Extending the Cardinals' skid to nine games, the Cubs pounded their way to a 10-2 victory with the aid of two-run homers by Dave Kingman and Dave Rader. Larry Biittner also contributed two runs with a pinch-double. The Cards' only scoring off four Cub pitchers came on homers by Mike Tyson and Jerry Morales. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 10, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       20, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Cardinals    0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  2
Cubs         1  0  2    1  0  3    3  0  x  -  10 11  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Gross cf              5   0   1   1     0   1   .309
Templeton ss          4   0   1   0     0   2   .226      Clines rf             2   1   2   0     0   0   .273
Hernandez 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .309        Murcer ph,rf        2   0   0   0     1   0   .269
Simmons c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .307      Buckner 1b            5   1   0   0     0   0   .327
Iorg rf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .238      Kingman lf            3   1   1   2     1   1   .248
Morales cf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .223      Trillo 2b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .273
Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Ontiveros 3b          4   2   1   0     0   0   .147
Tyson 2b              3   1   1   1     0   0   .277      De Jesus ss           3   2   2   1     1   0   .268
Falcone p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Rader c               3   2   2   2     1   0   .238
  Scott ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .216      Lamp p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Urrea p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .091        Fryman p            0   0   0   1     0   0   .083
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        P. Reuschel p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .212        Biittner ph         1   1   1   2     0   0   .261
  Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Moore p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               34   2   8   2     0   5             Totals               34  10  11  10     4   3

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 27,300
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Cubs 5
DP: Cardinals 1, Cubs 0
Errors: Brock, Templeton, Gross, De Jesus
Doubles: De Jesus (5), Biittner (2)
Triples: Rader (1), Gross (4), De Jesus (2)
Home Runs: Tyson (3), Morales (3), Kingman (9), Rader (1)
Caught Stealing: Brock (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Fryman (1)
GIDP: Lamp (1)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone L(0-2)          4     5   4   4   3   1   1  19   6.26
Urrea                   1.1   3   3   3   1   1   0   8   4.69
Hamilton                1.2   3   3   0   0   1   1   9   6.97
Vuckovich               1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.70
Totals                  8    11  10   7   4   3   2  39

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lamp                    2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   4.17
Fryman W(2-4)           3     3   2   2   0   4   2  11   5.01
P. Reuschel             1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   5.06
Moore SV(4)             3     3   0   0   0   1   0  12   4.39
Totals                  9     8   2   2   0   5   2  34

Wild Pitches: Falcone (2)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Jerry Dale


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Templeton
flied out to left; Hernandez singled to center; Simmons grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs
0.

CUBS 1ST: Gross struck out; Clines singled to right; Buckner
forced Clines (shortstop to second); Falcone threw a wild pitch
[Buckner to second]; Kingman walked; Trillo singled to left
[Buckner scored, Kingman to third (error by Brock), Trillo to
second]; Ontiveros flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Cubs 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Iorg grounded out (first to pitcher); Morales
grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 2ND: De Jesus walked; Rader walked [De Jesus to second]; On
a bunt Lamp grounded into a double play (third to shortstop to
second) [De Jesus to third, Rader out at second]; Gross grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Cubs 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: FRYMAN REPLACED LAMP (PITCHING); Tyson
homered; Dennis Lamp left after warming up; bunt in previous
inning hit him on the right shoulder, bruising it; Falcone
singled to center; Brock forced Falcone (first to shortstop);
Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Templeton struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Cubs 1.

CUBS 3RD: Clines singled to left; Buckner lined to right;
Kingman homered [Clines scored]; Trillo flied out to right;
Ontiveros flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Cubs 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez struck out; Simmons grounded out (third
to first); Iorg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Cubs 3.

CUBS 4TH: De Jesus popped to right; Rader tripled to center;
Fryman hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rader scored]; Gross
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Cubs 4.

CARDINALS 5TH: Morales homered; Reitz grounded out (third to
first); Tyson grounded out (pitcher to first); SCOTT BATTED FOR
FALCONE; Scott was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Cubs 4.

CUBS 5TH: URREA REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); MURCER BATTED FOR
CLINES; Murcer walked; Buckner grounded out (second to first)
[Murcer to second]; Kingman struck out; Trillo popped to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Cubs 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: MURCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); P. REUSCHEL
REPLACED FRYMAN (PITCHING); Brock flied out to left; Templeton
singled to center; Hernandez forced Templeton (first to
shortstop) [Hernandez to second (error by De Jesus)]; Simmons
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Cubs 4.

CUBS 6TH: Ontiveros singled to left; De Jesus doubled to left
[Ontiveros to third]; Rader grounded out (first unassisted)
[Ontiveros stayed at third]; BIITTNER BATTED FOR P. REUSCHEL;
Biittner doubled to center [Ontiveros scored, De Jesus scored];
HAMILTON REPLACED URREA (PITCHING); Gross tripled to center
[Biittner scored]; Murcer popped to first in foul territory;
Buckner flied out to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Cubs 7.

CARDINALS 7TH: MOORE REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); Iorg grounded
out (first unassisted); Morales grounded out (third to first);
Reitz singled to left; Tyson grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Cubs 7.

CUBS 7TH: Kingman grounded out (third to first); Trillo struck
out; Ontiveros reached on an error by Templeton [Ontiveros to
first]; De Jesus tripled to right [Ontiveros scored (unearned)];
Rader homered (unearned) [De Jesus scored (unearned)]; Moore
grounded out (second to first); 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Cubs 10.

CARDINALS 8TH: DWYER BATTED FOR HAMILTON; Dwyer lined to center;
Brock singled to right; Templeton struck out; Hernandez grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Cubs
10.

CUBS 8TH: VUCKOVICH REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Gross grounded
out (first to pitcher); Murcer grounded out (second to first);
Buckner grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Cubs 10.

CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Iorg
singled to center [Iorg to second (error by Gross)]; Morales
flied out to right; Reitz flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Cubs 10.