The Padres scored five times in the last three innings, getting a tie-breaking RBI single from Willie McCovey in the ninth, and turned back the Cardinals, 9-6. Pinch-hitter Mike Ivie and Tito Fuentes followed McCovey with run-scoring singles. San Diego pulled into a 6-6 tie in the seventh with a pair of runs, driven home by singles off the bats of Bobby Tolan and Dave Winfield.

Winfield's RBI single and a two-run double by Fuentes gave San Diego a quick 3-0 lead in the first against Bob Gibson. The Cards got a pair of runs in the third, then surged to a 6-4 lead in the fifth when Reggie Smith hit a two-run homer, Ted Simmons walked and Luis Melendez, Ken Reitz and Mario Guerrero delivered two-out singles. Padre starter Joe McIntosh drove in the visitors' fourth run with a fourth-inning sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 9, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Game Played on Monday, May 26, 1975 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Padres 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 - 9 13 2 Cardinals 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 6 14 1 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Grubb cf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .343 Brock lf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .326 Hernandez ss 3 2 1 0 1 0 .231 Sizemore 2b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .263 Tolan lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .216 Smith rf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .341 Winfield rf 4 2 2 2 1 1 .292 Simmons c 4 1 0 1 1 0 .264 McCovey 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .232 Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 1 1 1 .227 Scott pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Melendez cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .247 Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reitz 3b 5 0 3 1 0 0 .298 Hundley c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Guerrero ss 5 0 3 1 0 0 .421 Greif p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gibson p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .059 Ivie ph,1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .272 Hrabosky p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Fuentes 2b 5 1 3 3 0 0 .252 Garman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kubiak 3b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .259 Sadecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McIntosh p 1 0 0 1 0 0 .059 Fairly ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Hardy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Huntz ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kendall c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .233 Totals 36 9 13 9 4 5 Totals 41 6 14 6 3 3 Time of Game: 2:54 Attendance: 12,430 Left on Base: Padres 9, Cardinals 12 DP: Padres 1, Cardinals 0 Errors: Fuentes, Tomlin, Smith Doubles: Fuentes (3), Brock (8) Home Runs: Smith (6) Stolen Bases: Brock (13) Sacrifice Hits: Hernandez (14), Tolan (4), Sizemore (5) Sacrifice Flies: McIntosh (2) GIDP: Guerrero (1) Hit by Pitch: McCovey (1,by Gibson), Grubb (4,by Gibson) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McIntosh 4.2 8 6 4 2 1 1 24 1.84 Hardy 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Tomlin 1.2 3 0 0 1 0 0 10 2.00 Greif W(1-1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 3.32 Frisella SV(2) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.36 Totals 9 14 6 4 3 3 1 45 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gibson 6 7 6 6 2 4 0 29 4.75 Hrabosky L(1-2) 2.1 4 3 3 2 0 0 12 2.49 Garman 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.05 Sadecki 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.27 Totals 9 13 9 9 4 5 0 45 Hit by Pitch: Gibson 2 (3) Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert PADRES 1ST: Grubb singled to right; Hernandez out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Grubb to second]; Tolan singled to right [Grubb to third]; Winfield singled to center [Grubb scored, Tolan to third]; McCovey was hit by a pitch [Winfield to second]; Hundley flied out to right; Fuentes doubled to left [Tolan scored, Winfield scored, McCovey to third]; Kubiak was walked intentionally; McIntosh grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore grounded out (first to pitcher); Smith singled to right; Simmons flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Cardinals 0. PADRES 2ND: Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); Hernandez made an out to second; Tolan made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez popped to catcher in foul territory; Melendez singled to left; Reitz singled to right [Melendez to second]; Guerrero forced Reitz (second to shortstop) [Melendez to third]; Gibson flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 3, Cardinals 0. PADRES 3RD: Winfield struck out; McCovey popped to catcher in foul territory; Hundley flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to shortstop; Sizemore reached on an error by Fuentes [Brock to second]; Smith flied out to right [Brock to third, Sizemore to second]; Simmons grounded out (second to pitcher) [Brock scored (unearned), Sizemore to third]; Hernandez singled to center [Sizemore scored (unearned)]; Melendez forced Hernandez (shortstop to second); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Cardinals 2. PADRES 4TH: Fuentes singled to right; Kubiak singled to right [Fuentes to third, Kubiak to second (error by Smith)]; McIntosh hit a sacrifice fly to center [Fuentes scored, Kubiak to third]; Grubb walked; Hernandez reached on a fielder's choice [Kubiak out at home (pitcher to catcher to third to pitcher), Grubb to third, Hernandez to second]; Tolan grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz singled to right; Guerrero grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Reitz out at second]; Gibson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 2. PADRES 5TH: Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); McCovey struck out; Hundley popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Brock walked; Sizemore flied out to center; Smith homered [Brock scored]; Simmons walked; Hernandez was called out on strikes; Melendez singled to center [Simmons to second]; HARDY REPLACED MCINTOSH (PITCHING); Reitz singled to center [Simmons scored, Melendez to third]; Guerrero singled to right [Melendez scored, Reitz to second]; Gibson flied out to left; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 6. PADRES 6TH: Fuentes popped to third in foul territory; Kubiak was called out on strikes; HUNTZ BATTED FOR HARDY; Huntz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 6. CARDINALS 6TH: TOMLIN REPLACED HUNTZ (PITCHING); Brock doubled to center; Sizemore reached on an error by Tomlin on a sacrifice bunt [Brock to third]; Smith made an out to second; Simmons popped to catcher in foul territory; Hernandez walked [Sizemore to second]; Melendez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 6. PADRES 7TH: Grubb was hit by a pitch; Hernandez singled to left [Grubb to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED GIBSON (PITCHING); Tolan singled to left [Grubb scored, Hernandez to second]; Winfield singled to right [Hernandez scored, Tolan to second]; McCovey made an out to shortstop; Hundley singled to right [Tolan out at home (right to catcher), Winfield to second]; Fuentes forced Hundley (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 6, Cardinals 6. CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz grounded out (second to first); Guerrero singled to center; Hrabosky singled to pitcher [Guerrero to second]; Brock forced Hrabosky (second to shortstop) [Guerrero to third]; GREIF REPLACED HUNDLEY (PITCHING); KENDALL REPLACED TOMLIN (PLAYING C ); Brock stole second; Sizemore struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 6, Cardinals 6. PADRES 8TH: Kubiak grounded out (shortstop to first); Kendall flied out to right; Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 6, Cardinals 6. CARDINALS 8TH: Smith struck out; Simmons flied out to center; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 6, Cardinals 6. PADRES 9TH: Hernandez walked; Tolan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hernandez to second]; Winfield was walked intentionally; McCovey singled to center [Hernandez scored, Winfield to third]; SCOTT RAN FOR MCCOVEY; IVIE BATTED FOR GREIF; GARMAN REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Ivie singled to left [Winfield scored, Scott to third]; Fuentes singled to center [Scott scored, Ivie to second]; SADECKI REPLACED GARMAN (PITCHING); Kubiak popped to first in foul territory; Kendall struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 9, Cardinals 6. CARDINALS 9TH: FRISELLA REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); IVIE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Melendez grounded out (second to first); Reitz grounded out (third to first); Guerrero singled to second; FAIRLY BATTED FOR SADECKI; Fairly grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 9, Cardinals 6.

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