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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

1974-09-28 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 13867 · cloudy · 2:18

Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals 8–3. Chicago Cubs put up 4 in the 7th. Dave LaRoche earned the win. Billy Williams went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dave LaRoche L: Lynn McGlothen SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dick Stello · 1B: John McSherry · 2B: Chris Pelekoudas · 3B: Paul Pryor · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ted Sizemore	4	0	1	0	0	0
Reggie Smith	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ted Simmons	3	1	0	0	1	1
Joe Torre	2	1	0	0	2	0
Bake McBride	3	1	0	0	1	1
Ken Reitz	4	0	1	2	0	2
Mike Tyson	3	0	2	1	0	0
Lynn McGlothen	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Hunt	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Melendez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Cruz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rick Monday	3	2	1	0	0	0
Don Kessinger	3	2	0	0	1	1
Billy Williams	3	1	2	2	0	0
Bill Madlock	3	0	1	3	1	0
Jose Cardenal	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pete LaCock	3	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Swisher	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rob Sperring	4	1	1	0	0	0
Rick Reuschel	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave LaRoche	2	2	2	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lynn McGlothen	6.0	5	2	3
Sonny Siebert	0.0	1	0	0
Al Hrabosky	0.1	1	1	0
Ray Bare	1.2	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Reuschel	3.2	1	2	4
Dave LaRoche	4.1	3	1	3
Oscar Zamora	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: K/C
Ted Sizemore: 43
Reggie Smith: K

Bot 1

Rick Monday: 63
Don Kessinger: 6/P
Billy Williams: D7
Bill Madlock: 53

Top 2

Ted Simmons: K
Joe Torre: 63
Bake McBride: 53

Bot 2

Jose Cardenal: 7
Pete LaCock: 31
Steve Swisher: 53

Top 3

Ken Reitz: K
Mike Tyson: S7
Lynn McGlothen: 54(1)/FO
Lou Brock: 4(1)/FO

Bot 3

Rob Sperring: 13
Rick Reuschel: 63
Rick Monday: 7

Top 4

Ted Sizemore: 63
Reggie Smith: 3/G
Ted Simmons: W
Joe Torre: W.1-2
Bake McBride: W.2-3;1-2
Ken Reitz: S7.3-H;2-H;1-3
Mike Tyson: D7.3-H;1-3
Lynn McGlothen: K

Bot 4

Don Kessinger: K/C
Billy Williams: HR/9
Bill Madlock: 8
Jose Cardenal: K/C

Top 5

Lou Brock: 43
Ted Sizemore: S8
Reggie Smith: 9
Ted Simmons: 3/FL

Bot 5

Pete LaCock: 7
Steve Swisher: 3/FL
Rob Sperring: 43

Top 6

Joe Torre: 6/P
Bake McBride: K
Ken Reitz: K/C

Bot 6

Dave LaRoche: S8
Rick Monday: S9.1-2
Don Kessinger: W.2-3;1-2
Billy Williams: 4/P
Bill Madlock: T9.3-H;2-H;1-H
Jose Cardenal: 8
Pete LaCock: IW
Steve Swisher: K

Top 7

Mike Tyson: 63
Ron Hunt: 9
Lou Brock: 43

Bot 7

Rob Sperring: S8
Dave LaRoche: S7.1-2
Rick Monday: E1/SH.2-H(NR)(UR);1-3
Don Kessinger: E4.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2;B-1
Billy Williams: WP.2-3;1-2
Billy Williams: 9/SF.3-H(UR);2-H(E3)(NR)(UR)
Bill Madlock: W
Jose Cardenal: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Ted Sizemore: 6/P
Luis Melendez: 8
Ted Simmons: 43

Bot 8

Pete LaCock: 43
Steve Swisher: 3/P
Rob Sperring: 4/P

Top 9

Joe Torre: W
Bake McBride: 3/P
Ken Reitz: 4/P
Jose Cruz: 8

Notes & reviews

29 minute rain delay at 1:56; inning not indicated
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HP umpire Dick Stello injured on foul hit by Sizemore; 2B umpire Chris Pelekoudas moved to HP
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Stello returned to field umpiring at 3rd, Pryor moved to 2nd

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