After striking out three times, Joe Torre came through in the clutch for the Cardinals with a two-run single in the ninth inning to beat the Giants, 2-1. Chris Speier homered for the Giants' run off Bob Gibson in the eighth. John D'Acquisto, Giants' rookie, walked pinch-hitter Jim Dwyer in the ninth and gave up a single by Lou Brock, sending Dwyer to third and bringing Elias Sosa to the mound for the Giants. Brock stole second and Sosa then passed Reggie Smith intentionally, setting the stage for Torre's hit. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 2, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Friday, August    16, 1974 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  9  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  4  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Brock lf              4   1   1   0     0   2   .315
Fuentes 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .233      Sizemore 2b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .262
Maddox cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .293      Smith rf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .315
Matthews lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Torre 1b              4   0   1   2     0   3   .296
Goodson 1b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .304      Cruz cf               3   0   0   0     0   2   .250
Speier ss             3   1   2   1     1   0   .260      Simmons c             2   0   1   0     1   0   .258
Miller 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Reitz 3b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Rudolph c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .248        McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .226
D'Acquisto p          4   0   0   0     0   2   .127        Heidemann ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .232
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .071      Tyson ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .211
                                                            McBride ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .292
                                                            DaVanon 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                          Gibson p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Dwyer ph            0   1   0   0     1   0   .284

Totals               34   1   9   1     2   3             Totals               27   2   4   2     4   9

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 28,723
Left on Base: Giants 9, Cardinals 4
DP: Giants 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Tyson
Doubles: Fuentes (7)
Triples: Fuentes (2)
Home Runs: Speier (7)
Stolen Bases: Brock (81)
Caught Stealing: Matthews (6), Brock (21)
Sacrifice Hits: Miller (2)
GIDP: Smith (12)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto L(9-11)      8     3   2   2   3   9   0  28   3.39
Sosa                    0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.20
Totals                  8.1   4   2   2   4   9   0  31

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson W(7-10)          9     9   1   1   2   3   1  37   4.21
Totals                  9     9   1   1   2   3   1  37

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Frank Pulli


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds flied out to right; Fuentes tripled to right;
Maddox grounded out (third to first); Matthews grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock was called out on strikes; Sizemore struck
out; Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Goodson flied out to center; Speier flied out to
right; Miller popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre struck out; Cruz flied out to center;
Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Rudolph singled to left; On a bunt D'Acquisto struck
out; Bonds singled to left [Rudolph to second]; Fuentes flied
out to left; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz struck out; Tyson flied out to center;
Gibson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0,
Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews flied out to left; Goodson singled to
right; Speier walked [Goodson to second]; Miller flied out to
left; Rudolph popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock struck out; Sizemore walked; Smith grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Sizemore out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 5TH: D'Acquisto grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds
grounded out (third to first); Fuentes doubled to left; Maddox
walked; Matthews flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Torre struck out; Cruz was called out on strikes;
Simmons singled to second; Reitz forced Simmons (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Goodson singled to left; Speier singled to left
[Goodson to second]; Miller out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Goodson to third, Speier to second]; Rudolph lined to
center; D'Acquisto was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Tyson popped to first in foul territory; Gibson
singled to right; Brock forced Gibson (second to shortstop);
Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Bonds flied out to center; Fuentes grounded out
(shortstop to first); Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Sizemore popped to first in foul territory; Smith
flied out to center; Torre was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Matthews reached on an error by Tyson [Matthews to
first]; Matthews was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Goodson flied out to center; Speier homered; Miller
flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Cruz was called out on strikes; Simmons walked;
MCCARVER BATTED FOR REITZ; McCarver forced Simmons (second to
shortstop); MCBRIDE BATTED FOR TYSON; McBride popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 9TH: HEIDEMANN REPLACED MCCARVER (PLAYING SS); DAVANON
REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING 3B); Rudolph singled to left;
D'Acquisto forced Rudolph (third to shortstop); Bonds hit into a
double play (center to second to first) [D'Acquisto out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: DWYER BATTED FOR GIBSON; Dwyer walked; Brock
singled to right [Dwyer to third]; SOSA REPLACED D'ACQUISTO
(PITCHING); Sizemore flied out to center; Brock stole second;
Smith was walked intentionally; Torre singled to center [Dwyer
scored, Brock scored, Smith to second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 1, Cardinals 2.