Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
May 5, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1976 at Wrigley Field. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 14, Chicago Cubs 12

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 1 2
Buckner lf 5 1 1 2
  Hale rf 0 0 0 0
Baker cf 5 1 2 0
Garvey 1b 5 1 2 1
Cey 3b 5 1 1 1
Cruz rf,lf 5 3 2 3
Yeager c 4 2 3 1
Russell ss 5 3 2 1
Sutton p 3 1 1 0
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
  Goodson ph 1 1 1 3
  Hough p 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 14 16 14
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 6 4 3 6
Cardenal lf 6 1 3 0
Madlock 3b 6 2 4 1
Summers rf 6 0 3 4
LaCock 1b 2 0 0 0
  Thornton ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 5 1 2 0
Swisher c 5 2 4 1
Rosello ss 4 1 2 0
Burris p 2 0 0 0
  Adams ph 0 0 0 0
  Crosby p 0 0 0 0
  Hundley ph 1 0 0 0
  Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  Wallis ph 1 1 0 0
Totals 46 12 21 12
Los Angeles 121 122 32014164
Chicago 101 401 01412213
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (3-3) 5.2 14 7 6 2 4
  Wall   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hough   2.1 6 5 3 1 1
  Marshall  SV (5) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
21
12
9
3
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  L (1-3) 6.0 11 9 6 2 2
  Crosby   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Reuschel   2.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
14
11
3
3

  E–Lopes 2 (2), Baker (1), Russell (3), Summers (1), Rosello 2 (5).  DP–Los Angeles 2, Chicago 1.  2B–Los Angeles Sutton (1,off Burris), Chicago Madlock 3 (10,off Sutton 2,off Marshall); Swisher (3,off Sutton); Trillo (6,off Hough).  3B–Los Angeles Lopes (1,off Burris).  HR–Los Angeles Buckner (2,1st inning off Burris 0 on, 1 out); Cey (4,3rd inning off Burris 0 on, 2 out); Russell (1,4th inning off Burris 0 on, 1 out); Cruz 2 (4,5th inning off Burris 1 on, 1 out,8th inning off P Reuschel 0 on, 2 out); Goodson (1,7th inning off Crosby 2, Chicago Monday 2 (7,4th inning off Sutton 2 on, 1 out,9th inning off Hough 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Buckner (1,off Burris).  CS–Madlock (2,2nd base by Sutton/Yeager).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Art Williams.  T–2:50.  A–6,126.
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