The Cardinals snapped their eight-game losing streak when Joe Torre smashed a three-run homer in the fifth inning to defeat the Cubs, 4-3. A triple by Ted Simmons led to the Cardinals' first run in the fourth. Ted Sizemore doubled in the fifth and Matty Alou singled before Torre decided the outcome with his homer. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Chicago Cubs 3
Game Played on Friday, May       19, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Cubs         1  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   3  8  1
Cardinals    0  0  0    1  3  0    0  0  x  -   4  9  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          5   1   1   0     0   0   .240      Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .306
Beckert 2b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .235      Sizemore 2b           3   1   2   0     1   0   .231
Williams lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Alou 1b               4   1   1   0     0   1   .337
Monday cf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .361      Torre 3b              4   1   3   3     0   0   .384
Hickman 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .313      Simmons c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .279
Fanzone 3b            2   0   0   1     1   0   .300      Carbo rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .167
Cardenal rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Cruz cf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .209
Rudolph c             4   1   1   1     0   1   .235      Crosby ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .278
Jenkins p             3   0   1   0     0   2   .231        Maxvill ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .071
  Shamsky ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .000        Fiore ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Hiser pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Anderson ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                          Spinks p              4   0   1   0     0   1   .211

Totals               32   3   8   3     4   5             Totals               33   4   9   3     3   5

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 18,669
Left on Base: Cubs 7, Cardinals 8
DP: Cubs 1, Cardinals 2
Errors: Beckert
Doubles: Monday (5), Sizemore (3)
Triples: Simmons (1)
Home Runs: Rudolph (1), Torre (3)
Stolen Bases: Cardenal (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Fanzone (1)
GIDP: Cardenal (4), Williams (3), Cruz (3)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(3-4)          8     9   4   4   3   5   1  36   3.18
Totals                  8     9   4   4   3   5   1  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spinks W(3-1)           9     8   3   3   4   5   1  37   2.53
Totals                  9     8   3   3   4   5   1  37

Wild Pitches: Spinks (4)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - John Kibler


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to right; Beckert singled to
shortstop [Kessinger to second]; Williams flied out to left;
Monday singled to left [Kessinger scored, Beckert to second];
Hickman forced Beckert (third unassisted) [Monday to second];
Spinks threw a wild pitch [Monday to third, Hickman to second];
Fanzone walked; Cardenal grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
singled to left; Alou struck out; Torre singled to right
[Sizemore to third]; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 2ND: Rudolph flied out to center; Jenkins struck out;
Kessinger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Carbo flied out to left; Cruz struck out; Crosby
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 3RD: Beckert grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams
grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Spinks singled to left; Brock forced Spinks
(second unassisted); Cardinals Coach Ken Boyer ejected by 2B
umpire Ed Sudol; Sizemore walked [Brock to second]; Alou
popped to shortstop; Torre flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 4TH: Hickman walked; Fanzone popped to shortstop; Cardenal
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Hickman out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons tripled to second; Carbo walked; Cruz
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Simmons scored (no RBI), Carbo out at second]; Crosby struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 1.

CUBS 5TH: Rudolph homered; Jenkins singled to center; Kessinger
popped to third in foul territory; Beckert singled to right
[Jenkins to second]; Williams grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Beckert out at second]; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Spinks grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock
flied out to left; Sizemore doubled; Alou singled to pitcher
[Sizemore to third]; Torre homered [Sizemore scored, Alou
scored]; Simmons reached on an error by Beckert [Simmons to
first]; Carbo grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 6TH: Monday doubled; Hickman grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Monday to third]; Fanzone hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Monday scored]; Cardenal grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); Crosby
grounded out (pitcher to first); Spinks flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 7TH: Rudolph was called out on strikes; Jenkins was called
out on strikes; Kessinger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 8TH: MAXVILL REPLACED CROSBY (PLAYING SS); Beckert walked;
Williams struck out; Monday grounded out (first unassisted)
[Beckert to second]; Hickman lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 3, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: Torre singled to left; Simmons flied out to left;
Carbo singled to center [Torre to second]; Cruz walked [Torre to
third, Carbo to second]; FIORE BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Fiore was
called out on strikes; Spinks struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cubs 3, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 9TH: ANDERSON REPLACED FIORE (PLAYING SS); Fanzone flied
out to center; Cardenal singled to right; Rudolph flied out to
right; SHAMSKY BATTED FOR JENKINS; Cardenal stole second;
Shamsky walked; HISER RAN FOR SHAMSKY; Kessinger forced Cardenal
(third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Cardinals 4.