The Padres collected 17 hits to no avail when four unearned runs in the eighth inning enabled the Cardinals to gain a 9-6 victory. The Cardinals had nine hits, including three by Reggie Smith, who drove in four runs. In the eighth, Bake McBride was safe on an error by Rich Morales. After McBride moved to second when Joe Torre grounded out, the Padres walked Ken Reitz intentionally. Luis Melendez followed with a single, driving in McBride to tie the score at 6-6.

Jack Heidemann, playing his first game with the Cardinals, hit a pop-up which Morales trapped, but the Padres blew a chance for a double play, getting only one out on a force play at second. Tom Heintzelman beat out an infield hit to load the bases. Ted Sizemore then walked, forcing in Reitz with the Cardinals' go-ahead run before Smith clinched the victory by driving in two runs with a single. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 9, San Diego Padres 6
Game Played on Sunday, June      2, 1974 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Padres       1  0  0    0  1  1    1  2  0  -   6 17  2
Cardinals    2  0  1    0  0  2    0  4  x  -   9  9  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomas 2b             4   1   3   1     0   0   .288      Brock lf              4   2   2   0     0   0   .322
  Morales 2b          2   1   1   0     0   0   .333        Thompson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tolan rf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .262        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Winfield cf,lf        5   0   1   1     0   3   .247        Pena p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Colbert 1b            4   2   2   0     1   1   .214        Heintzelman ph,2b   1   1   1   0     0   0   .308
Gaston lf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .214      Sizemore 2b           3   1   0   1     2   0   .289
  McCovey ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .240        Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Corkins pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Smith rf              5   0   3   4     0   1   .381
  Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .289
Kendall c             5   0   1   1     0   1   .241      McBride cf            4   1   0   1     0   0   .293
Roberts 3b            5   0   2   1     0   0   .184      Torre 1b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .281
Hernandez ss          5   1   2   0     0   2   .236      Reitz 3b              3   2   1   0     1   0   .341
Freisleben p          2   0   2   0     0   0   .214      Tyson ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .210
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McCarver ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .222
  Grubb ph,cf         2   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Melendez lf         1   0   1   1     0   0   .347
                                                          Curtis p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .050
                                                            Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cruz ph             0   0   0   0     0   0   .288
                                                            Hickman ph          0   0   0   1     1   0   .265
                                                            Heidemann ss        1   1   0   0     0   0   .083

Totals               42   6  17   6     2   7             Totals               33   9   9   8     6   3

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 16,652
Left on Base: Padres 13, Cardinals 6
DP: Padres 0, Cardinals 0
Errors: Morales, Hernandez
Doubles: Winfield (8), Thomas (10), Roberts (7), Morales (1), Smith (14)
Stolen Bases: Colbert (3), Brock 2 (32)
Sacrifice Hits: Tolan (2), Freisleben (3)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Freisleben              5.2   6   5   4   3   3   0  26   4.11
Tomlin                  1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   6.38
Romo L(1-2)             1     3   4   0   2   0   0   8   2.84
Totals                  8     9   9   4   6   3   0  39

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis                  5.2  11   3   3   1   4   0  29   5.31
Garman                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.10
Thompson                1.1   1   1   1   1   2   0   6   6.63
Hrabosky                0.1   3   2   2   0   1   0   4   4.79
Pena W(3-0)             0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.02
Folkers                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.26
Totals                  9    17   6   6   2   7   0  46

Passed Balls: Kendall (1)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Paul Pryor


PADRES 1ST: Thomas singled to left; Tolan out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to first) [Thomas to second]; Winfield doubled to
left [Thomas scored]; Colbert grounded out (third to first)
[Winfield to third]; Gaston walked; Kendall forced Gaston
(shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to right; Brock stole second;
Sizemore walked; Smith singled to right [Brock scored, Sizemore
to third]; Simmons struck out; McBride grounded out (second to
first) [Sizemore scored, Smith to second]; Torre lined to
shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 2.

