St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 4 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, August 5, 1979 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Cardinals 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 5 9 1 Cubs 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 9 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Templeton ss 4 1 2 0 1 0 .326 De Jesus ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Mumphrey lf 4 0 3 2 0 0 .291 Thompson rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .351 Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .331 Buckner 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .282 Simmons c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .317 Biittner lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .295 Hendrick rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .303 Dilone pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGlothen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .184 Scott cf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .274 Martin cf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .288 Reitz 3b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .266 Foote c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Tyson 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .214 Dillard 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Forsch p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .159 Kingman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Carbo rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Kelleher 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Ontiveros ph,3b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Holtzman p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Sizemore ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Caudill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Henderson ph,lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .296 Totals 32 5 9 5 3 2 Totals 34 4 9 4 2 1 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 35,769 Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Cubs 5 DP: Cardinals 3, Cubs 2 Errors: Tyson, De Jesus Doubles: Buckner (26) Home Runs: Scott (4), Martin (14) Sacrifice Hits: Forsch 2 (4) Sacrifice Flies: Mumphrey (3) GIDP: Simmons (6), Reitz (10), Buckner (10), Dillard (1), De Jesus (7) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch W(5-10) 7.2 9 4 4 1 1 1 31 4.73 Littell SV(6) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2.94 Totals 9 9 4 4 2 1 1 36 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Holtzman L(6-9) 5 7 4 4 1 0 1 21 4.80 Caudill 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 12 4.34 McGlothen 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 4.44 Totals 9 9 5 4 3 2 1 38 Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Dave Pallone, 3B - Paul Runge CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (second to first); Mumphrey singled to left; Hernandez grounded out (second to first) [Mumphrey to second]; Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: De Jesus singled to center; Thompson singled to left [De Jesus to second]; Buckner grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [De Jesus to third, Thompson out at second]; Biittner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hendrick singled to center; Scott homered [Hendrick scored]; Reitz grounded out (second to first); Tyson flied out to right; Forsch lined to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Martin struck out; Foote grounded out (third to first); Dillard walked; Kelleher forced Dillard (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Cubs 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Templeton singled to center; Mumphrey singled to center [Templeton to third]; Hernandez forced Mumphrey (second to shortstop) [Templeton scored]; Simmons grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hernandez out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 0. CUBS 3RD: Holtzman grounded out (pitcher to first); De Jesus grounded out (second to first); Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick walked; Scott forced Hendrick (second to shortstop); Reitz grounded into a double play (second to first) [Scott out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 0. CUBS 4TH: Buckner popped to shortstop; Biittner singled to shortstop; Martin homered [Biittner scored]; Foote lined to center; Dillard grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson singled to second; Forsch out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Tyson to second]; Templeton popped to second; Mumphrey singled to center [Tyson scored, Mumphrey to second (on throw to home)]; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 2. CUBS 5TH: Kelleher grounded out (shortstop to first); SIZEMORE BATTED FOR HOLTZMAN; Sizemore grounded out (second to first); De Jesus reached on an error by Tyson [De Jesus to first]; Thompson lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 2. CARDINALS 6TH: CAUDILL REPLACED SIZEMORE (PITCHING); Simmons popped to third; Hendrick popped to shortstop; Scott was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 2. CUBS 6TH: Buckner grounded out (first to pitcher); Biittner flied out to left; Martin grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 2. CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz reached on an error by De Jesus [Reitz to first]; Tyson walked [Reitz to second]; Forsch out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Reitz to third, Tyson to second]; Templeton was walked intentionally; Mumphrey lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Reitz scored (unearned)]; Hernandez lined to right; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 2. CUBS 7TH: Foote singled to left; Dillard grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Foote out at second]; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR KELLEHER; Ontiveros flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 2. CARDINALS 8TH: ONTIVEROS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); Hendrick lined to pitcher; Scott flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 2. CUBS 8TH: HENDERSON BATTED FOR CAUDILL; Henderson singled; De Jesus grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Henderson out at second]; Thompson singled to left; Buckner doubled to right [Thompson scored]; Biittner singled to right [Buckner scored]; DILONE RAN FOR BIITTNER; LITTELL REPLACED HENDRICK (PITCHING); CARBO REPLACED FORSCH (PLAYING RF); Martin grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 4. CARDINALS 9TH: MCGLOTHEN REPLACED DILONE (PITCHING); HENDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Reitz flied out to center; Tyson singled to shortstop; Carbo struck out; Templeton singled to left [Tyson to second]; Mumphrey forced Templeton (first to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 4. CUBS 9TH: Foote flied out to center; KINGMAN BATTED FOR DILLARD; Kingman flied out to center; Ontiveros walked; Henderson forced Ontiveros (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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