Four runs in the first inning on extra-base blows by the first four batters carried the Cardinals to a 4-3 victory over the Giants. The quick attack on Pete Falcone saw Lou Brock and Ted Sizemore hit doubles, Luis Melendez followed with a triple and Ted Simmons capped the outburst with a homer.

The Giants previously had scored two runs in their half of the first on a double by Von Joshua, single by Derrel Thomas, a stolen base and throwing error by Mike Tyson. The Giants added a run in the second on a single by Steve Ontiveros, forceout by Dave Rader, sacrifice by Falcone and single by Joshua, but failed to make up the remaining deficit although outhitting the Cardinals, 10-7. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Sunday, May       11, 1975 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Giants       2  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3 10  0
Cardinals    4  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  7  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             5   1   3   1     0   1   .355      Brock lf              4   1   2   0     0   1   .302
Thomas 2b             5   1   2   1     0   1   .258      Sizemore 2b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .291
Murcer rf             3   0   0   0     2   0   .261      Melendez cf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .303
Matthews lf           5   0   0   0     0   1   .297      Simmons c             3   1   1   2     1   0   .269
Montanez 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .262      Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .320
Speier ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .281      Cater 1b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .313
Ontiveros 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .267        McBride pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Rader c               3   1   1   0     0   0   .250        Hernandez 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .229
  Hill ph,c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Martinez rf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .176
Falcone p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .133      Tyson ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Miller ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .308      Forsch p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .308
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brinkman ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   3  10   2     3   6             Totals               31   4   7   4     1   1

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 10,692
Left on Base: Giants 10, Cardinals 4
DP: Giants 0, Cardinals 1
Errors: Sizemore, Tyson
Doubles: Joshua (4), Thomas (5), Brock (6), Sizemore (6)
Triples: Melendez (2)
Home Runs: Simmons (4)
Stolen Bases: Thomas (4), Joshua (4), Brock (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Falcone (1)
GIDP: Montanez (4)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone L(3-2)          7     6   4   4   0   1   1  27   2.45
Lavelle                 1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   1.37
Totals                  8     7   4   4   1   1   1  32

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(3-3)           7     9   3   2   2   3   0  32   3.48
Hrabosky SV(4)          2     1   0   0   1   3   0   8   1.86
Totals                  9    10   3   2   3   6   0  40

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Jerry Dale


GIANTS 1ST: Joshua doubled to left; Thomas singled to right
[Joshua scored]; Thomas stole second; Murcer walked; Matthews
flied out to left; Montanez forced Murcer (first to shortstop)
[Thomas scored (error by Tyson) (unearned)]; Speier flied out to
left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock doubled to left; Sizemore doubled to left
[Brock scored]; Melendez tripled to right [Sizemore scored];
Simmons homered [Melendez scored]; Reitz flied out to left;
Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); Martinez singled to
left; Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 2ND: Ontiveros singled to pitcher; Rader forced Ontiveros
(second to shortstop); Falcone out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Rader to second]; Joshua singled to left [Rader
scored]; Joshua stole second; Thomas grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 2ND: Forsch grounded out (first to pitcher); Brock was
called out on strikes; Sizemore flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 3RD: Murcer made an out to third; Matthews struck out;
Montanez walked; Speier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 3RD: Melendez grounded out (third to first); Simmons
flied out to right; Reitz grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 4TH: Ontiveros flied out to left; Rader flied out to
left; Falcone singled to right; Joshua struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 4TH: Cater flied out to left; Martinez flied out to
left; Tyson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Thomas doubled to right; Murcer flied out to left;
Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Montanez singled to
second [Thomas to third]; Speier forced Montanez (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 5TH: Forsch grounded out (third to first); Brock flied
out to left; Sizemore grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Ontiveros grounded out (first to pitcher); Rader
singled to left; Falcone struck out; Joshua singled to right
[Rader to second]; Thomas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: Melendez made an out to second; Simmons flied out
to left; Reitz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
3, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 7TH: Murcer reached on an error by Sizemore; Matthews
popped to catcher in foul territory; Montanez grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Murcer out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Cater singled to left; MCBRIDE RAN FOR CATER;
Martinez grounded out (third to first) [McBride to second];
Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first) [McBride to third];
BRINKMAN BATTED FOR FORSCH; Brinkman flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 8TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING 1B); HRABOSKY
REPLACED BRINKMAN (PITCHING); Speier singled to center;
Ontiveros struck out; HILL BATTED FOR RADER; Hill flied out to
right; MILLER BATTED FOR FALCONE; Miller struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: HILL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); LAVELLE
REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Brock singled to third; Brock stole
second; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Melendez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons was walked
intentionally; Reitz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 9TH: Joshua flied out to left; Thomas was called out on
strikes; Murcer walked; Matthews flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 4.