Bouncing back from the loss of the previous night's doubleheader, the Cubs defeated the Cardinals, 7-1, behind the pitching of Ken Holtzman, and pulled into a tie for second place with the idle Mets, both clubs 2½ games back of the Pirates in the East division race. Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 1Game Played on Thursday, September 24, 1970 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IICubs 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 - 7 7 0 Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kessinger ss 3 1 1 0 2 1 .268 Brock lf 4 1 2 0 0 2 .305 Beckert 2b 4 2 0 0 1 0 .295 Javier 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .251 Williams rf,lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .328 Carl Taylor 1b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .245 T. Davis lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .282 Torre 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .324 Callison rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Cardenal cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Santo 3b 3 1 0 1 1 0 .265 Melendez rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .364 Hickman 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .323 Simmons c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .240 James cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Maxvill ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .205 Pepitone cf,1b 2 2 1 1 2 0 .261 Torrez p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Hundley c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .247 Chuck Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .115 Holtzman p 4 0 0 0 0 1 .206 Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Briles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Totals 33 7 7 5 6 5 Totals 33 1 7 1 2 3 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 15,955 Left on Base: Cubs 5, Cardinals 7 DP: Cubs 1, Cardinals 0 Errors: Brock Doubles: Hickman (32) Home Runs: Pepitone (24) Caught Stealing: Kessinger (6), Pepitone (3) GIDP: Torrez (2) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Holtzman W(17-11) 9 7 1 1 2 3 0 35 3.39 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 3 0 35 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Torrez L(8-10) 6 6 6 5 5 2 1 28 4.22 Chuck Taylor 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 3.02 Briles 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 6.30 Totals 9 7 7 6 6 5 1 39 Wild Pitches: Chuck Taylor (3) Umpires: HP - Frank Secory, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Frank Dezelan, 3B - Tony Venzon CUBS 1ST: Kessinger walked; Beckert grounded out (first unassisted) [Kessinger to second]; Williams was called out on strikes; T. Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Javier singled to right [Brock to third]; Carl Taylor forced Javier (shortstop to second) [Brock scored]; Torre forced Carl Taylor (third to second); Cardenal grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Cardinals 1. CUBS 2ND: Santo popped to first in foul territory; Hickman grounded out (shortstop to first); Pepitone homered; Hundley flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Melendez grounded out (second to first); Simmons walked; Maxvill singled to shortstop [Simmons to second]; Torrez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Maxvill out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CUBS 3RD: Holtzman struck out; Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); Beckert popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock was called out on strikes; Javier grounded out (second to first); Carl Taylor walked; Torre flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CUBS 4TH: Williams grounded out (second to first); T. Davis grounded out (second to first); Santo walked; Hickman singled to left [Santo to second]; Pepitone grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Cardenal popped to first in foul territory; Melendez struck out; Simmons grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CUBS 5TH: Hundley popped to first; Holtzman grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger singled to right; Kessinger was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Maxvill grounded out (pitcher to first); Torrez singled to right; Brock was called out on strikes; Javier flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CUBS 6TH: Beckert walked; Williams flied out to right; T. Davis singled to center [Beckert to third]; Santo forced T. Davis (shortstop to second) [Beckert scored]; Hickman doubled to left [Santo scored]; Pepitone was walked intentionally; Hundley singled to left [Hickman scored, Pepitone scored (error by Brock) (unearned) (no RBI), Hundley to third]; Holtzman grounded out (second to first); 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Carl Taylor flied out to center; Torre singled to left; Cardenal flied out to right; Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Cardinals 1. CUBS 7TH: Kessinger walked; CHUCK TAYLOR REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Beckert reached on a fielder's choice [Kessinger to second]; Williams singled to right [Kessinger scored, Beckert to third]; Chuck Taylor threw a wild pitch [Beckert scored, Williams to second]; T. Davis popped to second; Santo grounded out (shortstop to first) [Williams to third]; Hickman struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 7, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 7TH: CALLISON REPLACED T. DAVIS (PLAYING RF); JAMES REPLACED HICKMAN (PLAYING CF); PEPITONE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); WILLIAMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Simmons grounded out (second to first); Maxvill singled to left; BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR CHUCK TAYLOR; Beauchamp popped to first; Brock singled to left [Maxvill to second]; Javier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 7, Cardinals 1. CUBS 8TH: BRILES REPLACED BEAUCHAMP (PITCHING); Pepitone walked; Pepitone was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Hundley was called out on strikes; Holtzman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 7, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: Carl Taylor popped to first; Torre popped to catcher in foul territory; Cardenal popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 7, Cardinals 1. CUBS 9TH: Kessinger was called out on strikes; Beckert grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 7, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Melendez popped to first in foul territory; Simmons flied out to center; Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 7, Cardinals 1. |
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