Bob Forsch pitched a two-hitter and Willie Davis made his Cardinal debut with a single and double in five trips to mark a 6-0 victory over the Astros. The Cards were stymied by Larry Dierker until the sixth inning when they exploded for all their runs. Ted Simmons walked, Bake McBride doubled and Ken Reitz homered to smash a scoreless tie.

Mario Guerrero and Forsch followed with singles and Lou Brock doubled to add another tally. When Ted Sizemore flied out, Forsch was caught off base and was doubled up, but the Cardinals continued their attack when Davis singled to score Brock and Reggie Smith doubled to drive in Davis. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 6, Houston Astros 0

Game Played on Friday, June 6, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome

Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 - 6 14 1 Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .320 Gross lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Sizemore 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .255 Metzger ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .270 Davis rf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .253 Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Smith 1b 4 0 3 1 1 0 .345 Watson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .335 Simmons c 4 1 1 0 1 1 .282 May c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .230 McBride cf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .259 Cruz rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .259 Melendez cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Rader 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Reitz 3b 3 1 1 3 1 1 .294 Helms 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Guerrero ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .261 Dierker p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .069 Forsch p 4 0 2 0 0 2 .379 Crawford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Boswell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 6 14 6 3 7 Totals 29 0 2 0 2 3 Time of Game: 2:03 Attendance: 12,955 Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Astros 4 DP: Cardinals 0, Astros 3 Errors: Brock Doubles: Davis (1), McBride (3), Brock (11), Smith (8) Home Runs: Reitz (2) Stolen Bases: McBride (5), Cedeno (24) Caught Stealing: Smith (1) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch W(6-4) 9 2 0 0 2 3 0 31 2.69 Totals 9 2 0 0 2 3 0 31 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dierker L(5-6) 5 9 4 4 3 6 1 27 4.28 Crawford 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 11 2.23 Scherman 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4.66 Totals 9 14 6 6 3 7 1 41 Wild Pitches: Forsch (3) Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Paul Runge CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore struck out; Davis doubled to right; Smith walked; Simmons made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Gross struck out; Metzger struck out; Cedeno singled to left; Cedeno stole second; Forsch threw a wild pitch [Cedeno to third]; Watson walked; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 2ND: McBride singled to right; McBride stole second; Reitz walked; Guerrero struck out; Forsch struck out; Brock struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Sizemore flied out to right; Davis made an out to second; Smith singled to right; Simmons singled to right [Smith to second]; McBride grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Dierker singled to left [Dierker to second (error by Brock)]; Gross grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dierker to third]; Metzger grounded out (pitcher to first); Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz struck out; Guerrero flied out to left; Forsch struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); May grounded out (second to first); Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore singled to shortstop; Davis flied out to right; Smith popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Rader flied out to left; Helms grounded out (third to first); Dierker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons walked; McBride doubled to center [Simmons to third]; Reitz homered [Simmons scored, McBride scored]; Guerrero singled to center; Forsch singled to center [Guerrero to second]; CRAWFORD REPLACED DIERKER (PITCHING); Brock doubled to left [Guerrero scored, Forsch to third]; Sizemore hit into a double play to center [Forsch out at home (center to first to third to catcher)]; Davis singled to center [Brock scored]; Smith doubled to left [Davis scored]; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); 6 R, 7 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING CF); Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger was called out on strikes; Cedeno flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Melendez grounded out (second to first); Reitz grounded out (second to first); Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. ASTROS 7TH: Watson flied out to center; May flied out to left; Cruz walked; Rader forced Cruz (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. CARDINALS 8TH: Forsch singled to left; Brock flied out to center; Sizemore lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Forsch out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. ASTROS 8TH: Helms flied out to center; BOSWELL BATTED FOR CRAWFORD; Boswell grounded out (second to first); Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. CARDINALS 9TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Davis flied out to center; Smith singled to left; Simmons struck out while Smith was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0. ASTROS 9TH: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Watson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Astros 0.

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