Bake McBride batted in four runs to offset a pair of homers by Greg Luzinski and carry the Cardinals to a 6-3 victory over the Phillies before a Veterans Stadium home opener crowd of 44,834. McBride drove in three of his runs with an inside-the-park homer in the third inning after Lou Brock singled and Ted Sizemore walked. He lined deep into right-center off outfielder Mike Anderson's glove and the ball rolled to the wall. There was no play at the plate. McBride drove in the Cards' fourth run with a Texas League single after Brock tripled in the seventh inning.

The Phils threatened to pull the game out of the fire in their final turn, driving out starter Lynn McGlothen and reliever Mike Garman. But second reliever Al Hrabosky finally retired Luzinski on a grounder with the bases loaded for the game's final out. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, Philadelphia Phillies 3
Game Played on Friday, April     11, 1975 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  3    0  0  0    2  1  0  -   6 12  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  1  -   3  9  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   2   2   0     0   0   .412      Cash 2b               4   0   1   0     1   0   .462
Sizemore 2b           3   1   0   0     2   1   .333      Bowa ss               5   0   0   0     0   1   .267
McBride cf            5   2   4   4     0   0   .444      Montanez 1b           4   0   1   1     1   0   .167
Smith rf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Luzinski lf           5   2   2   2     0   0   .333
Simmons c             5   0   2   1     0   0   .267      Schmidt 3b            3   0   0   0     1   2   .083
Hernandez 1b          4   0   0   0     1   1   .200      Anderson rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Reitz 3b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Boone c               3   1   3   0     1   0   .667
Brinkman ss           3   0   2   1     1   0   .308      Bannister cf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .364
McGlothen p           4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Twitchell p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Johnstone ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .500

Totals               39   6  12   6     4   3             Totals               36   3   9   3     4   7

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 44,834
Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Phillies 10
DP: Cardinals 0, Phillies 0
Doubles: Brinkman (1)
Triples: Brock (1)
Home Runs: McBride (1), Luzinski 2 (2)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen W(1-0)        8     8   3   3   3   5   2  35   3.38
Garman                  0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   0.00
Hrabosky SV(2)          0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9     9   3   3   4   7   2  40

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell L(0-1)        5     5   3   3   3   1   1  23   5.40
Schueler                2     3   2   2   1   2   0  10   4.50
Hilgendorf              2     4   1   1   0   0   0  10   4.50
Totals                  9    12   6   6   4   3   1  43

Balks: Twitchell (1)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Nick Colosi


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to center; Sizemore flied out to
right; McBride singled to center; Twitchell balked [McBride to
second]; Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (second to first); Bowa flied
out to right; Montanez walked; Luzinski grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to right; Hernandez walked;
Reitz flied out to left; Brinkman singled to left [Hernandez to
second]; McGlothen flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first);
Anderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Boone singled to
center; Bannister grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to left; Sizemore walked [Brock to
second]; McBride hit an inside the park homer to center [Brock
scored, Sizemore scored]; Smith struck out; Simmons popped to
shortstop; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Twitchell struck out; Cash singled to right; Bowa
forced Cash (second to shortstop); Montanez flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Brinkman
grounded out (second to first); McGlothen lined to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski lined to shortstop; Schmidt walked;
Anderson was called out on strikes; Boone walked [Schmidt to
second]; Bannister grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
walked; McBride singled to third [Sizemore to second]; Smith
forced McBride (first to shortstop) [Sizemore to third]; Simmons
lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Johnstone singled
to center; Cash forced Johnstone (shortstop to second); Bowa
forced Cash (second to shortstop); Montanez popped to third; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: SCHUELER REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Hernandez
popped to third; Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brinkman walked; McGlothen grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Luzinski homered; Schmidt struck out; Anderson
flied out to left; Boone singled to center; Bannister grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Brock tripled to right; Sizemore struck out;
McBride singled to left [Brock scored]; Smith grounded out
(first unassisted) [McBride to second]; Simmons singled to
center [McBride scored, Simmons to second (on throw to home)];
Hernandez struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: BROWN BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Brown was called out on
strikes; Cash grounded out (second to first); Bowa flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: HILGENDORF REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Reitz
singled to left; Brinkman doubled to right [Reitz scored];
McGlothen flied out to left; Brock grounded out (second to
first) [Brinkman to third]; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Luzinski
homered; Schmidt was called out on strikes; Anderson flied out
to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: McBride flied out to right; Smith singled to
left; Simmons singled to left [Smith to second]; Hernandez flied
out to left; Reitz flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 6, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: Boone singled to shortstop; Bannister singled to
center [Boone to second]; TAYLOR BATTED FOR HILGENDORF; GARMAN
REPLACED MCGLOTHEN (PITCHING); Taylor struck out; Cash walked
[Boone to third, Bannister to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED GARMAN
(PITCHING); Bowa was called out on strikes; Montanez singled to
right [Boone scored, Bannister to third, Cash to second];
Luzinski grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cardinals 6, Phillies 3.