In a dramatic comeback, after the Pirates had scored three times in the 11th inning, the Cardinals rallied for four runs to gain a 13-12 victory and move back into first place in the East Division by one-half game. The Pirates jumped on Bob Forsch for five runs in the first, three coming on a homer by Manny Sanguillen, but the Cardinals knocked out Ken Brett and took a 6-5 lead in the third. Ken Reitz drove in two runs with a double and then homered with a man on base when the Cardinals went ahead, 9-6, with three runs in the fifth. The Pirates cut their deficit with two in the sixth on a single by Ken Macha and doubles by Rennie Stennett and Al Oliver before tying the score in the ninth. Dave Parker was hit by a pitch, took third on a single by Sanguillen and scored on a wild throw from the outfield by Bake McBride.

In the 11th, the Pirates broke in front with three runs. Art Howe batted for Dave Giusti and singled. Miguel Dilone ran for Howe and scored on singles by Willie Stargell and Sanguillen. Ed Kirkpatrick followed with a two-run double. Two rookie relievers failed to hold the lead in the Cardinals' half. Juan Jimenez gave up a single by Ted Sizemore, walked Reggie Smith and yielded a run-scoring double by Ted Simmons before being replaced on the mound by Jim Minshall. Joe Torre grounded to Stennett and when the second baseman threw wildly to first, both Smith and Simmons crossed the plate to tie the score. Torre reached second on the error. Larry Herndon ran for Torre and advanced to third on a safe bunt by McBride. Reitz struck out, but Jim Dwyer batted for Jack Heidemann and hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 13, Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Game Played on Wednesday, September 25, 1974 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Pirates      5  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  1    0  3  -  12 16  3
Cardinals    0  0  6    0  3  0    0  0  0    0  4  -  13 17  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           5   2   2   0     1   1   .289      Brock lf              5   1   1   0     1   0   .308
Hebner 3b             6   2   3   0     0   0   .301      Sizemore 2b           6   2   3   0     0   0   .254
Oliver cf             4   0   2   4     0   0   .314      Smith rf              5   2   3   1     1   1   .315
  Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Simmons c             5   2   3   2     0   0   .270
  Howe ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .243      Torre 1b              5   2   1   2     0   0   .280
  Dilone pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .000        Herndon pr          0   1   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Jimenez p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McBride cf            4   1   1   1     1   0   .312
  Minshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Reitz 3b              6   2   2   4     0   1   .275
Stargell lf           4   2   1   0     2   1   .305      Tyson ss              1   0   1   0     0   0   .220
Parker rf,cf          5   2   1   1     0   2   .291        Cruz ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .255
Sanguillen c          5   2   3   4     1   0   .279        Heidemann ss        3   0   1   0     0   0   .247
Kirkpatrick 1b        6   0   1   2     0   2   .254        Dwyer ph            0   0   0   1     0   0   .282
Taveras ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Forsch p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .192
  Robertson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .229        Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Mendoza ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .228        Godby ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Popovich ph,ss      2   0   0   0     0   1   .215        Osteen p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Brett p               1   0   1   0     0   0   .310        Hrabosky p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Demery p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .156        Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Clines ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .223
  Morlan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Macha ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .600
  Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Zisk ph,rf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .311

Totals               48  12  16  11     4  10             Totals               45  13  17  12     3   2

Time of Game: 3:41   Attendance: 41,345
Left on Base: Pirates 9, Cardinals 8
DP: Pirates 3, Cardinals 0
Errors: Stennett 2, Hebner, McBride
Doubles: Parker (10), Oliver (35), Stennett (28), Kirkpatrick (8), Reitz (28), Simmons (33)
Home Runs: Sanguillen (7), Reitz (7)
Caught Stealing: Sizemore (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Hrabosky (1), Simmons (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (5), McBride (5), Dwyer (2)
GIDP: Sizemore (11)
Hit by Pitch: Parker (3,by Hrabosky), Torre (8,by Morlan)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brett                   2.1   7   5   5   0   0   0  15   3.13
Demery                  0.2   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   4.34
Morlan                  2     3   3   3   0   1   1  10   4.02
Hernandez               2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.73
Giusti                  3     2   0   0   2   0   0  12   3.45
Jimenez                 0     2   3   2   1   0   0   3   9.00
Minshall L(0-1)         0.2   1   1   0   0   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                 10.2  17  13  11   3   2   1  53

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch                  0.1   3   5   5   2   0   1   6   3.16
Folkers                 1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.91
Osteen                  2     2   1   1   2   1   0  10   3.80
Hrabosky                6.1  10   6   5   0   9   0  30   3.06
Garman W(7-2)           0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.56
Totals                 11    16  12  11   4  10   1  54

