A two-out single by Luis Melendez with the bases loaded in the 10th inning drove in Lou Brock and gave the Cardinals a 6-5 victory over the Padres. Reggie Smith hit a homer and double to help the Cards take a 5-0 lead, but the Padres rallied to wipe out their deficit, tying the score with an unearned run in the eighth. Tito Fuentes singled and when Ted Simmons threw wild in a pickoff attempt and Smith made an errant throw in returning the ball to the infield, Fuentes reached third in position to score on a sacrifice fly Willie McCovey.

In the 10th, Brock doubled and advanced to third on a bunt by Ted Sizemore. Bill Greif, pitching in relief for the Padres, passed Smith and Simmons intentionally to load the bases. Danny Cater went out on a short fly to right field, but Melendez came through with his fourth winning hit of the season. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 6, San Diego Padres 5

Game Played on Wednesday, May 28, 1975 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Padres 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 11 0 Cardinals 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 12 3 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Grubb cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .326 Brock lf 5 2 2 0 0 1 .344 Hernandez ss 3 1 0 0 2 0 .228 Sizemore 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .258 Tolan lf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .238 Smith rf 4 2 3 2 1 0 .359 Winfield rf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .294 Simmons c 4 1 2 1 1 0 .272 Ivie 1b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .284 Hernandez 1b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .222 Kendall c 5 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Hahn ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Fuentes 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .258 Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Kubiak 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .242 Cater 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Spillner p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Melendez cf 5 0 3 1 0 0 .258 Folkers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .291 Huntz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .163 Guerrero ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Foster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 McGlothen p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moses ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Fairly ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 McCovey ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .224 Brinkman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Greif p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 5 11 4 2 6 Totals 38 6 12 5 2 3 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 11,690 Left on Base: Padres 8, Cardinals 7 DP: Padres 1, Cardinals 0 Errors: Smith, Simmons 2 Doubles: Ivie 2 (6), Tolan (5), Smith 2 (7), Brock (10) Home Runs: Smith (7) Stolen Bases: Melendez (1) Sacrifice Hits: Sizemore (6) Sacrifice Flies: McCovey (1), Hernandez (1) GIDP: Guerrero (2) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Spillner 2 7 4 4 0 2 1 12 3.84 Folkers 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 5.55 Foster 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.62 Frisella 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.20 Tomlin 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.41 Greif L(1-2) 2.1 2 1 1 2 0 0 11 3.38 Totals 9.2 12 6 6 2 3 1 42 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGlothen 7 10 4 4 2 3 0 33 4.77 Hrabosky 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 7 2.30 Garman W(2-2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.96 Totals 10 11 5 4 2 6 0 43 Wild Pitches: McGlothen (3) Balks: Folkers (1) Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Bob Engel PADRES 1ST: Grubb made an out to shortstop; Hernandez walked; Tolan singled to center [Hernandez to second]; Winfield lined to center; Ivie forced Tolan (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock was called out on strikes; Sizemore struck out; Smith homered; Simmons singled to center; Hernandez flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 1. PADRES 2ND: Kendall struck out; Fuentes was called out on strikes; Kubiak singled to left; Spillner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Melendez singled to left; Reitz singled to left [Melendez to second]; Guerrero grounded into a double play (second to first) [Melendez to third, Reitz out at second]; McGlothen flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 1. PADRES 3RD: Grubb flied out to left; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Tolan singled to center; Winfield forced Tolan (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to right; Sizemore singled to left [Brock to third]; Smith doubled to right [Brock scored, Sizemore to third]; FOLKERS REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING); Simmons singled to center [Sizemore scored, Smith to third]; Hernandez hit a sacrifice fly to center [Smith scored, Simmons to second]; Melendez singled to left [Simmons to third]; Folkers balked [Simmons scored, Melendez to second]; Melendez stole third; Reitz was called out on strikes; Guerrero flied out to left; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 5. PADRES 4TH: Ivie doubled to left; McGlothen threw a wild pitch [Ivie scored (error by Simmons)]; Kendall popped to catcher in foul territory; Fuentes singled to right; Kubiak forced Fuentes (first to shortstop); HUNTZ BATTED FOR FOLKERS; Huntz lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 4TH: FOSTER REPLACED HUNTZ (PITCHING); McGlothen grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Sizemore flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Cardinals 5. PADRES 5TH: Grubb flied out to center; Hernandez walked; Tolan doubled to right [Hernandez to third]; Winfield singled to center [Hernandez scored, Tolan scored]; Ivie doubled to left [Winfield scored]; Kendall struck out; Fuentes grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 5TH: Smith flied out to right; Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher); Hernandez popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 5. PADRES 6TH: Kubiak flied out to center; MOSES BATTED FOR FOSTER; Moses flied out to left; Grubb grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 6TH: FRISELLA REPLACED MOSES (PITCHING); Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz flied out to right; Guerrero grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 5. PADRES 7TH: Hernandez flied out to right; Tolan grounded out (second to first); Winfield singled to third; Ivie singled to left [Winfield to third]; Kendall flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 7TH: FAIRLY BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN; Fairly lined to right; Brock flied out to center; Sizemore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Cardinals 5. PADRES 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED FAIRLY (PITCHING); Fuentes singled to center; Fuentes was picked off first but was safe on an error by Simmons [Fuentes to third (error by Smith)]; Kubiak struck out; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR FRISELLA; McCovey hit a sacrifice fly to left [Fuentes scored (unearned)]; Grubb struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 8TH: TOMLIN REPLACED MCCOVEY (PITCHING); Smith doubled to left; Simmons grounded out (pitcher to second) [Smith to third]; HAHN BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; GREIF REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); DWYER BATTED FOR HAHN; Dwyer grounded out (first unassisted); Melendez popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 5, Cardinals 5. PADRES 9TH: CATER REPLACED DWYER (PLAYING 1B); Hernandez flied out to left; Tolan flied out to right; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 9TH: Reitz flied out to left; Guerrero lined to first; BRINKMAN BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Brinkman popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Cardinals 5. PADRES 10TH: GARMAN REPLACED BRINKMAN (PITCHING); Ivie lined to second; Kendall flied out to center; Fuentes flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 10TH: Brock doubled to right; Sizemore out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Brock to third]; Smith was walked intentionally; Simmons was walked intentionally [Smith to second]; Cater flied out to right; Melendez singled to left [Brock scored, Smith to third, Simmons to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 5, Cardinals 6.

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