The Cardinals handed out three intentional passes in the eighth inning and two of them backfired as the Cubs scored two runs to gain a 5-3 victory. Ken Reynolds, who relieved in his first appearance with the Cards, walked Rick Monday to open the stanza before giving way to Mike Garman. Bill Madlock sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Jose Cardenal, Jerry Morales doubled, driving in Monday to break the 3-3 tie.

Pete LaCock was handed an intentional pass to load the bases. Manny Trillo laid down a sacrifice bunt, scoring Cardenal. A third intentional pass then went to George Mitterwald and this time it worked when Paul Reuschel struck out to end the inning. Reuschel pitched two perfect innings in relief and received credit for his first major league victory. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3
Game Played on Thursday, July      31, 1975 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Cardinals    0  0  1    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   3 10  0
Cubs         0  3  0    0  0  0    0  2  x  -   5  6  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride cf            5   2   3   0     0   0   .271      Kessinger ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Davis lf              5   0   4   1     0   0   .281      Monday cf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .278
Smith rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Madlock 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .352
Simmons c             3   0   1   0     1   1   .341      Cardenal lf           2   2   1   0     2   1   .301
Fairly 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .327      Morales rf            3   0   1   1     1   1   .281
Sizemore 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .248      LaCock 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .232
Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .272      Trillo 2b             2   1   1   2     1   1   .243
Tyson ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .244      Swisher c             3   1   1   2     0   1   .194
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burris pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .173
Rasmussen p           3   0   0   0     0   1   .111        Mitterwald c        0   0   0   0     1   0   .254
  Reynolds p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stone p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .152
  Lintz ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .197        Hiser ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .188
                                                            Frailing p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Summers ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .245
                                                            P. Reuschel p       1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               35   3  10   1     3   3             Totals               27   5   6   5     7   7

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 19,058
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Cubs 7
DP: Cardinals 1, Cubs 2
Errors: Monday, Trillo
Doubles: Davis (13), Morales (13)
Home Runs: Swisher (1)
Stolen Bases: Cardenal (22)
Sacrifice Hits: Madlock (1), Trillo (8)
GIDP: Sizemore (7), Smith (12)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen               6.1   5   3   3   3   6   1  27   2.95
Reynolds L(0-1)         0.2   0   1   1   1   0   0   2  13.50
Garman                  1     1   1   1   3   1   0   7   2.05
Totals                  8     6   5   5   7   7   1  36

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   5     8   2   1   2   2   0  24   3.32
Frailing                2     2   1   1   1   1   0   8   5.21
P. Reuschel W(1-1)      2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   6.75
Totals                  9    10   3   2   3   3   0  38

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


CARDINALS 1ST: McBride singled to center; McBride was picked off
first (pitcher to first); Davis singled to left; Smith flied out
to right; Simmons struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger flied out to left; Monday struck out;
Madlock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Fairly reached on an error by Trillo; Sizemore
flied out to right; Reitz struck out; Tyson walked [Fairly to
second]; Rasmussen forced Fairly (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Cardenal walked; Cardenal stole second; Morales struck
out; LaCock made an out to first; Trillo singled to left
[Cardenal scored]; Swisher homered [Trillo scored]; Stone
grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Cubs 3.

CARDINALS 3RD: McBride singled to right; Davis doubled to right
[McBride scored]; Smith flied out to center; Simmons flied out
to left; Fairly flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Cubs 3.

CUBS 3RD: Kessinger flied out to right; Monday grounded out
(second to first); Madlock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Cubs 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Sizemore singled to right; Reitz singled to
center [Sizemore scored (error by Monday) (unearned), Reitz to
third]; Tyson flied to right in foul territory; Rasmussen flied
out to right; McBride flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Cubs 3.

CUBS 4TH: Cardenal singled to left; Morales grounded out
(catcher to first) [Cardenal to second]; LaCock flied out to
right; Trillo struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Cubs 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Davis singled to right; Smith flied out to right;
Simmons singled to right [Davis to third]; Fairly walked
[Simmons to second]; Sizemore grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Fairly out at second]; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Cubs 3.

CUBS 5TH: Swisher struck out; HISER BATTED FOR STONE; Hiser
struck out; Kessinger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 2, Cubs 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: FRAILING REPLACED HISER (PITCHING); Reitz
grounded out (second to first); Tyson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Rasmussen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Cubs 3.

CUBS 6TH: Monday singled to right; Madlock flied out to center;
Cardenal struck out; Morales walked [Monday to second]; LaCock
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Cubs 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: McBride singled to left; Davis singled to center
[McBride to third]; Smith grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [McBride scored (no RBI), Davis out at
second]; Simmons walked; Fairly grounded out (second to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 3.

CUBS 7TH: Trillo walked; Swisher forced Trillo (first to
shortstop); BURRIS RAN FOR SWISHER; SUMMERS BATTED FOR FRAILING;
Summers singled to right [Burris to second]; REYNOLDS REPLACED
RASMUSSEN (PITCHING); Kessinger lined into a double play (left
to second) [Burris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Cubs 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: P. REUSCHEL REPLACED SUMMERS (PITCHING);
MITTERWALD REPLACED BURRIS (PLAYING C ); Sizemore grounded out
(second to first); Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first);
Tyson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Cubs 3.

CUBS 8TH: Monday walked; LINTZ REPLACED REYNOLDS (PLAYING SS);
GARMAN REPLACED TYSON (PITCHING); Madlock out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Monday to second]; Cardenal was walked
intentionally; Morales doubled to left [Monday scored, Cardenal
to third]; LaCock was walked intentionally; Trillo out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Cardenal scored, Morales to
third, LaCock to second]; Mitterwald was walked intentionally;
P. Reuschel struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs
5.

CARDINALS 9TH: Lintz grounded out (second to first); McBride
flied out to left; Davis grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 5.