Chicago Cubs 15, St. Louis Cardinals 1 (Game 2) Game Played on Saturday, September 23, 1972 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II Cubs 0 5 0 0 0 3 5 0 2 - 15 15 1 Cardinals 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 8 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kessinger ss 5 2 2 3 0 2 .283 Brock lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .311 LaCock rf 1 1 0 1 0 0 .333 Crosby 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .212 Cardenal rf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .296 Cruz rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Rosello ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Simmons 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Williams lf 3 1 1 3 2 0 .335 Jutze c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .241 Bonham p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .348 Santo 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Roque cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .093 Fanzone pr,3b 5 1 2 3 0 1 .230 Tyson ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .182 Monday cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .250 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Tyrone pr,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torre ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .293 Bourque 1b 5 2 2 2 0 0 .273 Santorini p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .054 Beckert 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .263 Voss ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Montreuil 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Folkers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rudolph c 4 1 1 0 1 0 .237 Grzenda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Decker p 2 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Bare p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 North ph,lf,cf 2 1 1 0 0 1 .171 Carbo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Hudson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 43 15 15 12 6 4 Totals 32 1 5 1 0 5 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 12,741 Left on Base: Cubs 8, Cardinals 4 DP: Cubs 1, Cardinals 1 Errors: Rosello, Brock, Crosby 2, Simmons, Jutze, Reitz, Tyson, Cleveland Doubles: Monday (22), Fanzone (11), Torre (26), Tyson (1), Crosby (9) Triples: Kessinger (6), North (2), Cruz (4) Home Runs: Williams (34) Stolen Bases: LaCock (1), Brock (60) Caught Stealing: Cardenal (13) Sacrifice Hits: Decker (2) GIDP: Beckert (16) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Decker W(1-0) 6 5 1 1 0 2 0 23 2.16 Bonham SV(4) 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 3.06 Totals 9 5 1 1 0 5 0 32 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cleveland L(14-15) 3 4 5 1 1 1 0 15 3.94 Santorini 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 9 4.33 Folkers 0.2 3 3 3 2 0 0 7 5.00 Grzenda 1 4 5 5 1 1 1 8 5.66 Bare 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.60 Hudson 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 7 2.38 Totals 9 15 15 10 6 4 1 50 Wild Pitches: Grzenda (3) Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Paul Pryor CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); Cardenal singled to right; Cardenal was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Williams flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Crosby grounded out (first unassisted); Cruz tripled to center; Simmons popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Cardinals 0. CUBS 2ND: Santo reached on an error by Tyson [Santo to first]; Ron Santo injured ankle on bag; FANZONE RAN FOR SANTO; Monday doubled to right [Fanzone to third]; Bourque singled to left [Fanzone scored (unearned), Monday scored]; Beckert singled to center [Bourque to second]; Rudolph popped to second; On a bunt Decker reached on an error by Cleveland [Bourque scored (unearned) (no RBI), Beckert scored (unearned) (no RBI), Decker scored (error by Brock) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Kessinger struck out; Cardenal flied out to center; 5 R (1 ER), 3 H, 3 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: FANZONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Jutze flied out to right; Reitz popped to second; Roque was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Cardinals 0. CUBS 3RD: Williams walked; Jutze dropped a foul fly hit by Fanzone for an error; Fanzone popped to first [Williams to second (error by Simmons)]; Monday flied out to right; Bourque flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson grounded out (second to first); TORRE BATTED FOR CLEVELAND; Torre doubled to left; Brock singled to center [Torre scored]; Brock stole second; Crosby grounded out (second to first) [Brock to third]; Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Cardinals 1. CUBS 4TH: SANTORINI REPLACED TORRE (PITCHING); Beckert singled to right; Rudolph walked [Beckert to second]; Decker forced Beckert (pitcher to third) [Rudolph to third (error by Reitz), Decker to first]; Kessinger struck out; Cardenal popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 5, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons flied out to right; Jutze grounded out (third to first); Reitz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Cardinals 1. CUBS 5TH: Williams reached on an error by Crosby [Williams to first]; Fanzone struck out; Monday flied out to left; Bourque forced Williams (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Roque popped to first in foul territory; Tyson doubled to left; VOSS BATTED FOR SANTORINI; Voss grounded out (shortstop to first) [Tyson to third]; Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Cardinals 1. CUBS 6TH: FOLKERS REPLACED VOSS (PITCHING); Beckert grounded out (third to first); Rudolph singled to right; Decker out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Rudolph to second]; Kessinger tripled to left [Rudolph scored]; Cardenal walked; Williams walked [Cardenal to second]; Fanzone singled to center [Kessinger scored, Cardenal scored, Williams to second]; GRZENDA REPLACED FOLKERS (PITCHING); Monday flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 8, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Crosby doubled to right; Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher) [Crosby to third]; Simmons grounded out (third to first); Jutze struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 8, Cardinals 1. CUBS 7TH: Bourque singled to left; Beckert walked [Bourque to second]; Rudolph grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bourque to third, Beckert to second]; NORTH BATTED FOR DECKER; North struck out; Kessinger singled to left [Bourque scored, Beckert scored]; Cardenal singled to right [Kessinger to second]; Grzenda threw a wild pitch [Kessinger to third, Cardenal to second]; Williams homered [Kessinger scored, Cardenal scored]; BARE REPLACED GRZENDA (PITCHING); Fanzone flied out to center; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 13, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 7TH: NORTH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LACOCK REPLACED KESSINGER (PLAYING RF); ROSELLO REPLACED CARDENAL (PLAYING SS); BONHAM REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Reitz reached on an error by Rosello [Reitz to first]; Roque lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Reitz out at first]; Tyson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 13, Cardinals 1. CUBS 8TH: Monday singled to left; TYRONE RAN FOR MONDAY; Bourque popped to shortstop; Beckert grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Tyrone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 13, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: MONTREUIL REPLACED BECKERT (PLAYING 2B); TYRONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); NORTH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); CARBO BATTED FOR BARE; Carbo popped to third in foul territory; Brock was called out on strikes; Crosby struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 13, Cardinals 1. CUBS 9TH: HUDSON REPLACED CARBO (PITCHING); Rudolph flied out to right; North tripled to right; LaCock reached on an error by Crosby [North scored (RBI), LaCock to first]; LaCock stole second; Rosello walked; Bonham forced Rosello (first to shortstop) [LaCock to third]; Fanzone doubled to left [LaCock scored (unearned), Bonham to third]; Tyrone popped to first; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 15, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Cruz lined to left; Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); Jutze struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 15, Cardinals 1.

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