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Saturday September 8, 1973
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Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Game Played on Saturday, September 8, 1973 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  8  1
Cubs         0  0  0    1  0  0    1  1  x  -   3  7  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .293      Kessinger ss          4   0   1   1     0   0   .260
Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .272      Monday cf             3   0   1   0     0   1   .265
McCarver 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .251        Fanzone ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Simmons c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .301        Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .071
J. Cruz cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .234      Williams 1b,lf        2   1   1   0     2   1   .302
Carbo rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .274      Carty lf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .231
Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .225        Hiser rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .181
Tyson ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Hickman rf,1b         2   0   0   0     1   0   .247
  McBride ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Santo 3b              3   1   1   1     1   1   .274
  Pena p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Popovich 2b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .241
Cleveland p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .242      Rudolph c             2   0   0   0     0   1   .184
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaCock ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .429
  Heintzelman ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Alexander pr        0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kelleher ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .162        Hundley c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .225
                                                          Pappas p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .043
                                                            James ph,cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .114

Totals               32   1   8   1     2   3             Totals               26   3   7   3     4   6

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 28,471
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Cubs 7
DP: Cardinals 0, Cubs 3
Errors: J. Cruz
Doubles: Reitz (16), Popovich (5), Monday (23)
Home Runs: Santo (17)
Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (62), Carbo (2)
Caught Stealing: Santo (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Hickman (2), Carty (1), James (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Popovich (5)
GIDP: Simmons (26)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland L(13-8)       6.1   6   2   2   4   4   0  28   3.07
Hrabosky                0.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   1.72
Pena                    1     1   1   1   0   0   1   4   3.14
Totals                  8     7   3   3   4   6   1  34

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pappas W(7-11)          7     7   1   1   0   2   0  25   4.33
Locker SV(14)           2     1   0   0   2   1   0   9   2.53
Totals                  9     8   1   1   2   3   0  34

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - John McSherry


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied to left in foul territory; Sizemore
grounded out (pitcher to first); McCarver flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Monday flied
out to center; Williams walked; Carty forced Williams (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to right; J. Cruz struck out;
Carbo flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Hickman grounded out (pitcher to first); Santo flied
out to left; Popovich doubled to right; Rudolph struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz doubled to left; Tyson grounded out (second
to first) [Reitz to third]; Cleveland grounded out (shortstop to
first); Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Pappas struck out; Kessinger grounded out (second to
first); Monday was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Sizemore flied out to center; McCarver singled to
right; Simmons lined into a double play (second to first)
[McCarver out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Williams singled to right; Carty singled to left
[Williams to second]; Hickman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Williams to third, Carty to second]; Santo was
walked intentionally; Popovich hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Williams scored, Carty to third]; Santo was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Cubs 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: J. Cruz singled to right; Carbo singled to center
[J. Cruz to second]; Reitz lined to left; Tyson popped to third;
Cleveland was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 5TH: Rudolph popped to first in foul territory; Pappas
flied out to left; Kessinger grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock singled to center; Brock stole second;
Sizemore singled to center [Brock scored]; McCarver flied out to
left; Simmons grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Sizemore out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Cubs 1.

CUBS 6TH: Monday doubled to right; Williams was walked
intentionally; Carty out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Monday to third, Williams to second]; Hickman was walked
intentionally; Santo struck out; Popovich flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Cubs 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: J. Cruz popped to first; Carbo singled to right;
Carbo stole second; Reitz lined into a double play (third to
second) [Carbo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Cubs 1.

CUBS 7TH: LACOCK BATTED FOR RUDOLPH; LaCock singled to right;
ALEXANDER RAN FOR LACOCK; JAMES BATTED FOR PAPPAS; James out on
a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Alexander to second];
Kessinger singled to center [Alexander scored, Kessinger to
third (error by J. Cruz)]; HRABOSKY REPLACED CLEVELAND
(PITCHING); FANZONE BATTED FOR MONDAY; Fanzone was called out on
strikes; Williams struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Cubs 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: LOCKER REPLACED FANZONE (PITCHING); JAMES STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); HUNDLEY REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING C );
MCBRIDE BATTED FOR TYSON; McBride grounded out (second to
first); HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Heintzelman grounded
out (shortstop to first); Brock walked; Brock stole second;
Sizemore grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Cubs 2.

CUBS 8TH: PENA REPLACED MCBRIDE (PITCHING); KELLEHER REPLACED
HEINTZELMAN (PLAYING SS); Carty grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hickman grounded out (third to first); Santo homered;
Popovich grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Cubs 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: HISER REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING RF); HICKMAN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); WILLIAMS CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); McCarver walked; Simmons singled to center
[McCarver to third]; J. Cruz popped to third in foul territory;
Carbo popped to third in foul territory; Reitz struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Cubs 3.



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