After a fight that broke out in the ninth inning, the Cardinals scored on a single by Ted Simmons for his fourth RBI of the game to defeat the Cubs, 6-5, and pull 1½ lengths ahead of the Pirates in the East Division. Simmons homered with a man on base in the first and the Cardinals added two runs in the third on a walk to Lou Brock, triple by Reggie Smith and sacrifice fly by Simmons to take a 4-1 lead.

The Cubs rallied for four runs off Bob Gibson in the sixth after singles by Andre Thornton and Pete LaCock and a pass to Billy Williams had loaded the bases. Rick Monday singled, driving in two runs. Ted Sizemore fumbled a grounder by Don Kessinger, allowing another run to score, and the fourth marker counted on a sacrifice fly by Bill Madlock. The Cardinals immediately tied the score. Joe Torre walked, took third on a single by Bake McBride and scored as the Cubs executed a double play on a grounder by Ken Reitz.

Al Hrabosky replaced Gibson in the eighth. In the ninth, the reliever's "psych-'em-up" tactics of walking off the mound aroused the anger of Madlock. The Cubs' batter wound up in an argument with Simmons and a fight started that quickly spread into a general melee. Cubs' manager Jim Marshall was banished for "cussing out" the umpires. In the Cardinals' half of the ninth, Brock singled, Smith walked and Simmons ended the game with his single. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, Chicago Cubs 5
Game Played on Sunday, September 22, 1974 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Cubs         1  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   5  8  0
Cardinals    2  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   6 10  2


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             5   1   3   2     0   0   .291      Brock lf              4   2   2   0     1   1   .313
Kessinger ss          5   1   1   1     0   1   .265      Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Madlock 3b            3   0   0   1     1   1   .310      Smith rf              3   2   3   1     2   0   .315
Cardenal lf           4   0   2   1     1   0   .297      Simmons c             4   1   2   4     0   0   .269
Morales rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .270      Torre 1b              2   1   1   0     1   0   .284
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .063        Herndon pr          0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Hernandez 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .281
  LaRoche p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .280      McBride cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .313
Thornton 1b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .261        Cruz cf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Swisher c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .228      Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .274
Sperring 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .183      Tyson ss              2   0   0   0     1   0   .221
  LaCock ph,rf        2   1   1   0     0   0   .184        Heidemann ph,ss     1   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Stone p               1   0   0   0     1   1   .125      Gibson p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .208
  Williams ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .278        Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Grabarkewitz pr,2b  1   1   0   0     0   0   .226        Hrabosky p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .300

Totals               35   5   8   5     5   7             Totals               32   6  10   5     5   4

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 43,267
Left on Base: Cubs 9, Cardinals 8
DP: Cubs 2, Cardinals 1
Errors: Sizemore 2
Doubles: Smith (26), Reitz (27)
Triples: Smith 2 (8)
Home Runs: Simmons (19)
Stolen Bases: Kessinger (7), Monday (7), Cardenal (23), Brock 2 (114)
Sacrifice Hits: Sizemore (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Madlock (6), Simmons (9)
GIDP: Kessinger (12), Reitz (22), McBride (7)
Hit by Pitch: Torre (7,by Stone)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   5     4   4   4   2   4   1  22   4.17
Todd                    0     1   1   1   1   0   0   2   3.98
Zamora                  1.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   6   3.05
LaRoche L(4-5)          2     4   1   1   1   0   0  10   4.57
Totals                  8.2  10   6   6   5   4   1  40

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson                  7     8   5   4   5   5   0  35   3.86
Hrabosky W(8-1)         2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.76
Totals                  9     8   5   4   5   7   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Stone (4)

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


CUBS 1ST: Monday flied out to left; Kessinger singled to center;
Madlock walked [Kessinger to second]; Cardenal singled to left
[Kessinger scored, Madlock to second]; Morales struck out;
Thornton walked [Madlock to third, Cardenal to second]; Swisher
grounded out (second to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to left; Sizemore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Smith doubled to right; Simmons homered
[Smith scored]; Torre was hit by a pitch; McBride struck out; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 2.

