For the second night in succession, the Cardinals rallied for two runs in the ninth inning, this time on a homer by Reggie Smith, to defeat the Giants, 5-3. Lynn McGlothen, who started for the Cardinals against Mike Caldwell, might have been the winner, but his error on a roller down the first base line by Tito Fuentes with the bases loaded and two out in the seventh inning allowed two unearned runs to score, putting the Giants ahead, 3-2.

The Cardinals pulled even in the eighth with singles by Ted Simmons and Ken Reitz and sacrifice fly by Danny Godby, who batted for McGlothen. Mike Garman, taking over for the Cardinals in the ninth, struck out the side, but the Giants were less fortunate in their choice of Randy Moffitt to replace Caldwell. Ted Sizemore singled and on Moffitt's next pitch Smith hit his homer. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 5, San Francisco Giants 3

Game Played on Saturday, August 17, 1974 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Giants       1  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   3  8  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    1  1  0    0  1  2  -   5  7  3


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   1   1   0     1   2   .263      Brock lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .314
Fuentes 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .234      Sizemore 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .261
Thomasson cf          4   0   3   1     0   1   .244      Smith rf              4   1   2   3     0   1   .317
Matthews lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Torre 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .294
Goodson 1b            2   0   0   0     2   0   .301      Melendez cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Kingman 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Simmons c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Speier ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .260        McBride pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .292
Phillips 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .221        McCarver c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Rudolph c             3   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Reitz 3b              2   1   1   0     1   0   .287
  Rader ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   1   .297      Tyson ss              2   0   1   1     0   0   .213
Caldwell p            3   1   1   0     0   1   .174      McGlothen p           2   0   0   0     0   0   .230
  Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .253        Godby ph            0   0   0   1     0   0  1.000
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .385        Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143

Totals               33   3   8   1     3   6             Totals               27   5   7   5     1   1

Time of Game: 1:51   Attendance: 32,128
Left on Base: Giants 7, Cardinals 1
DP: Giants 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Melendez, Tyson, McGlothen
Doubles: Thomasson (10), Tyson (10)
Home Runs: Smith (18)
Stolen Bases: Brock (82)
Sacrifice Hits: Fuentes (8), Tyson (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Godby (1)
GIDP: Goodson (6), Torre (12)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell                8     5   3   3   1   1   0  28   3.16
Moffitt L(4-6)          0     2   2   2   0   0   1   2   4.35
Totals                  8     7   5   5   1   1   1  30

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen               8     8   3   1   3   3   0  34   2.80
Garman W(5-2)           1     0   0   0   0   3   0   3   2.90
Totals                  9     8   3   1   3   6   0  37

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


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds singled to left [Bonds to second (error by
Melendez)]; Fuentes out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Bonds to third]; Thomasson singled to center [Bonds scored];
Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first) [Thomasson to third];
Goodson was walked intentionally; Speier flied out to center; 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to left; Sizemore grounded out
(third to first); Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Phillips grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudolph
grounded out (third to first); Caldwell grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre flied out to left; Melendez grounded out
(third to first); Simmons grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds struck out; Fuentes singled to left; Thomasson
struck out; Matthews forced Fuentes (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz flied out to center; Tyson grounded out
(shortstop to first); McGlothen grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Goodson grounded out (second to first); Speier
singled to center; Phillips grounded out (second to first)
[Speier to second]; Rudolph popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock singled to third; Brock stole second;
Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Smith singled to left
[Brock scored]; Torre grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Smith out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Cardinals 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Caldwell struck out; Bonds grounded out (third to
first); Fuentes grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Simmons grounded out (third to first); Reitz walked; Tyson
doubled to center [Reitz scored, Tyson out at third (center to
shortstop to third)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals
2.

GIANTS 6TH: Thomasson singled to right; Matthews popped to
catcher in foul territory; Goodson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Thomasson out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: McGlothen popped to second; Brock grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sizemore flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier grounded out (second to first); Phillips
flied out to left; Rudolph singled to left; Caldwell singled to
left [Rudolph to third (error by Tyson), Caldwell to second];
Bonds walked; Fuentes reached on an error by McGlothen [Rudolph
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Caldwell scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Bonds out at home (catcher to third to catcher)]; 2 R (0 ER), 2
H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre
grounded out (shortstop to first); Melendez flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 2.

GIANTS 8TH: Thomasson doubled to right; Matthews flied out to
center; Goodson was walked intentionally; Speier forced Goodson
(second to shortstop) [Thomasson to third]; Phillips grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: Simmons singled to left; Reitz singled to left
[Simmons to second]; MCBRIDE RAN FOR SIMMONS; Tyson out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [McBride to third, Reitz to
second]; GODBY BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN; Godby hit a sacrifice fly
to left [McBride scored]; Brock popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 3.

GIANTS 9TH: MCCARVER REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING C ); GARMAN
REPLACED GODBY (PITCHING); RADER BATTED FOR RUDOLPH; Rader was
called out on strikes; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR CALDWELL; Ontiveros
struck out; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3,
Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MOFFITT
REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); KINGMAN REPLACED GOODSON (PLAYING
1B); Sizemore singled to center; Smith homered [Sizemore
scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 5.

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