Willie Stargell, who led the major leagues in homers with 48 last year, found the range for the first time this season to help the Pirates defeat the Cubs, 7-5. After Stargell's homer in the seventh inning, the Pirates added two more runs to take a 7-3 lead on two walks, singles by Manny Sanguillen and Gene Alley and a sacrifice fly by Dave Cash.

The Cubs rallied against Dock Ellis in the ninth and scored twice on two walks and a double by Don Kessinger before Dave Giusti arrived to put out the fire. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Chicago Cubs 5
Game Played on Thursday, April     20, 1972 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Cubs         1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  2  -   5  7  3
Pirates      0  1  2    0  0  1    3  0  x  -   7 12  2


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              5   1   2   0     0   2   .400      Cash 2b               4   2   1   1     0   1   .333
Beckert 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Oliver cf             5   0   2   1     0   0   .273
Williams lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .286      Clemente rf           4   1   1   0     1   0   .250
Pepitone 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .150      Stargell lf           5   1   1   1     0   0   .176
Santo 3b              3   2   1   2     1   0   .300      Hebner 3b             4   2   3   0     1   0   .308
Cardenal rf           3   1   0   0     1   0   .263      Sanguillen c          5   1   3   2     0   1   .474
Kessinger ss          4   0   1   2     0   0   .133      Robertson 1b          3   0   0   0     1   2   .176
Rudolph c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .333      J. Hernandez ss       3   0   0   0     0   1   .214
  Shamsky ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Davalillo ph        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jenkins p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Alley ph,ss         1   0   1   1     0   0   .500
  Hickman ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Ellis p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stennett ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Decker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Walker p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Monday ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .286

Totals               35   5   7   5     2   6             Totals               38   7  12   6     3   6

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance:  6,529
Left on Base: Cubs 5, Pirates 11
DP: Cubs 0, Pirates 1
Errors: Beckert, Kessinger, Jenkins, Robertson, J. Hernandez
Doubles: Pepitone (1), Kessinger (2), Hebner (1), Oliver (1)
Home Runs: Santo (1), Stargell (1)
Stolen Bases: North (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Cash (1)
GIDP: Kessinger (1)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(0-1)          6     8   4   2   1   5   0  30   2.25
Gura                    0     1   2   2   1   0   1   2   0.00
Decker                  0     1   1   1   1   0   0   2   0.00
Hamilton                2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.00
Totals                  8    12   7   5   3   6   1  42

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis W(1-1)            6     6   3   3   0   2   1  25   5.25
Walker                  2     1   2   2   2   2   0   9   9.00
Giusti SV(1)            1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9     7   5   5   2   6   1  37

Passed Balls: Rudolph (1)

Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Augie Donatelli


CUBS 1ST: North singled to left; Beckert flied out to left;
Williams grounded out (first unassisted) [North to second];
Pepitone doubled to center [North scored]; Santo grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Cash struck out; Oliver flied out to center;
Clemente walked; Stargell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

CUBS 2ND: Cardenal popped to first in foul territory; Kessinger
grounded out (second to first); Rudolph singled to left; Jenkins
popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Hebner doubled to right; Sanguillen singled to
center [Hebner scored]; Robertson grounded out (first
unassisted) [Sanguillen to second]; J. Hernandez struck out;
Ellis grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 1, Pirates 1.

CUBS 3RD: North reached on an error by Robertson [North to
first]; Beckert grounded out (third to first) [North to second];
Williams was called out on strikes; Pepitone lined to right; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Cash reached on an error by Kessinger [Cash to
first]; Oliver lined to shortstop; Clemente singled to center
[Cash to third]; Stargell popped to first in foul territory;
Hebner reached on an error by Beckert [Cash scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Clemente to second, Hebner to first]; Sanguillen
singled to right [Clemente scored (unearned), Hebner to third];
Robertson struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Pirates 3.

CUBS 4TH: Santo grounded out (third to first); Cardenal popped
to catcher in foul territory; Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 4TH: J. Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Ellis grounded out (pitcher to first); Cash reached on an error
by Jenkins [Cash to first]; Oliver singled to right [Cash to
third]; Clemente grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 3.

CUBS 5TH: Rudolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Jenkins
struck out; North singled to second; North stole second; Beckert
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Pirates 3.

PIRATES 5TH: Stargell lined to first; Hebner singled to
shortstop; Sanguillen struck out; Robertson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Pirates 3.

CUBS 6TH: Williams singled to right; Pepitone flied out to left;
Santo homered [Williams scored]; Cardenal reached on an error by
J. Hernandez [Cardenal to first]; Kessinger grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cardenal out at
second]; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 6TH: J. Hernandez flied out to center; STENNETT BATTED
FOR ELLIS; Stennett flied out to center; Cash singled to second;
Oliver doubled to right [Cash scored]; Clemente popped to
catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3,
Pirates 4.

CUBS 7TH: WALKER REPLACED STENNETT (PITCHING); Rudolph grounded
out (third to first); HICKMAN BATTED FOR JENKINS; Hickman struck
out; North was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 3, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 7TH: GURA REPLACED HICKMAN (PITCHING); Stargell homered;
Hebner walked; DECKER REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Sanguillen
singled to right [Hebner to second]; Rudolph allowed a passed
ball [Hebner to third, Sanguillen to second]; Robertson walked;
DAVALILLO BATTED FOR J. HERNANDEZ; HAMILTON REPLACED DECKER
(PITCHING); ALLEY BATTED FOR DAVALILLO; Alley singled to
shortstop [Hebner scored, Sanguillen to third, Robertson to
second]; Walker struck out; Cash hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Sanguillen scored, Robertson to third]; Oliver popped to second
in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Pirates 7.

CUBS 8TH: ALLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Beckert grounded
out (third to first); Williams grounded out (first to pitcher);
Pepitone popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3,
Pirates 7.

PIRATES 8TH: Clemente popped to catcher in foul territory;
Stargell flied out to left; Hebner singled to right; Sanguillen
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Pirates 7.

CUBS 9TH: Santo walked; Cardenal walked [Santo to second];
Kessinger doubled to left [Santo scored, Cardenal scored];
GIUSTI REPLACED WALKER (PITCHING); SHAMSKY BATTED FOR RUDOLPH;
Shamsky popped to catcher in foul territory; MONDAY BATTED FOR
HAMILTON; Monday struck out; North was called out on strikes; 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Pirates 7.