Brilliant relief pitching by Lee Smith enabled the Cubs to post a 3-1 triumph over the Dodgers. Smith entered the game in the eighth inning after the Dodgers had scored a run to narrow Chicago's edge to 2-1 and had runners on first and second with one out.

After an infield hit loaded the bases, Smith got Steve Garvey on a shallow fly to center and Ron Cey on a fly to right. The Cubs scored twice in the third inning on a two-out, two-run double by Bill Buckner and picked up an insurance marker in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Mike Lum. [The Sporting News]

Chicago Cubs 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Game Played on Saturday, August 29, 1981 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Cubs         0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  6  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  7  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .278      Sax 2b                4   0   0   0     0   2   .304
  Reitz 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Landreaux cf          4   0   1   1     0   0   .274
Tabler 2b             3   1   0   0     1   1   .161      Baker lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .300
Buckner 1b            4   0   2   2     0   0   .298      Garvey 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .288
Durham rf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .311      Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .284
Bonds cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .269      Guerrero rf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .319
Davis c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Yeager c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .226
  Lum ph              0   0   0   1     0   0   .229        Johnstone ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Blackwell c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Russell ss            3   1   2   0     0   0   .221
Cruz 3b,lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .245        Smith ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
De Jesus ss           3   1   1   0     0   2   .177      Hooton p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .212
Griffin p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .250        Monday ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .299
  Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Howe p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Niedenfuer p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   6   3     1   8             Totals               34   1   7   1     1   6

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 47,424
Left on Base: Cubs 4, Dodgers 7
DP: Cubs 0, Dodgers 0
Doubles: Buckner (21)
Stolen Bases: Durham (20)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Lum (1)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin W(1-1)          7.1   6   1   1   1   5   0  29   2.08
Smith SV(1)             1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.42
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   6   0  35

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hooton L(9-5)           8     4   2   2   1   8   0  29   2.30
Howe                    0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   2.60
Niedenfuer              0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.35
Totals                  9     6   3   3   1   8   0  34

Umpires: HP - Lanny Harris, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Joe West, 3B - Dick Stello


CUBS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Tabler struck out; Buckner
singled to center; Durham flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Sax grounded out (second to first); Landreaux
popped to third in foul territory; Baker popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 2ND: Bonds struck out; Davis popped to shortstop in foul
territory; Cruz lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey walked; Cey lined to center; Guerrero popped
to shortstop; Yeager grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 3RD: De Jesus singled to left; Griffin out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [De Jesus to second]; Henderson grounded
out (shortstop to first) [De Jesus to third]; Tabler walked;
Buckner doubled to right [De Jesus scored, Tabler scored];
Durham struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell popped to right; Hooton struck out; Sax
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
2, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 4TH: Bonds flied out to right; Davis grounded out (third to
first); Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers
0.

DODGERS 4TH: Landreaux grounded out (second to first); Baker
struck out; Garvey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 5TH: De Jesus struck out; Griffin struck out; Henderson
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Cey flied out to right; Guerrero singled to third;
Yeager flied out to center; Russell singled to right [Guerrero
to third]; Hooton flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 2, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 6TH: Tabler grounded out (first unassisted); Buckner
grounded out (first unassisted); Durham grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Sax struck out; Landreaux flied out to right; Baker
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Dodgers 0.

CUBS 7TH: Bonds grounded out (first unassisted); Davis flied out
to right; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey grounded out (third to first); Cey struck
out; Guerrero singled to left; Yeager flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 0.

CUBS 8TH: De Jesus was called out on strikes; Griffin singled to
right; Henderson lined to center; Tabler forced Griffin (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 8TH: CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); REITZ REPLACED
HENDERSON (PLAYING 3B); Russell singled to center; MONDAY BATTED
FOR HOOTON; Monday singled to center [Russell to second]; Sax
was called out on strikes; Landreaux singled to center [Russell
scored, Monday to second]; SMITH REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING);
Baker singled to shortstop [Monday to third, Landreaux to
second]; Garvey popped to center; Cey flied out to right; 1 R, 4
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 9TH: HOWE REPLACED MONDAY (PITCHING); Buckner lined to
left; Durham singled to pitcher; Durham stole second; Bonds
singled to center [Durham to third]; NIEDENFUER REPLACED HOWE
(PITCHING); LUM BATTED FOR DAVIS; Lum hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Durham scored]; Cruz flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 9TH: BLACKWELL REPLACED LUM (PLAYING C ); Guerrero
popped to shortstop; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR YEAGER; Johnstone
popped to first; SMITH BATTED FOR RUSSELL; Smith struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Dodgers 1.

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