The Cardinals got away to an early 5-0 lead and held off the Giants to post an 8-6 victory. A triple by Luis Melendez and double by Ken Reitz highlighted the four-run opening inning and, when the Giants narrowed the margin to 5-3, Ted Simmons hit a two-run homer in the fifth.

The Card catcher singled home another tally in the seventh. Al Hrabosky recorded his 14th save of the season, tops in the league. Giant pitchers were aided by having three Cardinals thrown out at the plate by outfielders. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 8, San Francisco Giants 6

Game Played on Monday, July 7, 1975 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Giants       0  0  1    0  2  0    2  0  1  -   6 14  0
Cardinals    4  1  0    0  2  0    1  0  x  -   8 11  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .321      Brock lf              2   3   2   0     0   0   .318
Thomas 2b             5   3   4   1     0   0   .259      Sizemore 2b           1   0   0   1     0   0   .255
Murcer rf             5   2   3   2     0   1   .300      Melendez cf           3   1   1   1     0   0   .250
Montanez 1b           4   0   1   2     0   1   .278        McBride ph,cf       0   0   0   0     1   0   .258
Speier ss             5   0   1   1     0   0   .274      Simmons c             4   1   2   3     0   1   .318
Thomasson lf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .205      Bradford rf           3   1   1   1     0   0   .203
  Arnold ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Davis ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Ontiveros 3b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .258      Fairly 1b             2   1   1   1     2   1   .319
Hill c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .219      Reitz 3b              4   0   2   1     0   2   .280
Caldwell p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .111      Tyson ss              4   0   1   0     0   1   .227
  Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Reed p                3   1   1   0     0   0   .213
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hrabosky p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Miller ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .241
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               40   6  14   6     0   7             Totals               28   8  11   8     3   6

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 15,498
Left on Base: Giants 8, Cardinals 4
DP: Giants 2, Cardinals 0
Doubles: Ontiveros (10), Murcer (18), Thomas (10), Reitz (14), Reed (4), Brock (20)
Triples: Joshua (3), Thomas (5), Melendez (4)
Home Runs: Simmons (11)
Stolen Bases: Joshua (9), Brock (34)
Sacrifice Hits: Brock (1), Sizemore 2 (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Montanez (2), Sizemore (4)
Hit by Pitch: Brock (3,by Heaverlo)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell L(5-8)         5     9   7   7   0   4   1  23   4.79
Heaverlo                2     2   1   1   2   0   0   9   2.70
Lavelle                 1     0   0   0   1   2   0   4   2.32
Totals                  8    11   8   8   3   6   1  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reed W(9-8)             6.1  11   5   5   0   4   0  30   3.83
Hrabosky SV(14)         2.2   3   1   1   0   3   0  11   1.98
Totals                  9    14   6   6   0   7   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Heaverlo (1)
Balks: Lavelle (2)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Lee Weyer


GIANTS 1ST: Joshua singled to left; Joshua stole second; On a
bunt Thomas singled [Joshua to third]; Murcer struck out;
Montanez struck out; On a bunt Speier grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to shortstop; Brock stole second;
Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Melendez tripled to
right [Brock scored]; Simmons grounded out (third to first);
Bradford singled to left [Melendez scored]; Fairly singled to
right [Bradford scored]; Reitz doubled to right [Fairly scored];
Tyson singled to left [Reitz out at home (left to catcher)]; 4
R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 2ND: Thomasson singled to left; Ontiveros grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Thomasson to second]; Hill was called out on
strikes; Caldwell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0,
Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reed doubled to left; Brock out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Reed to third]; Sizemore hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Reed scored]; Melendez grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 5.

GIANTS 3RD: Joshua flied out to center; Thomas flied out to
center; Murcer singled to right; Montanez singled to center
[Murcer scored]; Speier made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 3RD: Simmons struck out; Bradford grounded out
(shortstop to first); Fairly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Cardinals 5.

GIANTS 4TH: Thomasson grounded out (second to first); Ontiveros
doubled to left; Hill grounded out (third to first); Caldwell
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz was called out on strikes; Tyson struck
out; Reed grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Cardinals 5.

GIANTS 5TH: Joshua tripled to right; Thomas tripled to center
[Joshua scored]; Murcer grounded out (second to first) [Thomas
scored]; Montanez flied out to right; Speier lined to third; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock doubled to left; Sizemore out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Brock to third]; Melendez flied
to left in foul territory; Simmons homered [Brock scored];
Bradford flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3,
Cardinals 7.

GIANTS 6TH: Thomasson grounded out (second to first); Ontiveros
singled to right; Hill flied out to right; ADAMS BATTED FOR
CALDWELL; Adams made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 3, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 6TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED ADAMS (PITCHING); Fairly
walked; Reitz singled to right [Fairly to third]; Tyson hit into
a double play to right [Fairly out at home (right to catcher)];
Reed grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 3, Cardinals 7.

GIANTS 7TH: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Thomas
singled to first; Murcer doubled to left [Thomas to third];
HRABOSKY REPLACED REED (PITCHING); Montanez hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Thomas scored, Murcer to third]; Speier singled to
right [Murcer scored]; ARNOLD BATTED FOR THOMASSON; Arnold
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 7TH: ARNOLD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Brock was hit
by a pitch; Sizemore out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Brock to second]; MCBRIDE BATTED FOR MELENDEZ; McBride walked;
Simmons singled to right [Brock scored, McBride to third]; DAVIS
BATTED FOR BRADFORD; Davis hit into a double play to left
[McBride out at home (left to catcher)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 5, Cardinals 8.

GIANTS 8TH: MCBRIDE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); DAVIS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); Ontiveros flied out to right; Hill made an
out to second; MILLER BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Miller was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 8TH: LAVELLE REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Fairly
walked; Lavelle balked [Fairly to second]; Reitz struck out;
Tyson made an out to second; Hrabosky struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 5, Cardinals 8.

GIANTS 9TH: Joshua struck out; Thomas doubled to left; Murcer
singled to center [Thomas scored]; Montanez flied out to center;
Speier grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 6, Cardinals 8.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".