Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs
May 8, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1977 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 3, Chicago Cubs 6

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b,ss 4 0 1 0
Chaney 2b 4 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
Paciorek 1b 4 0 0 0
Burroughs rf 4 1 2 0
Gaston lf 4 0 1 0
Pocoroba c 4 1 2 0
Asselstine cf 4 1 2 1
Rockett ss 2 0 0 0
  Moore ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Leon p 1 0 0 0
  Bonnell ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Office ph 1 0 1 2
  Matthews pr 0 0 0 0
  Gilbreath 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 2 2 0
Cardenal lf 3 1 1 0
  Gross lf 1 0 1 0
Biittner 1b 5 1 2 2
Murcer rf 3 1 1 2
Morales cf 3 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 1 0 1 1
  Kelleher 2b 1 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 3 0 1 0
Mitterwald c 4 1 1 0
Bonham p 2 0 1 0
  Sutter p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 11 5
Atlanta 000 000 300391
Chicago 004 200 00x6110
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Leon  L (0-1) 4.0 8 6 5 1 2
  Johnson   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Camp   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
2
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  W (3-2) 6.2 8 3 3 0 2
  Sutter  SV (6) 2.1 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
6

  E–Rockett (9).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Pocoroba (6,off Bonham), Chicago Trillo (6,off Leon); Bonham (1,off Johnson).  3B–Chicago Murcer (1,off Leon).  SH–Bonham (3,off Leon).  SF–Trillo (1,off Leon).  HBP–Ontiveros (2,by Leon); Trillo (2,by Johnson); Cardenal (1,by Johnson).  IBB–Murcer (3,by Johnson).  SB–Cardenal (4,2nd base off Johnson/Pocoroba).  HBP–Leon (1,Ontiveros); Johnson 2 (2,Trillo,Cardenal).  IBB–Johnson (1,Murcer).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Art Williams, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:04.  A–10,450.
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