Just when it appeared the Cubs would settle for one run in the first inning, four extra-base blows produced three more tallies and led to a 4-3 victory over the Cardinals. Don Kessinger walked to lead off the inning, took third on a single by Jerry Morales and scored as Billy Williams bounced into a double play.

But Rick Monday followed with a homer and Jose Cardenal, Bill Madlock and Vic Harris hit successive doubles to complete the four-run outburst. The Cardinals, who had a homer by Ted Simmons, were unable to catch up against Jim Todd and Oscar Zamora. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3
Game Played on Tuesday, July      2, 1974 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Cubs         4  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  8  0
Cardinals    0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3 10  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          2   1   0   0     2   0   .264      Brock lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .316
Morales lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .259      Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .253
Williams 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .284      Smith rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .348
  Thornton 1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Simmons c             4   1   1   1     0   1   .274
Monday cf             3   1   1   1     1   0   .288      Torre 1b              4   2   3   0     0   0   .284
Cardenal rf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .294        Melendez pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Madlock 3b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .299      McBride cf            3   0   3   0     0   0   .288
Harris 2b             4   0   2   1     0   1   .182      Reitz 3b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .303
Swisher c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .210      Tyson ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Todd p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .000        McCarver ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .222
  Zamora p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Hickman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .280
                                                          Siebert p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .097
                                                            Thompson p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
                                                            Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .375
                                                            Heidemann ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .176

Totals               29   4   8   3     6   5             Totals               31   3  10   3     1   2

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 26,088
Left on Base: Cubs 4, Cardinals 5
DP: Cubs 1, Cardinals 3
Errors: Simmons
Doubles: Cardenal (21), Madlock (10), Harris (6), Torre (15), Reitz (14)
Home Runs: Monday (8), Simmons (10)
Stolen Bases: Brock (49)
Caught Stealing: Monday (4), McBride (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Reitz (2), McBride (3)
Sacrifice Flies: McCarver (4)
GIDP: Williams (5), Madlock (4), Tyson (9)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Todd W(2-1)             5     6   2   2   1   0   1  19   4.15
Zamora SV(3)            4     4   1   1   0   2   0  16   1.96
Totals                  9    10   3   3   1   2   1  35

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert L(7-6)          0.2   4   4   4   1   0   1   6   3.29
Thompson                4.1   1   0   0   3   4   0  16   5.06
Folkers                 2     0   0   0   1   1   0   6   2.80
Hrabosky                2     3   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.77
Totals                  9     8   4   4   6   5   1  35

Wild Pitches: Thompson (3)

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Bill Williams


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger walked; Morales singled to center [Kessinger
to third]; Williams grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Kessinger scored (no RBI), Morales out at
second]; Monday homered; Cardenal doubled to center; Madlock
doubled to right [Cardenal scored]; THOMPSON REPLACED SIEBERT
(PITCHING); Harris doubled to center [Madlock scored]; Swisher
grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
grounded out (third to first); Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 2ND: Todd was called out on strikes; Kessinger walked;
Thompson threw a wild pitch [Kessinger to second]; Morales
popped to third in foul territory; Williams struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons homered; Torre doubled to left; McBride
singled to third [Torre to third]; Reitz forced McBride (second
to shortstop) [Torre scored]; Tyson grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Reitz out at second]; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 2.

CUBS 3RD: Monday flied out to left; Cardenal grounded out
(second to first); Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Thompson grounded out (third to first); Brock
walked; Brock was picked off first (pitcher to first); Sizemore
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 2.

CUBS 4TH: Harris flied out to left; Swisher walked; Swisher was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Simmons [Swisher to
second]; Todd struck out; Kessinger grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Smith grounded out (second to first); Simmons
flied out to center; Torre grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 2.

CUBS 5TH: Morales was called out on strikes; Williams grounded
out (first unassisted); Monday walked; Monday was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
4, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: McBride singled to center; McBride was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Reitz doubled to left;
Tyson popped to third in foul territory; CRUZ BATTED FOR
THOMPSON; Cruz flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
4, Cardinals 2.

CUBS 6TH: FOLKERS REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Cardenal walked;
Madlock grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Cardenal out at second]; Harris was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock singled to center; ZAMORA REPLACED TODD
(PITCHING); Brock stole second; Sizemore popped to second in
foul territory; Smith flied out to right [Brock to third];
Simmons struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 2.

CUBS 7TH: Swisher flied out to center; Zamora grounded out
(second to first); Kessinger grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Torre singled to third; McBride singled to right
[Torre to second]; Reitz out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Torre to third, McBride to second]; MCCARVER BATTED FOR
TYSON; McCarver hit a sacrifice fly to center [Torre scored];
DWYER BATTED FOR FOLKERS; Dwyer struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 3.

CUBS 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); HEIDEMANN
REPLACED DWYER (PLAYING SS); Morales flied out to center;
Williams singled to right; Monday lined into a double play
(third to first) [Williams out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 4, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: THORNTON REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING 1B); Brock
popped to third in foul territory; Sizemore singled to left;
Smith flied out to right; Simmons flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 3.

CUBS 9TH: Cardenal popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Madlock walked; Harris singled to left [Madlock out at third
(left to third)]; Swisher singled to center [Harris to third];
Harris was picked off third (catcher to third); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: Torre singled to center; MELENDEZ RAN FOR TORRE;
McBride out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Melendez to
second]; Reitz popped to first in foul territory; HICKMAN BATTED
FOR HRABOSKY; Hickman popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Cardinals 3.