED ROMO (PITCHING); Buckner
doubled to center [Thompson scored, Blackwell scored
(unearned)]; REUSCHEL RAN FOR BUCKNER; CRUZ REPLACED JACKSON
(PITCHING); De Jesus singled to left [Reuschel to third]; Strain
flied into a double play (first to second) [De Jesus out at
second]; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 9, Cubs 8.

PIRATES 9TH: MCGLOTHEN REPLACED REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Easler
singled to right; Garner forced Easler (third to second); Foli
flied to left; Nicosia singled to left [Garner to third];
Nicosia stole second; Cruz flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Pirates 9, Cubs 8.

CUBS 9TH: Durham flied to left; Henderson homered; Morales
walked; Thompson singled to left [Morales to second]; Reitz
popped to second; Blackwell flied to left in foul territory; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 9, Cubs 9.

PIRATES 10TH: Lacy grounded out (second to first); Moreno
singled to right; Madlock popped to second; Thompson walked
[Moreno to second]; Easler grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 9, Cubs 9.

CUBS 10TH: DILLARD BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN; Dillard struck out; De
Jesus popped to right; CRUZ BATTED FOR STRAIN; Cruz grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 9, Cubs 9.

PIRATES 11TH: DILLARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); TIDROW
REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Garner grounded out (first
unassisted); Foli popped to second; STARGELL BATTED FOR NICOSIA;
Stargell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 9, Cubs 9.

CUBS 11TH: PENA REPLACED STARGELL (PLAYING C ); Durham singled
to left; Durham stole second; Henderson singled to left [Durham
to third]; Morales walked [Henderson to second]; Thompson
singled to left [Durham scored, Henderson to third, Morales to
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 9, Cubs 10.