CUBS 2ND: Sperring popped to catcher in foul territory; Stone
walked; Monday singled to right [Stone to second]; Kessinger
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Monday out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals
2.

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

CUBS 3RD: Madlock flied out to center; Cardenal singled to
third; Morales reached on an error by Sizemore [Cardenal to
second]; Thornton forced Morales (third to second) [Cardenal to
third]; Swisher grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock walked; Brock stole second; Sizemore out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Brock to third]; Smith
tripled to right [Brock scored]; Simmons hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Smith scored]; Torre grounded out (first to pitcher); 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 4TH: Sperring grounded out (pitcher to first); Stone struck
out; Monday singled to left; Kessinger struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 4TH: McBride flied out to left; Reitz grounded out
(third to first); Tyson walked; Gibson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 5TH: Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal
grounded out (third to first); Morales flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock was called out on strikes; Sizemore
grounded out (third to first); Smith tripled to left; Simmons
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Cardinals 4.

CUBS 6TH: Thornton singled to center; Swisher flied out to left;
LACOCK BATTED FOR SPERRING; LaCock singled to right [Thornton to
third]; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR STONE; Williams walked [LaCock to
second]; GRABARKEWITZ RAN FOR WILLIAMS; Monday singled to right
[Thornton scored, LaCock scored, Grabarkewitz to third];
Kessinger reached on an error by Sizemore [Grabarkewitz scored,
Monday to second]; Monday stole third and Kessinger stole
second; Madlock hit a sacrifice fly to center [Monday scored
(unearned), Kessinger to third]; Cardenal was walked
intentionally; Cardenal stole second; Morales was called out on
strikes; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: TODD REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); GRABARKEWITZ
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); LACOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
Torre walked; McBride singled to right [Torre to third]; ZAMORA
REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Reitz grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Torre scored (no RBI), McBride
out at second]; Tyson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Cardinals 5.

CUBS 7TH: Thornton flied out to center; Swisher struck out;
LaCock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5,
Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: DWYER BATTED FOR GIBSON; Dwyer grounded out
(first unassisted); Brock singled to left; Brock stole second;
Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith walked;
LAROCHE REPLACED ZAMORA (PITCHING); Simmons forced Brock (third
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Cardinals 5.

CUBS 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Grabarkewitz flied
out to center; Monday flied out to left; Kessinger popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: Torre singled to left; HERNDON RAN FOR TORRE; On
a bunt McBride grounded into a double play (catcher to shortstop
to second) [Herndon out at second]; the Cardinals argued that
a previous pitch had hit Bake McBride, who left the game and had
four stitches placed into his right index finger; Reitz
doubled to right; HEIDEMANN BATTED FOR TYSON; Heidemann flied
out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Cardinals 5.

CUBS 9TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED HERNDON (PLAYING 1B); HEIDEMANN
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); CRUZ REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING CF);
Madlock struck out; when Bill Madlock stepped out of the
batter's box to protest Al Hrabosky's habit of turning his back
to HP before pitching, HP umpire Shag Crawford ordered Hrabosky
to pitch and called it a strike; Madlock stepped back in but
brushed catcher Ted Simmons with his bat; Jose Cardenal ran to
HP from the on deck circle and Cubs manager Jim Marshall also
ran out to argue with Crawford; when Simmons hit Madlock, both
benches cleared and a 2-minute brawl ensued; Marshall ejected by
Crawford arguing that Simmons should be ejected; Cardenal
popped to catcher in foul territory; LaRoche struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: Hrabosky flied out to right; Brock singled to
left; Sizemore flied out to right; Smith walked [Brock to
second]; Simmons singled to center [Brock scored, Smith to
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Cardinals 6.