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.