A homer by Ted Simmons with two men on base powered the Cardinals to a 5-2 victory over the Cubs. Rick Monday homered for the Cubs in the first inning, but the Cards matched that with a run in the third on doubles by Simmons and Bake McBride. Then in the fourth, Mike Tyson walked, Bob Forsch bunted safely and Lou Brock singled to load the bases.

Reggie Smith singled, scoring Tyson, but Forsch was thrown out at the plate. However, Simmons followed with his homer for the decisive margin. The Cubs added a run in the seventh on singles by Bill Madlock, Andre Thornton and Ron Dunn before Mike Garman came in to save the game. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 2
Game Played on Friday, September 20, 1974 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Cubs         1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  8  0
Cardinals    0  0  1    4  0  0    0  0  x  -   5 10  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .289      Brock lf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .311
Kessinger ss          4   0   1   0     0   1   .264      Sizemore 2b           5   0   2   0     0   0   .249
LaCock rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .176      Smith rf              4   1   1   1     0   1   .308
Cardenal lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Simmons c             4   2   2   3     0   0   .267
Madlock 3b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .312      Torre 1b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .283
Thornton 1b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .257      McBride cf            4   0   2   1     0   1   .314
Dunn 2b               4   0   1   1     0   1   .315      Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .276
Swisher c             3   0   2   0     0   0   .230      Tyson ss              2   1   1   0     1   0   .223
Bonham p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .152      Forsch p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .192
  Ward ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .220        Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Frailing p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .258
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .278
  Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               32   2   8   2     1   5             Totals               31   5  10   5     4   5

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 25,335
Left on Base: Cubs 5, Cardinals 9
DP: Cubs 0, Cardinals 3
Errors: Sizemore
Doubles: Simmons (32), McBride (17)
Triples: McBride (5)
Home Runs: Monday (18), Simmons (18)
Caught Stealing: Swisher (3), Torre (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Forsch (6), Garman (1)
GIDP: Madlock (14), Swisher (6), Dunn (4)
Hit by Pitch: Thornton (4,by Garman), Tyson (3,by Bonham)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham L(11-20)         4     7   5   5   4   3   1  23   3.86
Frailing                2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.80
Zamora                  2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   3.12
Totals                  8    10   5   5   4   5   1  38

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(6-4)           6     8   2   2   0   3   1  25   2.68
Garman SV(6)            3     0   0   0   1   2   0   9   2.37
Totals                  9     8   2   2   1   5   1  34

Hit by Pitch: Bonham (5), Garman (2)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - John Kibler


CUBS 1ST: Monday homered; Kessinger struck out; LaCock grounded
out (second to first); Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Sizemore singled to third [Brock to
second]; Smith struck out; Simmons popped to third in foul
territory; Torre walked [Brock to third, Sizemore to second];
McBride forced Sizemore (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 2ND: Madlock flied out to left; Thornton flied out to
center; Dunn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz singled to right; Tyson was hit by a pitch
[Reitz to second]; Forsch popped to catcher in foul territory;
Brock was called out on strikes; Sizemore grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 3RD: Swisher singled to right; Swisher was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Bonham grounded out (third to
first); Monday struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); Simmons
doubled to right; Torre flied out to left [Simmons to third];
McBride doubled to right [Simmons scored]; Reitz was called out
on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 1.

CUBS 4TH: Kessinger singled to left; LaCock forced Kessinger
(first to shortstop); Cardenal reached on an error by Sizemore
[LaCock to second]; Madlock grounded into a double play (second
to first) [Cardenal out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Tyson walked; Forsch reached on a fielder's
choice on a sacrifice bunt [Tyson to second]; Brock singled to
center [Tyson to third, Forsch to second]; Sizemore popped to
first in foul territory; Smith singled to right [Tyson scored,
Forsch out at home (right to catcher), Brock to second]; Simmons
homered [Brock scored, Smith scored]; Torre walked; Torre was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 5.

CUBS 5TH: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Dunn grounded
out (shortstop to first); Swisher singled to center; WARD BATTED
FOR BONHAM; Ward singled to center [Swisher to second]; Monday
flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 5TH: FRAILING REPLACED WARD (PITCHING); McBride was
called out on strikes; Reitz lined to shortstop; Tyson flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 5.

CUBS 6TH: Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); LaCock
grounded out (second to first); Cardenal lined to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Forsch grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore singled to left;
Smith flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Cardinals 5.

CUBS 7TH: Madlock singled to shortstop; Thornton singled to left
[Madlock to second]; Dunn singled to center [Madlock scored,
Thornton to second]; GARMAN REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Swisher
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Thornton to third, Dunn out at second]; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR
FRAILING; Williams was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: ZAMORA REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Simmons
flied out to right; Torre flied out to center; McBride tripled
to center; Reitz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Cardinals 5.

CUBS 8TH: Monday flied out to center; Kessinger flied to left in
foul territory; LaCock was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: Tyson singled to right; Garman out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Tyson to second]; Brock grounded out
(second to first) [Tyson to third]; Sizemore grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 5.

CUBS 9TH: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Madlock
walked; Thornton was hit by a pitch [Madlock to second]; Dunn
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Thornton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Cardinals 5.