Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 22, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1974 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 5 1 3 2
Kessinger ss 5 1 1 1
Madlock 3b 3 0 0 1
Cardenal lf 4 0 2 1
Morales rf 4 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Zamora p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 1 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 1 1 0
Swisher c 4 0 0 0
Sperring 2b 2 0 0 0
  LaCock ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Stone p 1 0 0 0
  Williams ph 0 0 0 0
  Grabarkewitz pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 2 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 3 2 3 1
Simmons c 4 1 2 4
Torre 1b 2 1 1 0
  Herndon pr 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez 1b 0 0 0 0
McBride cf 4 0 1 0
  Cruz cf 0 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Tyson ss 2 0 0 0
  Heidemann ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Gibson p 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 5
Chicago 100 004 000580
St. Louis 202 001 0016102
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   5.0 4 4 4 2 4
  Todd   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Zamora   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  LaRoche  L (4-5) 2.0 4 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.2
10
6
6
5
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson   7.0 8 5 4 5 5
  Hrabosky  W (8-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
5
7

  E–Sizemore 2 (15).  DP–Chicago 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Smith (26,off Stone); Reitz (27,off LaRoche).  3B–St. Louis Smith 2 (8,off Stone 2).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (19,1st inning off Stone 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Madlock (6,off Gibson); Simmons (9,off Stone).  IBB–Cardenal (3,by Gibson).  SH–Sizemore (18,off Stone).  HBP–Torre (7,by Stone).  SB–Kessinger (7,2nd base off Gibson/Simmons); Monday (7,3rd base off Gibson/Simmons); Cardenal (23,2nd base off Gibson/Simmons); Brock 2 (114,2nd base off Stone/Swisher,2nd base off Zamora/Swisher).  HBP–Stone (4,Torre).  IBB–Gibson (14,Cardenal).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:43.  A–43,267.
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