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Bob Gibson allowed only three hits and gained his 18th victory when the Cardinals defeated the Cubs, 4-1. Ted Simmons hit a homer in the seventh inning to break a 1-1 tie and send Gibson on the way to his triumph. [The Sporting News] St. Louis Cardinals 4, Chicago Cubs 1Game Played on Friday, September 29, 1972 (Day game) at Wrigley FieldCardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 - 4 8 0
Cubs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 1
Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Brock lf 3 1 1 0 2 2 .310 Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278
Sizemore 2b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .264 Cardenal rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .296
Cruz rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .244 Williams lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .333
Torre 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .291 Hickman 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .275
Simmons c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .299 Santo 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .304
Reitz 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .364 Monday cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248
Roque cf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .109 Beckert 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .268
Kelleher ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .135 Hendricks c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .142
Gibson p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .192 Hooton p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .125
Bourque ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Bonham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Totals 32 4 8 4 5 7 Totals 30 1 3 1 3 5
Time of Game: 1:54 Attendance: 2,030
Left on Base: Cardinals 7, Cubs 5
DP: Cardinals 0, Cubs 1
Errors: Beckert
Doubles: Brock (26), Roque (2), Hickman (15)
Home Runs: Simmons (16)
Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (63), Roque (1), Cruz (9), Cardenal (25)
Caught Stealing: Brock (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Sizemore (5)
GIDP: Torre (19)
Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Gibson W(18-11) 9 3 1 1 3 5 0 33 2.44
Totals 9 3 1 1 3 5 0 33
Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Hooton L(11-14) 7 5 2 2 3 5 1 28 2.80
Bonham 2 3 2 2 2 2 0 10 3.31
Totals 9 8 4 4 5 7 1 38
Wild Pitches: Hooton (8)
Umpires: HP - Ken Burkhart, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - John McSherry
CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Brock stole second; Brock was
caught stealing third (catcher to third); Sizemore flied out to
center; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.
CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal
grounded out (pitcher to first); Williams walked; Hickman
singled to third [Williams to third]; Santo walked [Hickman to
second]; Monday was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Torre grounded out (third to first); Simmons
singled to left; Reitz forced Simmons (third to second); Roque
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0,
Cubs 0.
CUBS 2ND: Beckert lined to third; Hendricks flied out to right;
Hooton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.
CARDINALS 3RD: Kelleher grounded out (second to first); Gibson
struck out; Brock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals
0, Cubs 0.
CUBS 3RD: Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to first); Cardenal
singled to left; Cardenal stole second; Williams popped to
shortstop; Hickman doubled to right [Cardenal scored]; Santo
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Cubs 1.
CARDINALS 4TH: Sizemore singled to left; Cruz popped to third;
Torre grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Sizemore out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0,
Cubs 1.
CUBS 4TH: Monday popped to third; Beckert grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hendricks grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 1.
CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons flied out to left; Reitz grounded out
(second to first); Roque walked; Roque stole second; Kelleher
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 1.
CUBS 5TH: Hooton struck out; Kessinger grounded out (first to
pitcher); Cardenal flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Cubs 1.
CARDINALS 6TH: Gibson grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock
doubled to center; Hooton threw a wild pitch [Brock to third];
Sizemore hit a sacrifice fly to left [Brock scored]; Cruz
walked; Cruz stole second; Torre struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 1.
CUBS 6TH: Williams struck out; Hickman struck out; Santo flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 1.
CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons homered; Reitz singled to left; Roque
reached on an error by Beckert [Reitz to second, Roque to
first]; Kelleher forced Reitz (pitcher to third) [Roque to
second]; Gibson popped to third; Brock struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Cubs 1.
CUBS 7TH: Monday grounded out (second to first); Beckert walked;
Hendricks flied out to center; BOURQUE BATTED FOR HOOTON;
Bourque popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2,
Cubs 1.
CARDINALS 8TH: BONHAM REPLACED BOURQUE (PITCHING); Sizemore
walked; Cruz flied out to left; Torre singled to left [Sizemore
to second]; Simmons flied out to right; Reitz singled to right
[Sizemore scored, Torre to third]; Roque doubled to right [Torre
scored, Reitz out at home (right to first to catcher)]; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 1.
CUBS 8TH: Kessinger lined to third; Cardenal grounded out
(shortstop to first); Williams flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 1.
CARDINALS 9TH: Kelleher popped to shortstop; Gibson was called
out on strikes; Brock walked; Brock stole second; Sizemore
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 1.
CUBS 9TH: Hickman flied out to left; Santo grounded out (third
to first); Monday popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Cubs 1.
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