Stout relief pitching by Mike Garman preserved the Cardinals' 3-2 victory over the Expos. The burly righthander entered the game in the last of the 10th with runners on first and second and none out and retired the side on a force play at third and a double-play grounder. The Cardinals had scored the go-ahead run in the top of the frame on Ron Fairly's pinch-hit.

The winning rally began with two out as Ted Simmons singled, Ken Reitz doubled and Ted Sizemore was walked intentionally to load the sacks. Fairly, batting for winning pitcher Al Hrabosky, then delivered a single back of first base to plate Simmons with the game winner. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 3, Montreal Expos 2

Game Played on Saturday, June 28, 1975 (Night game) at Parc Jarry

Cardinals 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 9 1 Expos 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Melendez cf 2 1 1 0 1 1 .256 Mangual cf 5 1 1 0 0 2 .270 McBride ph,cf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .241 Foli ss 4 1 2 0 1 0 .237 Tyson 2b,ss 5 0 2 0 0 1 .242 Jorgensen 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .249 Smith rf,1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .306 Colbert ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .141 Simmons lf,c 4 2 2 0 1 0 .312 Biittner lf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .362 Reitz 3b 3 0 2 2 1 0 .285 Carter c 5 0 2 1 0 1 .289 Howard 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Scanlon 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .209 Sizemore 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255 Parrish pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Rudolph c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .152 Scott rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .191 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Lintz 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .197 Fairly ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .307 Scherman p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Barlow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bailey ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .292 Garman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 DeMola p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Brock ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .313 Denny p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Davis ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Totals 35 3 9 3 6 6 Totals 40 2 10 2 3 8 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 18,640 Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Expos 11 DP: Cardinals 1, Expos 0 Errors: Reitz, Lintz Doubles: Simmons (13), Reitz (13), Mangual (7), Scherman (1) Triples: Scott (1) Sacrifice Hits: Denny (2) Sacrifice Flies: Reitz (2) GIDP: Scott (4) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny 8 8 2 2 3 7 0 36 3.07 Hrabosky W(3-2) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.85 Barlow 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7.20 Garman SV(6) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.06 Totals 10 10 2 2 3 8 0 43 Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Scherman 6 5 2 2 5 2 0 27 3.59 DeMola L(2-2) 4 4 1 1 1 4 0 16 2.40 Totals 10 9 3 3 6 6 0 43 Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - John McSherry CARDINALS 1ST: Melendez singled to left; Tyson struck out; Smith singled to second [Melendez to third (error by Lintz), Smith to second]; Simmons was walked intentionally; Reitz hit a sacrifice fly to left [Melendez scored]; Howard forced Simmons (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 0. EXPOS 1ST: Mangual reached on an error by Reitz [Mangual to second]; Foli singled to third [Mangual to third]; Jorgensen struck out; Biittner grounded out (first unassisted) [Foli to second]; Carter grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Rudolph walked; Guerrero forced Rudolph (shortstop to second); Denny out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Guerrero to second]; Melendez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 0. EXPOS 2ND: Scanlon grounded out (pitcher to first); Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Lintz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson singled to center; Smith walked [Tyson to second]; Simmons grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Tyson to third, Smith to second]; Reitz was walked intentionally; Howard lined to third; Rudolph flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 0. EXPOS 3RD: Scherman grounded out (first to pitcher); Mangual doubled to left; Foli singled to pitcher [Mangual to third]; Jorgensen singled to left [Mangual scored, Foli to second]; Biittner singled to shortstop [Foli to third, Jorgensen to second]; Carter singled to third [Foli scored, Jorgensen to third, Biittner to second]; Scanlon struck out; Scott flied out to left; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Denny flied out to right; Melendez walked; Tyson forced Melendez (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 2. EXPOS 4TH: Lintz grounded out (second to first); Scherman doubled to left; Mangual struck out; Foli walked; Jorgensen struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Expos 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Smith flied out to left; Simmons doubled to left; Reitz singled to right [Simmons scored, Reitz out at home (right to catcher to second)]; Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Expos 2. EXPOS 5TH: Biittner grounded out (second to first); Carter grounded out (third to first); Scanlon made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Expos 2. CARDINALS 6TH: Rudolph flied out to center; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Denny made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Expos 2. EXPOS 6TH: Scott tripled to right; Lintz was called out on strikes; BAILEY BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; Bailey walked; Mangual struck out; Foli forced Bailey (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Expos 2. CARDINALS 7TH: DEMOLA REPLACED BAILEY (PITCHING); MCBRIDE BATTED FOR MELENDEZ; McBride struck out; Tyson singled to right; Smith flied out to left; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Expos 2. EXPOS 7TH: MCBRIDE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Jorgensen grounded out (first unassisted); Biittner walked; Carter was called out on strikes; Scanlon grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Expos 2. CARDINALS 8TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudolph struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Expos 2. EXPOS 8TH: Scott grounded out (first unassisted); Lintz flied out to center; DeMola flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Expos 2. CARDINALS 9TH: BROCK BATTED FOR GUERRERO; Brock grounded out (second to first); DAVIS BATTED FOR DENNY; Davis made an out to second; McBride was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Expos 2. EXPOS 9TH: BROCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SIMMONS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); HRABOSKY REPLACED RUDOLPH (PITCHING); DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SMITH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); SIZEMORE REPLACED HOWARD (PLAYING 2B); TYSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Mangual made an out to shortstop; Foli flied out to right; COLBERT BATTED FOR JORGENSEN; Colbert struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Expos 2. CARDINALS 10TH: COLBERT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Tyson grounded out (second to first); Smith struck out; Simmons singled to right; Reitz doubled to left [Simmons to third]; Sizemore was walked intentionally; FAIRLY BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Fairly singled to right [Simmons scored, Reitz out at home (right to catcher), Sizemore to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Expos 2. EXPOS 10TH: BARLOW REPLACED FAIRLY (PITCHING); Biittner singled to left; Carter singled to left [Biittner to second]; GARMAN REPLACED BARLOW (PITCHING); Scanlon forced Biittner (third to shortstop) [Carter to second]; PARRISH RAN FOR SCANLON; Scott grounded into a double play (second to first) [Parrish out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Expos 2.

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