The Cardinals extended their winning streak to five games with a 5-1 victory over the Astros, who went down to their seventh straight defeat. The Cards scored once in the second inning on a walk to Reggie Smith, a passed ball, infield out and single by Ken Reitz before the Astros picked up their run off Lynn McGlothen in the sixth on a walk to Greg Gross, single by Roger Metzger and double by Cesar Cedeno. The Redbirds broke away in the eighth with a double by Willie Davis, pass to Smith, two-run double by Ted Simmons and RBI single by Luis Melendez. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Astros 1

Game Played on Saturday, June 7, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome

Cardinals 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 5 7 0 Astros 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .312 Gross lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .265 Sizemore 2b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .254 Metzger ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .269 Davis rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .257 Cedeno cf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .264 Smith 1b 2 2 1 0 2 0 .347 Watson 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .335 Fairly 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Simmons c 3 1 1 2 1 0 .283 May c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .231 Melendez cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .263 Rader 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .240 Reitz 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .293 Helms 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .156 Guerrero ss 2 1 0 0 2 1 .250 Roberts p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .087 McGlothen p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 34 5 7 5 5 3 Totals 32 1 6 1 3 3 Time of Game: 2:00 Attendance: 13,990 Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Astros 7 DP: Cardinals 1, Astros 0 Errors: Metzger Doubles: Smith (9), Davis (2), Simmons (5), Roberts (1), Cedeno (15) Sacrifice Hits: McGlothen (3) GIDP: Rader (5) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGlothen W(6-4) 9 6 1 1 3 3 0 35 3.86 Totals 9 6 1 1 3 3 0 35 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Roberts L(3-7) 9 7 5 5 5 3 0 40 3.50 Totals 9 7 5 5 5 3 0 40 Passed Balls: May (10) Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Ed Vargo CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore flied out to center; Davis grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno walked; Watson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Smith walked; May allowed a passed ball [Smith to second]; Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher) [Smith to third]; Melendez made an out to second; Reitz singled to right [Smith scored]; Guerrero struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); May singled to center; Rader grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [May out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. CARDINALS 3RD: McGlothen grounded out (second to first); Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Sizemore grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Helms made an out to shortstop; Roberts doubled to left; Gross grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Roberts to third]; Metzger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Davis singled to right; Smith grounded out (third to first) [Davis to second]; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno flied out to right; Watson struck out; Cruz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz flied out to right; Guerrero walked; McGlothen struck out; Brock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: May grounded out (second to first); Rader struck out; Helms flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore grounded out (second to first); Davis flied out to right; Smith doubled to left; Simmons was walked intentionally; Melendez flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross walked; Metzger singled to right [Gross to second]; Cedeno doubled to left [Gross scored, Metzger to third]; Watson was walked intentionally; Cruz forced Metzger (first to catcher) [Cedeno to third, Watson to second]; May flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz flied out to right; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); McGlothen grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: Rader grounded out (pitcher to first); Helms flied out to left; Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Astros 1. CARDINALS 8TH: Brock struck out; Sizemore grounded out (pitcher to first); Davis doubled to right; Smith walked; Simmons doubled to left [Davis scored, Smith scored, Simmons to third (on throw to home)]; Melendez singled to right [Simmons scored]; Reitz forced Melendez (third to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: FAIRLY REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING 1B); Gross singled to right; Metzger forced Gross (second to shortstop); Cedeno popped to catcher in foul territory; Watson singled to right [Metzger to second]; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Guerrero walked; McGlothen out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Guerrero to second]; Brock flied out to right [Guerrero to third]; Sizemore singled to center [Guerrero scored]; Davis reached on an error by Metzger [Sizemore to second]; Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 1. ASTROS 9TH: May grounded out (first to pitcher); Rader made an out to second; Helms flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 1.

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