Starting Lineups:
Chicago Cubs Boston Braves
1. Block 3b Holmes cf
2. Rickert cf Sisti 2b
3. Nicholson rf Fernandez lf
4. Novikoff lf Lombardi c
5. Russell 1b Waner rf
6. Scheffing c West 1b
7. Stringer 2b Detweiler 3b
8. Merullo ss Wietelmann ss
9. Lee p Donovan p
CUBS 1ST: Block flied to right; Rickert singled to left;
Nicholson popped to catcher in foul territory; Rickert was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 1ST: Holmes grounded out (second to first); Sisti
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Fernandez grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves
0.
CUBS 2ND: Novikoff doubled to center; Russell singled to right
[Novikoff scored]; Scheffing popped to second in foul territory;
Russell was picked off first (pitcher to first); Stringer struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Lombardi singled to center; Waner flied to left;
West walked [Lombardi to second]; Detweiler flied to center;
Wietelmann was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 1, Braves 0.
CUBS 3RD: Merullo walked; Donovan balked [Merullo to second];
Lee reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Merullo
to third]; Block struck out; Rickert struck out; Nicholson
singled to right [Merullo scored, Lee to second]; Novikoff
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 2,
Braves 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Donovan struck out; Holmes walked; Sisti out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Holmes to second]; Fernandez
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2,
Braves 0.
CUBS 4TH: Russell flied to right; Scheffing struck out; Stringer
singled to right; Merullo doubled to left [Stringer out at home
(left to shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2,
Braves 0.
BRAVES 4TH: Lombardi singled to center; Waner singled to right
[Lombardi to second]; West flied to right [Lombardi to third];
Detweiler reached on a fielder's choice [Lombardi out at home
(third to catcher to third to catcher), Waner to second];
Wietelmann was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 2, Braves 0.
CUBS 5TH: Lee popped to second; Block reached on an error by
Detweiler [Block to first]; Rickert forced Block (pitcher to
shortstop); Nicholson popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 2, Braves 0.
BRAVES 5TH: Donovan popped to shortstop; Holmes walked; Sisti
flied to center; Fernandez flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 2, Braves 0.
CUBS 6TH: Novikoff lined to right; Russell grounded out (second
to first); Scheffing grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 0.
BRAVES 6TH: Lombardi popped to first in foul territory; Waner
grounded out (shortstop to first); West struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 0.
CUBS 7TH: Stringer grounded out (pitcher to first); Merullo
popped to second; Lee doubled to center; Block flied to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 0.
BRAVES 7TH: Detweiler grounded out (pitcher to first);
Wietelmann struck out; Donovan walked; Holmes lined to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 0.
CUBS 8TH: Rickert struck out (catcher to first); Nicholson lined
to right; Novikoff walked; GILBERT RAN FOR NOVIKOFF; Russell
singled to left [Gilbert to second]; Scheffing flied to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 0.
BRAVES 8TH: GILBERT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Sisti walked;
BITHORN REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); On a bunt Fernandez singled to
third [Sisti to third (error by Merullo), Fernandez to second];
Lombardi grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Sisti
scored]; Waner singled to left [Fernandez scored]; West homered
[Waner scored]; Detweiler walked; Wietelmann walked [Detweiler
to second]; OLSEN REPLACED BITHORN (PITCHING); Donovan grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wietelmann
out at second]; 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 4.
CUBS 9TH: COONEY REPLACED WANER (PLAYING RF); Stringer grounded
out (second to first); Merullo popped to second; FOXX BATTED FOR
OLSEN; Foxx flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2,
Braves 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Cubs 2 8 1 7
Braves 4 6 1 8
