The Cardinals beat Tom Seaver in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 5-3, but the Mets came back to win the second game, 11-6. With the score tied, 1-1, Seaver retired the first two batters in the fifth inning before a triple by Bake McBride, infield hit by Willie Davis, pass to Reggie Smith and singles by Ted Simmons and Ron Fairly produced three runs. Fairly homered off reliever Ken Sanders in the eighth. Del Unser had a round-tripper for the Mets.

In the nightcap, Unser and John Milner drove in three runs apiece. Unser had four hits. Three of the Mets' first seven runs were unearned on a pair of errors by Mario Guerrero before they clinched the victory with four runs in the eighth on a single by Unser, double by Milner, pass to Rusty Staub, double by Dave Kingman and single by Joe Torre. Smith homered for the Cardinals. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Mets 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Tuesday, July 29, 1975 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Mets 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 - 3 15 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 x - 5 10 0 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garrett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 McBride cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .256 Clines ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .204 Davis lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .274 Millan 2b 3 0 1 0 2 0 .310 Smith rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .287 Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .350 Simmons c 4 1 3 1 0 0 .342 Torre ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Fairly 1b 4 1 3 3 0 0 .319 Staub rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .278 Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Kingman lf 5 2 2 0 0 2 .254 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Unser cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .290 Tyson ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .248 Grote c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .302 McGlothen p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .039 Phillips ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 .249 Hrabosky p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Heidemann ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Garman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Seaver p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .194 Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Sanders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 3 15 2 2 3 Totals 33 5 10 5 2 1 Time of Game: 2:25 Left on Base: Mets 12, Cardinals 7 DP: Mets 0, Cardinals 2 Doubles: Kingman (10), Simmons (24) Triples: Simmons (3), McBride (5) Home Runs: Unser (5), Fairly (5) Stolen Bases: Davis 2 (6) Sacrifice Hits: McGlothen (6) GIDP: Grote (6), Staub (14) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Seaver L(14-7) 7 8 4 4 2 1 0 31 2.19 Sanders 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 2.08 Totals 8 10 5 5 2 1 1 36 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGlothen W(11-8) 7.1 13 3 3 1 2 1 34 3.87 Hrabosky 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 1.42 Garman SV(9) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.92 Totals 9 15 3 3 2 3 1 42 Passed Balls: Grote (5) Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Nick Colosi METS 1ST: Garrett flied out to center; Millan walked; Kranepool made an out to shortstop; Staub singled to center [Millan to second]; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: McBride popped to third in foul territory; Davis flied out to center; Smith grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. METS 2ND: Unser flied out to right; Grote made an out to shortstop; Phillips flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons tripled to right; Fairly flied out to left; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. METS 3RD: Seaver singled to center; Garrett flied out to center; Millan flied out to right; Kranepool singled to second [Seaver to second]; Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson singled to left; McGlothen out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Tyson to second]; McBride flied out to center; Davis grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cardinals 0. METS 4TH: Kingman singled to center; Unser singled to center [Kingman to third]; Grote grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Kingman scored (no RBI), Unser out at second]; Phillips singled to pitcher; Seaver flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Smith flied out to center; Simmons doubled to right; Fairly singled to center [Simmons scored]; Sizemore forced Fairly (third to second); Reitz popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 1. METS 5TH: Garrett was called out on strikes; Millan grounded out (first to pitcher); Kranepool singled to center; Staub popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson flied out to center; McGlothen struck out; McBride tripled to right; Davis singled to first [McBride scored]; Davis stole second; Grote allowed a passed ball [Davis to third]; Smith walked; Simmons singled to left [Davis scored, Smith to third]; Fairly singled to right [Smith scored, Simmons to second]; Sizemore forced Fairly (third to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Cardinals 4. METS 6TH: Kingman grounded out (third to first); Unser homered; Grote singled to center; Phillips singled to right [Grote to second]; On a bunt Seaver popped to first in foul territory; Garrett popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 6TH: Reitz popped to first in foul territory; Tyson grounded out (third to first); McGlothen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 4. METS 7TH: Millan singled to right; Kranepool forced Millan (first to shortstop); Staub grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kranepool out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 7TH: McBride flied out to right; Davis walked; Davis stole second; Smith flied out to right; Simmons lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cardinals 4. METS 8TH: Kingman doubled to left; Unser grounded out (first unassisted) [Kingman to third]; Grote singled to right [Kingman scored]; HRABOSKY REPLACED MCGLOTHEN (PITCHING); HEIDEMANN BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; Heidemann flied out to left; ALOU BATTED FOR SEAVER; Alou forced Grote (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 8TH: HEIDEMANN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SANDERS REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Fairly homered; Sizemore flied out to left; Reitz flied out to right; Tyson singled to right; Hrabosky grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 5. METS 9TH: CLINES BATTED FOR GARRETT; Clines singled to right; Millan walked [Clines to second]; TORRE BATTED FOR KRANEPOOL; Torre flied out to center; Staub singled to right [Clines to third, Millan to second]; GARMAN REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Kingman struck out; Unser grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 3, Cardinals 5.

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