Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 (Game 2)
Game Played on Monday, September 28, 1981 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Cubs 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 4 1 Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bonds cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .212 Moreno cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285 De Jesus ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .188 M. Alexander ph,cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Buckner 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .313 Stargell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Durham rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .298 Berra 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .226 Henderson lf 4 1 2 3 0 0 .277 Ray 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .259 Morales lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 B. Robinson rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .230 Waller 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .229 Pena c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .296 Blackwell c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .224 Thompson 1b 2 0 1 0 2 1 .229 Tabler 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .183 G. Alexander lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Geisel p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Easler ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Thompson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .168 Law ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .140 Martz p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Foli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Long p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Robinson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Montanez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Boyland ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 4 3 6 5 Totals 32 1 5 1 5 3 Time of Game: 2:49 Attendance: 3,698 Left on Base: Cubs 7, Pirates 9 DP: Cubs 0, Pirates 0 Errors: Tabler Doubles: Durham (12), Thompson (10), Berra (10) Home Runs: Henderson (5) Caught Stealing: M. Alexander (2) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Geisel W(2-0) 5 2 0 0 3 3 0 19 0.00 Martz SV(5) 4 3 1 1 2 0 0 18 3.50 Totals 9 5 1 1 5 3 0 37 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Long L(1-2) 4.1 3 3 3 5 3 1 21 6.75 D. Robinson 2.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 6.14 Tekulve 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.43 Totals 9 4 3 3 6 5 1 37 Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Fred Brocklander, 2B - Charlie Williams, 3B - Paul Pryor CUBS 1ST: Bonds flied to center; De Jesus popped to shortstop; Buckner flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: M. ALEXANDER BATTED FOR MORENO; M. Alexander singled to center; M. Alexander was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Berra popped to second; Ray walked; B. Robinson walked [Ray to second]; Pena walked [Ray to third, B. Robinson to second]; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 0, Pirates 0. CUBS 2ND: M. ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Durham doubled to right; Henderson homered [Durham scored]; Waller grounded out (shortstop to first); Blackwell flied to left; Tabler walked; Geisel walked [Tabler to second]; Bonds struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: G. Alexander flied to right; Law grounded out (first unassisted); Long grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Pirates 0. CUBS 3RD: De Jesus struck out; Buckner grounded out (first to pitcher); Durham flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: M. Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Berra flied to right; Ray was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Pirates 0. CUBS 4TH: Henderson flied to right; Waller walked; Blackwell singled to center [Waller to third]; Tabler struck out; Geisel flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: B. Robinson flied to right; Pena grounded out (second to first); Thompson doubled to right; G. Alexander grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Pirates 0. CUBS 5TH: Bonds flied to left; De Jesus walked; Buckner walked [De Jesus to second]; D. ROBINSON REPLACED LONG (PITCHING); Durham walked [De Jesus to third, Buckner to second]; Henderson singled to center [De Jesus scored, Buckner to third, Durham to second]; Waller struck out; Blackwell popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 5TH: Law flied to left; D. Robinson grounded out (third to first); M. Alexander was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 0. CUBS 6TH: Tabler flied to right; THOMPSON BATTED FOR GEISEL; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 6TH: MARTZ REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); Berra doubled to center; Ray grounded out (first to pitcher) [Berra to third]; B. Robinson reached on an error by Tabler [Berra scored]; Pena grounded out (shortstop to first) [B. Robinson to second]; Thompson walked; G. Alexander forced Thompson (second unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. CUBS 7TH: De Jesus lined to right; Buckner lined to center; Durham grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 7TH: Law flied to center; MONTANEZ BATTED FOR D. ROBINSON; Montanez flied to left; M. Alexander grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. CUBS 8TH: TEKULVE REPLACED MONTANEZ (PITCHING); Henderson grounded out (first to pitcher); Waller struck out; Blackwell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 8TH: MORALES REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING LF); Berra popped to shortstop; Ray popped to third; B. Robinson singled to left; Pena singled to left [B. Robinson to second]; Thompson walked [B. Robinson to third, Pena to second]; EASLER BATTED FOR G. ALEXANDER; Easler flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. CUBS 9TH: EASLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Tabler grounded out (pitcher to first); Martz grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonds flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 9TH: FOLI BATTED FOR LAW; Foli flied to left; BOYLAND BATTED FOR TEKULVE; Boyland flied to center; STARGELL BATTED FOR M. ALEXANDER; Stargell flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 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