Chicago Cubs 9, Atlanta Braves 8 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, August    31, 1975 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Braves       1  0  0    1  0  0    3  2  1    0  -   8 14  2
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  3    3  0  2    1  -   9 14  3


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               5   2   2   0     0   0   .270      Kessinger ss          5   2   2   0     1   1   .241
Evans 3b              5   2   2   2     0   1   .242      Monday cf             3   0   0   0     0   3   .274
Baker rf              5   0   2   0     0   0   .255        Hiser cf            1   1   0   0     1   1   .245
Williams c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Madlock 3b            4   3   2   0     2   0   .364
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Cardenal lf           5   1   4   2     0   1   .315
  Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Morales rf            3   1   2   3     1   0   .269
  Gilbreath ph,2b     2   0   1   1     0   0   .250      Thornton 1b           3   1   2   0     2   0   .285
Lum 1b                5   1   2   1     0   0   .236      Harris 2b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .185
Office cf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .271        Summers ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Blanks 2b,ss          4   1   1   0     0   0   .236        Mitterwald ph,c     3   0   1   3     0   2   .236
Belloir ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Hosley c              2   0   1   0     1   0   .263
  May ph              1   1   1   1     0   0   .269        Sperring 2b         2   0   0   0     0   1   .222
  Leon p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Stone p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .125
  Gaston ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .225        P. Reuschel p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .059        Trillo ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
  Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Dettore p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .300
Thompson p            2   0   1   0     0   0   .083
  Pocoroba c          3   0   1   1     0   0   .248

Totals               43   8  14   6     1   4             Totals               37   9  14   8     8  11

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 12,346
Left on Base: Braves 7, Cubs 11
DP: Braves 2, Cubs 1
Errors: Gilbreath, Office, Kessinger, Cardenal, Harris
Doubles: Baker (14), Evans (18), Cardenal (25)
Triples: Garr (9), Mitterwald (1)
Home Runs: Lum (6), May (9), Evans (21)
Caught Stealing: Kessinger (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Blanks (3), Stone (6), Cardenal (2), Hiser (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Morales (9)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Thompson                5.1   5   1   1   2   6   0  21   4.84
Sosa                    0.1   0   2   2   2   1   0   3   3.71
Beard                   0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.95
Leon                    1     3   3   3   1   1   0   7   3.98
House                   1.1   4   2   2   0   2   0   8   3.04
Dal Canton              0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   5.52
Sadecki L(3-3)          0.2   1   1   1   2   0   0   5   4.07
Totals                  9.2  14   9   9   8  11   0  49

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   6.1   8   5   5   1   4   2  29   3.50
P. Reuschel             0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.01
Knowles                 1.1   3   2   1   0   0   0   6   6.39
Zamora                  1     2   1   1   0   0   1   5   4.98
Dettore W(5-4)          1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.77
Totals                 10    14   8   7   1   4   3  45

Wild Pitches: Dal Canton (4)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Andy Olsen


BRAVES 1ST: Garr tripled to right [Garr scored (error by Harris)
(no RBI)]; Evans grounded out (first unassisted); Baker singled
to left; Williams flied out to left; Lum popped to shortstop; 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger struck out; Monday struck out; Madlock
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1,
Cubs 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Office struck out; Blanks reached on an error by
Kessinger [Blanks to first]; Belloir forced Blanks (third to
second); Thompson singled to center [Belloir to second]; Garr
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Cardenal singled to center; Morales singled to center
[Cardenal to third (error by Office), Morales to second];
Thornton walked; Harris popped to second; Hosley hit into a
double play (left to catcher) [Cardenal out at home]; 0 R, 2 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Evans was called out on strikes; Baker flied out to
right; Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Stone struck out; Kessinger singled to left; On a bunt
Monday struck out while Kessinger was caught stealing second
(catcher unassisted); Rick Monday called for
interference; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Lum homered; Office walked; Blanks out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Office to second]; Belloir
struck out; Thompson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Madlock flied out to center; Cardenal singled to left;
Morales grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cardenal to second];
Thornton grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 2, Cubs 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans flied
out to center; Baker doubled to left; Williams popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 5TH: Harris struck out; Hosley singled to right; Stone out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hosley to second];
Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2,
Cubs 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Lum flied out to left; Office grounded out (first to
second to pitcher); Blanks flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 6TH: Monday struck out; Madlock walked; SOSA REPLACED
WILLIAMS (PITCHING); POCOROBA REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING C );
Cardenal struck out; Morales walked [Madlock to second];
Thornton walked [Madlock to third, Morales to second]; SUMMERS
BATTED FOR HARRIS; BEARD REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); MITTERWALD
BATTED FOR SUMMERS; Mitterwald tripled to left [Madlock scored,
Morales scored, Thornton scored]; Hosley walked; Stone grounded
out (catcher to first); 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Cubs 3.

BRAVES 7TH: MITTERWALD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SPERRING
REPLACED HOSLEY (PLAYING 2B); MAY BATTED FOR BELLOIR; May
homered; Pocoroba grounded out (second to first); Garr singled
to center; Evans doubled to center [Garr scored]; HISER REPLACED
MONDAY (PLAYING CF); P. REUSCHEL REPLACED STONE (PITCHING);
Baker popped to second; GILBREATH BATTED FOR BEARD; Gilbreath
singled to center [Evans scored]; KNOWLES REPLACED P. REUSCHEL
(PITCHING); Lum grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Braves 5, Cubs 3.

CUBS 7TH: GILBREATH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BLANKS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); LEON REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Kessinger
singled to right; Hiser walked [Kessinger to second]; On a bunt
Madlock singled to shortstop [Kessinger scored (error by
Gilbreath) (no RBI), Hiser to third, Madlock to second];
Cardenal out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Madlock to
third, Hiser scored]; Morales hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Madlock scored]; Thornton singled to right; Mitterwald struck
out; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 5, Cubs 6.

BRAVES 8TH: Office flied out to center; Blanks singled to right;
GASTON BATTED FOR LEON; Gaston singled to left [Blanks to
second]; Pocoroba singled to left [Blanks scored, Gaston scored
(error by Cardenal) (unearned) (no RBI), Pocoroba to third];
Garr hit into a double play (left to catcher) [Pocoroba out at
home]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 7, Cubs 6.

CUBS 8TH: HOUSE REPLACED GASTON (PITCHING); Sperring was called
out on strikes; TRILLO BATTED FOR KNOWLES; Trillo grounded out
(third to first); Kessinger grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 7, Cubs 6.

BRAVES 9TH: ZAMORA REPLACED TRILLO (PITCHING); Evans homered;
Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Gilbreath flied out to
center; Lum singled to center; Office flied out to right; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 8, Cubs 6.

CUBS 9TH: Hiser struck out; Madlock singled to left; Cardenal
doubled to right [Madlock to third]; Morales singled to center
[Madlock scored, Cardenal scored]; Thornton singled to left
[Morales to second]; DAL CANTON REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Dal
Canton threw a wild pitch [Morales to third, Thornton to
second]; Mitterwald struck out; Sperring grounded out (shortstop
to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 8, Cubs 8.

BRAVES 10TH: DETTORE REPLACED ZAMORA (PITCHING); Blanks popped
to second; GOODSON BATTED FOR DAL CANTON; Goodson popped to
catcher; Pocoroba lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 8, Cubs 8.

CUBS 10TH: SADECKI REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Dettore popped
to catcher in foul territory; Kessinger walked; Hiser out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Kessinger to second]; Madlock
was walked intentionally; Cardenal singled to left [Kessinger
scored, Madlock to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 8,
Cubs 9.