Hit by Pitch: Morlan (3), Hrabosky (1)
Wild Pitches: Morlan (7)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett walked; Hebner singled to right [Stennett
to third]; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to center [Stennett
scored, Hebner to second]; Stargell was walked intentionally;
Parker doubled to right [Hebner scored, Stargell to third];
Sanguillen homered [Stargell scored, Parker scored]; FOLKERS
REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to
first); Taveras grounded out (first to pitcher); 5 R, 3 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
flied out to center; Smith singled to left; Simmons reached on
an error by Hebner [Smith to third, Simmons to first]; Torre
forced Simmons (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 5, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Brett singled to right; Stennett flied out to
center; Hebner flied out to center; Oliver forced Brett
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: McBride popped to third; Reitz flied out to
center; Tyson singled to left; GODBY BATTED FOR FOLKERS; Godby
forced Tyson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 5, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 3RD: OSTEEN REPLACED GODBY (PITCHING); Stargell grounded
out (second to first); Parker popped to first in foul territory;
Sanguillen walked; Kirkpatrick forced Sanguillen (first to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to shortstop; Sizemore singled to
left [Brock to third]; Smith singled to center [Brock scored,
Sizemore to second]; Simmons singled to left [Sizemore scored,
Smith to second]; Torre singled to right [Smith scored, Simmons
to second]; McBride forced Simmons (pitcher to third) [Torre to
second]; DEMERY REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); Reitz doubled to left
[Torre scored, McBride scored]; CRUZ BATTED FOR TYSON; Cruz
singled to right [Reitz scored]; Osteen hit into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Cruz out at second]; 6 R, 7 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Pirates 5, Cardinals 6.

PIRATES 4TH: HEIDEMANN REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING SS); Taveras
grounded out (shortstop to first); CLINES BATTED FOR DEMERY;
Clines struck out; Stennett flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 4TH: MORLAN REPLACED CLINES (PITCHING); Brock grounded
out (shortstop to first); On a bunt Sizemore singled; Smith
struck out while Sizemore was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 6.

PIRATES 5TH: Hebner singled to right; Oliver doubled to left
[Hebner scored]; Stargell was walked intentionally; HRABOSKY
REPLACED OSTEEN (PITCHING); Parker forced Stargell (shortstop to
second) [Oliver to third]; Sanguillen flied out to right;
Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 6, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons singled to right; Torre was hit by a
pitch [Simmons to second]; Morlan threw a wild pitch [Simmons to
third, Torre to second]; McBride hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Simmons scored]; Reitz homered [Torre scored]; Heidemann flied
out to right; Hrabosky reached on an error by Stennett [Hrabosky
to first]; Brock grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Cardinals 9.

PIRATES 6TH: Taveras struck out; MACHA BATTED FOR MORLAN; Macha
singled to left; Stennett doubled to left [Macha to third];
Hebner flied out to right; Oliver singled to left [Macha scored,
Stennett scored]; Stargell flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 8, Cardinals 9.

CARDINALS 6TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED MACHA (PITCHING); Sizemore
flied out to center; Smith popped to catcher in foul territory;
Simmons flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 8,
Cardinals 9.

PIRATES 7TH: Parker struck out; Sanguillen flied out to right;
Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 8, Cardinals 9.

CARDINALS 7TH: Torre grounded out (second to first); McBride
grounded out (pitcher to first); Reitz grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 8, Cardinals 9.

PIRATES 8TH: ROBERTSON BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Robertson struck out;
ZISK BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Zisk grounded out (second to first);
Stennett singled to center; Hebner singled to right [Stennett to
third]; Oliver forced Hebner (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 8, Cardinals 9.

CARDINALS 8TH: GIUSTI REPLACED OLIVER (PITCHING); MENDOZA
REPLACED ROBERTSON (PLAYING SS); ZISK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); PARKER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Heidemann singled to
left; Hrabosky out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Heidemann to second]; Brock was walked intentionally; Sizemore
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Brock out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 8,
Cardinals 9.

PIRATES 9TH: Stargell struck out; Parker was hit by a pitch;
Sanguillen singled to center [Parker scored (error by McBride)
(unearned) (no RBI), Sanguillen to second]; Kirkpatrick grounded
out (third to first); POPOVICH BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Popovich
struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 9, Cardinals 9.

CARDINALS 9TH: POPOVICH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Smith
singled to right; Simmons out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Smith to second]; Torre popped to catcher in foul
territory; McBride was walked intentionally; Reitz flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 9, Cardinals 9.

PIRATES 10TH: Zisk grounded out (second to first); Stennett
struck out; Hebner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 9, Cardinals 9.

CARDINALS 10TH: Heidemann flied out to right; Hrabosky grounded
out (second to first); Brock popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 9, Cardinals 9.

PIRATES 11TH: HOWE BATTED FOR GIUSTI; Howe singled to third;
DILONE RAN FOR HOWE; Stargell singled to right [Dilone to
third]; Parker struck out; Sanguillen singled to left [Dilone
scored, Stargell to second]; Kirkpatrick doubled to right
[Stargell scored, Sanguillen scored]; GARMAN REPLACED HRABOSKY
(PITCHING); Popovich flied out to center; Zisk flied out to
center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 12, Cardinals 9.

CARDINALS 11TH: JIMENEZ REPLACED DILONE (PITCHING); Sizemore
singled to left; Smith walked [Sizemore to second]; Simmons
doubled to right [Sizemore scored, Smith to third]; MINSHALL
REPLACED JIMENEZ (PITCHING); Torre reached on an error by
Stennett [Smith scored, Simmons scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Torre to second]; HERNDON RAN FOR TORRE; On a bunt McBride
singled [Herndon to third]; Reitz struck out; DWYER BATTED FOR
HEIDEMANN; Dwyer hit a sacrifice fly to left [Herndon scored
(unearned)]; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 12, Cardinals
13.