Bake McBride, who showed his power with a three-run homer in the first inning, later displayed his speed by scoring from first base on a double by Ted Simmons in the eighth to bring the Cardinals a 6-5 victory over the Cubs. After McBride hit his homer, Joe Torre also connected for the circuit to give Bob Gibson a 4-1 lead. Led by Jose Cardenal, who hit two doubles and a single, driving in three runs and scoring one, the Cubs pulled into a tie, but the Cards regained the lead with an unearned run in the sixth. The Cubs then tied the score again with a homer by Jerry Morales in the eighth. In the Cards' half, McBride was hit by a pitch before making his dash home and scoring the winning run on Simmons' two-bagger. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, Chicago Cubs 5
Game Played on Sunday, May       19, 1974 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Cubs         1  0  2    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   5  9  2
Cardinals    4  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  x  -   6  7  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          4   1   2   0     1   0   .264      Brock lf              4   1   2   0     0   1   .314
Alexander 3b          1   1   0   0     1   0   .400      Heintzelman 2b        3   1   0   0     1   1   .300
  Fanzone ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .250      McBride cf            3   2   1   3     0   1   .321
Williams 1b           4   0   0   0     1   0   .288      Simmons c             4   1   3   1     0   0   .324
Cardenal rf           5   1   3   3     0   0   .310      Torre 1b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .272
Monday cf             3   0   1   1     1   1   .292      Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .350
Morales lf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .214      Cruz rf               2   0   0   0     2   1   .194
Mitterwald c          4   0   0   0     0   2   .216      Tyson ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .208
Harris 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .202        McCarver ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .222
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Alvarado ss         0   0   0   0     1   0   .091
Bonham p              3   1   1   0     0   0   .182      Gibson p              4   0   0   0     0   1   .190
  Rosello 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ward ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .233

Totals               33   5   9   5     5   3             Totals               30   6   7   6     4   8

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 29,371
Left on Base: Cubs 8, Cardinals 6
DP: Cubs 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Harris 2
Doubles: Cardenal 2 (9), Simmons (10)
Triples: Simmons (3)
Home Runs: Morales (4), McBride (4), Torre (2)
Stolen Bases: Harris (8), Cardenal (6), Brock 2 (27)
Sacrifice Hits: Alexander 2 (3)
Sacrifice Flies: McCarver (3)
GIDP: Morales (5)
Hit by Pitch: McBride (3,by Bonham)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham L(2-8)           7     6   6   5   2   7   2  30   4.57
Pina                    1     1   0   0   2   1   0   6   2.38
Totals                  8     7   6   5   4   8   2  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson W(3-3)           8.1   8   5   5   5   3   1  37   5.07
Hrabosky SV(1)          0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.34
Totals                  9     9   5   5   5   3   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Bonham (1)
Wild Pitches: Bonham (4)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Paul Runge


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to right; Alexander out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Kessinger to second];
Williams flied out to right; Cardenal doubled to left [Kessinger
scored]; Monday was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Heintzelman walked [Brock
to second]; Bonham threw a wild pitch [Brock to third,
Heintzelman to second]; McBride homered [Brock scored,
Heintzelman scored]; Simmons flied out to left; Torre homered;
Reitz struck out; Cruz was called out on strikes; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 2ND: Morales grounded out (second to first); Mitterwald
struck out (catcher to first); Harris popped to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 2ND: Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Gibson
grounded out (second to first); Brock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 3RD: Bonham singled to center; Kessinger flied out to left;
Alexander walked [Bonham to second]; Williams walked [Bonham to
third, Alexander to second]; Cardenal doubled to left [Bonham
scored, Alexander scored, Williams to third]; Monday was walked
intentionally; Morales grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Monday out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3,
Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 3RD: Heintzelman struck out; McBride popped to third
in foul territory; Simmons tripled to right; Torre grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 4TH: Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first); Harris
walked; Harris stole second; Bonham flied out to right;
Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3,
Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz flied out to left; Cruz flied out to
center; Tyson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3,
Cardinals 4.

CUBS 5TH: Alexander grounded out (second to first); Williams
grounded out (first unassisted); Cardenal singled to left;
Cardenal stole second; Monday singled to center [Cardenal
scored]; Morales popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 4, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 5TH: Gibson was called out on strikes; Brock singled
to center; Brock stole second; Brock stole third; Heintzelman
grounded out (pitcher to first); McBride struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 6TH: Mitterwald was called out on strikes; Harris flied out
to left; Bonham grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons singled to center; Torre reached on an
error by Harris [Simmons to third (error by Harris), Torre to
second]; Reitz grounded out (third to first); Cruz was walked
intentionally; MCCARVER BATTED FOR TYSON; McCarver sacrifice
flied into a double play to left [Simmons scored (unearned),
Cruz out at second (left to catcher to second)]; 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 5.

CUBS 7TH: ALVARADO REPLACED MCCARVER (PLAYING SS); Kessinger
singled to right; Alexander out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Kessinger to second]; Williams flied out to right;
Cardenal flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4,
Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: Gibson flied out to left; Brock flied out to
left; Heintzelman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 5.

CUBS 8TH: Monday grounded out (second to first); Morales
homered; Mitterwald flied out to right; Harris grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: McBride was hit by a pitch; PINA REPLACED HARRIS
(PITCHING); ROSELLO REPLACED BONHAM (PLAYING 2B); Simmons
doubled to right [McBride scored]; Torre struck out; Reitz flied
out to right; Cruz was walked intentionally; Alvarado walked
[Simmons to third, Cruz to second]; Gibson flied out to left; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 5, Cardinals 6.

CUBS 9TH: WARD BATTED FOR ROSELLO; Ward popped to catcher in
foul territory; Kessinger walked; HRABOSKY REPLACED GIBSON
(PITCHING); FANZONE BATTED FOR ALEXANDER; Fanzone singled to
center [Kessinger to third]; Williams popped to third in foul
territory; Cardenal flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 5, Cardinals 6.