The Cardinals ended a string of 12 straight losses to the Cubs this season by posting a 6-2 victory with a five-run outburst in the 12th inning. Dave Kingman hit a homer for the Cubs in the seventh to tie the game at 1-1.

George Hendrick doubled with one out in the Cards' 12th. After an intentional pass to Ted Simmons and another walk to Keith Hernandez, Ken Reitz singled to drive in Hendrick. Simmons followed across the plate on a wild pitch by Bruce Sutter. After Tony Scott struck out, Mike Phillips sewed up the game with a three-run homer, his first of the season. The Cubs' rally in the home half fell short with one run scoring. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 6, Chicago Cubs 2

Game Played on Friday, September 15, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Cardinals 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 6 12 1 Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 9 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Templeton ss 5 0 1 0 1 3 .273 Gross cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Iorg rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .218 White pr,cf 2 0 1 1 0 1 .248 Mumphrey rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Scott 3b 4 0 0 0 2 0 .278 Hendrick cf 6 1 2 0 0 3 .278 Buckner 1b 6 0 2 0 0 2 .314 Simmons lf,c 4 1 1 0 2 0 .289 Murcer rf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .292 Hernandez 1b 4 2 0 0 2 1 .251 Kingman lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .250 Reitz 3b 6 1 3 1 0 1 .249 Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .262 Kennedy c 3 0 2 1 1 0 .286 De Jesus ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .268 Scott lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .231 Blackwell c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .230 Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Biittner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Phillips ph,2b 3 1 1 3 0 0 .264 Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Dressler p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Holtzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Bruno p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .111 Thompson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .375 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Krukow p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .243 Garrett ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .240 Cox c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Lentine pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vail ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .309 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Brock ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Littell p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 46 6 12 5 7 15 Totals 43 2 9 2 5 9 Time of Game: 3:29 Attendance: 5,097 Left on Base: Cardinals 12, Cubs 10 DP: Cardinals 2, Cubs 1 Errors: Tyson Doubles: Iorg (3), Hendrick (30), White (4) Home Runs: Phillips (1), Kingman (26) Stolen Bases: Templeton (30), Lentine (1), De Jesus (35) Sacrifice Hits: Dressler (1) GIDP: Tyson (12), Buckner (13) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dressler 5 3 0 0 2 2 0 18 0.00 Bruno 2.2 2 1 1 1 1 1 11 1.37 Schultz 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.79 Lopez 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 9 3.98 Littell W(3-8) 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 9 2.94 Totals 12 9 2 2 5 9 1 48 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Krukow 9 7 1 1 5 11 0 38 3.88 Sutter L(8-8) 2.2 5 5 5 2 4 1 15 3.27 Holtzman 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.82 Totals 12 12 6 6 7 15 1 54 Wild Pitches: Sutter (8) Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton flied out to left; Iorg grounded out (second to first); Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: Gross flied out to left; Scott grounded out (second to first); Buckner singled to second; Murcer forced Buckner (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons popped to catcher in foul territory; Hernandez walked; Reitz singled to center [Hernandez to second]; Kennedy singled to left [Hernandez scored, Reitz to second]; Tyson singled to right [Reitz to third, Kennedy to second]; Dressler struck out; Templeton struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); Trillo struck out; De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Iorg doubled to center; Hendrick struck out; Simmons walked; Hernandez was called out on strikes; Reitz flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 3RD: Blackwell struck out; Krukow flied out to right; Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Kennedy singled to right; Tyson flied out to center; Dressler out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Kennedy to second]; Templeton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 4TH: Scott grounded out (first unassisted); Buckner singled to right; Murcer singled to right [Buckner to third, Murcer out at second (right to first to second)]; Kingman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Iorg was called out on strikes; Hendrick struck out; Simmons singled to right; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 5TH: Trillo walked; De Jesus lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Trillo out at first]; Blackwell walked; Krukow popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Reitz struck out; Kennedy walked; Tyson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kennedy out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 6TH: BRUNO REPLACED DRESSLER (PITCHING); Gross singled to center; On a bunt Scott forced Gross (third to shortstop); Buckner grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Scott out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Bruno was called out on strikes; Templeton singled to right; Iorg flied out to left; Templeton stole second; Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 7TH: MUMPHREY REPLACED IORG (PLAYING RF); Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); Kingman homered; Trillo lined to left; De Jesus flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 1. CARDINALS 8TH: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Hernandez flied out to left; Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 1. CUBS 8TH: Blackwell grounded out (first unassisted); Krukow struck out; Gross reached on an error by Tyson [Gross to first]; WHITE RAN FOR GROSS; Scott walked [White to second]; SCHULTZ REPLACED BRUNO (PITCHING); Buckner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 1. CARDINALS 9TH: WHITE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Kennedy flied out to right; PHILLIPS BATTED FOR TYSON; Phillips grounded out (second to first); GARRETT BATTED FOR SCHULTZ; Garrett walked; LENTINE RAN FOR GARRETT; Lentine stole second; Templeton walked; Mumphrey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 1. CUBS 9TH: LOPEZ REPLACED LENTINE (PITCHING); PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SCOTT REPLACED KENNEDY (PLAYING LF); SIMMONS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Murcer walked; Kingman singled to left [Murcer to second]; Trillo was called out on strikes; De Jesus popped to left; BIITTNER BATTED FOR BLACKWELL; Biittner flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 1. CARDINALS 10TH: COX REPLACED KRUKOW (PLAYING C ); SUTTER REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); Hendrick singled to center; Simmons popped to first in foul territory; Hernandez forced Hendrick (first to shortstop); Reitz singled to third [Hernandez to second]; Scott struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 1. CUBS 10TH: Cox popped to second; White struck out; Scott walked; Buckner grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 1. CARDINALS 11TH: Phillips grounded out (second to first); BROCK BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Brock struck out; Templeton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 1. CUBS 11TH: LITTELL REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); Murcer struck out; Kingman popped to shortstop in foul territory; Trillo grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 1. CARDINALS 12TH: Mumphrey lined to center; Hendrick doubled to center; Simmons was walked intentionally; Hernandez walked [Hendrick to third, Simmons to second]; Reitz singled to left [Hendrick scored, Simmons to third, Hernandez to second]; Scott struck out; Sutter threw a wild pitch [Simmons scored, Hernandez to third, Reitz to second]; Phillips homered [Hernandez scored, Reitz scored]; HOLTZMAN REPLACED SUTTER (PITCHING); Littell lined to shortstop; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Cubs 1. CUBS 12TH: De Jesus singled to center; THOMPSON BATTED FOR HOLTZMAN; De Jesus stole second; Thompson struck out; VAIL BATTED FOR COX; Vail singled to right [De Jesus to third]; White doubled to right [De Jesus scored, Vail to third]; Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); Buckner struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 6, Cubs 2.

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