S-O-M 1961

BAL 4-6-1 KCA 3-7-2 WP-Wally Bunker (1-0) LP-Catfish Hunter (0-1) SV-Drabowsky (1) Wally Bunker: 7.2 IP: 3 R, 6 K, 3 BB. Catfish Hunter: 9 IP: 4 R, 6 H, 4 K, 3 BB. Orioles score 4 in the 5th, Paul Blair 2-run double. A's score 3 in the bottom of the 5th, Mike Hershberger 2-run single. Luis, we need to have a talk: SS Aparicio off to a 1-for-18 start. BAL 1-3 KCA 2-1 

He was just 18... CIN 3-4-0 HOU 0-4-0 WP-Gary Nolan (1-0) LP-Bo Belinsky (0-1) Gary Nolan: 9 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 6 K, 2 BB. Bo Belinsky: 8 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 5 K, 2 BB.   Leo Cardenas: 2-run double in 2nd, scored on RBI single by Don Pavletich. CIN 2-2 HOU 3-2

  Nen spelled backwards is "clutch." WSH 6-9-1 CWS 4-6-1 WP-Richert (1-1) LP-John (0-1) SV-Knowles (1) Dick Nen: PH 3-run homer in top of 9th off Bob Locker with 2 outs. Other Senator homers: Hawk Harrelson (2nd inning, 1) Ken McMullen (9th inning, 2) Pete Richert: 8 IP, 4 R, 8 H, 4 K, 1 BB. Tommy John: 8.2 IP, 5 R, 8 H, 4 K, 1 BB, taken out via fatigue dot with 2 outs. He really did put it on the board: Harrelson's homer was on the "diamond." Comiskey HR 1-4, roll was a "3." WSH 1-2 CWS 2-1

CAL 6-7-2 CLE 3-5-0 WP-Clark (1-0) LP-Bell (0-1) Paul Schaal: Committed errors on back-to-back plays in the 1st, then turned DP. Don Mincher: 2-run homer in the 2nd, doubled in run in the 4th. Rickey Clark: 9 IP: 3 R, 5 H, 6 K, 2 BB. (Retired last 12 Indians) Gary Bell: 8 IP: 6 R, 7 H, 5 K, 1 BB. Indian homers: Vic Davalillo (lead-off), Chuck Hinton.  CAL 3-1 CLE 1-2

SFG at ATL NBC Game of the Week "B" game (Jim Simpson, Tony Kubek) SFG 12-14-2 ATL 1-4-1 WP-Marichal (2-0) LP-Kelley (0-1) (Carroll, Hernandez) Juan Marichal: 9 IP, 11, K, 2 BB/HB, 1 R, 4 H. Ken Henderson: Grand Slam in 2nd. Jim Davenport: 4 singles, 3 runs scored. Score of actual game: Braves 4, Giants 3. Willie Mays: Did not start nor appear.  Felipe Alou, Rico Carty: A combined 1-for-39 through 5 games. Alou, 1-22, Carty, 0-17. SFG 4-0 ATL 1-4  

STL 4-10-1 LAD 1-5-1 WP-Jaster LP-Osteen Curt Flood: 3-for-3/HBP, started 8th inning rally with single, scored on single by Orlando Cepeda. Lou Brock: "There's a drive to right field, it might be out of here, it could be, IT IS! A home run by Lou Brock breaks the scoreless tie in the 5th. HOLY COW!!!" Larry Jaster: 9 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 5 K 1 BB.   Claude Osteen: 7.1 IP: 4 R, 9 H, 5 H, 1 BB. STL 1-1 LAD 0-2 Vin Scully: "For Smoother-running engines, filler' up with Royal 76 gasoline."

PIT 5-10-0 CHC 3-9-0 WP-Ribant LP-Simmons SV-Pizarro Roberto Clemente: 3-for-4, 2 doubles, 3 runs scored, 1 RBI. Dennis Ribant: 8+ IP, 3 R, 8 H, 5 K, 1 BB. Clendenon, Mazeroski, Alley, 2 hits apeice. Ron Santo: 3-4 Ernie Banks: 2-4, triple, 2 RBI. PIT 3-0 CHC 1-2  

