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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

1969-04-16 · Night game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 16418 · 58°F, night · 2:14

Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals 1–0. Fergie Jenkins earned the win. Randy Hundley went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

W: Fergie Jenkins L: Steve Carlton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tony Venzon · 1B: Frank Secory · 2B: Paul Pryor · 3B: Satch Davidson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Kessinger	3	0	2	0	2	0
Glenn Beckert	4	0	2	0	0	0
Billy Williams	5	1	1	0	0	0
Ron Santo	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ernie Banks	3	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Hundley	4	0	3	1	0	0
Jim Hickman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Don Young	3	0	1	0	1	2
Fergie Jenkins	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jim Qualls	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Lou Brock	4	0	0	1
Curt Flood	4	0	0	0
Vada Pinson	4	0	0	1
Joe Torre	4	0	0	0
Tim McCarver	4	0	0	1
Mike Shannon	3	2	0	1
Julian Javier	2	1	0	0
Dal Maxvill	2	0	1	1
Steve Carlton	2	2	0	0
Joe Hague	1	0	0	1
Bill White	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fergie Jenkins	9.0	5	1	6

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Carlton	8.0	9	4	6
Mike Torrez	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Kessinger: S9
Glenn Beckert: S8.1-2
Billy Williams: 36(1)/FO.2-3;B-1
Ron Santo: K/C
Ernie Banks: 3/FL

Bot 1

Lou Brock: 43
Curt Flood: 53
Vada Pinson: 8

Top 2

Randy Hundley: S1/BG
Jim Hickman: 53.1-2
Don Young: S8.2-3;B-2(THH)
Fergie Jenkins: K
Don Kessinger: W
Glenn Beckert: 43

Bot 2

Joe Torre: 63
Tim McCarver: 9
Mike Shannon: S8
Julian Javier: S7.1-2
Dal Maxvill: 4/P

Top 3

Billy Williams: S9
Ron Santo: W.1-2
Ernie Banks: 3/SH/BG.2-3;1-2
Randy Hundley: FC5/R2.3-H;2-2;B-1
Jim Hickman: 8.2-3
Don Young: W.1-2
Fergie Jenkins: K/C

Bot 3

Steve Carlton: D9
Lou Brock: 43
Curt Flood: 13
Vada Pinson: 63

Top 4

Don Kessinger: W
Glenn Beckert: 54(1)3/GDP
Billy Williams: 43

Bot 4

Joe Torre: 31
Tim McCarver: 43
Mike Shannon: K

Top 5

Ron Santo: 9
Ernie Banks: 53
Randy Hundley: S8
Jim Hickman: 13

Bot 5

Julian Javier: 4/P
Dal Maxvill: W
Steve Carlton: S8.1-2
Lou Brock: 4(1)/FO.2-3
Curt Flood: 6(1)/FO

Top 6

Don Young: K
Fergie Jenkins: K
Don Kessinger: 4/P

Bot 6

Vada Pinson: K/C
Joe Torre: 63/G56D
Tim McCarver: 5/FL

Top 7

Glenn Beckert: S9
Billy Williams: 3(B)3(1)/LDP
Ron Santo: 9

Bot 7

Mike Shannon: S5.BX2(534)
Joe Hague: K/C
Dal Maxvill: K

Top 8

Ernie Banks: 63
Randy Hundley: S9
Jim Hickman: S7.1-2
Don Young: K
Fergie Jenkins: 54(1)/FO

Bot 8

Bill White: 7
Lou Brock: K/C
Curt Flood: 3/P

Top 9

Don Kessinger: S1/BG
Jim Qualls: K
Billy Williams: 3(B)6(1)/GDP

Bot 9

Vada Pinson: 13
Joe Torre: 53
Tim McCarver: K

Notes & reviews

the ball struck 3B umpire Satch Davidson; Glenn Beckert knocked cold on this play; Mike Shannon possibly hurt as well; the Cubs felt Shannon intentionally ran down Beckert

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