Equalling his career high, Dave Kingman smashed his 37th homer, connecting with two men on base in the fourth inning, to pace the Cubs to an 8-6 victory over the Cardinals. Kingman, who also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the first, previously hit 37 homers with the Mets in 1976. Bruce Sutter gained his 25th save, pitching the last 1 2/3 innings. Lou Brock collected three hits for the Cards to bring his career total to 2,991. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 8, St. Louis Cardinals 6
Game Played on Saturday, August    4, 1979 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Cardinals    3  0  0    1  0  0    2  0  0  -   6 12  2
Cubs         0  0  3    3  1  0    0  1  x  -   8 11  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Templeton ss          5   1   2   1     0   0   .325      De Jesus ss           3   1   0   0     1   0   .279
Brock lf              5   2   3   0     0   0   .325      Dillard 2b            3   2   1   0     2   0   .280
Hernandez 1b          4   2   2   1     1   1   .333      Buckner 1b            3   2   2   1     2   0   .278
Simmons c             5   0   3   1     0   0   .323      Kingman lf            4   1   2   4     0   2   .296
  Tyson pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Biittner rf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .292
Hendrick rf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .304        Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Frazier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Iorg rf             1   0   0   0     0   1   .289        Foote c             1   0   1   0     0   0   .236
Mumphrey cf           4   0   0   1     1   1   .280      Martin cf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .292
Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .271      Ontiveros 3b          3   0   0   1     0   0   .275
Oberkfell 2b          3   0   1   1     1   0   .309      Blackwell c           3   1   1   0     0   1   .208
Denny p               1   1   0   0     1   1   .118        Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Krukow p              3   1   2   1     0   0   .366
  Carbo ph,rf         2   0   0   0     0   2   .293        Thompson rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .348
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   6  12   6     4   9             Totals               32   8  11   7     6   3

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 29,720
Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Cubs 10
DP: Cardinals 1, Cubs 0
Errors: Templeton, Brock
Doubles: Templeton (21), Buckner (24)
Home Runs: Kingman (37)
Caught Stealing: Brock (8)
Sacrifice Hits: De Jesus (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Kingman (5), Ontiveros (3)
GIDP: Biittner (4)
Hit by Pitch: Blackwell (1,by Frazier)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny L(5-9)            5    10   7   7   5   1   1  30   4.96
Thomas                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.40
Frazier                 1.1   0   1   0   1   0   0   6   3.98
McEnaney                0     0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.21
Littell                 0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.04
Totals                  8    11   8   7   6   3   1  42

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krukow W(9-6)           6.2   7   5   5   3   5   0  29   3.72
Hernandez               0     1   1   1   1   0   0   2   5.53
Tidrow                  0.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.75
Sutter SV(25)           1.2   2   0   0   0   3   0   7   1.23
Totals                  9    12   6   6   4   9   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Frazier (1)

Umpires: HP - Dave Pallone, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bob Engel


CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton singled to left; Brock singled to right
[Templeton to third]; Hernandez singled to left [Templeton
scored, Brock to second]; Simmons singled to right [Brock to
third, Hernandez to second]; Hendrick struck out; Mumphrey
walked [Brock scored, Hernandez to third, Simmons to second];
Reitz struck out; Oberkfell walked [Hernandez scored, Simmons to
third, Mumphrey to second]; Denny struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (third to first); Dillard
grounded out (third to first); Buckner singled to right; Kingman
singled to left [Buckner to third]; Biittner forced Kingman
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs
0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Templeton grounded out (second to first); Brock
singled to center; Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Hernandez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Martin singled to left; Ontiveros flied out to left;
Blackwell was called out on strikes; Krukow forced Martin
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs
0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); Hendrick
popped to second; Mumphrey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: De Jesus walked; Dillard walked [De Jesus to second];
Buckner doubled to right [De Jesus scored, Dillard to third];
Kingman hit a sacrifice fly to right [Dillard scored]; Biittner
walked; Martin singled to shortstop [Buckner to third, Biittner
to second]; Ontiveros hit a sacrifice fly to center [Buckner
scored]; Blackwell grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Oberkfell
flied out to center; Denny walked; Templeton doubled to left
[Denny scored, Templeton to third (on throw to home)]; Brock
grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Cubs 3.

CUBS 4TH: Krukow singled to left; De Jesus out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Krukow to second]; Dillard flied out to
left; Buckner walked; Kingman homered [Krukow scored, Buckner
scored]; Biittner grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 6.

CARDINALS 5TH: Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Simmons
grounded out (first to pitcher); Hendrick popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 6.

CUBS 5TH: Martin grounded out (shortstop to first); Ontiveros
flied out to left; Blackwell singled to left; Krukow singled to
center [Blackwell scored]; De Jesus forced Krukow (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 7.

CARDINALS 6TH: Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Reitz
flied out to center; Oberkfell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 7.

CUBS 6TH: Dillard singled to left; Buckner walked [Dillard to
second]; THOMAS REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING); Kingman struck out;
Biittner grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Buckner out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
4, Cubs 7.

CARDINALS 7TH: CARBO BATTED FOR THOMAS; Carbo was called out on
strikes; Templeton grounded out (second to first); Brock singled
to shortstop; HERNANDEZ REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); THOMPSON
REPLACED KRUKOW (PLAYING RF); Hernandez walked [Brock to
second]; Simmons singled to left [Brock scored, Hernandez to
second]; TIDROW REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Hendrick singled
to center [Hernandez scored, Simmons to second]; Mumphrey flied
out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Cubs 7.

CUBS 7TH: FRAZIER REPLACED HENDRICK (PITCHING); CARBO STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); Martin grounded out (shortstop to first);
Ontiveros flied out to center; Blackwell was hit by a pitch;
Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
6, Cubs 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: Reitz struck out; Oberkfell singled to left;
SUTTER REPLACED BLACKWELL (PITCHING); FOOTE REPLACED TIDROW
(PLAYING C ); Carbo struck out; Templeton forced Oberkfell
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Cubs
7.

CUBS 8TH: De Jesus grounded out (second to first); Dillard
walked; MCENANEY REPLACED CARBO (PITCHING); IORG REPLACED
FRAZIER (PLAYING RF); Buckner reached on an error by Templeton
[Dillard scored (error by Brock) (unearned) (no RBI), Buckner to
first]; LITTELL REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Kingman struck
out; Foote singled to left [Buckner to third]; Martin grounded
out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6,
Cubs 8.

CARDINALS 9TH: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Hernandez
singled to left; Simmons singled to right [Hernandez to second];
TYSON RAN FOR SIMMONS; Iorg struck out; Mumphrey struck out; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Cubs 8.