NYM 2-4-2 PHI 1-8-2 WP-Fisher LP-Short Jack Fisher: 9 IP, 1 R, 8 H, 5 K, 2 BB. Chris Short: 9 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 8 K, 4 BB. Mets: Scored both runs in 4th on RBI single by Ron Swoboda (Reynolds) and FC-5 by K. Boyer (Jones). Phils: Scored lone run in 6th on RBI single by Tony Gonzalez (Allen). NYM 1-2 PHI 1-2

For 1/3rd of an inning, yes. But Whitey Ford is still "Chairman" NYY 7-11-0 BOS 0-3-1 WP-Ford LP-Rohr Whitey Ford: 9 IP, 0 R, 3 H (All from Reggie Smith), 5 K, George Scott HBP. Billy Rohr: 7.1 IP, 5 R, 8 H, 2 K (Whitey Ford both times), 4 BB. Bill Robinson: Broke up the no-hit "bid' with a 1-out solo homer in the 1st. Charlie Smith: solo homer in 6th (2). Yankees broke it open with 4 runs off Rohr, Bennett and Osinski in the 8th, Horace Clarke 2-run single. NYY 3-0 BOS 0-3  

  MIN 10-15-2 DET 3-9-0 WP-Boswell LP-Wilson Rich Rollins: 5-5, homer, double, 3 singles, 3 RBI, 3 runs scored. Dave Boswell: 9 IP, 3 ER, 9 H, 5 K, 3 BB, double, run scored. Harmon Killebrew: 3-run homer in 1st. Earl Wilson: 1.1 IP, 7 ER, 8 H, 1 BB, 0 K. MIN 3-0 DET 0-3

KCA 5-10-3 BAL 4-9-1 WP-Krausse (1-0) LP-Phoebus (0-1) SV-Lindblad (1) Ed Charles: 4-for-4, home run, 3 RBI, game-saving double play in the 9th. Lew Krausse: 7.2 IP, 4R/3 ER, 9 H, 5 K, 1 BB, single, walk... stolen base.  Krausse scored the go-ahead run in the 7th after a lead-off walk, stole 2nd on a jump of "3", bunted to 3rd by Bert Campaneris and scored on Danny Cater's sac fly to left. KCA 2-0 BAL 0-3

HOU 7-13-3 CIN 5-5-1 WP-Wilson LP-Ellis Don Wilson: 9 IP, 5 R, 5 H, 8 K, 1 BB. Rusty Staub: 4-for-5, 2 RBI, run scored. Eddie Mathews: 3 runs scored. John Bateman, Jim Landis: 2 doubles apiece. HOU 3-1 CIN 1-2  

CLE 4-14-0 CAL 2-5-0 WP-Tiant LP-Sa nford   About the "lights-out": The previously scheduled game from the night before was ppd. due to a power failure. Luis Tiant: 9 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 12 K, 2 BB, double, single, run scored. Yes, he left the building: Max Alvis homered for the Tribe, as did Vern Fuller (2). Too little, too late: Rick Reichardt (2) homered in the 9th for CAL. CLE 1-1 CAL 2-1

SFG 7-11-0 ATL 5-10-1 (11 innings) WP-Gibbon LP-Reed (found out that Raymond was an Astro at this point in 67, since the winning rally was on hitter's cards I assigned the loss to an uncarded Ron Reed) Giants: Score 2 in 11th on RBI singles by Hart, Haller. Mack Jones: Bases-clearing triple in 8th to tie it (off Lindy McDaniel). The best in their field: Home runs by Aaron (with one on in the 1st, 2) and Mays (with one on in the 3rd). Pat Jarvis: 8 IP, 5 R, 8 H, 6 K, 5 BB. SFG 3-0 ATL 1-3

PIT 7-18-2 NYM 5-11-0 WP-Fryman LP-Seaver SV-Face Tom Seaver: 7+ IP, 6 R, 14 H, 5 K, 1 BB. Gene Alley: 3 doubles, single. Roberto Clemente: Go-ahead double in 8th. Don Bosch: 2-run triple in 4th. Cleon Jones: 2-run homer in 3rd. LOB: PIT 12 NYM 8. Last game in the 4/13 block.  PIT 2-0 NYM 0-2

