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.