A two-run rally in the ninth inning lifted the Cubs to a 5-4 decision over the Cardinals. Ivan DeJesus smacked a one-out double and scored the tying run on a single by Mike Vail. Back-to-back singles by Bill Buckner and Larry Biittner then plated pinch-runner Rodney Scott with the winning tally. The Cards had taken a 4-3 lead in the last of the eighth on a run-scoring triple by Garry Templeton. [The Sporting News]

Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Game Played on Sunday, September 24, 1978 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Cubs 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 - 5 15 0 Cardinals 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 4 11 1 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .276 Templeton ss 5 0 1 1 0 0 .279 Gross rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Morales rf 5 0 1 0 0 3 .239 Vail ph,rf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .316 Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .254 Scott pr,3b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .278 Simmons c 3 1 1 0 2 0 .285 Buckner 1b 5 2 3 1 0 0 .322 Hendrick cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .278 Biittner lf 5 1 2 1 0 1 .258 Reitz 3b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .245 Thompson cf,rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .421 Tyson 2b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .238 Trillo 2b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .262 Garrett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Rader c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .194 Oberkfell 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .116 Murcer ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .282 Lentine lf 3 0 2 1 0 0 .286 Blackwell c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Mumphrey ph,lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .257 Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Vuckovich p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Sember pr,3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Freed ph 0 0 0 1 1 0 .232 White ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Ramsey pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kelleher 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Clines ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Bruno p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Cox c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Holtzman p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGlothen p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .154 Kingman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Totals 40 5 15 5 1 9 Totals 35 4 11 3 6 6 Time of Game: 3:35 Attendance: 17,033 Left on Base: Cubs 11, Cardinals 11 DP: Cubs 2, Cardinals 0 Errors: Vuckovich Doubles: De Jesus (24), Simmons (40) Triples: Templeton (12) Home Runs: Buckner (5) Stolen Bases: De Jesus (39), Morales (4) Caught Stealing: Gross (1), Murcer (5) Sacrifice Hits: Thompson (1), De Jesus (14), Bruno (2) GIDP: Templeton (6), Garrett (5) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Holtzman 5 8 3 3 4 1 0 27 5.37 McGlothen W(5-2) 3 3 1 1 2 3 0 12 3.46 Sutter SV(26) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3.23 Totals 9 11 4 4 6 6 0 42 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Vuckovich 6 8 3 3 0 7 1 26 2.57 Schultz 1.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.67 Bruno L(4-3) 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 6 2.02 Lopez 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.29 Littell 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2.85 Totals 9 15 5 5 1 9 1 43 Passed Balls: Rader (6) Wild Pitches: Vuckovich (7) Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey CUBS 1ST: De Jesus flied out to center; Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); Buckner homered; Biittner struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (third to first); Morales struck out; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 0. CUBS 2ND: Thompson was called out on strikes; Trillo popped to first in foul territory; Rader struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Kelleher forced Rader (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons doubled to left; Hendrick walked; Reitz flied out to left; Tyson flied out to right; Lentine singled to right [Simmons scored, Hendrick to third]; Vuckovich grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CUBS 3RD: Holtzman struck out; De Jesus was called out on strikes; Gross singled to left; Gross was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Templeton flied out to right; Morales singled to left; Morales stole second; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Morales to third]; Simmons popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CUBS 4TH: Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); Biittner grounded out (first unassisted); Thompson singled to center; Trillo singled to third [Thompson to second]; Rader popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz grounded out (third to first); Tyson singled to left; Lentine forced Tyson (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CUBS 5TH: Kelleher grounded out (third to first); Holtzman struck out; De Jesus singled to left; De Jesus stole second; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Vuckovich singled to right; Templeton popped to first in foul territory; Rader allowed a passed ball [Vuckovich to second]; Morales flied out to right; Hernandez walked; Simmons walked [Vuckovich to third, Hernandez to second]; Hendrick popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 1, Cardinals 1. CUBS 6TH: Buckner singled to center; Biittner singled to left [Buckner to second]; Thompson reached on an error by Vuckovich on a sacrifice bunt [Buckner to third, Biittner to second, Thompson to first]; Trillo popped to second; MURCER BATTED FOR RADER; Murcer singled to center [Buckner scored, Biittner scored, Thompson to third]; Murcer was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Kelleher struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 6TH: BLACKWELL REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING C ); Reitz singled to center; Tyson singled to left [Reitz to second]; On a bunt Lentine singled to third [Reitz to third, Tyson to second]; FREED BATTED FOR VUCKOVICH; Freed walked [Reitz scored, Tyson to third, Lentine to second]; RAMSEY RAN FOR FREED; MCGLOTHEN REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Templeton grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Tyson scored (no RBI), Lentine to third, Ramsey out at second]; Morales struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Cardinals 3. CUBS 7TH: SCHULTZ REPLACED RAMSEY (PITCHING); McGlothen singled to center; De Jesus out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [McGlothen to second]; VAIL BATTED FOR GROSS; Vail grounded out (third to first); Buckner lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 7TH: VAIL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Hernandez singled to center; Simmons walked [Hernandez to second]; On a bunt Hendrick forced Hernandez (first to third) [Simmons to second]; Reitz walked [Simmons to third, Hendrick to second]; GARRETT BATTED FOR TYSON; Garrett grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Reitz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 3, Cardinals 3. CUBS 8TH: OBERKFELL REPLACED GARRETT (PLAYING 2B); Biittner flied out to right; Thompson singled to right; Trillo singled to right [Thompson to third]; JOHNSON BATTED FOR BLACKWELL; BRUNO REPLACED SCHULTZ (PITCHING); Johnson reached on a fielder's choice [Thompson out at home (third to catcher), Trillo to second]; CLINES BATTED FOR KELLEHER; SEMBER RAN FOR JOHNSON; Clines struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 3, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 8TH: SEMBER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); COX REPLACED CLINES (PLAYING C ); MUMPHREY BATTED FOR LENTINE; Mumphrey singled to left; Bruno out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Mumphrey to second]; Templeton tripled to left [Mumphrey scored]; Morales struck out; Hernandez struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Cardinals 4. CUBS 9TH: MUMPHREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); KINGMAN BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN; Kingman flied out to center; De Jesus doubled to left; Vail singled to center [De Jesus scored]; SCOTT RAN FOR VAIL; Buckner singled to right [Scott to second]; LOPEZ REPLACED BRUNO (PITCHING); Biittner singled to center [Scott scored, Buckner to second]; Thompson forced Biittner (first to shortstop) [Buckner to third]; LITTELL REPLACED LOPEZ (PITCHING); Trillo walked [Thompson to second]; WHITE BATTED FOR SEMBER; White struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 5, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 9TH: WHITE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); THOMPSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); SUTTER REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Simmons grounded out (third to first); Hendrick struck out; Reitz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Cardinals 4.

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