But first, this message: "Think Spring, think phones in beautiful Spring colors from your Cincinnati Bell business office. They make the perfect 2nd phone for the kitchen, bedroom, kids room and come in the season's most vibrant colors. Visit your Cincinnati Bell business office soon." "Just 4 days to the premiere of the Joey Bishop Show, Monday Night after the Late Report. (IN COLOR) Tall 12, Cincinnati."     HOU 3-8-0 CIN 2-8-0 WP-Giusti LP-Pappas SV-Farrell. Dave Giusti: 8.1 IP, 4 K, 0 BB, 2 R, 8 H, solo homer in 7th. Joe Morgan: Double, 2 singles, RBI. Rusty Staub: Go-ahead sac fly in 8th. Tony Perez, Tommy Helms: Back-2-back solo homers in 2nd. Milt Pappas: 7+ IP, 3 ER, 8 H, 4 K, 3 BB. Next game in replay: A "Terrific" debut at Shea.

CWS 5-13-1 BOS 4-12-0 (12 innings) WP-Wood LP-Santiago SV-Locker Jerry Adair: 2nd home run in as many games, both off pitcher cards, off the "diamond. " Tommie Agee: Go-ahead homer in 12th, off his card, the "diamond" Rico Petrocelli: 2-run homer in 4th. Tony Conigliaro: League-leading 2nd triple. Jose Tartabull: Game-tying sac fly in 9th. Ron Hansen: Caught liner for DP in 9th to force extras. OUCH: These players were hit by pitch: Berry, Yastrzemski, Scott, Adair. CWS 2-0 BOS 0-2  

MIN 6-9-1 BAL 0-3-3 WP-Chance LP-Palmer Dean Chance: 9 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 6 K, 0 BB. Jim Palmer: 5.2 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 3 K, 4 BB. Twins: 3 runs in 6th and 9th innings. Rich Rollins: 3 singles, RBI. Cesar Tovar: 2-run single in 6th, rolled on Palmer's "dot. " MIN: 2-0 BAL 0-2 Overall assessment of this game: Not enough syrup on Palmer's pancakes. It was a just plain dud for the Birds, even on the field with 3 errors. Chance very sharp in comparison to Palmer's lack of "syrup."  

SFG 6-9-2 ATL 4-7-0 WP-Perry LP-Cloninger SV-Linzy Gaylord Perry: 8+ IP, 4 R, 6 H, 4 K, 2 BB, 3 singles, RBI. Frank Linzy: 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H. Tony Cloninger: 5.2 IP, 6 R, 7 H, 6 K, 4 BB. Jay Ritchie: 3.1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 5 K. Jim Ray Hart: 2-run homer in 2nd. Giants: Scored 4 in 6th. Hank Aaron: Solo homer in 6th, was on deck in 9th when game ended. Mack Jones: Lead-off homer started last-ditch Brave rally in 9th. SFG 2-0 ATL 1-2  

NYY 2-7-3 WSH 0-4-1 WP-F. Peterson LP-Coleman Fritz Peterson: 9 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 3 K, 2 BB, HBP (Brinkman). Joe Coleman: 8 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 5 K, 3 BB. Jake Gibbs: 2-run homer with F. Peterson aboard in 3rd. Yankee defense: 4 DP's including a lomax (Smith at 3rd) Game's real-life score: WSH 10, NYY 4, Peterson out of game in 2nd. End of 4/12 schedule.   

ATL 6-10-0 HOU 1-5-1 WP-Johnson LP-Dierker Ken Johnson: 9 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 3 K, 2 BB, 1 HBP (Davis). Larry Dierker: 7.2 IP, 6 ER, 3 K, 4 BB, Mack   Jones, Woody Woodward: 2 RBI each, Henry Aaron 2 doubles, RBI. Jimmy Wynn solo homer. ATL 1-1 HOU 1-1

    CHC 7-14-2 PHI 6-8-0 WP-Holtzman LP-L. Jackson SV-Hartenstein Santo giveth, Santo taketh away: After his potential two-out triple was taken away the game before, Ron Santo leapt up and took away a potential two-out single by Jackie Brandt to preserve the wild win after the Phils scored 4 in the 9th to make it oh-so-close. John Callison: Slugged 3-run homer in 9th with 2 outs to chase Holtzman.   Lee Thomas: Single, triple, 3 RBI. Cubbie homers: Adolfo Phillips, Glenn Beckert. Dick Allen: Double, triple. Ken Holtzman: 8.2 IP, 6 R, 8 H, 4 K, 7 BB. (None after the 5th) PHI 1-1 CHC 1-1

