Coming off a poor road trip (1-5), the Cardinals opened a homestand by defeating the Cubs, 5-1, behind the three-hit pitching of Bob Forsch. The Cards began their attack quickly when Bake McBride homered on Rick Reuschel's third pitch of the game.

In the second, Ron Fairly singled, Keith Hernandez tripled and Ken Reitz homered for three more runs. The Cubs picked up a tainted tally in the fourth before the Cardinals added their last run in the fifth on a pass to Reggie Smith, wild pickoff throw by Milt Wilcox and sacrifice fly by Ted Simmons. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 1
Game Played on Friday, May       2, 1975 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Cubs         0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  1
Cardinals    1  3  0    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   5 12  2


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .227      McBride cf            4   1   2   1     1   2   .254
Cardenal lf           2   0   0   0     0   1   .347      Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .260
  Summers lf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Smith rf              3   1   0   0     1   3   .294
Madlock 3b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .321      Simmons c             3   0   2   1     0   0   .292
Monday cf             2   0   1   0     2   0   .343      Fairly lf             2   1   1   0     1   0   .300
Morales rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .263        Melendez pr,lf      1   0   1   0     0   0   .357
LaCock 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Hernandez 1b          4   1   1   1     0   1   .193
Trillo 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .354      Reitz 3b              4   1   3   2     0   1   .391
Swisher c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Brinkman ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .263
R. Reuschel p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Forsch p              3   0   2   0     0   1   .300
  Harris ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Wilcox p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Frailing p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dunn ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .667
  Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   3   0     2   5             Totals               32   5  12   5     3  10

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 23,017
Left on Base: Cubs 5, Cardinals 8
DP: Cubs 2, Cardinals 1
Errors: Wilcox, Brinkman 2
Doubles: Madlock (8), Forsch (1)
Triples: Hernandez (2), Forsch (1)
Home Runs: McBride (2), Reitz (1)
Stolen Bases: McBride (3)
Caught Stealing: Melendez (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Forsch (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Simmons (3)
GIDP: Madlock (4), Brinkman (1)
Hit by Pitch: Kessinger (1,by Forsch)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. Reuschel L(1-2)      2     5   4   4   0   4   2  11   7.56
Wilcox                  2.1   3   1   0   3   1   0  12   3.75
Frailing                1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   5   3.24
Locker                  2     3   0   0   0   3   0   9   3.38
Totals                  8    12   5   4   3  10   2  37

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(2-2)           9     3   1   0   2   5   0  33   2.86
Totals                  9     3   1   0   2   5   0  33

Passed Balls: Simmons (2)
Hit by Pitch: Forsch (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Ed Sudol


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal
flied out to right; Madlock singled to third; Monday walked
[Madlock to second]; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Madlock to
third]; Morales forced Monday (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: McBride homered; Sizemore struck out; Smith
struck out; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 1.

CUBS 2ND: LaCock grounded out (second to first); Trillo flied
out to right; Swisher flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cubs 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Fairly singled to shortstop; Hernandez tripled to
right [Fairly scored]; Reitz homered [Hernandez scored];
Brinkman struck out; Forsch struck out; McBride singled to
center; Sizemore grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 3RD: HARRIS BATTED FOR R. REUSCHEL; Harris flied out to
right; Kessinger grounded out (third to first); Cardenal was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Cardinals
4.

CARDINALS 3RD: WILCOX REPLACED HARRIS (PITCHING); Smith struck
out; Simmons singled to center; Fairly forced Simmons (first to
shortstop); Hernandez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 0, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 4TH: Madlock doubled to left; Monday walked; Morales was
called out on strikes; LaCock forced Monday (second to
shortstop) [Madlock scored (error by Brinkman) (unearned)];
Trillo grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz singled to left; Brinkman grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Reitz out at
second]; Forsch tripled to right; McBride walked; McBride stole
second; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 4.

CUBS 5TH: Swisher made an out to second; Wilcox grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kessinger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 5TH: SUMMERS REPLACED CARDENAL (PLAYING LF); Smith
walked; Smith was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Wilcox [Smith to third]; Simmons hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Smith scored (unearned)]; Fairly walked; MELENDEZ RAN FOR
FAIRLY; FRAILING REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); Hernandez struck
out while Melendez was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 5.

CUBS 6TH: MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Summers flied
out to right; Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday
singled to right; Morales reached on an error by Brinkman
[Monday to second]; LaCock lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Reitz singled to right; Brinkman made an out to
second; Forsch out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Reitz to second]; McBride struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 1, Cardinals 5.

CUBS 7TH: Trillo made an out to second; Swisher flied out to
center; DUNN BATTED FOR FRAILING; Dunn was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: LOCKER REPLACED DUNN (PITCHING); Sizemore made an
out to third; Smith struck out; Simmons singled to right;
Melendez singled to right [Simmons to second]; Hernandez
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Cardinals 5.

CUBS 8TH: Kessinger was hit by a pitch; Summers was called out
on strikes; Madlock grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Kessinger out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: Reitz struck out; Brinkman grounded out
(shortstop to first); Forsch doubled to center; McBride struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 5.

CUBS 9TH: Monday flied out to center; Morales was called out on
strikes; LaCock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 5.