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Saturday October 3, 1981
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Steve Henderson banged out four hits, scored twice and drove in a run to pace the Cubs to an 8-4 victory over the Phillies. Chicago broke a 4-4 tie in the sixth inning when pinch-hitter Steve Dillard walked, advanced to second on a balk and scored on a single by Bill Buckner. A triple by Henderson ignited a three-run seventh than iced the game for the Cubs. Mike Schmidt blasted his 31st homer of the season with two mates aboard in the fifth inning. [The Sporting News]


Chicago Cubs 8, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Game Played on Saturday, October 3, 1981 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Cubs         0  1  0    0  3  1    3  0  0  -   8 13  1
Phillies     0  1  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   4  5  4


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              5   1   2   1     0   1   .217      Smith rf              1   0   1   0     1   0   .320
De Jesus ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .193        Unser rf,lf         2   0   0   0     1   0   .158
Buckner 1b            4   1   1   1     1   0   .314      Rose 1b               3   1   0   0     1   0   .326
  Thompson 1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .165        Dernier cf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .750
Morales cf            4   0   2   1     1   0   .286      Matthews lf           1   1   0   0     2   1   .301
Henderson lf          5   2   4   1     0   0   .290        Sandberg 2b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Davis c               4   0   1   1     1   1   .261      Schmidt 3b            2   1   1   3     0   1   .316
Waller 3b             5   1   2   2     0   1   .269        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
Fletcher 2b           5   1   1   0     0   0   .209        Matuszek ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Howell p              1   1   0   0     1   0   .000      Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .263
  Dillard ph          0   1   0   0     1   0   .218        Christenson p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Griffin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .154        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Caudill p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Trillo 2b             2   1   1   1     0   0   .289
  Cruz ph             0   0   0   1     0   0   .231        Aviles 2b,3b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .214
  Martz p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Boone c               2   0   0   0     1   1   .211
                                                            Virgil c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Aguayo ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .217
                                                          Noles p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .105
                                                            G. Vukovich rf      2   0   1   0     0   0   .375

Totals               37   8  13   8     5   4             Totals               31   4   5   4     6   4

Time of Game: 3:04   Attendance: 35,169
Left on Base: Cubs 11, Phillies 8
DP: Cubs 0, Phillies 1
Errors: Davis, Trillo, Aviles, Boone, Noles
Doubles: Fletcher (4)
Triples: Henderson (5)
Home Runs: Trillo (6), Schmidt (31)
Stolen Bases: Morales (1), Smith (21)
Caught Stealing: Smith (9)
Sacrifice Hits: De Jesus (10), Martz (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Cruz (1)
GIDP: Henderson (7)
Hit by Pitch: Bonds (2,by Noles), Schmidt (4,by Howell), Aguayo (2,by Howell)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Howell W(2-0)           5     3   4   4   5   3   2  24   4.84
Griffin                 0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.31
Caudill                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.83
Martz SV(6)             3     1   0   0   0   1   0  10   3.68
Totals                  9     5   4   4   6   4   2  39

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Noles                   5     6   4   3   4   1   0  26   4.17
Lyle L(9-6)             2     5   4   4   1   1   0  12   4.50
Christenson             1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.54
McGraw                  1     1   0   0   0   2   0   5   2.72
Totals                  9    13   8   7   5   4   0  46

Hit by Pitch: Howell 2 (2), Noles (3)
Wild Pitches: Noles (3)
Balks: Lyle (2)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Charlie Williams, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - John McSherry


CUBS 1ST: Larry Bowa ejected by unknown umpire sometime
during game from bench; Bonds singled to right; Bonds was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Noles [Bonds to
second]; De Jesus lined to second; Buckner lined to center;
Noles threw a wild pitch [Bonds to third]; Morales popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Smith walked; Rose flied out to center; Smith was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Davis [Smith to
second]; Smith stole third; Matthews walked; Schmidt struck out;
Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

CUBS 2ND: Henderson singled to center; Davis reached on an error
by Trillo [Henderson to second]; Waller singled to center
[Henderson scored (unearned), Davis to second]; Waller was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Boone [Davis to
third, Waller to second]; Fletcher popped to first in foul
territory; Howell flied out to center; Bonds flied out to
center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Trillo homered; Boone struck out; Aguayo grounded
out (third to first); Noles flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 1.

