The Cards snapped the Cubs' five-game winning streak with a nine-run sixth inning as Pete Falcone hurled a six-hitter for a 14-0 triumph. Kein Reitz rapped a two-run homer and Lou Brock smashed a two-run triple in the big inning. The Cards collected a season-high 21 hits. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 14, Chicago Cubs 0
Game Played on Monday, May       30, 1977 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1
Cardinals    0  0  1    3  0  9    1  0  x  -  14 21  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .291      McBride cf            5   3   3   2     0   0   .274
Cardenal lf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .174      Scott rf              1   0   0   0     1   0   .356
Biittner 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .302        Mumphrey ph,rf,lf   4   3   3   2     0   0   .369
Murcer rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Brock lf              5   1   4   4     0   0   .333
  Clines rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .346        Anderson rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Morales cf            3   0   3   0     0   0   .315      Simmons c             5   0   1   0     0   0   .327
  Wallis cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Hernandez 1b          4   1   2   1     1   0   .318
Trillo 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .371      Reitz 3b              5   2   4   2     0   0   .292
  Kelleher 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .176      Templeton ss          4   2   2   0     0   0   .302
Ontiveros 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .318        Kessinger ph,ss     1   0   0   1     0   0   .250
  Rosello 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Tyson 2b              3   1   1   0     2   0   .200
Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Falcone p             4   1   1   0     1   1   .100
  G. Hernandez p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  P. Reuschel p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Krukow p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Darwin ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Swisher c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .219

Totals               31   0   6   0     1   0             Totals               41  14  21  12     5   1

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 25,241
Left on Base: Cubs 5, Cardinals 9
DP: Cubs 1, Cardinals 2
Errors: Trillo
Doubles: Morales 2 (12), Simmons (10), Reitz 2 (16), Mumphrey 2 (8)
Triples: Brock (5)
Home Runs: Reitz (6)
Stolen Bases: McBride (7)
Caught Stealing: Scott (6)
Sacrifice Flies: McBride (2)
GIDP: Murcer (4), Cardenal (2), McBride (1)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krukow L(4-3)           4     9   4   4   3   1   0  22   5.48
Moore                   1.1   4   3   3   1   0   0   9   6.14
Todd                    0.2   6   6   5   1   0   1   9  11.12
G. Hernandez            1     1   1   1   0   0   0   4   2.05
P. Reuschel             1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.01
Totals                  8    21  14  13   5   1   1  47

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone W(2-5)          9     6   0   0   1   0   0  32   4.14
Totals                  9     6   0   0   1   0   0  32

Wild Pitches: Krukow 2 (5), Todd (1), G. Hernandez (4)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Andy Olsen


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal
grounded out (second to first); Biittner popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: McBride lined to center; Scott walked; Scott was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Brock singled to
center; Krukow threw a wild pitch [Brock to second]; Simmons
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 2ND: Murcer lined to right; Morales doubled to left; Trillo
flied out to right; Ontiveros singled to shortstop [Morales to
third]; Mitterwald forced Ontiveros (shortstop to second); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez singled to left; Reitz singled to right
[Hernandez to third, Reitz out at second (right to shortstop)];
Templeton reached on a fielder's choice [Hernandez out at home
(second to catcher to third), Templeton to second]; Tyson was
walked intentionally; Falcone grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 3RD: Krukow grounded out (third to first); De Jesus flied
out to right; Cardenal lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: McBride singled to center; McBride stole second;
Scott grounded out (pitcher to first) [McBride to third]; Brock
grounded out (second to first) [McBride scored]; Simmons doubled
to right; Hernandez was walked intentionally; Reitz grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 1.

CUBS 4TH: Biittner flied out to left; Murcer grounded out
(pitcher to first); Morales singled to left; Trillo singled to
right [Morales to second]; Ontiveros grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Templeton singled to shortstop; Tyson singled to
center [Templeton to third]; Falcone struck out; McBride lined
out on a sacrifice fly to center [Templeton scored]; MUMPHREY
BATTED FOR SCOTT; Mumphrey singled to left [Tyson to second];
Brock singled to center [Tyson scored, Mumphrey to third];
Krukow threw a wild pitch [Mumphrey scored, Brock to second];
Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubs 0, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 5TH: MUMPHREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Mitterwald flied
out to center; DARWIN BATTED FOR KRUKOW; Darwin popped to
second; De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 5TH: MOORE REPLACED DARWIN (PITCHING); Hernandez
grounded out (second to first); Reitz doubled to left; Templeton
popped to first; Tyson was walked intentionally; Falcone
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Cardinals 4.

CUBS 6TH: Cardenal walked; Biittner forced Cardenal (first to
shortstop); Murcer grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Biittner out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: McBride singled to center; Mumphrey doubled to
left [McBride to third]; Brock tripled to right [McBride scored,
Mumphrey scored]; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first);
TODD REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Hernandez singled to left [Brock
scored]; Todd threw a wild pitch [Hernandez to second]; Reitz
homered [Hernandez scored]; Templeton singled to third; Tyson
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Templeton to second]; Falcone
walked; McBride singled to left [Templeton scored, Falcone to
second]; Mumphrey doubled to left [Falcone scored, McBride
scored]; Brock singled to second [Mumphrey scored (error by
Trillo) (unearned), Brock to second]; Simmons lined to center; 9
R (8 ER), 9 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 13.

CUBS 7TH: MUMPHREY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); ANDERSON
REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING RF); Morales doubled to left; Trillo
popped to second; Ontiveros grounded out (pitcher to first);
Mitterwald popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Cardinals 13.

CARDINALS 7TH: G. HERNANDEZ REPLACED MITTERWALD (PITCHING);
SWISHER REPLACED TODD (PLAYING C ); KELLEHER REPLACED TRILLO
(PLAYING 2B); Hernandez popped to second; Reitz doubled to left;
KESSINGER BATTED FOR TEMPLETON; G. Hernandez threw a wild pitch
[Reitz to third]; Kessinger grounded out (second to first)
[Reitz scored]; Tyson popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Cardinals 14.

CUBS 8TH: KESSINGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Swisher lined
to left; De Jesus singled to left; Cardenal grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [De Jesus out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 14.

CARDINALS 8TH: P. REUSCHEL REPLACED G. HERNANDEZ (PITCHING);
CLINES REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING RF); WALLIS REPLACED MORALES
(PLAYING CF); ROSELLO REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PLAYING 3B); Falcone
singled to right; McBride grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Falcone out at second]; Mumphrey grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals
14.

CUBS 9TH: Biittner popped to third; Clines flied out to right;
Wallis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Cardinals 14.