Bill Madlock, who was involved in a fight in the game in St. Louis September 22, gained what he called "sweet revenge" with a three-run triple that helped the Cubs defeat the Cardinals, 8-3. Rick Reuschel, who started for the Cubs, walked Ted Simmons and Joe Torre in the fourth inning before calling it quits because of a blister on his pitching hand during a 29-minute rain delay. Dave LaRoche relieved. Bake McBride walked to load the bases, Ken Reitz drove in two runs with a single and Mike Tyson doubled to add a third tally.

LaRoche stifled Cardinals for the next 4 2/3 innings and also contributed two hits to the Cubs' comeback. After Billy Williams hit a homer in the fourth, LaRoche singled in the sixth, Rick Monday beat out an infield hit and Don Kessinger walked to load the bases. Madlock then cleared the sacks with his triple. In the seventh, the Cubs clinched their victory with four extra runs on a single with the aid of three errors by the Cardinals. LaRoche contributed a bunt single. With righthanded batters coming up, Oscar Zamora took over for LaRoche in the ninth and finished the job of knocking the Cardinals out of their first-place tie with the Pirates in the East Division. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 8, St. Louis Cardinals 3
Game Played on Saturday, September 28, 1974 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Cardinals    0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  4  3
Cubs         0  0  0    1  0  3    4  0  x  -   8  7  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .307      Monday cf             3   2   1   0     0   0   .295
Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .253      Kessinger ss          3   2   0   0     1   1   .261
Smith rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .312      Williams lf           3   1   2   2     0   0   .280
  Dwyer rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .282        Morales rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .272
  Melendez ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Madlock 3b            3   0   1   3     1   0   .314
Simmons c             3   1   0   0     1   1   .270      Cardenal rf,lf        4   0   0   0     0   1   .292
Torre 1b              2   1   0   0     2   0   .281      LaCock 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .187
McBride cf            3   1   0   0     1   1   .311      Swisher c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .223
Reitz 3b              4   0   1   2     0   2   .274      Sperring 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .196
Tyson ss              3   0   2   1     0   0   .224      Reuschel p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
  Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .253        LaRoche p           2   2   2   0     0   0   .333
McGlothen p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .181        Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Hunt ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .263
  Siebert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .114
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Bare p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               31   3   4   3     4   7             Totals               30   8   7   5     3   3

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 13,867
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Cubs 3
DP: Cardinals 1, Cubs 0
Errors: Sizemore, Torre, Hrabosky
Doubles: Tyson (14), Williams (21)
Triples: Madlock (5)
Home Runs: Williams (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Monday (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Williams (2)
GIDP: Cardenal (17)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen L(16-12)      6     5   4   4   2   3   1  25   2.69
Siebert                 0     1   1   0   0   0   0   1   3.84
Hrabosky                0.1   1   3   0   1   0   0   5   3.05
Bare                    1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   5.92
Totals                  8     7   8   4   3   3   1  35

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuschel                3.2   1   2   2   2   4   0  14   4.40
LaRoche W(5-5)          4.1   3   1   1   1   3   0  17   4.70
Zamora                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.01
Totals                  9     4   3   3   4   7   0  35

Wild Pitches: Hrabosky (4)

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello (left in the 5th inning), 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas,


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock was called out on strikes; Sizemore
grounded out (second to first); Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Monday grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger
popped to shortstop; Williams doubled to left; Madlock grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons struck out; Torre grounded out (shortstop
to first); McBride grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Cardenal flied out to left; LaCock grounded out (first
to pitcher); Swisher grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz struck out; Tyson singled to left;
McGlothen forced Tyson (third to second); Brock forced McGlothen
(second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Sperring grounded out (pitcher to first); Reuschel
grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
grounded out (first unassisted); Simmons walked; Torre walked
[Simmons to second]; 29 minute rain delay at 1:56; inning not
indicated; LAROCHE REPLACED REUSCHEL (PITCHING); McBride
walked [Simmons to third, Torre to second]; Reitz singled to
left [Simmons scored, Torre scored, McBride to third]; Tyson
doubled to left [McBride scored, Reitz to third]; McGlothen
struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Kessinger was called out on strikes; Williams homered;
Madlock flied out to center; Cardenal was called out on strikes;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
singled to center; Smith flied out to right; Simmons popped to
first in foul territory; HP umpire Dick Stello injured
sometime in the fifth; 2B umpire Chris Pelekoudas moved to
HP; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 1.

CUBS 5TH: DWYER REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING RF); LaCock flied out to
left; Swisher popped to first in foul territory; Sperring
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
3, Cubs 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Torre popped to shortstop; McBride struck out;
Reitz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Cubs 1.

CUBS 6TH: LaRoche singled to center; Monday singled to right
[LaRoche to second]; Kessinger walked [LaRoche to third, Monday
to second]; Williams popped to second; Madlock tripled to right
[LaRoche scored, Monday scored, Kessinger scored]; Cardenal
flied out to center; LaCock was walked intentionally; Swisher
struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); HUNT
BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN; Hunt flied out to right; Brock grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs
4.

CUBS 7TH: SIEBERT REPLACED HUNT (PITCHING); Sperring singled to
center; HRABOSKY REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING); LaRoche singled to
left [Sperring to second]; Monday reached on an error by
Hrabosky on a sacrifice bunt [Sperring scored (unearned) (no
RBI), LaRoche to third]; Kessinger reached on an error by
Sizemore [LaRoche scored (unearned) (no RBI), Monday to second,
Kessinger to first]; Hrabosky threw a wild pitch [Monday to
third, Kessinger to second]; Williams hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Monday scored (unearned), Kessinger scored (error by
Torre) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Madlock walked; BARE REPLACED
HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Cardenal grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Madlock out at second]; 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 3
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 8.

CARDINALS 8TH: MORALES REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING RF); CARDENAL
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Sizemore popped to shortstop;
MELENDEZ BATTED FOR DWYER; Melendez flied out to center; Simmons
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
3, Cubs 8.

CUBS 8TH: MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); LaCock grounded
out (second to first); Swisher popped to first; Sperring popped
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 8.

CARDINALS 9TH: ZAMORA REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Torre walked;
McBride popped to first; Reitz popped to second; CRUZ BATTED FOR
TYSON; Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Cubs 8.