Cubs @ Cardinals
September 5, 1971

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 5 11 3
Cardinals 12 20 0
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 5 11 3
Cardinals 12 20 0

Ron Santo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .264
OBP .250 .354
At Bats 4 484
Hits 1 128
• Singles 1 87
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 0 70
RBI’s 1 79

Chuck Taylor Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 2
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Busch Stadium - September 5, 1971
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Chuck Taylor
Ted Simmons
Joe Hague
Ted Sizemore
Joe Torre
Dal Maxvill
Bob Stinson
Jose Cruz
Luis Melendez
Ron Santo
Bill North
Paul Popovich
Cleo James

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 5 11 3 9
St. Louis Cardinals 12 20 0 8
Winning Pitcher Jerry Reuss
Losing Pitcher Fergie Jenkins
Save Chuck Taylor
Game Winning RBI Joe Torre
Attendance 39,309
Time of Game 2 hours 45 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Santo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Chuck Taylor now pitching. Hickman strikes out.
Top 9 North takes first base on ball four. James moves to third. Popovich moves to second.
Top 9 Popovich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. James moves to second.
Top 9 James takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Cruz hits a line drive towards first. Pepitone reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ron Tompkins now pitching. Bill North now playing left field. Hague takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Hector Torres pinch hits for Gene Hiser. Torres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kessinger strikes out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Santo scores. Pepitone moves to third. Fernandez moves to second.
Top 8 Don Shaw now pitching. Fernandez takes first base on ball four. Santo moves to third. Pepitone moves to second.
Top 8 Pepitone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Santo moves to second.
Top 8 Santo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hickman scores.
Top 8 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Hickman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stinson. Hickman reaches second base with a double. Popovich scores.
Top 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Popovich moves to third.
Top 8 Popovich hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cruz. Popovich reaches second base with a double. Hiser scores. James goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Gene Hiser pinch runs for Ernie Banks. James takes first base on ball four. Hiser moves to second.
Top 8 Bob Stinson now playing left field. Luis Melendez now playing right field. Joe Hague now playing first base. Ernie Banks pinch hits for Joe DeckerBanks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Simmons hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Popovich reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Stinson pinch runs for Matty Alou. Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stinson moves to third.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reuss scores.
Bottom 7 Sizemore hits a fly ball into center field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Brock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Brock reaches second base with a double. Williams throws the ball in to Pepitone who tags Brock trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Maxvill scores. Reuss moves to third.
Bottom 7 Reuss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cruz scores. Maxvill moves to third.
Bottom 7 Maxvill hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hickman. Maxvill reaches second base with a double. Hague scores. Cruz moves to third.
Bottom 7 Cruz takes first base on ball four. Hague moves to second.
Bottom 7 Frank Fernandez now catching. Hague hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Frank Fernandez pinch hits for Chris Cannizzaro. Fernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Pepitone moves to second.
Top 7 Pepitone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Santo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Alou settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brock tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Decker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Brock. The throw from Cannizzaro and he is safe. Brock steals third.
Bottom 6 There goes Brock. The throw from Cannizzaro and he is safe. Brock steals second.
Bottom 6 Brock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Hickman is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Popovich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 James hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats James for the out.
Bottom 5 Reuss strikes out.
Bottom 5 Joe Decker now pitching. Maxvill hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Popovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simmons scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Hague hits a fly ball into center field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Simmons moves to third.
Bottom 5 Simmons hits a line drive into center field. James picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on James. Torre goes all the way around to score. Simmons moves to second.
Bottom 5 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jenkins fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Alou hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Jenkins is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Cannizzaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Pepitone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Sizemore hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hickman. Brock reaches second base with a double. Maxvill goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Reuss bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 4 Maxvill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a fly ball towards right. Hickman settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Hickman.
Top 4 Santo strikes out. There goes Williams. The throw from Simmons to second, and Williams is out.
Top 4 Hickman hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Hague hits a fly ball into right field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 The umpire calls a balk on Jenkins Simmons moves to second.
Bottom 3 Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Popovich hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 James hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Jenkins hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sizemore hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brock for the out.
Bottom 2 Reuss strikes out.
Bottom 2 Jenkins fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Jenkins. Maxvill moves to third.
Bottom 2 Maxvill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cruz scores.
Bottom 2 There goes Cruz. The throw from Cannizzaro and he is safe. Cruz steals second.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hague hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cannizzaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pepitone bunts towards first. Alou settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Popovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brock scores. Torre moves to second.
Bottom 1 Alou strikes out.
Bottom 1 Sizemore hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Popovich settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of James. Brock reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Santo for the out.
Top 1 Hickman takes first base on ball four. James moves to second.
Top 1 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Popovich hits a fly ball into right field. Hague settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 James hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.