Ted Sizemore, whose return to action helped spark the Cardinals, hit a homer in the ninth inning to beat the Cubs, 5-4. The victory was the Cards' sixth in their last seven games and fourth in five games since Sizemore came off the disabled list. Ted Simmons homered for the Redbirds with two men on base in the sixth, but the Cubs came back in their half with a three-run shot by Rick Monday.

Billy Williams singled and Andre Thornton doubled off Sonny Siebert, making his first start since July 4, and Monday hit his homer off Rich Folkers. The Cardinals tied the score in the eighth when Tim McCarver hit a sacrifice fly after Joe Torre, Simmons and Ken Reitz singled. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 4
Game Played on Sunday, July      28, 1974 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  3    0  1  1  -   5 14  1
Cubs         0  0  0    0  1  3    0  0  0  -   4 12  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   1   0     1   0   .313      Madlock 3b            5   0   2   1     0   0   .295
Sizemore 2b           5   1   2   1     0   0   .253      Kessinger ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .268
McBride cf            5   1   3   0     0   0   .305      Williams lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .289
Smith rf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .313        Alexander pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .204
Torre 1b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .290        Tyrone lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Simmons c             5   1   4   3     0   0   .266      Thornton 1b           4   1   3   0     0   1   .308
Reitz 3b              5   0   2   0     0   1   .293      Monday cf             4   1   1   3     0   1   .305
DaVanon ss            2   0   0   0     1   0   .190      Morales rf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .248
  Dwyer ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .317      Grabarkewitz 2b       4   0   0   0     0   2   .198
  Melendez ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .239      Swisher c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .222
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Ward ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .254
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Stone p               2   1   1   0     0   1   .143
Siebert p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .088        Zamora p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Frailing p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  McCarver ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .217        Burris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Tyson ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .206        Cardenal ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .299
                                                            Bonham pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .128

Totals               39   5  14   5     3   5             Totals               36   4  12   4     1   6

Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance: 30,425
Left on Base: Cardinals 11, Cubs 6
DP: Cardinals 2, Cubs 1
Errors: Torre
Doubles: Reitz (19), Madlock (13), Thornton (11)
Home Runs: Simmons (13), Sizemore (2), Monday (12)
Caught Stealing: Alexander (4)
Sacrifice Flies: McCarver (5)
GIDP: Sizemore (7), Swisher (3), Monday (2)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Siebert                 5     9   3   3   0   2   0  22   3.40
Folkers                 2     1   1   1   0   1   1   7   3.06
Hrabosky W(4-1)         1     1   0   0   1   2   0   4   4.39
Garman SV(4)            1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.08
Totals                  9    12   4   4   1   6   1  37

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   5.1   6   3   3   3   2   1  25   4.65
Zamora                  1.2   5   1   1   0   0   0   9   2.01
Frailing L(5-8)         1.2   3   1   1   0   2   1   8   4.20
Burris                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   5.37
Totals                  9    14   5   5   3   5   2  43

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Satch Davidson


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Sizemore
singled to left; McBride popped to shortstop; Smith walked
[Sizemore to second]; Torre grounded out (pitcher to shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger
singled to center; Williams flied out to right; Thornton singled
to center [Kessinger to second]; Monday popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Reitz
grounded out (third to first); DaVanon grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Morales singled to third; Grabarkewitz flied out to
right; Swisher grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Morales out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Siebert struck out; Brock flied out to left;
Sizemore flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Stone struck out; Madlock singled to left; Kessinger
flied out to center; Williams grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

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

CUBS 4TH: Thornton singled to left; Monday grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Thornton out at
second]; Morales popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons singled to center; Reitz forced Simmons
(second unassisted); DaVanon walked [Reitz to second]; Siebert
grounded out (third to first) [Reitz to third, DaVanon to
second]; Brock was walked intentionally; Sizemore flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 5TH: Grabarkewitz grounded out (third to first); Swisher
struck out; Stone singled to right; Madlock doubled to left
[Stone scored]; Kessinger popped to third in foul territory; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: McBride singled to center; Smith singled to right
[McBride to third]; Torre struck out; Simmons homered [McBride
scored, Smith scored]; Reitz doubled to left; ZAMORA REPLACED
STONE (PITCHING); DaVanon flied out to left; Siebert flied out
to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 1.

CUBS 6TH: Williams singled to right; Thornton doubled to left
[Williams to third]; FOLKERS REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING); Monday
homered [Williams scored, Thornton scored]; Morales popped to
third; Grabarkewitz struck out; Swisher flied to right in foul
territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Brock singled to right; Sizemore grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Brock out at second];
McBride singled to center; Smith grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 4.

CUBS 7TH: Zamora popped to first in foul territory; Madlock
flied out to right; Kessinger popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: Torre singled to left; Simmons singled to right
[Torre to second]; Reitz singled to left [Torre to third,
Simmons to second]; DWYER BATTED FOR DAVANON; FRAILING REPLACED
ZAMORA (PITCHING); MELENDEZ BATTED FOR DWYER; Melendez struck
out; MCCARVER BATTED FOR FOLKERS; McCarver hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Torre scored]; Brock forced Reitz (second unassisted);
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 4.

CUBS 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); TYSON REPLACED
MCCARVER (PLAYING SS); Williams walked; ALEXANDER RAN FOR
WILLIAMS; Alexander was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Thornton struck out; Monday struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 4.

CARDINALS 9TH: TYRONE REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING LF); Sizemore
homered; McBride singled to first; Smith was called out on
strikes; Torre forced McBride (second to shortstop); Simmons
singled to left [Torre to second]; BURRIS REPLACED FRAILING
(PITCHING); Reitz was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Cubs 4.

CUBS 9TH: Morales singled to left; GARMAN REPLACED HRABOSKY
(PITCHING); Grabarkewitz was called out on strikes; WARD BATTED
FOR SWISHER; Ward flied out to left; CARDENAL BATTED FOR BURRIS;
Cardenal singled to center [Morales to second]; BONHAM RAN FOR
CARDENAL; Torre dropped a foul fly hit by Madlock for an error;
Madlock forced Morales (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Cardinals 5, Cubs 4.