CAL 3-4-0 DET 0-5-1 WP-McGlothlin LP-Lolich Jim McGlothlin: 9 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 4 K, 4 BB. Angel homers: Paul Schaal (Bottom of 1st, nobody on, 2), Rick Reichardt (Bottom of 6th, with 1 on, 1). Reichardt: Threw out Al Kaline at 3rd in the 2nd.   Tigers: Loaded bases with 1 out in 9th, left them loaded. Mickey Lolich: 8 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 9 K, 0 BB. CAL 2-0 DET 0-2

There was a combined grand total of 23 runs and 34 hits in the Sox slugfest at Fenway, which as the following ballpark effects show should have favored the sluggers: Singles favored both lefthanders and righthanders at 1-19, with homeruns favoring the lefts at 1-18 and the rights at 1-19.  I didn't even keep track of the total ballpark singles, but I know 29 of the combined 34 hits were singles, maybe a 1/3rd of the singles was off the ballpark chart, but here's a grand total of the homerun effects that were in play in the entire game: 1. The recipient of that homerun was... Jerry Adair of the White Sox. Now to Boston's hit total, of their 18 hits a grand total of 17 were singles. Yes, 17. The only EBH was a triple by Tony C. The closest thing to homers for the Sawx were the sac flies, of which there were 4. There were a couple of card misreads, which were corrected, especially one where I gave Jim Lonborg a steal attempt, of which he is ruled a "D" in SADV, which...

CWS 13-16-2 BOS 10-18-1 WP-Locker LP-Wyatt Both starting pitchers did not make it out of the 4th (Buzhardt, Lonborg) Pete Ward: 4 singles, including the go-ahead 2-run single in the 9th. (CWS) Mike Ryan: 5 singles in 5 at-bats. (BOS) All those hits. yet there was just one home run check (Jerry Adair, CWS), it succeeded. Gotta loves those pitcher's duels. 

SFG 6-10-1 STL 1-5-0 WP-Marichal LP-Gibson Juan Marichal: 9 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 8 K, 3 BB, 2 HBP (Shannon, McCarver), double, single, 4 RBI.  Bob Gibson: 5.2 IP, 6 R, 8 H, 4 K, 2 BB, HBP (Davenport). Jim Ray Hart: 2 doubles, single. End of 4/11 schedule.

PIT 2-7-0 NYM 0-1-3 WP-Veale LP-Cardwell Bob Veale: 9 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 6 K, 5 BB. Don Cardwell: 7+ IP, 2 R, 7 H, 6 K, 1 BB, 1 HBP (M. Alou).  Jerry Grote: Singled off Veale for Mets only hit in 3rd. Roberto Clemente: 3-for-4, homer, drove in both Pirate runs with solo homer and single. Wait until you see the next game! SFG (Marichal) v. St. Louis (Gibson).  

KCA 3-8-0 CLE 2-8-1 WP-Nash LP-McDowell Jim Nash: 9 IP, 2 R, 8 H, 12 K, 1 BB, 1 HBP (Fuller). Sam McDowell: 8 IP, 2 R 1 ER, 8 H, 9 K, 4 BB, 1 HBP (Charles).    Bert Campaneris: 3-for-3, double, RBI, SB, BB. Triple: Phil Roof (KCA). Leon Wagner: 2 doubles (CLE). Home Run: Vern Fuller with 1 on in 9th (CLE).

HOU 1-8-0 ATL 0-2-0 WP-Cuellar (1-0) LP-Lemaster (0-1) Mike Cuellar: 9 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 6 K, 1 BB. Denny Lemaster: 8 IP, 1 R, 8 H, 9 K, 1 BB, 1 HBP. Only run scored in 4th on 5-4-3 DP, Ron Davis scoring, Bob Aspromonte batting. Lemaster, Menke only Braves with hits off Cuellar. Just your typical Astrodome slugfest, folks.

PHI 2-6-1 CHC 1-3-0 WP-Bunning LP-Jenkins Jim Bunning: 9 IP, 1 R. 3 H, 10 K, 1 BB, pitched 6 hitless innings, Glenn Beckert broke up no-hit bid leading off the 7th. Fergie Jenkins: 9 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 1 BB (Intentional), pitched 5 perfect innings, Rojas broke up bid with lead-off double. Richie Allen: Doubled with one out in 9th, stole 3rd, scored on go-ahead single by Tony Gonzalez. Ron Santo: Hit fly ball to Tony Gonzalez which could've been 2-out triple. Gonzalez made the catch on a "3" on the D-20. Roll on Bunning's card landed on 5-7. with the triple chance either a "1" or a "2". What. A. Game.

