A two-run rally in the ninth inning lifted the Cubs to a 5-4 decision over the Cardinals. Ivan DeJesus smacked a one-out double and scored the tying run on a single by Mike Vail. Back-to-back singles by Bill Buckner and Larry Biittner then plated pinch-runner Rodney Scott with the winning tally. The Cards had taken a 4-3 lead in the last of the eighth on a run-scoring triple by Garry Templeton. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Game Played on Sunday, September 24, 1978 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Cubs         1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  2  -   5 15  0
Cardinals    0  1  0    0  0  2    0  1  0  -   4 11  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           4   1   2   0     0   1   .276      Templeton ss          5   0   1   1     0   0   .279
Gross rf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .271      Morales rf            5   0   1   0     0   3   .239
  Vail ph,rf          2   0   1   1     0   0   .316      Hernandez 1b          4   0   1   0     1   1   .254
  Scott pr,3b         0   1   0   0     0   0   .278      Simmons c             3   1   1   0     2   0   .285
Buckner 1b            5   2   3   1     0   0   .322      Hendrick cf           4   0   0   0     1   1   .278
Biittner lf           5   1   2   1     0   1   .258      Reitz 3b              4   1   1   0     1   1   .245
Thompson cf,rf        4   0   2   0     0   1   .421      Tyson 2b              3   1   2   0     0   0   .238
Trillo 2b             4   0   2   0     1   0   .262        Garrett ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Rader c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .194        Oberkfell 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .116
  Murcer ph           1   0   1   2     0   0   .282      Lentine lf            3   0   2   1     0   0   .286
  Blackwell c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .224        Mumphrey ph,lf      1   1   1   0     0   0   .257
  Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Vuckovich p           2   0   1   0     0   0   .143
  Sember pr,3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Freed ph            0   0   0   1     1   0   .232
  White ph,cf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .262        Ramsey pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kelleher 3b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .253        Schultz p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Clines ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .264        Bruno p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Cox c               0   0   0   0     0   0   .288        Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Holtzman p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .200        Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McGlothen p         1   0   1   0     0   0   .154
  Kingman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .258
  Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .077

Totals               40   5  15   5     1   9             Totals               35   4  11   3     6   6

Time of Game: 3:35   Attendance: 17,033
Left on Base: Cubs 11, Cardinals 11
DP: Cubs 2, Cardinals 0
Errors: Vuckovich
Doubles: De Jesus (24), Simmons (40)
Triples: Templeton (12)
Home Runs: Buckner (5)
Stolen Bases: De Jesus (39), Morales (4)
Caught Stealing: Gross (1), Murcer (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Thompson (1), De Jesus (14), Bruno (2)
GIDP: Templeton (6), Garrett (5)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman                5     8   3   3   4   1   0  27   5.37
McGlothen W(5-2)        3     3   1   1   2   3   0  12   3.46
Sutter SV(26)           1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.23
Totals                  9    11   4   4   6   6   0  42

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Vuckovich               6     8   3   3   0   7   1  26   2.57
Schultz                 1.1   3   0   0   0   0   0   7   3.67
Bruno L(4-3)            1     3   2   2   0   1   0   6   2.02
Lopez                   0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.29
Littell                 0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   2.85
Totals                  9    15   5   5   1   9   1  43

Passed Balls: Rader (6)
Wild Pitches: Vuckovich (7)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus flied out to center; Gross grounded out
(first to pitcher); Buckner homered; Biittner struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (third to first); Morales
struck out; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 2ND: Thompson was called out on strikes; Trillo popped to
first in foul territory; Rader struck out but advanced to first
on a wild pitch; Kelleher forced Rader (third to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons doubled to left; Hendrick walked; Reitz
flied out to left; Tyson flied out to right; Lentine singled to
right [Simmons scored, Hendrick to third]; Vuckovich grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Cardinals 1.

