Sunday October 4, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
The Phillies closed out their regular season by beating the Cubs, 2-1. Del Unser opened the bottom of the third inning with a walk and Lonnie Smith followed with a ground-rule double, tying him with Houston's Art Howe for the longest batting streak in the N.L. this season -- 23 games. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Game Played on Sunday, October 4, 1981 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium

Cubs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 Phillies 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2 4 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bonds rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .215 Smith cf 1 1 1 0 1 0 .324 De Jesus ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .194 G. Vukovich cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .385 Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .311 Rose 1b 2 0 0 1 0 1 .325 Morales cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .286 Ruthven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .140 Henderson lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .293 Aviles ph,ss,2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .214 Davis c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Gross lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .225 Waller 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .268 McBride rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Fletcher 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .217 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Smith p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Aguayo ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Matuszek 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .273 Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bowa ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .283 Proly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Davis ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .287 R. Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCormack c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 M. Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Unser ph,1b 2 1 0 0 1 1 .153 Totals 32 1 6 1 2 2 Totals 26 2 4 1 6 7 Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 21,912 Left on Base: Cubs 6, Phillies 7 DP: Cubs 2, Phillies 0 Errors: Waller, Fletcher Doubles: Henderson 2 (9), Smith (14) Triples: De Jesus (4) Caught Stealing: Bonds (6), Smith (10), Matuszek (1) Sacrifice Hits: Aviles (3) GIDP: McCormack (1) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Smith L(3-6) 6 3 2 2 4 7 0 24 3.51 Tidrow 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 9 5.06 Totals 8 4 2 2 6 7 0 33 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA M. Davis 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 12 7.74 Ruthven W(12-7) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 5.15 Proly 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.86 Lyle 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.44 R. Reed 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.08 McGraw SV(10) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.66 Totals 9 6 1 1 2 2 0 34 Wild Pitches: Smith (7) Umpires: HP - Charlie Williams, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Frank Pulli CUBS 1ST: Bonds walked; De Jesus flied out to right; Bonds was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Buckner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Smith walked; Smith was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Rose struck out; Gross singled to left; McBride was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Phillies 0. CUBS 2ND: Morales singled to shortstop; Henderson doubled to right [Morales scored]; Davis grounded out (second to first) [Henderson to third]; Waller struck out; Fletcher grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Matuszek walked; Bowa reached on an error by Fletcher [Matuszek to second]; Trillo struck out while Matuszek was caught stealing third (catcher to third) [Bowa to second]; McCormack grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 0. CUBS 3RD: Smith popped to first; Bonds walked; De Jesus flied out to right; Buckner popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: UNSER BATTED FOR M. DAVIS; Unser walked; Smith doubled to right [Unser to third]; Rose grounded out (second to first) [Unser scored, Smith to third]; Gross struck out; Smith threw a wild pitch [Smith scored]; McBride popped to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 2. CUBS 4TH: RUTHVEN REPLACED ROSE (PITCHING); UNSER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); G. VUKOVICH REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING CF); Morales grounded out (second to first); Henderson doubled to right; Davis grounded out (third to first) [Henderson to third]; Waller grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 4TH: Matuszek grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa singled to center; Trillo flied out to left; McCormack was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 2. CUBS 5TH: Fletcher grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith struck out; Bonds grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 5TH: Unser struck out; G. Vukovich lined to center; AVILES BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; Aviles walked; Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 2. CUBS 6TH: PROLY REPLACED BOWA (PITCHING); AVILES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); De Jesus tripled to center; Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales reached on a fielder's choice [De Jesus out at home (pitcher to catcher to third)]; Henderson grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 6TH: McBride flied out to left; Matuszek grounded out (second to first); D. DAVIS BATTED FOR PROLY; D. Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 2. CUBS 7TH: LYLE REPLACED MCBRIDE (PITCHING); D. DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Davis flied out to center; Waller singled to center; Fletcher singled to center [Waller to second]; CRUZ BATTED FOR SMITH; Cruz flied out to center; Bonds flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 7TH: TIDROW REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Trillo reached on an error by Waller; McCormack grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Trillo out at second]; Unser flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 2. CUBS 8TH: R. REED REPLACED TRILLO (PITCHING); AVILES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); AGUAYO REPLACED LYLE (PLAYING SS); De Jesus grounded out (second to first); Buckner lined to second; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 8TH: G. Vukovich singled to center; Aviles out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [G. Vukovich to second]; Gross was walked intentionally; Aguayo grounded out (shortstop to first) [G. Vukovich to third, Gross to second]; Matuszek was walked intentionally; D. Davis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 2. CUBS 9TH: MCGRAW REPLACED R. REED (PITCHING); Henderson grounded out (first to pitcher); Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Waller flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Phillies 2.

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