The Cardinals extended their winning streak to five games and swept the three-game series from the Cubs with a 6-1 victory behind the five-hit pitching of Steve Mura. A sacrifice fly by Keith Hernandez plated Tommy Herr, who had tripled, in the first inning.

Julio Gonzalez stroked a two-run single in the fourth, and the Redbirds raised their lead to 6-0 on solo homers by Lonnie Smith in the fifth and George Hendrick in the sixth and an RBI single by David Green in the eighth. Mura lost his shutout bid when Keith Moreland belted a two-out homer in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, Chicago Cubs 1
Game Played on Thursday, April     15, 1982 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Cardinals    1  0  0    2  1  1    0  1  0  -   6  7  0
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  4  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
L. Smith cf,lf        5   1   1   1     0   2   .297      Wills 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Herr 2b               3   1   1   0     2   0   .282      Kennedy 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Hernandez 1b          4   2   2   1     0   1   .441      Buckner 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .314
Porter c              3   1   0   0     1   0   .235      Moreland c            4   1   1   1     0   1   .333
Hendrick rf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .250      Durham rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .200
  Landrum rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Morales cf            2   0   0   0     1   0   .176
Iorg lf               1   0   0   0     2   0   .190      Henderson lf          3   0   2   0     0   0   .241
  Green pr,cf         1   0   1   1     0   0   .368      Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .129
Gonzalez 3b           4   0   1   2     0   0   .357      Bird p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
O. Smith ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .333        Waller ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
Mura p                3   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Molinaro ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .333
                                                            Ripley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   6   7   6     6   3             Totals               30   1   4   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 13,673
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Cubs 4
DP: Cardinals 1, Cubs 0
Errors: Durham
Doubles: Henderson 2 (2)
Triples: Herr (1)
Home Runs: L. Smith (2), Hendrick (3), Moreland (4)
Caught Stealing: Herr (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Mura (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Hernandez (2)
GIDP: Henderson (2)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Mura W(1-0)             9     4   1   1   2   5   1  32   3.48
Totals                  9     4   1   1   2   5   1  32

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bird L(1-2)             6     5   5   5   3   1   2  26   3.79
Smith                   2     2   1   0   1   1   0   8   0.00
Ripley                  1     0   0   0   2   1   0   5   2.25
Totals                  9     7   6   5   6   3   2  39

Passed Balls: Moreland (1)

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - John McSherry


CARDINALS 1ST: L. Smith popped to shortstop; Herr tripled to
left; Hernandez hit a sacrifice fly to shortstop [Herr scored];
Porter flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Wills grounded out (second to first); Kennedy grounded
out (shortstop to first); Buckner singled to center; Moreland
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Iorg
flied out to left; Gonzalez grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Durham struck out; Morales walked; Henderson grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Morales out at second];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: O. Smith flied out to center; Mura flied out to
right; L. Smith grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Bowa lined to second; Bird was called out on strikes;
Wills flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Herr grounded out (first unassisted); Hernandez
singled to left; Porter walked [Hernandez to second]; Hendrick
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Porter to second, Hernandez
to third]; Iorg was walked intentionally; Gonzalez singled to
right [Iorg to second, Porter scored, Hernandez scored]; O.
Smith flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Kennedy flied out to right; Buckner grounded out
(first unassisted); Moreland grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Mura grounded out (third to first); L. Smith
homered; Herr grounded out (second to first); Hernandez struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 0.

CUBS 5TH: Durham grounded out (pitcher to first); Morales lined
to third; Henderson doubled to left; Bowa grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Porter flied out to center; Hendrick homered;
Iorg walked; GREEN RAN FOR IORG; Gonzalez lined to left; O.
Smith forced Green (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cardinals 5, Cubs 0.

CUBS 6TH: GREEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); L. SMITH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); WALLER BATTED FOR BIRD; Waller flied out
to center; Wills flied out to right; Kennedy struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: SMITH REPLACED WALLER (PITCHING); Mura grounded
out (shortstop to first); L. Smith struck out; Herr walked; Herr
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Cubs 0.

CUBS 7TH: Buckner grounded out (pitcher to first); Moreland
grounded out (pitcher to first); Durham was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Hernandez singled to center; Moreland allowed a
passed ball [Hernandez to second]; Porter flied out to center;
Hendrick popped to third in foul territory; Green singled to
right [Hernandez scored (unearned), Green to third (error by
Durham)]; Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Cubs 0.

CUBS 8TH: LANDRUM REPLACED HENDRICK (PLAYING RF); Morales flied
out to left; Henderson doubled to center; Bowa flied out to
left; MOLINARO BATTED FOR SMITH; Molinaro walked; Wills flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: RIPLEY REPLACED MOLINARO (PITCHING); O. Smith
walked; Mura out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [O.
Smith to second]; L. Smith struck out; Herr walked; Hernandez
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals
6, Cubs 0.

CUBS 9TH: Kennedy flied out to left; Buckner popped to second;
Moreland homered; Durham grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Cubs 1.