The Cardinals routed the Giants to the tune of 17-2. Danny Cater started the slaughter by delivering a two-out bases-loaded single in the opening inning to drive in two runs and Ted Martinez followed with a double to plate two more and give the Redbirds a 4-0 lead.

Ted Simmons led off a seven-run third with a homer and later in that same frame socked a bases-loaded triple. Four Giant hurlers trudged to the mound and none escaped unscathed, yielding a total of 23 hits. The Giants scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth after most of the small crowd had fled the scene in search of safer environs. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 17, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       17, 1975 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Cardinals    4  0  7    3  0  1    0  0  2  -  17 23  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  7  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   2   2   1     0   1   .324      Joshua cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .337
  Dwyer lf            1   1   1   0     0   0   .150        Adams rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Sizemore 2b           3   2   2   2     1   1   .309      Thomas 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .255
  Tyson 2b            2   1   1   0     0   0   .225      Murcer rf             3   0   2   0     0   0   .264
Melendez cf           5   1   0   1     1   0   .294        Toms p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Simmons c             5   2   3   5     1   0   .274        Ontiveros ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .273
Reitz 3b              5   2   4   1     0   1   .322      Matthews lf           3   0   1   0     0   2   .293
Cater 1b              4   1   2   2     0   1   .304        Brown lf            0   1   0   0     1   0   .000
  Hernandez 1b        2   0   1   0     0   0   .214      Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Martinez rf           1   0   1   2     0   0   .190      Speier ss             2   0   0   0     1   0   .272
  Fairly ph,rf        5   1   2   1     0   0   .326        Miller ss           1   0   1   1     0   0   .400
Brinkman ss           3   3   2   1     2   0   .266      Goodson 3b            3   0   0   1     0   1   .200
Forsch p              5   1   2   1     0   3   .333      Rader c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .262
                                                          Falcone p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .133
                                                            Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Heaverlo p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Thomasson ph,rf,cf  2   0   1   0     0   0   .130

Totals               46  17  23  17     5   7             Totals               32   2   7   2     2   5

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance:  6,891
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Giants 6
DP: Cardinals 1, Giants 2
Doubles: Martinez (2), Reitz 2 (6), Fairly (1), Sizemore (10), Hernandez (4), Ontiveros (6)
Triples: Simmons (1), Forsch (2)
Home Runs: Simmons (5), Brinkman (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Reitz (1), Goodson (1)
GIDP: Tyson (2), Brinkman (3), Montanez (6)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(4-3)           9     7   2   2   2   5   0  35   3.23
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   5   0  35

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone L(3-3)          2     6   6   6   2   3   1  14   3.52
Williams                0.2   3   5   5   3   1   0   7   5.55
Heaverlo                3.1   8   4   4   0   2   1  17   3.18
Toms                    3     6   2   2   0   1   0  14   3.60
Totals                  9    23  17  17   5   7   2  52

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Frank Pulli


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Sizemore singled to right;
Melendez flied out to center; Simmons walked [Sizemore to
second]; Reitz singled to second [Sizemore to third, Simmons to
second]; Cater singled to left [Sizemore scored, Simmons scored,
Reitz to third]; Martinez doubled to left [Reitz scored, Cater
scored]; Brinkman walked; Forsch struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (first unassisted); Thomas
grounded out (first unassisted); Murcer singled to center;
Matthews was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
struck out; Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Montanez struck out; Speier made an out to first;
Goodson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4,
Giants 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Simmons homered; Reitz doubled to left; WILLIAMS
REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING); Cater singled to center [Reitz to
third]; FAIRLY BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Fairly doubled to center
[Reitz scored, Cater out at home (center to shortstop to
catcher)]; Brinkman walked; Forsch struck out; Brock singled to
shortstop [Fairly to third, Brinkman to second]; Sizemore walked
[Fairly scored, Brinkman to third, Brock to second]; Melendez
walked [Brinkman scored, Brock to third, Sizemore to second];
HEAVERLO REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Simmons tripled to right
[Brock scored, Sizemore scored, Melendez scored]; Reitz was
called out on strikes; 7 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 11,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: FAIRLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rader was called
out on strikes; Heaverlo flied to right in foul territory;
Joshua made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 11, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Cater was called out on strikes; Fairly lined to
second; Brinkman singled to right; Forsch tripled to right
[Brinkman scored]; Brock singled to left [Forsch scored];
Sizemore doubled to right [Brock scored]; Melendez made an out
to second; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 14, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: TYSON REPLACED SIZEMORE (PLAYING 2B); Thomas
grounded out (pitcher to first); Murcer singled to center;
Matthews singled to left [Murcer to second]; Montanez grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Matthews out
at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 14, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz
singled to left; Cater flied out to center; Fairly grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 14, Giants
0.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier grounded out (pitcher to first); Goodson
flied out to center; Rader grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 14, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brinkman homered; Forsch singled to right; Brock
forced Forsch (shortstop to second); Tyson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brock out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 15, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: DWYER REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); HERNANDEZ
REPLACED CATER (PLAYING 1B); THOMASSON BATTED FOR HEAVERLO;
Thomasson flied out to left; Joshua singled to right; Thomas
flied out to right; Murcer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 15, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: THOMASSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); TOMS
REPLACED MURCER (PITCHING); Melendez grounded out (third to
first); Simmons grounded out (second to first); Reitz doubled to
left; Hernandez made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 15, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Matthews struck out; Montanez flied out to left;
Speier walked; Goodson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 15, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: BROWN REPLACED MATTHEWS (PLAYING LF); MILLER
REPLACED SPEIER (PLAYING SS); Fairly singled to second; Debut
game for Jake Brown; Brinkman grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Fairly out at second]; Forsch
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 15, Giants 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Rader grounded out (second to first); Thomasson
singled to center; Joshua flied out to center; Thomas grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 15,
Giants 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: ADAMS REPLACED JOSHUA (PLAYING RF); THOMASSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Dwyer singled to center; Tyson
singled to center [Dwyer to second]; Melendez flied out to
right; Simmons singled to right [Dwyer scored, Tyson to third];
Reitz hit a sacrifice fly to right [Tyson scored]; Hernandez
doubled to left [Simmons to third]; Fairly grounded out (first
to pitcher); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 17, Giants 0.

GIANTS 9TH: ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR TOMS; Ontiveros doubled to
left; Brown walked; Montanez grounded out (second to first)
[Ontiveros to third, Brown to second]; Miller singled to left
[Ontiveros scored, Brown to third]; Goodson hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Brown scored]; Rader grounded out (second to first);
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 17, Giants 2.