CAL 5-10-1 DET 2-6-0 WP-Brunet LP-McLain George Brunet: 9 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 7 K, 3 BB Denny McLain: 6 IP, 4 ER, 7 H, 4 K, 2 BB. Halo Homers: Don Mincher (Off McLain in 6th), Paul Schaal (Homer off Johnny Podres in 7th). Schaal, Fregosi, Rodgers: 2 hits each.    Memo to all 67 Tigers skippers: Do not use Jim Price as a PH in the 9th. (Game-ending DP). Next game, Phillies (Bunning) v. Cubs (Jenkins).

MIN 6-9-0 BAL 1-5-1 WP-Kaat LP-McNally Jim Kaat: 9 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 6 K, 3 BB, 1 HBP (F. Robinson), 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 RS. If it's any consolation:  Frank Robinson, solo homer in 1st. Balanced Attack: Cesar Tovar, Rich Rollins (Doubles), Rod Carew, Jim Kaat 2 hits apiece. See you tomorrow for Tigers-Angels at the Big "A!"  

Hawk Harrelson had a chance to "put it on the board" as a PH against the Yankees as the tying run, but his chance at a 3-run homer landed in the gloves of John Kennedy and Horace Clarke as a 6-4 force in what ended up as a 4-1 Yankee win behind Mel Stottlemyre's CG pitching and Charley Smith's early 3-run homer. Ken McMullen also left the yard for the lone Senator tally. NYY 4-8-1 WP-Stottlemyre WSH 1-7-2 LP-Richert. Starting the 4/11 games with Twins-Orioles, 2 lefties doing battle in Kaat and McNally. They settled that AFTRA TV/Radio strike the night before, which means Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, etc. will soon be back on the air. As for Johnny Carson, his late-night holdout continues... (Where's Johnny?!)

I own 4 S-O-M seasons, 1961/65/67/73. I'm still somewhat of a novice when it comes to this game, still "stumbling in" on a rule I'm a little fuzzy on. (OK, the song "Stumbling In" was playing on Spotify, had to throw that in) A few days after venturing into the 65 season I decided, maybe I better try 1967 again with the ADV/SADV hybrid. How long will this last before I get restless again? Fingers crossed, I opened in Cincinnati, Maloney v. Miller. CIN 4-11-0 LAD 2-7-0 WP-Maloney SV-Abernathy LP-Miller Reds struck 1st on a lead-off single by Tommy Harper, Vada Pinson doubled Harper to 3rd, Pete Rose doubled them both home. 2-0 CIN after 1. The Dodgers rallied to score twice in the 4th, Ron Hunt and Lou Johnson opened with singles, 1st and 2nd, Ron Fairly reached on FC-5, Hunt to 3rd. Jim Lefebvre walked to load the bases, then John Roseboro drove in Hunt with a SF to center. Bob Bailey doubled to right, scoring Fairly, then Lefebvre raced home from 1st, but T...

Was it by Willie Mays? Roberto Clemente? Mickey Mantle? No, no and no. The near cycle was almost pulled off by none other than... The Mets. Casey's club got a lead-off triple by Billy Cowan, a 2nd inning homer by Charley Smith, a homer by Ed Kranepool in the 7th, and a pinch-hit double by Jesse Gonder in the 8th. No trace of a single in an otherwise "Mets" performance by the Mets, who fell to Don Drysdale and the Dodgers, 7-2. Meanwhile in DC... The Sawx and Senators fought to a 2-2 tie through 8 innings until the Bostonians broke it open, sending 10, scoring 5 with the big hit a 3-run homer by Bob Tillman off Nick Willhite powering the Sawx to the win, which mirrored the actual 7-2 score on Opening day, but with one difference, Dick Radatz got the win instead of Bill Monbouquette, who fell victim to the "dot" in the 8th, forcing the 2-2 tie. Frank Howard, incidentally, went 0-for-4 in his DC debut.

