After hitting his first homer of the season in the eighth inning, Matty Alou beat out a bunt as the key of a two-run rally that enabled the Cardinals to defeat the Cubs, 3-2. Ted Sizemore singled with one out in the ninth. Alou followed with his safe bunt and when Carmen Fanzone threw wildly to first, Sizemore scored and Alou scampered to third. The Cubs then walked Joe Torre intentionally, but Ted Simmons wrecked the move with a single that sent Alou home with the winning run. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       20, 1972 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Cubs         0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  2
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  2  -   3  7  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          4   0   3   0     1   0   .259      Brock lf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .312
Beckert 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Sizemore 2b           3   1   2   0     1   0   .243
Williams 1b,lf        4   0   2   0     0   0   .262      Alou 1b               4   2   2   1     0   0   .343
Monday cf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .360      Torre 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .374
Fanzone 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .273      Simmons c             4   0   1   1     0   0   .278
Cardenal lf,rf        3   1   1   1     1   0   .287      Carbo rf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .148
Hiser rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .333      Cruz cf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .202
  Hickman 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .313      Crosby ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Hundley c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .224        Drabowsky p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hooton p              4   0   0   0     0   3   .059      Gibson p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .063
                                                            Clendenon ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .146
                                                            Maxvill ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .071

Totals               34   2  10   1     3   6             Totals               30   3   7   2     2   5

Time of Game: 1:52   Attendance: 20,089
Left on Base: Cubs 8, Cardinals 4
DP: Cubs 1, Cardinals 3
Errors: Fanzone 2
Triples: Cardenal (3)
Home Runs: Alou (1)
Stolen Bases: Williams (2), Brock (14)
GIDP: Beckert (6), Torre (6)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hooton L(3-4)           8.1   7   3   2   2   5   1  32   2.82
Totals                  8.1   7   3   2   2   5   1  32

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson                  8    10   2   2   3   5   0  34   4.45
Drabowsky W(1-1)        1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.38
Totals                  9    10   2   2   3   6   0  37

Passed Balls: Hundley (3), Simmons (3)

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


CUBS 1ST: Cardinals Manager Red Schoendienst ejected by 3B
umpire Nick Colosi sometime in game; Kessinger singled to
right; On a bunt Beckert hit into a double play (third to first)
[Kessinger out at second]; Williams grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to third; Brock stole second;
Sizemore walked; Alou popped to shortstop; Torre hit into a
double play (third unassisted) [Torre to second (error by
Fanzone), Sizemore out at third (first to catcher to third),
Brock out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 2ND: Monday walked; Fanzone grounded out (third to first)
[Monday to second]; Cardenal tripled to right [Monday scored];
Simmons allowed a passed ball [Cardenal scored]; Hiser singled
to center; Hundley lined to center; Hooton was called out on
strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Carbo
grounded out (pitcher to first); Cruz flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 3RD: Kessinger walked; Beckert flied out to right; Williams
singled to right [Kessinger to third]; Williams stole second;
Monday popped to first; Fanzone struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Crosby popped to third in foul territory; Gibson
popped to shortstop; Brock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 4TH: Cardenal flied out to center; Hiser flied out to
center; Hundley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Sizemore singled to right; Alou flied out to
right; Torre grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Sizemore out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Cardinals 0.

CUBS 5TH: Hooton struck out; Kessinger singled to left; Beckert
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Kessinger out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons flied out to left; Carbo was called out
on strikes; Cruz flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 6TH: Williams singled to right; Monday struck out; Fanzone
grounded out (third to first) [Williams to second]; Cardenal
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Crosby grounded out (shortstop to first); Gibson
grounded out (third to first); Brock singled to left; Hundley
allowed a passed ball [Brock to second]; Sizemore grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 7TH: Hiser singled to center; On a bunt Hundley singled to
pitcher [Hiser to second]; On a bunt Hooton hit into a double
play (first to shortstop) [Hundley stayed at first, Hiser out at
third]; Kessinger singled to right [Hundley to second]; Beckert
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Alou homered; Torre flied out to right; Simmons
flied out to left; Carbo struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
2, Cardinals 1.

CUBS 8TH: Williams grounded out (second to first); Monday
singled to pitcher; Fanzone grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Monday to second]; Cardenal walked; Hiser popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: Cruz was called out on strikes; Crosby grounded
out (shortstop to first); CLENDENON BATTED FOR GIBSON; Clendenon
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Cardinals 1.

CUBS 9TH: MAXVILL REPLACED CLENDENON (PLAYING SS); DRABOWSKY
REPLACED CROSBY (PITCHING); Hundley flied out to left; Hooton
struck out; Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: HICKMAN REPLACED HISER (PLAYING 1B); WILLIAMS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); CARDENAL CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Brock struck out; Sizemore singled to second; On a
bunt Alou singled to third [Sizemore scored (error by Fanzone)
(no RBI), Alou to third]; Torre was walked intentionally;
Simmons singled to center [Alou scored (unearned), Torre to
second]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 3.