Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs
August 28, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1976 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 2, Chicago Cubs 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b 4 0 0 0
Office cf 4 0 0 0
Wynn lf 3 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 3 1 1 0
Henderson rf 3 1 1 2
Chaney ss 3 0 1 0
Gilbreath 2b 2 0 0 0
Correll c 2 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
Ruthven p 1 0 1 0
  Devine p 1 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0
  Varney c 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 4 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday 1b 4 2 3 2
Cardenal lf 3 1 1 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 1 0
Morales rf 4 1 2 3
Wallis cf 3 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 4 0 1 0
Kelleher ss 4 1 1 0
Renko p 3 0 1 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Atlanta 000 020 000240
Chicago 001 030 01x5100
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  L (13-13) 4.1 8 4 4 1 1
  Devine   2.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Marshall   0.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Dal Canton   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
3
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  W (6-7) 7.0 3 2 2 1 9
  Sutter  SV (8) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
1
11

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  HR–Atlanta Henderson (12,5th inning off Renko 1 on, 0 out), Chicago Monday (24,3rd inning off Ruthven 0 on, 1 out); Morales (15,8th inning off Marshall 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gilbreath (14,off Sutter).  CS–Ruthven (1,2nd base by Renko/Mitterwald); Monday (8,2nd base by Devine/Correll).  SB–Cardenal (18,2nd base off Ruthven/Correll); Madlock (13,2nd base off Ruthven/Correll).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:12.  A–15,374.
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