The hitting of Richie Hebner paced the Pirates to an 8-3 victory in the first game of a doubleheader, but the Cubs came back with four homers to win the second game, 9-2. As a result of the split, the Pirates' East division lead was cut to 1½ games over the Mets, who moved into second place. The Cubs were third, two games off the pace. Hebner and Bob Robertson homered for the Pirates in the fourth inning of the lidlifter, Hebner connected again with a man on base in the fifth, when the Pirates scored four runs, and accounted for another RBI with a double in the sixth. Bob Moose, who gave up round-trippers by Joe Pepitone and Willie Smith, hurled the route for the first time since August 7 and also was a winner for the first time since that date.

In the second game, Ron Santo smashed two homers and Billy Williams and Fergie Jenkins hit one apiece in the Cubs' attack. Williams' wallop tied the score at 2-2 in the sixth inning and Santo broke the deadlock with a drive in the seventh. Doubles by Joe Pepitone and Randy Hundley added another run. Santo homered again in the eighth and the Cubs finished with four runs in the ninth, three counting on Jenkins' clout. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Chicago Cubs 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, September 7, 1970 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    1  0  0    2  0  0  -   3  7  2
Pirates      0  0  0    2  4  2    0  0  x  -   8 11  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          4   0   2   0     0   0   .271      Alou cf               3   2   2   0     0   0   .296
Beckert 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Hebner 3b             4   3   3   4     0   0   .279
Williams lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .318      Oliver rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Hickman 1b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .330      Stargell lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .267
Pepitone cf           4   1   1   1     0   1   .264      Robertson 1b          4   1   2   1     0   2   .300
Santo 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .251      Sanguillen c          3   0   2   1     1   0   .319
Callison rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .267      Alley ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .235
Hundley c             4   0   0   0     0   3   .261      Mazeroski 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Pappas p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Moose p               4   1   1   0     0   1   .175
  Colborn p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .067
  Smith ph            1   1   1   2     0   0   .224
  Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .091

Totals               34   3   7   3     1   5             Totals               34   8  11   6     1   4

Time of Game: 2:08
Left on Base: Cubs 5, Pirates 4
DP: Cubs 0, Pirates 0
Errors: Kessinger, Beckert
Doubles: Hickman (30), Robertson (14), Hebner (20)
Triples: Moose (1)
Home Runs: Pepitone (22), Smith (5), Hebner 2 (8), Robertson (24)
Caught Stealing: Alou (10)
Hit by Pitch: Alou (3,by Colborn)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pappas L(11-7)          4.2   9   6   6   1   1   3  23   3.25
Colborn                 1.1   2   2   1   0   1   0   7   3.71
Rodriguez               2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   5.82
Totals                  8    11   8   7   1   4   3  36

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moose W(9-9)            9     7   3   3   1   5   2  35   3.91
Totals                  9     7   3   3   1   5   2  35

Hit by Pitch: Colborn (1)

Umpires: HP - Mel Steiner, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger popped to third; Beckert popped to first in
foul territory; Williams flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Alou flied out to center; Hebner popped to third;
Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Pirates 0.

CUBS 2ND: Hickman doubled to left; Pepitone struck out; Santo
walked; Callison forced Hickman (pitcher to shortstop) [Santo to
second]; Hundley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell popped to first; Robertson struck out;
Sanguillen singled to right; Alley grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

CUBS 3RD: Pappas flied out to right; Kessinger singled to right;
Beckert grounded out (shortstop to second to first) [Kessinger
to second]; Williams grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Mazeroski grounded out (shortstop to first); Moose
grounded out (second to first); Alou singled to right; Alou was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

CUBS 4TH: Hickman grounded out (third to first); Pepitone
homered; Santo flied out to center; Callison popped to third in
foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Hebner homered; Oliver flied out to left; Stargell
flied out to right; Robertson homered; Sanguillen walked; Alley
flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 2.

CUBS 5TH: Hundley struck out; Pappas struck out; Kessinger flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 5TH: Mazeroski grounded out (shortstop to first); Moose
tripled to right [Moose scored (error by Beckert) (no RBI)];
Alou singled to right; Hebner homered [Alou scored]; Oliver
popped to first; Stargell singled to right; Robertson doubled to
left [Stargell to third]; COLBORN REPLACED PAPPAS (PITCHING);
Sanguillen singled to pitcher [Stargell scored, Robertson to
third]; Alley was called out on strikes; 4 R, 6 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 1, Pirates 6.

CUBS 6TH: Beckert flied out to right; Williams grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hickman singled to left; Pepitone grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 6TH: Mazeroski grounded out (shortstop to first); Moose
grounded out (first unassisted); Alou was hit by a pitch; Hebner
doubled to left [Alou scored, Hebner scored (error by Kessinger)
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Oliver flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 8.

CUBS 7TH: Santo grounded out (shortstop to first); Callison
singled to right; Hundley popped to first in foul territory;
SMITH BATTED FOR COLBORN; Smith homered [Callison scored];
Kessinger singled to left; Beckert flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Pirates 8.

PIRATES 7TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Stargell
grounded out (second to first); Robertson struck out; Sanguillen
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3,
Pirates 8.

CUBS 8TH: Williams grounded out (first unassisted); Hickman
grounded out (third to first); Pepitone popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Pirates 8.

PIRATES 8TH: Alley grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazeroski
popped to shortstop; Moose struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 3, Pirates 8.

CUBS 9TH: Santo grounded out (pitcher to first); Callison
grounded out (third to first); Hundley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Pirates 8.