The Cardinals used offense -- homers by Joe Torre, Reggie Smith and Ted Simmons -- and defense -- five double plays -- to defeat the Dodgers, 7-2, and hand Andy Messersmith his first loss after four victories. St. Louis got three in the first on a single by Bake McBride, errant pickoff throw by Messersmith, RBI single by Simmons and Torre's third homer of the year. The Cards added one in the second on McBride's double and a single by Simmons, padded their lead to 7-0 in the fifth on back-to-back homers by Smith and Simmons which kayoed Messersmith, and singles by Ken Reitz, Jose Cruz and Luis Alvarado off reliever Geoff Zahn. Winner John Curtis was tagged for two runs in the eighth on a single by Davey Lopes, double by Tom Paciorek and RBI singles by Steve Garvey and Joe Ferguson. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Monday, May       27, 1974 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  8  2
Cardinals    3  1  0    0  3  0    0  0  x  -   7 15  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .200      McBride cf            5   2   3   0     0   0   .315
Paciorek lf           3   1   1   0     1   1   .235      Sizemore 2b           5   0   2   1     0   0   .299
Wynn cf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .308      Smith rf              4   1   2   1     1   0   .364
Garvey 1b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .330      Simmons c             5   2   2   2     0   1   .310
Ferguson c            3   0   1   1     1   0   .267      Torre 1b              4   1   1   2     0   1   .301
Cey 3b                2   0   0   0     2   0   .276      Reitz 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .335
Crawford rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .285      Cruz lf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .256
Russell ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Alvarado ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .114
Messersmith p         2   0   1   0     0   1   .258      Curtis p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .056
  Zahn p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pena p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .500
  Lacy ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .244
  Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Buckner ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .311

Totals               30   2   8   2     6   4             Totals               39   7  15   6     1   6

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 22,739
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Cardinals 9
DP: Dodgers 0, Cardinals 5
Errors: Russell, Messersmith
Doubles: Paciorek (3), Cruz (1), McBride (5)
Home Runs: Torre (3), Smith (8), Simmons (4)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (17), McBride (6)
GIDP: Wynn (3), Crawford 2 (3), Cey (4), Russell (6)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith L(4-1)      4    10   6   6   0   2   3  22   3.10
Zahn                    2     4   1   0   0   3   0  10   1.50
Brewer                  2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   1.93
Totals                  8    15   7   6   1   6   3  40

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis W(3-5)           7.1   7   2   2   6   4   0  32   5.37
Pena                    1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.10
Totals                  9     8   2   2   6   4   0  36

Wild Pitches: Curtis (2)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - John Kibler


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to left; Lopes stole second; Paciorek
walked; Wynn grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Lopes to third, Paciorek out at second]; Garvey walked;
Ferguson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: McBride singled to right; McBride was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Messersmith [McBride to
second]; Sizemore flied out to center; Smith flied out to left;
Simmons singled to right [McBride scored]; Torre homered
[Simmons scored]; Reitz singled to center; Cruz doubled to left
[Reitz to third]; Alvarado made an out to shortstop; 3 R, 5 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 3.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey walked; Crawford struck out; Russell lined to
right; Messersmith singled to right [Cey to third]; Lopes struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 2ND: Curtis struck out; McBride doubled to left;
Sizemore singled to center [McBride scored, Sizemore to second
(on throw to home)]; Smith grounded out (second to first);
Simmons made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 4.

DODGERS 3RD: Paciorek flied out to center; Wynn grounded out
(third to first); Garvey lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 3RD: Torre grounded out (second to first); Reitz
grounded out (pitcher to first); Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 4.

DODGERS 4TH: Ferguson walked; Cey flied out to right; Crawford
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Ferguson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 4TH: Alvarado made an out to shortstop; On a bunt
Curtis grounded out (third to first); McBride singled to right;
McBride stole second; Sizemore popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 4.

DODGERS 5TH: Russell made an out to second; Messersmith struck
out; Lopes popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 5TH: Smith homered; Simmons homered; ZAHN REPLACED
MESSERSMITH (PITCHING); Torre lined to third; Reitz singled to
left; Cruz singled to center [Reitz to second]; Alvarado singled
to shortstop [Reitz scored (error by Russell) (unearned), Cruz
to third, Alvarado to second]; Curtis struck out; McBride
grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R (2 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 7.

DODGERS 6TH: Paciorek was called out on strikes; Wynn walked;
Garvey flied out to center; Ferguson forced Wynn (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Smith
singled to left; Simmons struck out; Torre struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 7.

DODGERS 7TH: Cey walked; Crawford grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Cey out at second]; Russell
singled to center; LACY BATTED FOR ZAHN; Curtis threw a wild
pitch [Russell to second]; Lacy grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 7TH: BREWER REPLACED LACY (PITCHING); Reitz popped to
first in foul territory; Cruz flied out to center; Alvarado
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals
7.

DODGERS 8TH: Lopes singled to left; Paciorek doubled to left
[Lopes to third]; Wynn grounded out (pitcher to first); Garvey
singled to shortstop [Lopes scored, Paciorek to third]; Ferguson
singled to left [Paciorek scored, Garvey to second]; PENA
REPLACED CURTIS (PITCHING); Cey grounded into a double play
(third to first) [Garvey out at third]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: Pena struck out; McBride grounded out (third to
first); Sizemore singled to third; Smith walked [Sizemore to
second]; Simmons flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 7.

DODGERS 9TH: Crawford singled to right; Russell grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Crawford out at
second]; BUCKNER BATTED FOR BREWER; Buckner lined to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 7.