CUBS 3RD: Holtzman struck out; De Jesus was called out on
strikes; Gross singled to left; Gross was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals
1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Templeton flied out to right; Morales singled to
left; Morales stole second; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Morales to third]; Simmons popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 1.

CUBS 4TH: Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); Biittner
grounded out (first unassisted); Thompson singled to center;
Trillo singled to third [Thompson to second]; Rader popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz
grounded out (third to first); Tyson singled to left; Lentine
forced Tyson (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Cardinals 1.

CUBS 5TH: Kelleher grounded out (third to first); Holtzman
struck out; De Jesus singled to left; De Jesus stole second;
Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Vuckovich singled to right; Templeton popped to
first in foul territory; Rader allowed a passed ball [Vuckovich
to second]; Morales flied out to right; Hernandez walked;
Simmons walked [Vuckovich to third, Hernandez to second];
Hendrick popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Cardinals 1.

CUBS 6TH: Buckner singled to center; Biittner singled to left
[Buckner to second]; Thompson reached on an error by Vuckovich
on a sacrifice bunt [Buckner to third, Biittner to second,
Thompson to first]; Trillo popped to second; MURCER BATTED FOR
RADER; Murcer singled to center [Buckner scored, Biittner
scored, Thompson to third]; Murcer was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Kelleher struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 3, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: BLACKWELL REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING C ); Reitz
singled to center; Tyson singled to left [Reitz to second]; On a
bunt Lentine singled to third [Reitz to third, Tyson to second];
FREED BATTED FOR VUCKOVICH; Freed walked [Reitz scored, Tyson to
third, Lentine to second]; RAMSEY RAN FOR FREED; MCGLOTHEN
REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Templeton grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Tyson scored (no RBI),
Lentine to third, Ramsey out at second]; Morales struck out; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Cardinals 3.

CUBS 7TH: SCHULTZ REPLACED RAMSEY (PITCHING); McGlothen singled
to center; De Jesus out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[McGlothen to second]; VAIL BATTED FOR GROSS; Vail grounded out
(third to first); Buckner lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubs 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: VAIL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Hernandez
singled to center; Simmons walked [Hernandez to second]; On a
bunt Hendrick forced Hernandez (first to third) [Simmons to
second]; Reitz walked [Simmons to third, Hendrick to second];
GARRETT BATTED FOR TYSON; Garrett grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Reitz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cubs 3, Cardinals 3.

CUBS 8TH: OBERKFELL REPLACED GARRETT (PLAYING 2B); Biittner
flied out to right; Thompson singled to right; Trillo singled to
right [Thompson to third]; JOHNSON BATTED FOR BLACKWELL; BRUNO
REPLACED SCHULTZ (PITCHING); Johnson reached on a fielder's
choice [Thompson out at home (third to catcher), Trillo to
second]; CLINES BATTED FOR KELLEHER; SEMBER RAN FOR JOHNSON;
Clines struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: SEMBER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); COX REPLACED
CLINES (PLAYING C ); MUMPHREY BATTED FOR LENTINE; Mumphrey
singled to left; Bruno out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Mumphrey to second]; Templeton tripled to left
[Mumphrey scored]; Morales struck out; Hernandez struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 9TH: MUMPHREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); KINGMAN BATTED
FOR MCGLOTHEN; Kingman flied out to center; De Jesus doubled to
left; Vail singled to center [De Jesus scored]; SCOTT RAN FOR
VAIL; Buckner singled to right [Scott to second]; LOPEZ REPLACED
BRUNO (PITCHING); Biittner singled to center [Scott scored,
Buckner to second]; Thompson forced Biittner (first to
shortstop) [Buckner to third]; LITTELL REPLACED LOPEZ
(PITCHING); Trillo walked [Thompson to second]; WHITE BATTED FOR
SEMBER; White struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 5,
Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 9TH: WHITE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); SCOTT STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); THOMPSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF);
SUTTER REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Simmons grounded out (third
to first); Hendrick struck out; Reitz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Cardinals 4.