CUBS 3RD: De Jesus struck out; Buckner lined to center; Morales
walked; Morales stole second; Henderson singled to second
[Morales out at home (second to catcher to first)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Smith singled to left; Smith was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Rose walked; Matthews struck out;
Schmidt was hit by a pitch [Rose to second]; Maddox popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 1.

CUBS 4TH: UNSER REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING RF); Davis grounded out
(second to first); Waller flied out to left; Fletcher flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Trillo grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Boone grounded out (third to first); Aguayo was hit by a pitch;
Noles lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Phillies 1.

CUBS 5TH: AVILES REPLACED TRILLO (PLAYING 2B); Howell walked;
Bonds was hit by a pitch [Howell to second]; De Jesus out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Howell to third, Bonds to
second]; Buckner was walked intentionally; Morales singled to
left [Howell scored, Bonds to third, Buckner to second];
Henderson singled to right [Bonds scored, Buckner to third,
Morales to second]; Davis walked [Buckner scored, Morales to
third, Henderson to second]; Waller flied out to center;
Fletcher lined to first; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 4, Phillies
1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Unser walked; Rose forced Unser (second to
shortstop); Matthews walked [Rose to second]; Schmidt homered
[Rose scored, Matthews scored]; Maddox popped to shortstop;
Aviles grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 4, Phillies 4.

CUBS 6TH: LYLE REPLACED SCHMIDT (PITCHING); SANDBERG REPLACED
MATTHEWS (PLAYING 2B); AVILES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
UNSER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); G. VUKOVICH REPLACED NOLES
(PLAYING RF); DILLARD BATTED FOR HOWELL; Dillard walked; Lyle
balked [Dillard to second]; Bonds flied out to left; De Jesus
grounded out (second to first) [Dillard to third]; Buckner
singled to left [Dillard scored]; Morales flied out to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: GRIFFIN REPLACED DILLARD (PITCHING); Boone walked;
Aguayo flied out to right; G. Vukovich singled to left [Boone to
second]; CAUDILL REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Unser flied out to
left; Rose forced G. Vukovich (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Phillies 4.

CUBS 7TH: Henderson tripled to right; Davis struck out; Waller
singled to center [Henderson scored]; Fletcher doubled to left
[Waller to third]; CRUZ BATTED FOR CAUDILL; Cruz hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Waller scored]; Bonds singled to left [Fletcher
scored]; De Jesus lined to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 8,
Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: MARTZ REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Sandberg grounded
out (third to first); MATUSZEK BATTED FOR LYLE; Matuszek lined
to right; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 8,
Phillies 4.

CUBS 8TH: CHRISTENSON REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING); VIRGIL
REPLACED BOONE (PLAYING C ); MATUSZEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
1B); DERNIER REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING CF); Buckner flied out to
right; Morales singled to third; Henderson grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Morales out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 8, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: THOMPSON REPLACED BUCKNER (PLAYING 1B); Aviles
grounded out (shortstop to first); Virgil grounded out
(shortstop to first); Aguayo grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 8, Phillies 4.

CUBS 9TH: MCGRAW REPLACED CHRISTENSON (PITCHING); Davis singled
to left; Waller was called out on strikes; Fletcher reached on
an error by Aviles [Davis to second]; Martz out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Davis to third, Fletcher to second];
Bonds was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 8,
Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 9TH: G. Vukovich flied out to center; Unser flied out
to right; Dernier singled to left; Sandberg grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 8, Phillies 4.



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