PADRES 2ND: Roberts popped to catcher in foul territory;
Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Freisleben singled to
right; Thomas doubled to left [Freisleben to third]; Tolan
grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz flied out to center; Tyson popped to
second; Curtis popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1,
Cardinals 2.

PADRES 3RD: Winfield was called out on strikes; Colbert struck
out; Gaston flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to right; Brock stole second;
Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Smith doubled to right
[Brock scored, Smith out at third (center to shortstop to
third)]; Simmons walked; McBride flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 3.

PADRES 4TH: Kendall grounded out (third to first); Roberts
singled to right; Hernandez struck out; Freisleben singled to
center [Roberts to second]; Thomas popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre struck out; Reitz grounded out (third to
first); Tyson reached on an error by Hernandez [Tyson to first];
Curtis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1,
Cardinals 3.

PADRES 5TH: Tolan grounded out (second to first); Winfield
struck out; Colbert singled to center; Gaston singled to center
[Colbert to third]; Kendall singled to left [Colbert scored,
Gaston to second]; Roberts popped to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 2, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock flied out to center; Sizemore grounded out
(pitcher to first); Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 2, Cardinals 3.

PADRES 6TH: Hernandez singled to right; Freisleben out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Hernandez to second]; Thomas
singled to center [Hernandez scored]; Tolan grounded out (first
unassisted) [Thomas to second]; GARMAN REPLACED CURTIS
(PITCHING); Winfield popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); McBride
popped to shortstop; Torre singled to left; Reitz singled to
right [Torre to second]; MCCARVER BATTED FOR TYSON; McCarver
walked [Torre to third, Reitz to second]; CRUZ BATTED FOR
GARMAN; TOMLIN REPLACED FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); HICKMAN BATTED
FOR CRUZ; Hickman walked [Torre scored, Reitz to third, McCarver
to second]; Kendall allowed a passed ball [Reitz scored
(unearned), McCarver to third, Hickman to second]; Brock popped
to third in foul territory; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
3, Cardinals 5.

PADRES 7TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED MCCARVER (PLAYING LF); THOMPSON
REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); HEIDEMANN REPLACED HICKMAN (PLAYING
SS); Colbert walked; Gaston popped to first in foul territory;
Colbert stole second; Kendall struck out; Roberts doubled to
center [Colbert scored]; Hernandez struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 4, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: MORALES REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING 2B); Sizemore
popped to shortstop; Smith flied out to center; Simmons grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4,
Cardinals 5.

PADRES 8TH: GRUBB BATTED FOR TOMLIN; Grubb grounded out (first
to pitcher); Mike Thompson injured on play; HRABOSKY
REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); Morales doubled to right; Tolan
singled to right [Morales scored]; Winfield was called out on
strikes; Colbert singled to left [Tolan to second]; PENA
REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); MCCOVEY BATTED FOR GASTON; McCovey
singled to right [Tolan scored, Colbert to third]; CORKINS RAN
FOR MCCOVEY; Kendall grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 4 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 6, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: ROMO REPLACED CORKINS (PITCHING); GRUBB STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); WINFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
McBride reached on an error by Morales [McBride to first]; Torre
grounded out (shortstop to first) [McBride to second]; Reitz was
walked intentionally; Melendez singled to left [McBride scored
(unearned), Reitz to second]; Heidemann forced Melendez (second
to shortstop) [Reitz to third]; HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR PENA;
Heintzelman singled to third [Reitz stayed at third, Heidemann
to second]; Sizemore walked [Reitz scored (unearned), Heidemann
to third, Heintzelman to second]; Smith singled to center
[Heidemann scored (unearned), Heintzelman scored (unearned),
Sizemore out at third (center to third)]; 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Padres 6, Cardinals 9.

PADRES 9TH: HEINTZELMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FOLKERS
REPLACED SIZEMORE (PITCHING); Roberts grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hernandez singled to center; Grubb popped to shortstop;
Morales flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6,
Cardinals 9.