Run-producing singles in the 10th by Tom Paciorek and Rick Auerbach, whose base hit scored two with two out, stood up as the Dodgers opened their series with the Cardinals with a 6-4 victory. Los Angeles had scored three times to take the lead in the second, with starting pitcher Andy Messersmith, who later left the game because of the flu, doubling home one of the runs.



The Cards, who tallied single runs in the first and third, tied the score in the bottom of the ninth on Ken Reitz' two-out RBI single which scored pinch-runner Bake McBride, who moved to third on groundouts after replacing Ted Simmons, who had singled. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Game Played on Monday, May       12, 1975 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Dodgers      0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    3  -   6 10  1
Cardinals    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1    1  -   4 10  3


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes cf              2   0   1   0     3   1   .242      Brock lf              5   3   3   0     0   1   .319
Lacy 2b               5   0   0   1     0   1   .377      Sizemore 2b           5   0   1   1     0   1   .287
Crawford lf           5   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Melendez cf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .297
Garvey 1b             5   1   2   0     0   1   .359      Simmons c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .278
Cey 3b                5   1   1   0     0   0   .288        McBride pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .244
Ferguson c            3   1   0   0     2   1   .156        Rudolph c           1   0   1   1     0   0   .091
Paciorek rf           5   2   2   1     0   1   .360      Fairly rf,1b          4   0   1   0     1   0   .364
Auerbach ss           4   1   2   3     1   0   .186      Hernandez 1b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .219
Messersmith p         3   0   2   1     0   1   .393        Martinez ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Brewer p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Reitz 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .317
                                                          Tyson ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .286
                                                          Denny p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sosa p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
                                                            Cater ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .294
                                                            Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Brinkman ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .246

Totals               39   6  10   6     6   6             Totals               39   4  10   4     1   4

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 13,342
Left on Base: Dodgers 9, Cardinals 7
DP: Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2
Errors: Ferguson, Sizemore, Fairly, Tyson
Doubles: Messersmith (4)
Stolen Bases: Brock 3 (10)
Caught Stealing: Crawford (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Melendez (1)
GIDP: Lacy (5), Auerbach (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith             6     5   2   1   1   3   0  24   2.22
Brewer W(2-1)           4     5   2   2   0   1   0  17   2.20
Totals                 10    10   4   3   1   4   0  41

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny                   3.1   5   3   1   3   4   0  19   4.33
Sosa                    3.2   1   0   0   2   1   0  13   2.42
Garman L(1-2)           3     4   3   3   1   1   0  13   2.60
Totals                 10    10   6   4   6   6   0  45

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - John Kibler


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to right; Lopes was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Lacy was called out on strikes; Crawford
reached on an error by Sizemore; Garvey forced Crawford
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to right; Brock stole second [Brock
to third (error by Ferguson)]; Sizemore struck out; Melendez hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Brock scored (unearned)]; Simmons
flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey grounded out (third to first); Ferguson reached
on an error by Tyson; Paciorek singled to left [Ferguson to
second]; Auerbach singled to left [Ferguson scored (unearned),
Paciorek to second]; Messersmith doubled to left [Paciorek
scored, Auerbach to third]; Lopes walked; Lacy grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Auerbach scored (unearned),
Messersmith to third, Lopes to second]; Crawford made an out to
shortstop; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Fairly grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hernandez flied out to right; Reitz grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Garvey struck out; Cey grounded out (third to
first); Ferguson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Denny
grounded out (second to first); Brock singled to center; Brock
stole second; Sizemore singled to left [Brock scored]; Melendez
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals
2.

DODGERS 4TH: Paciorek was called out on strikes; Auerbach
walked; Messersmith singled to right [Auerbach to third]; Lopes
walked [Messersmith to second]; SOSA REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING);
Lacy grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Lopes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons singled to right; Fairly singled to left
[Simmons to second]; Hernandez flied out to left; Reitz flied
out to right; Tyson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
3, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Crawford flied out to center; Garvey made an out to
shortstop; Cey popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Sosa struck out; Brock grounded out (second to
first); Sizemore grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Ferguson walked; Paciorek flied out to right;
Auerbach made an out to shortstop; Messersmith struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Simmons flied out to center; Fairly walked; Hernandez made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes walked; Lacy flied out to center; Crawford
forced Lopes (second to shortstop); Garvey singled to center
[Crawford to second]; Cey forced Garvey (third to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: BREWER REPLACED MESSERSMITH (PITCHING); Reitz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson flied out to right;
CATER BATTED FOR SOSA; Cater lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 8TH: GARMAN REPLACED CATER (PITCHING); Ferguson walked;
Paciorek flied out to center; Auerbach grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Ferguson out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: Brock struck out; Sizemore flied out to center;
Melendez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 9TH: Brewer grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes
struck out; Lacy flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons singled to left; MCBRIDE RAN FOR SIMMONS;
Fairly grounded out (pitcher to first) [McBride to second];
MARTINEZ BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Martinez grounded out (pitcher to
first) [McBride to third]; Reitz singled to left [McBride
scored]; Tyson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 3.

DODGERS 10TH: RUDOLPH REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING C ); MARTINEZ
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); FAIRLY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); Crawford reached on an error by Fairly; Crawford was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Garvey singled to
shortstop; Cey singled to shortstop [Garvey to second]; Ferguson
flied out to center; Paciorek singled to left [Garvey scored,
Cey to third (on throw to home), Paciorek to second (on throw to
home)]; Auerbach singled to left [Cey scored, Paciorek scored];
Brewer flied out to left; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6,
Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 10TH: BRINKMAN BATTED FOR GARMAN; Brinkman grounded
out (third to first); Brock singled to shortstop; Brock stole
second; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Melendez
singled to first [Brock to third]; Rudolph singled to left
[Brock scored, Melendez to second]; Fairly flied out to left; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Cardinals 4.