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Tuesday September 10, 1974
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Lou Brock stole his 104th and 105th bases, breaking Maury Wills' one-season modern record, but his speed failed to offset the power of Mike Schmidt, who drove in four runs with a homer and two doubles to lead the Phillies to an 8-2 victory over the Cardinals. Brock's two thefts raised his career total to 740 for the modern N. L. record, surpassing Max Carey's mark of 738.

Schmidt hit his homer after a triple by Larry Bowa in the first inning. Brock's first stolen base of the game helped the Cardinals tie the score in their half of the first, but the Phillies went ahead to stay in the third when Bowa singled, stole second and Schmidt doubled. Three more runs followed in the fifth on a triple by Dave Cash, pass to Bowa, double by Schmidt and single by Willie Montanez.

Brock stole his 105th base of the season, one more than Wills, in the seventh. However, he was thrown out by Phillies' catcher Bob Boone on another theft attempt in the ninth. [The Sporting News]


Philadelphia Phillies 8, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Game Played on Tuesday, September 10, 1974 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Phillies     2  0  1    0  3  0    0  2  0  -   8 12  3
Cardinals    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   1   1   0     0   0   .307      Brock lf              5   1   2   0     0   1   .313
Bowa ss               4   3   2   0     1   0   .271      Hunt 2b               5   0   0   0     0   1   .261
Schmidt 3b            4   2   3   4     1   0   .302      Smith rf              4   1   2   1     1   1   .317
Montanez 1b           5   0   1   2     0   1   .309      Simmons c             4   0   1   1     0   0   .262
Luzinski lf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .271      McBride cf            3   0   1   0     1   1   .304
  Anderson pr,rf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Torre 1b              4   0   0   0     0   3   .287
Johnstone rf,lf       4   1   3   0     0   0   .320      Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .278
Unser cf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .269      Tyson ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .223
Boone c               3   0   1   1     1   0   .249        Hernandez ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .364
Ruthven p             4   0   1   1     0   0   .194        Mumphrey pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Siebert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .119
                                                            Cruz ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .243
                                                            Osteen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .271
                                                          Foster p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
                                                            Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .288
                                                            Heidemann ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .233

Totals               35   8  12   8     5   1             Totals               36   2   9   2     3   8

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 27,285
Left on Base: Phillies 5, Cardinals 10
DP: Phillies 0, Cardinals 1
Errors: Bowa, Boone, Ruthven
Doubles: Schmidt 2 (25), Johnstone (9), Smith (25), Reitz (25)
Triples: Bowa (7), Cash (11)
Home Runs: Schmidt (35)
Stolen Bases: Bowa (36), Johnstone (5), Brock 2 (105), McBride (23)
Caught Stealing: Johnstone (4), Schmidt (11), Brock (29)
GIDP: Luzinski (7)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven W(9-11)         9     9   2   2   3   8   0  39   3.54
Totals                  9     9   2   2   3   8   0  39

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Foster L(7-10)          4     7   4   4   1   0   1  19   3.91
Folkers                 2     2   2   2   1   0   0   8   2.78
Siebert                 2     3   2   2   3   1   0  10   3.69
Osteen                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.97
Totals                  9    12   8   8   5   1   1  40

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa tripled
to right; Schmidt homered [Bowa scored]; Montanez flied out to
right; Luzinski grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second [Brock
to third (error by Boone)]; Hunt grounded out (third to first);
Smith doubled to center [Brock scored]; Simmons singled to left
[Smith scored, Simmons to second (on throw to home)]; Simmons
was picked off second but was safe on an error by Ruthven
[Simmons to third]; McBride struck out; Torre struck out; 2 R, 3
H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 2.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnstone singled to right; Johnstone was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Unser flied out to
center; Boone flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz doubled to right; Tyson grounded out
(second to first) [Reitz to third]; Foster grounded out (second
to first); Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: Ruthven flied out to right; Cash grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bowa singled to right; Bowa stole second;
Schmidt doubled to left [Bowa scored]; Montanez grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals
2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Hunt grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
grounded out (first unassisted); Simmons flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski popped to first; Johnstone singled to
right; Johnstone stole second; Unser grounded out (first
unassisted) [Johnstone to third]; Boone was walked
intentionally; Ruthven grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: McBride walked; Torre was called out on strikes;
Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first) [McBride to second];
Tyson singled to pitcher [McBride to third]; Foster grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals
2.

PHILLIES 5TH: Cash tripled to left; FOLKERS REPLACED FOSTER
(PITCHING); Bowa walked; Schmidt doubled to right [Cash scored,
Bowa to third]; Montanez singled to right [Bowa scored, Schmidt
scored]; Luzinski grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Montanez out at second]; Johnstone grounded
out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock struck out; On a bunt Hunt struck out;
Smith walked; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 2.

PHILLIES 6TH: Unser popped to third; Boone popped to catcher;
Ruthven grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Phillies 6, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: McBride singled to left; McBride stole second;
Torre grounded out (pitcher to first); Reitz flied out to left;
HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR TYSON; Hernandez walked; MUMPHREY RAN FOR
HERNANDEZ; DWYER BATTED FOR FOLKERS; Dwyer was called out on
strikes; Debut game for Jerry Mumphrey; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: HEIDEMANN REPLACED DWYER (PLAYING SS); SIEBERT
REPLACED MUMPHREY (PITCHING); Cash grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bowa grounded out (second to first); Schmidt walked;
Schmidt was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Hunt
flied out to center; Smith singled to center [Brock to third];
Simmons flied out to right; McBride popped to second; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: Montanez struck out; Luzinski walked; ANDERSON RAN
FOR LUZINSKI; Johnstone doubled to right [Anderson out at home
(right to second to catcher)]; Unser was walked intentionally;
Boone singled to left [Johnstone scored, Unser to second];
Ruthven singled to right [Unser scored, Boone to second]; Cash
forced Ruthven (second unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 8, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: ANDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); JOHNSTONE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Torre struck out; Reitz flied
out to center; CRUZ BATTED FOR SIEBERT; Cruz singled to right;
Heidemann grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 8, Cardinals 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: OSTEEN REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Bowa grounded out
(second to first); Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first);
Montanez grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Phillies 8, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: Brock reached on an error by Bowa; Brock was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Hunt flied out to
left; Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 8,
Cardinals 2.



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