But Kansas City couldn't hold the lead, as the Tigers scored twice in the 6th off Jim Dickson and cashed in big-time on late insurance policies to defeat the A's, 10-5. Mickey Lolich, save for a disastrous 5th inning, pitched 8+ solid innings to get the win over Dickson, despite card-only starter Moe Drabowsky being in line for the win after 5. The A's did make a game of it in the 9th, chasing Lolich after a 1st and 3rd start to the inning, getting a run off of Larry Sherry and loading the bases with 2 outs before some "Put it on the board" guy missed a grand slam on the home run check. (20 on the D-20) DET 10-13-0 KCA 5-10-2 WP-Lolich LP-Dickson SV-Sherry  

It was of course, Dick Allen, though Mickey Mantle hit the first Astrodome home run in a pre-season game. Even with the "1" home run effect, someone else did roll the "1" that lit up the animated   scoreboard. It was... John Bateman!  Allen, however, did go 3-for-4, while Tony Gonzalez drove in all 3 Philly runs with a 2-run single and sac fly in what turned out to be an 3-2 Phils win at the Dome despite a late Astro rally which was scuttled on a late around-the-horner by Allen. But John Bateman, what might have been... (I liked Justine better) (No relation)

Decided to commence the 60th anniversary of the 1965 season by starting out with an opener at Wrigley Field that ended up historically in a 10-10 tie. Bob Gibson's famed right arm saw to it that would end up in something other than a wild-and-wooly tie.  STL (1-0) 5-10-4 CHC (0-1) 1-4-2 LOB: STL 7 CHC 10. WP-Gibson (1-0) LP-Larry Jackson (0-1) Bob Gibson: 9 IP, 1 R (0 ER), 4 H, 14 K, 3 BB. Just a bit sloppy: Cards (4) and Cubs (2) combined for 6 errors. Who was the idiot who replaced Larry Jackson with Cal Koonce? Lou Brock greeted Koonce with a 3-run homer in the 9th to ice the Cards win. Larry Jackson: 8.1 IP, 5 R (4 ER), 3 K, 2 BB. Cardinal sin: The recipient of Jackson's 2 walks was Bob Gibson. Gibby's victims: Glenn Beckert (2), George Altman (3), Jackson, Billy Williams (2), Dick Bertell (3), Roberto Pena, Len Gabrielson, Jimmy Stewart.   Next game in replay, MIL (Cloninger) at CIN (O'Toole)

CLE (1-7) 3-5-0 DET (5-2) 4-6-0 LOB: CLE 5 DET 5 WP-Hiller (1-0) LP-Perry (0-3) Tigers: Score 3 in the 9th off Gaylord Perry. Norm Cash: Struck out swinging. (1 out) Gates Brown: Triples to Spikes in left. Al Kaline: Pinch-hit single scores Brown. 3-2 CLE. Aurelio Rodriguez: Struck out swinging. (2 out) Mickey Stanley: 2-run homer to left. 4-3 DET (F). Tom Timmermann: 8.1 IP, 3 R, 5 H, HBP (Charlie Spikes!). Gaylord Perry: 8.2 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 3 K, 4 BB. John Hiller: .2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K!!! Next game in replay, ATL (Gentry) at LAD (Downing).  

KCR (2-7) 2-9-1   CWS (5-1) 4-10-1 LOB: KCR 8 CWS 10 WP-Bahnsen (2-0) LP-Busby (0-3) Dick Allen: 2 singles, go-ahead 2-run homer in 5th. Stan Bahnsen: 9 IP, 2 R, 9 H, 4 K, 2 BB. Steve Busby: 7+ IP, 4 R, 10 H, 7 K, 3 BB, HBP (Herrmann). Next game in replay, CLE (Perry) v. DET (Timmermann).

CHC (4-2) 1-6-1 STL (5-2) 2-6-0 LOB: CHC 9 STL 2 WP-Spinks (1-1) LP-Reuschel (0-1) SV-Segui (1) Scipio Spinks: 7+ IP, 1 ER, 5H, 6K, 4 BB. Billy Williams: Solo homer, single, triple. Lou Brock: Lead-off single, stolen base, scored on single by Ted Sizemore. Double plays turned: Cubs 4, Cards 2. (Rick Monday assist on fly ball by Ray Busse, threw out Jose Cruz trying to score) Rick Reuschel:   8 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 2K, 1 BB, retired last 11 Cards. Next game in replay: KCR at CWS (Busby v. Bahnsen) (4/15)