The Cubs, getting early homers from Jose Cardenal and Andre Thornton, ended the Pirates' six-game winning streak, 9-4, as Steve Stone, with help from four relievers, beat Pittsburgh for the third time in five career decisions. Cardenal and Thornton hit solo shots in the first and second for a 2-2 tie, and the Cubs went ahead to stay with a three-run third, Jerry Morales doubling home two runs and Steve Swisher singling in a third.

Singles by Swisher, Rob Sperring, Dave LaRoche and Rick Monday, plus a balk by reliever Ramon Hernandez, accounted for three more Cub runs in the eighth. Chicago used four pitchers in the eighth, when the Bucs scored twice. LaRoche earned the save by fanning Richie Hebner and getting Al Oliver to ground out with the bases loaded. [The Sporting News]

Chicago Cubs 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Game Played on Monday, September 9, 1974 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Pirates      1  1  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   4 14  1
Cubs         1  1  3    0  0  0    1  3  x  -   9 13  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           5   1   2   1     0   0   .285      Monday cf             5   0   3   1     0   0   .298
Hebner 3b             5   0   4   0     0   1   .301      Kessinger ss          5   2   2   0     0   0   .260
Oliver cf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .317      Cardenal lf           4   2   2   1     1   0   .304
Stargell lf           5   0   0   0     0   2   .312      Morales rf            2   0   1   2     2   0   .264
Zisk rf               5   1   1   0     0   0   .323      Madlock 3b            3   1   0   0     1   0   .306
Sanguillen c          5   2   4   0     0   0   .283      Thornton 1b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .262
Kirkpatrick 1b        4   0   2   1     0   1   .262      Swisher c             3   1   2   1     1   1   .242
Taveras ss            2   0   0   1     0   0   .241      Dunn 2b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Parker ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .290        Sperring 2b         1   1   1   0     0   0   .157
  Mendoza ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Stone p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .120
  Howe ph,ss          0   0   0   1     0   0   .254        Frailing p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Demery p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .161        Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Morlan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .067
  Popovich ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .197        LaRoche p           1   1   1   1     0   0   .273
  Pizarro p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dilone ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jimenez p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Robertson ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .239
  Augustine pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               41   4  14   4     0   4             Totals               34   9  13   7     5   2

Time of Game: 2:59   Attendance:  2,918
Left on Base: Pirates 11, Cubs 6
DP: Pirates 3, Cubs 0
Errors: Hebner, Thornton
Doubles: Hebner (21), Morales (18)
Home Runs: Stennett (7), Cardenal (12), Thornton (9)
Caught Stealing: Morales (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Howe (1)
GIDP: Kessinger (11), Dunn (2), Morales (13)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Demery L(6-5)           2.1   5   5   5   3   1   2  13   4.05
Morlan                  0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.26
Pizarro                 3     1   0   0   1   1   0  11   1.50
Jimenez                 1     2   1   1   0   0   0   4   9.00
Hernandez               1     4   3   3   0   0   0   7   2.26
Totals                  8    13   9   9   5   2   2  39

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone W(7-5)            6.1  10   2   2   0   1   1  29   4.19
Frailing                0.2   1   1   1   0   1   0   3   3.91
Zamora                  0.1   3   1   1   0   0   0   4   3.33
Todd                    0     0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.91
LaRoche SV(3)           1.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   5   4.80
Totals                  9    14   4   4   0   4   1  42

Wild Pitches: Demery (2)
Balks: Hernandez (1)

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


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett homered; Hebner doubled to right; Oliver
made an out to shortstop; Stargell flied out to left; Zisk
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Monday singled to center; Kessinger grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Monday out at second]; Cardenal
homered; Morales walked; Madlock grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cubs 1.

PIRATES 2ND: Sanguillen singled to shortstop; Kirkpatrick
singled to right [Sanguillen to third]; Taveras grounded out
(third to first) [Sanguillen scored, Kirkpatrick to second];
Demery grounded out (first to pitcher) [Kirkpatrick to third];
Stennett flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Cubs 1.

CUBS 2ND: Thornton homered; Swisher walked; Dunn grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Swisher out at second];
Stone struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cubs 2.

PIRATES 3RD: Hebner singled to center; Oliver lined to
shortstop; Stargell flied out to left; Zisk made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cubs 2.

CUBS 3RD: Monday flied out to center; Kessinger singled to
center; Demery threw a wild pitch [Kessinger to second];
Cardenal walked; Morales doubled [Kessinger scored, Cardenal
scored]; MORLAN REPLACED DEMERY (PITCHING); Madlock walked;
Thornton forced Morales (third unassisted) [Madlock to second];
Swisher singled to left [Madlock scored, Thornton to second];
Dunn made an out to shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Cubs 5.

PIRATES 4TH: Sanguillen singled to center; Kirkpatrick popped to
first in foul territory; Taveras flied out to left; POPOVICH
BATTED FOR MORLAN; Popovich grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cubs 5.

CUBS 4TH: PIZARRO REPLACED POPOVICH (PITCHING); Stone flied out
to center; Monday singled to center; Kessinger flied out to
center; Cardenal flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 2, Cubs 5.

PIRATES 5TH: Stennett lined to third; Hebner singled to center;
Oliver made an out to first; Stargell flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cubs 5.

CUBS 5TH: Morales walked; Morales was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Madlock grounded out (third to first);
Thornton reached on an error by Hebner; Swisher struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cubs 5.

PIRATES 6TH: Zisk grounded out (third to first); Sanguillen
singled to center; Kirkpatrick struck out; PARKER BATTED FOR
TAVERAS; Parker made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 2, Cubs 5.

CUBS 6TH: MENDOZA REPLACED PARKER (PLAYING SS); Dunn lined to
center; Stone made an out to first; Monday grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cubs 5.

PIRATES 7TH: DILONE BATTED FOR PIZARRO; Dilone grounded out
(first unassisted); Stennett singled to center; Hebner singled
to right [Stennett to third]; FRAILING REPLACED STONE
(PITCHING); Oliver flied out to left; Stargell struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cubs 5.

CUBS 7TH: JIMENEZ REPLACED DILONE (PITCHING); Kessinger singled
to left; Debut game for Juan Jimenez; Cardenal singled to
center [Kessinger to third]; Morales grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Kessinger scored (no RBI),
Cardenal out at second]; Madlock grounded out (second to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cubs 6.

PIRATES 8TH: SPERRING REPLACED DUNN (PLAYING 2B); Zisk singled
to left; ZAMORA REPLACED FRAILING (PITCHING); Sanguillen singled
[Zisk to third]; Kirkpatrick singled to right [Zisk scored,
Sanguillen to third]; HOWE BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Howe hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Sanguillen scored]; ROBERTSON BATTED
FOR JIMENEZ; Robertson singled to left [Kirkpatrick to second];
AUGUSTINE RAN FOR ROBERTSON; TODD REPLACED ZAMORA (PITCHING);
Stennett reached on an error by Thornton [Kirkpatrick to third,
Augustine to second]; LAROCHE REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Hebner
struck out; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H,
1 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 4, Cubs 6.

CUBS 8TH: HOWE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HERNANDEZ REPLACED
AUGUSTINE (PITCHING); Thornton grounded out (second to first);
Swisher singled to center; Sperring singled to center [Swisher
to second]; LaRoche singled [Swisher scored, Sperring to
second]; Monday singled to right [Sperring scored, LaRoche to
third]; Hernandez balked [LaRoche scored, Monday to second];
Kessinger flied out to center; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop
to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 4, Cubs 9.

PIRATES 9TH: Stargell struck out; Zisk flied out to right;
Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 4, Cubs 9.

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