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.