Alan Foster, who was relegated to the Cardinals' bullpen after losing four decisions, drew the starting assignment and responded by pitching a five-hitter to shut out the Giants, 3-0. Lou Brock observed his 35th birthday by hitting two singles, stealing his 41st and 42nd bases of the season and scoring two runs. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 3, San Francisco Giants 0
Game Played on Tuesday, June      18, 1974 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1
Cardinals    1  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  x  -   3  9  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .270      Brock lf              3   2   2   0     1   0   .319
Thomasson lf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .260      Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .271
Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .325      Simmons c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Ontiveros 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Torre 1b              4   0   2   1     0   1   .291
Kingman 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .217      Melendez rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Speier ss             3   0   2   0     0   0   .250        Cruz ph,rf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Arnold 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .213      McBride cf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .282
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Heintzelman 3b        3   0   2   0     0   0   .375
Rader c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .314        Reitz 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .306
Bryant p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .077      Tyson ss              4   0   1   1     0   0   .217
  Fuentes 2b          1   0   1   0     0   0   .193      Foster p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .190

Totals               31   0   5   0     1   7             Totals               33   3   9   2     2   2

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance: 17,709
Left on Base: Giants 5, Cardinals 9
DP: Giants 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Sosa, Foster
Doubles: Torre (12)
Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (42)
Sacrifice Hits: Foster (3)
GIDP: Thomasson (4), Tyson (7)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant L(2-8)           6     9   3   2   2   1   0  28   7.71
Sosa                    2     0   0   0   0   1   0   8   2.28
Totals                  8     9   3   2   2   2   0  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Foster W(2-5)           9     5   0   0   1   7   0  32   4.28
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   7   0  32

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Thomasson struck out; Maddox
singled to shortstop; Maddox was picked off first but was safe
on an error by Foster [Maddox to third]; Ontiveros struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to right; Brock stole second;
Sizemore was called out on strikes; Simmons flied out to center;
Torre singled to left [Brock scored, Torre to second (on throw
to home)]; Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Kingman flied out to right; Speier singled to right;
Arnold forced Speier (second to shortstop); Rader singled to
center [Arnold to second]; Bryant was called out on strikes; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: McBride singled to center; Heintzelman grounded
out (third to first) [McBride to second]; Tyson reached on a
fielder's choice [McBride out at third (shortstop to third)];
Foster singled to right [Tyson to second]; Brock grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds popped to second in foul territory; Thomasson
popped to third in foul territory; Maddox flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Sizemore lined to shortstop; Simmons flied out to
center; Torre doubled to left; Melendez popped to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Ontiveros flied out to center; Kingman popped to
catcher in foul territory; Speier singled to right; Arnold
forced Speier (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: McBride walked; Heintzelman singled to right
[McBride to third]; Tyson singled to left [McBride scored,
Heintzelman to second]; Foster out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Heintzelman to third, Tyson to second]; Brock was
walked intentionally; Sizemore popped to catcher in foul
territory; Simmons flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Rader grounded out (second to first); Bryant struck
out; Bonds grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Torre flied out to center; Melendez grounded out
(shortstop to first); McBride flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Thomasson walked; Maddox grounded out (third to
first) [Thomasson to second]; Ontiveros flied out to center;
Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Heintzelman singled to left; Tyson grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Heintzelman out at
second]; Foster popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Arnold
flied out to center; Rader grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Brock singled to right; SOSA REPLACED ARNOLD
(PITCHING); FUENTES REPLACED BRYANT (PLAYING 2B); Brock stole
second; Sizemore reached on a fielder's choice [Brock to third];
Simmons forced Sizemore (first to shortstop); Torre struck out;
CRUZ BATTED FOR MELENDEZ; Cruz reached on an error by Sosa
[Brock scored (unearned) (no RBI), Simmons to second]; McBride
flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0,
Cardinals 3.

GIANTS 8TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); REITZ REPLACED
HEINTZELMAN (PLAYING 3B); Fuentes singled to center; Bonds flied
out to left; Thomasson grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Fuentes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson
flied out to center; Foster grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 3.

GIANTS 9TH: Maddox flied out to center; Ontiveros grounded out
(pitcher to first); Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 3.