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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

1974-05-24 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 9180 · cloudy · 2:16

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 1–0. Sonny Siebert earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Sonny Siebert L: Rick Reuschel SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Weyer · 1B: Frank Pulli · 2B: Ed Sudol · 3B: Satch Davidson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Lou Brock	3	0	1	1	2
Ted Sizemore	4	0	0	0	0
Reggie Smith	4	0	0	0	2
Ted Simmons	4	1	2	0	0
Bake McBride	3	0	0	0	1
Joe Torre	2	0	2	1	0
Ken Reitz	3	0	0	0	1
Luis Alvarado	2	0	0	0	0
Sonny Siebert	3	0	0	0	2
Jose Cruz	0	0	0	1	0
Tim McCarver	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Tyson	1	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Don Kessinger	4	1	0	0
Matt Alexander	3	0	0	0
Billy Williams	3	0	1	1
Jose Cardenal	4	1	0	0
Rick Monday	4	1	0	0
Jerry Morales	2	0	0	0
Dave Rosello	3	1	0	1
Tom Lundstedt	3	1	0	0
Rick Reuschel	3	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sonny Siebert	9.0	5	1	3

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Reuschel	9.0	5	3	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: K
Ted Sizemore: 63
Reggie Smith: 43

Bot 1

Don Kessinger: 8
Matt Alexander: 31
Billy Williams: 63

Top 2

Ted Simmons: 6/P
Bake McBride: K/C
Joe Torre: D7
Ken Reitz: 13

Bot 2

Jose Cardenal: S7
Rick Monday: 64(1)/FO
Jerry Morales: SB2
Jerry Morales: 63
Dave Rosello: 4/P

Top 3

Luis Alvarado: 3/P
Sonny Siebert: K/C
Lou Brock: K

Bot 3

Tom Lundstedt: S7
Rick Reuschel: K/C
Don Kessinger: 7
Matt Alexander: 9

Top 4

Ted Sizemore: 3/FL
Reggie Smith: K
Ted Simmons: 43

Bot 4

Billy Williams: K
Jose Cardenal: 5/L
Rick Monday: 7

Top 5

Bake McBride: 7
Joe Torre: HP
Ken Reitz: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Jerry Morales: 7/L
Dave Rosello: D7
Tom Lundstedt: 3/G.2-3
Rick Reuschel: 7/L

Top 6

Luis Alvarado: 53
Sonny Siebert: K/C
Lou Brock: S7
Ted Sizemore: SB2
Ted Sizemore: 53

Bot 6

Don Kessinger: S9
Matt Alexander: 13/SH.1-2
Billy Williams: IW
Jose Cardenal: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Reggie Smith: 8/L
Ted Simmons: S8
Bake McBride: 7/L
Joe Torre: S8.1-2
Ken Reitz: K

Bot 7

Rick Monday: FLE2
Rick Monday: S8
Jerry Morales: 13/SH.1-2
Dave Rosello: K
Tom Lundstedt: 4/P

Top 8

Jose Cruz: W
Sonny Siebert: 14/SH.1-2
Lou Brock: W
Ted Sizemore: 6/P
Reggie Smith: K

Bot 8

Rick Reuschel: 63
Don Kessinger: 43
Matt Alexander: 43

Top 9

Ted Simmons: D9
Bake McBride: 13/SH.2-3
Joe Torre: IW
Tim McCarver: FC3/R25.3-H(NR);1-3;B-2
Mike Tyson: K
Sonny Siebert: 43

Bot 9

Billy Williams: 5/FL
Jose Cardenal: 9
Rick Monday: 13

Notes & reviews

Ted Simmons escaped a rundown

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