Randy Hundley homered in the seventh inning to produce the Cubs' deciding run in a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals. Billy Williams had a hand in the Cubs' two other tallies, batting in one with a sacrifice fly in the first and scoring on a sacrifice fly by Ron Santo after hitting a double in the fourth and advancing to third base on a single by Joe Pepitone. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Game Played on Saturday, July      29, 1972 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Cardinals    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  8  0
Cubs         1  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  x  -   3  7  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .316      Monday cf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .259
Sizemore 2b           4   1   3   0     0   0   .264      Beckert 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Alou 1b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .315      Williams lf           3   1   1   1     0   0   .339
Torre 3b              4   0   0   1     0   0   .305      Pepitone 1b           3   0   3   0     0   0   .255
Simmons c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .290      Santo 3b              2   0   0   1     0   0   .294
Carbo rf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .253      Cardenal rf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .277
Cruz cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Hundley c             3   1   1   1     0   1   .213
Maxvill ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Kessinger ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  Clendenon ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .189      Hands p               3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Anderson ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wise p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .183        Aker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McNertney ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .125

Totals               34   2   8   1     0   4             Totals               27   3   7   3     1   4

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 30,034
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Cubs 3
DP: Cardinals 1, Cubs 2
Errors: Kessinger
Doubles: Williams (21)
Home Runs: Hundley (4)
Stolen Bases: Sizemore (2), Alou (11), Brock (38), Monday (11)
Caught Stealing: Pepitone (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Williams (3), Santo (6)
GIDP: Kessinger (9)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise L(10-11)           7     7   3   3   1   3   1  27   3.71
Segui                   1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.93
Totals                  8     7   3   3   1   4   1  30

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hands W(8-7)            7.1   7   2   1   0   3   0  29   3.45
Hamilton                0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.31
Aker SV(6)              1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.60
Totals                  9     8   2   1   0   4   0  34

Wild Pitches: Wise (2)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Nick Colosi


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Sizemore flied out to left;
Alou grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Monday singled to right; Monday stole second; Beckert
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Monday to third]; Williams
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Monday scored]; Pepitone singled
to right; Santo flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Cubs 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons
grounded out (first to pitcher); Carbo singled to right; Cruz
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 2ND: Cardenal walked; Hundley was called out on strikes;
Kessinger grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Cardenal out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Cubs 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Maxvill struck out; Wise grounded out (shortstop
to first); Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 3RD: Hands struck out; Monday popped to shortstop; Beckert
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Cubs 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Sizemore singled to right; Sizemore stole second;
Alou grounded out (second to first) [Sizemore to third]; Torre
reached on a fielder's choice [Sizemore scored]; Simmons lined
to right; Carbo grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Cubs 1.

CUBS 4TH: Williams doubled to left; Pepitone singled to left
[Williams to third]; Santo hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Williams scored]; Cardenal flied out to right; Hundley flied
out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Cubs 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cruz flied out to center; Maxvill grounded out
(second to first); Wise struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Cubs 2.

CUBS 5TH: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Hands was
called out on strikes; Monday singled to right; Wise threw a
wild pitch [Monday to second]; Beckert grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Cubs 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
singled to center; Alou forced Sizemore (second to shortstop);
Alou stole second; Torre grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Cubs 2.

CUBS 6TH: Williams flied out to center; Pepitone singled to
right; Pepitone was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Santo flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Cubs 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons singled to center; Carbo singled to
center [Simmons to third]; Cruz hit into a double play (third to
second) [Simmons out at home (second to catcher to third), Cruz
to second, Carbo out at second]; CLENDENON BATTED FOR MAXVILL;
Clendenon flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Cubs 2.

CUBS 7TH: ANDERSON REPLACED CLENDENON (PLAYING SS); Cardenal
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hundley homered; Kessinger
flied out to left; Hands flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Cubs 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: MCNERTNEY BATTED FOR WISE; McNertney grounded out
(second to first); Brock singled to center; Brock stole second;
Sizemore singled to shortstop [Brock scored (error by Kessinger)
(unearned) (no RBI), Sizemore to second]; HAMILTON REPLACED
HANDS (PITCHING); Alou lined into a double play (first to
shortstop) [Sizemore out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Cubs 3.

CUBS 8TH: SEGUI REPLACED MCNERTNEY (PITCHING); Monday struck out
(catcher to first); Beckert flied out to center; Williams
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Cubs 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: AKER REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Torre grounded
out (second to first); Simmons singled to right; Carbo struck
out; Cruz popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Cubs 3.