Ted Simmons singled home the tie-breaking run in the ninth inning as the Cardinals downed the Phillies, 7-5. Ted Sizemore singled to open the inning and moved to second on a sacrifice. After Reggie Smith was intentionally walked, Simmons delivered his key hit. Smith scored an insurance run as Keith Hernandez grounded out. The Cards pounded Steve Carlton early, grabbing a three-run lead in the second. Smith tripled, Simmons singled, Hernandez walked, Ken Reitz singled and Ed Brinkman and Bob Gibson delivered sacrifice flies.

The Redbird lead was boosted to 4-0 in the fourth on walks to Simmons and Hernandez and a single by Reitz, but the Phils rallied to tie the score in the fifth on two-run doubles by Dave Cash and Willie Montanez. The Phils tied the score for a second time in the seventh, but their relief pitching was unable to stave off the Cardinals. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 7, Philadelphia Phillies 5
Game Played on Saturday, April     12, 1975 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium
Cardinals    0  3  0    1  0  0    1  0  2  -   7 11  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  4  0    1  0  0  -   5 14  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              3   0   0   0     2   0   .350      Cash 2b               5   1   1   2     0   0   .389
Sizemore 2b           5   2   2   0     0   0   .348      Bowa ss               4   1   2   0     1   0   .316
McBride cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .364      Montanez 1b           5   1   4   2     0   0   .353
Smith rf              4   2   2   1     1   0   .368      Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     1   0   .313
Simmons c             4   2   3   2     1   0   .368      Johnstone rf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Hernandez 1b          3   1   1   1     2   1   .222        Acosta p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Reitz 3b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .300        Taylor ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .667
Brinkman ss           2   0   1   1     0   0   .333        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Schmidt 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .188
Gibson p              2   0   0   1     0   1   .000      Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .462
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bannister cf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .333
  Fairly ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Carlton p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tyson ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hutton ph,rf        3   1   2   0     0   0   .667
                                                            Anderson rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   7  11   7     7   3             Totals               39   5  14   5     2   0

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 11,101
Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Phillies 9
DP: Cardinals 1, Phillies 1
Doubles: Brinkman (2), Smith (1), Montanez 2 (2), Cash (2)
Triples: Smith (1)
Stolen Bases: Bowa 2 (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Reitz (1), McBride (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Brinkman (1), Gibson (1)
GIDP: Sizemore (2), Boone (1)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson                  6.1  11   5   5   2   0   0  31   6.28
Sosa                    0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2  10.80
Garman W(1-0)           2     2   0   0   0   0   0   8   0.00
Totals                  9    14   5   5   2   0   0  41

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton                 5     5   4   4   5   3   0  24   4.15
Acosta                  2     3   1   1   0   0   0   8   3.38
Garber L(0-1)           2     3   2   2   2   0   0  11   6.75
Totals                  9    11   7   7   7   3   0  43

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


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Sizemore grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Brock out at second];
McBride grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Bowa popped to second;
Montanez doubled to right; Luzinski walked; Johnstone popped to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Smith tripled to left; Simmons singled to center
[Smith scored]; Hernandez walked [Simmons to second]; Reitz
singled to left [Simmons to third, Hernandez to second];
Brinkman hit a sacrifice fly to left [Simmons scored, Hernandez
to third, Reitz to second]; Gibson hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Hernandez scored]; Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt singled to right; Boone grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Schmidt out at second];
Bannister flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
3, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Sizemore flied out to left; McBride grounded out
(first to pitcher); Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Carlton grounded out (first unassisted); Cash
flied out to right; Bowa walked; Montanez grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons walked; Hernandez walked [Simmons to
second]; Reitz singled to right [Simmons scored, Hernandez to
third]; Brinkman reached on a fielder's choice [Hernandez out at
home (third to catcher), Reitz to second]; Gibson struck out;
Brock walked [Reitz to third, Brinkman to second]; Sizemore
forced Brock (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski flied out to center; Johnstone grounded
out (second to first); Schmidt singled to left; Boone popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: McBride was called out on strikes; Smith grounded
out (shortstop to first); Simmons singled to center; Hernandez
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bannister singled to shortstop; HUTTON BATTED FOR
CARLTON; Hutton singled to left [Bannister to second]; Cash
doubled to left [Bannister scored, Hutton scored]; On a bunt
Bowa singled to third [Cash to third]; Bowa stole second;
Montanez doubled to right [Cash scored, Bowa scored]; Luzinski
flied out to right [Montanez to third]; Johnstone grounded out
(first unassisted); Schmidt popped to third; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: HUTTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ACOSTA
REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Reitz flied out to center;
Brinkman doubled to right; Gibson flied out to center; Brock
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
4, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Boone flied out to left; Bannister grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hutton singled to right; Cash forced
Hutton (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
4, Phillies 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Sizemore singled to center; McBride flied out to
right; Smith doubled to left [Sizemore scored, Smith out at
third (left to third)]; Simmons grounded out (catcher to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Bowa flied to left in foul territory; Montanez
singled to right; Luzinski singled to left [Montanez to second];
TAYLOR BATTED FOR ACOSTA; SOSA REPLACED GIBSON (PITCHING);
Taylor singled to center [Montanez scored, Luzinski to second];
Schmidt grounded out (catcher to first) [Luzinski to third,
Taylor to second]; Taylor was picked off second (pitcher to
second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Phillies 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: GARBER REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Hernandez
singled to right; Reitz out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Hernandez to second]; DWYER BATTED FOR BRINKMAN; Dwyer
grounded out (second to first) [Hernandez to third]; FAIRLY
BATTED FOR SOSA; Fairly walked; Brock grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: TYSON REPLACED FAIRLY (PLAYING SS); GARMAN
REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Boone grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bannister flied out to center; Hutton grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Phillies
5.

CARDINALS 9TH: ANDERSON REPLACED HUTTON (PLAYING RF); Sizemore
singled to shortstop; McBride out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
to second) [Sizemore to second]; Smith was walked intentionally;
Simmons singled to right [Sizemore scored, Smith to third];
Hernandez forced Simmons (second to shortstop) [Smith scored];
Reitz forced Hernandez (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 7, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: Cash flied out to right; Bowa singled to left;
Montanez singled to right [Bowa to second]; Bowa stole third;
Luzinski flied out to right; BROWN BATTED FOR GARBER; Brown
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals
7, Phillies 5.