Chicago Cubs vs Atlanta Braves
August 24, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1977 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Atlanta Braves 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 1 2 0
Gross lf 3 1 1 2
  Cardenal ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 3 0 1 0
Morales cf 4 0 1 0
Murcer rf 4 0 1 0
Ontiveros 3b 2 1 1 1
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 0 0 0 0
Krukow p 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Clines ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Matthews lf 2 0 0 0
Office cf 4 1 1 1
Burroughs rf 4 1 1 0
Montanez 1b 4 1 2 1
Pocoroba c 4 0 1 0
Moore 3b 4 0 0 1
Gilbreath 2b 3 1 2 0
Rockett ss 3 0 1 0
Solomon p 2 0 0 0
  Theiss p 0 0 0 0
  Nolan ph 0 0 0 0
  Gaston ph 0 0 0 1
  Collins p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
Chicago 000 002 100381
Atlanta 100 100 11x480
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow   6.1 6 3 3 2 5
  Hernandez  L (7-5) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Giusti   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
3
7
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Solomon   6.0 7 3 3 2 4
  Theiss   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Collins  W (3-9) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Campbell  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
6

  E–Mitterwald (6).  DP–Chicago 1, Atlanta 1.  2B–Chicago DeJesus (21,off Solomon); Murcer (14,off Solomon).  HR–Chicago Gross (2,6th inning off Solomon 1 on, 0 out); Ontiveros (9,7th inning off Solomon 0 on, 0 out), Atlanta Office (3,1st inning off Krukow 0 on, 1 out); Montanez (17,4th inning off Krukow 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Krukow (7,off Theiss).  SF–Gaston (2,off G Hernandez).  SB–DeJesus (18,2nd base off Solomon/Pocoroba); Moore (4,2nd base off Giusti/Mitterwald).  CS–Buckner (3,2nd base by Solomon/Pocoroba); Ontiveros (3,2nd base by Campbell/Pocoroba).  BK–G Hernandez (2).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:34.  A–4,649.
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