Walt Terrell had a decent enough season in the real 1984, but so far in Statis Pro he's been fairly awful. That was the case again in this game. Already trailing 1-0 in the top of the third, Terrell got destroyed by the Cardinals offense. Tom Herr ripped his first home run of the season for 3 RBI and the Red Birds plated four more in the inning.
Danny Cox toed the rubber for St. Louis and had a solid six innings of work, only allowing one run to score. Reliever Ricky Horton gave up a two-run homer to Keith Hernandez but still got a save since he went three innings after Cox.
Winning Pitcher - Danny Cox
Losing Pitcher - Walt Terrell
Save - Ricky Horton
Player of the Game - Tom Herr, 3-5, 2B, HR, 3RBI, R
Hall of Famers in the Game - Ozzie Smith
It sure looked like Chicago's five game win streak was coming to an end early in the contest. Von Hayes led off the bottom of the first with a single, stolen base, and then a run on the RBI knock by Tim Corcoran. Corcoran plated another run in the fourth to give the Phillies a 5-0 lead.
And that's when the Cubs turned into Bears.
In the top of the fifth Ryne Sandberg homered to cut the lead to four. Steve Carlton was still cruising until the top of the seventh. Four straight Cubs recorded hits, including an RBI single by Gary Mattews. Carlton got lifted and in came the late Tug McGraw. With two runners on, Steve Lake came in as a pinch hitter for reliever Dickie Noles. What did Lake do? HOME RUN!!! The Cubs came out of nowhere and then somehow had a one run lead, their first of the game. Tim Stoddard ad Warren Brusstar pitched a scoreless final three innings to give Chicago the improbable win!
Winning Pitcher - Dickie Noles
Losing Pitcher - Tug McGraw
Save - Warren Brusstar
Player of the Game - Steve Lake, GW 3-Run Homer
Hall of Famers in the Game - Ryne Sandberg, Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton
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