Surviving a shaky first inning in which the Cardinals scored their only runs, Alan Foster shackled his former mates the rest of the way on three hits as the Padres beat St. Louis, 5-2. Lou Brock tripled and scored on Ted Sizemore's sacrifice in the first. Singles by Luis Melendez, Ted Simmons and Ron Fairly loaded the bases, but the Cardinals managed only one more run, Melendez scoring on a groundout by Keith Hernandez, before Foster slammed the door.

The Padres scored three off reliever-turned-starter Elias Sosa, Dave Winfield doubling home the first run, Mike Ivie's sacrifice fly plating the second and Fred Kendall scoring the third with an RBI single. Winfield belted a two-run, fifth-inning homer to conclude the scoring. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 5, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Game Played on Tuesday, May 20, 1975 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Cardinals 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 Padres 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 x - 5 6 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .325 Grubb cf 3 1 2 0 2 0 .350 Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .286 Hernandez ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .245 Melendez cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .274 Tolan lf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .236 Simmons c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Winfield rf 4 2 2 3 0 0 .304 Fairly rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .296 Ivie 1b 1 0 0 1 2 0 .265 Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .209 Kendall c 3 0 1 1 1 1 .221 Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .298 Fuentes 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .221 Brinkman ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Kubiak 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .229 Sosa p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Foster p 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Kurosaki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dwyer ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .182 Garman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 7 2 2 1 Totals 27 5 6 5 10 4 Time of Game: 2:00 Attendance: 7,318 Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Padres 9 DP: Cardinals 1, Padres 0 Errors: Foster Doubles: Grubb (13), Winfield (5), Tolan (4) Triples: Brock (3) Home Runs: Winfield (8) Sacrifice Flies: Sizemore (2), Ivie (2) GIDP: Foster (1) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sosa L(0-3) 4.1 6 5 5 5 3 1 22 3.71 Kurosaki 1.2 0 0 0 3 1 0 8 0.00 Garman 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 2.25 Totals 8 6 5 5 10 4 1 38 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Foster W(2-1) 9 7 2 2 2 1 0 35 2.25 Totals 9 7 2 2 2 1 0 35 Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Bob Engel CARDINALS 1ST: Brock tripled to center; Sizemore hit a sacrifice fly to center [Brock scored]; Melendez singled to right; Simmons singled to center [Melendez to second]; Fairly singled to right [Melendez to third, Simmons to second]; Hernandez grounded out (second to first) [Melendez scored, Simmons to third, Fairly to second]; Reitz was walked intentionally; Brinkman forced Reitz (second to shortstop); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Grubb singled to shortstop; Hernandez flied out to center; Tolan flied out to left; Winfield flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Sosa grounded out (second to first); Brock singled to right; Brock was picked off first but was safe on an error by Foster [Brock to third]; Sizemore grounded out (pitcher to first); Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Ivie walked; Kendall walked [Ivie to second]; Fuentes struck out; Kubiak walked [Ivie to third, Kendall to second]; Foster grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kubiak out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Fairly walked; Fairly was picked off first (pitcher to first); Hernandez singled to right; Reitz flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 0. PADRES 3RD: Grubb doubled to right; Hernandez struck out; Tolan walked; Winfield doubled to left [Grubb scored, Tolan to third]; Ivie hit a sacrifice fly to left [Tolan scored, Winfield to third]; Kendall singled to center [Winfield scored]; Fuentes forced Kendall (second unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 3. CARDINALS 4TH: Brinkman lined to second; Sosa struck out; Brock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 3. PADRES 4TH: Kubiak grounded out (first unassisted); Foster struck out; Grubb grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 3. CARDINALS 5TH: Sizemore flied out to center; Melendez grounded out (third to first); Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 3. PADRES 5TH: Hernandez walked; Hernandez was picked off first (pitcher to first); Tolan doubled to right; Winfield homered [Tolan scored]; KUROSAKI REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Ivie walked; Debut game for Ryan Kurosaki; Kendall struck out; Fuentes walked [Ivie to second]; Kubiak grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 5. CARDINALS 6TH: Fairly grounded out (second to first); Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); Reitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 5. PADRES 6TH: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb walked; Hernandez grounded out (second to first) [Grubb to second]; Tolan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 5. CARDINALS 7TH: Brinkman flied out to center; DWYER BATTED FOR KUROSAKI; On a bunt Dwyer singled; Brock forced Dwyer (second unassisted); Sizemore grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 5. PADRES 7TH: GARMAN REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Ivie grounded out (third to first); Kendall grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 5. CARDINALS 8TH: Melendez popped to shortstop in foul territory; Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher); Fairly grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 5. PADRES 8TH: Fuentes walked; Fuentes advanced to second because of defensive indifference [Fuentes to second]; Kubiak made an out to second; Foster grounded out (second to first) [Fuentes to third]; Grubb was walked intentionally; Hernandez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 5. CARDINALS 9TH: Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Reitz flied out to right; Brinkman flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 5.

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