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Thursday May 8, 1975
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Garry Maddox and Greg Luzinski batted in three runs apiece to account for the Phillies' scoring in a 6-2 victory over the Cardinals. Maddox, playing in his second game with the Phillies since being obtained from the Giants, hit a triple and two doubles. Luzinski produced his RBIs with a double and two singles. [The Sporting News]


Philadelphia Phillies 6, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Game Played on Thursday, May 8, 1975 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Phillies     2  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   6 11  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  9  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               3   2   1   0     2   1   .380      Brock lf              3   0   0   0     1   2   .253
Bowa ss               4   2   2   0     0   0   .307      Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .290
Maddox cf             5   2   3   3     0   0   .177      McBride cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .244
Luzinski lf           4   0   3   3     0   0   .284      Simmons c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .259
  Brown pr,lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Fairly rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .304
Hutton 1b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Hernandez 1b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .215
Schmidt 3b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .180      Reitz 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .360
Boone c               3   0   2   0     1   0   .360      Tyson ss              4   0   1   1     0   0   .400
Anderson rf           3   0   0   0     1   2   .264      Denny p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lonborg p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Martinez ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .143
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .375        Moore p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                            Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Melendez ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .280

Totals               35   6  11   6     5   5             Totals               35   2   9   2     1   5

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 10,293
Left on Base: Phillies 8, Cardinals 7
DP: Phillies 0, Cardinals 1
Doubles: Maddox 2 (3), Luzinski (5), Martinez (1), Hernandez (1)
Triples: Maddox (1), Fairly (1)
Stolen Bases: Schmidt (1)
Caught Stealing: Luzinski (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Bowa (3)
GIDP: Lonborg (1)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg W(3-1)          7     6   0   0   0   3   0  26   1.88
Garber                  2     3   2   2   1   2   0  10   2.30
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   5   0  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny L(2-2)            3     6   4   4   1   1   0  15   4.56
Moore                   3.2   3   1   1   3   3   0  16   3.97
Hrabosky                1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   2.16
Sadecki                 1     1   1   1   1   0   0   5   3.86
Totals                  9    11   6   6   5   5   0  41

Wild Pitches: Denny (2)
Balks: Lonborg (1)

Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Bruce Froemming


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to shortstop; Bowa flied out to
center; Maddox doubled to left [Cash scored]; Denny threw a wild
pitch [Maddox to third]; Luzinski doubled to left [Maddox
scored]; Hutton grounded out (second to first) [Luzinski to
third]; Schmidt struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock lined to left; Sizemore grounded out (first
to pitcher); McBride grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone flied out to center; Anderson walked;
Lonborg grounded out (third to first) [Anderson to second]; Cash
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to right; Fairly singled to
left; Hernandez was called out on strikes; Reitz forced Fairly
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa singled to left; Maddox tripled to left [Bowa
scored]; Luzinski singled to center [Maddox scored]; Luzinski
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Hutton flied out
to right; Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson flied out to center; MARTINEZ BATTED FOR
DENNY; Martinez doubled to left; Brock struck out; Sizemore
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
4, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: MOORE REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Boone singled
to left; Anderson flied out to center; On a bunt Lonborg
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to second)
[Boone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: McBride grounded out (second to first); Simmons
flied out to right; Fairly tripled to left; Hernandez grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Cash struck out; Bowa flied to left in foul
territory; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz popped to first; Tyson singled to right
[Tyson out at second (right to pitcher to shortstop)]; Moore
singled to left; Brock was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Luzinski popped to first in foul territory; Hutton
grounded out (second to first); Schmidt walked; Schmidt stole
second; Boone walked; Anderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Phillies 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore lined to third; McBride singled to
right; Lonborg balked [McBride to second]; Simmons popped to
first; Fairly flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 4, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Lonborg struck out; Cash walked; Bowa singled to
right [Cash to second]; Maddox forced Cash (third unassisted)
[Bowa to second]; Luzinski singled to left [Bowa scored, Maddox
to third]; BROWN RAN FOR LUZINSKI; HRABOSKY REPLACED MOORE
(PITCHING); Hutton forced Brown (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Hernandez
grounded out (first unassisted); Reitz flied out to center;
Tyson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5,
Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Boone
singled to left; Anderson struck out; TAYLOR BATTED FOR LONBORG;
Taylor popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Phillies 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: GARBER REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); DWYER BATTED
FOR HRABOSKY; Dwyer lined to second; Brock walked; Sizemore
forced Brock (first to shortstop); McBride struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: SADECKI REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Cash walked;
Bowa out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Cash to second];
Maddox doubled to left [Cash scored]; Brown grounded out (third
to first) [Maddox to third]; Hutton flied out to right; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons singled to right; Fairly forced Simmons
(third to second); Hernandez doubled to left [Fairly to third];
Reitz singled to left [Fairly scored, Hernandez to third]; Tyson
grounded out (second to first) [Hernandez scored, Reitz to
second]; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR SADECKI; Melendez struck out; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 2.



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