Buddy Bradford, stepping into the Cardinals' outfield when Bake McBride became ill after the game started, smashed a homer and single to help beat the Pirates, 4-2. Bradford accounted for the Cards' first run with his round-tripper in the third inning.

The Cardinals added their other tallies in the fifth on a triple by Ken Reitz and singles by Mike Tyson, John Denny, Bradford and Ted Simmons. The Pirates loaded the bases in the eighth and scored their two runs on a wild pitch and infield out before Al Hrabosky clamped down to pick up his 16th save of the season. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Game Played on Wednesday, August    6, 1975 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  4  0
Cardinals    0  0  1    0  3  0    0  0  x  -   4 10  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stennett 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      McBride cf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Kirkpatrick 1b        2   0   0   0     1   1   .231        Bradford rf         3   2   2   1     0   0   .225
  Robertson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Melendez lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .264
  Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Davis rf,cf           4   0   0   1     0   0   .279
Oliver cf,1b          4   0   0   1     0   0   .285      Simmons c             4   0   2   1     0   0   .339
Parker rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .326      Smith 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .290
Hebner 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .264      Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .247
Zisk lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .281      Reitz 3b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .264
Dyer c                3   0   0   0     1   1   .209      Tyson ss              3   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Reynolds ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .188      Denny p               3   1   1   0     0   2   .154
Brett p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .243        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Randolph ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .158
  Robinson cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .291

Totals               31   2   4   1     3   6             Totals               34   4  10   4     0   4

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 23,985
Left on Base: Pirates 5, Cardinals 6
DP: Pirates 0, Cardinals 0
Doubles: Simmons (25)
Triples: Reitz (1)
Home Runs: Bradford (3)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brett L(7-4)            4.2   8   4   4   0   1   1  22   2.78
Tekulve                 2.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   8   1.31
Giusti                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.07
Totals                  8    10   4   4   0   4   1  34

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(6-3)            7     4   2   2   3   4   0  28   3.97
Hrabosky SV(16)         2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   1.65
Totals                  9     4   2   2   3   6   0  34

Wild Pitches: Hrabosky (2)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


PIRATES 1ST: Stennett flied out to center; Kirkpatrick walked;
Oliver flied out to center; Parker singled to center
[Kirkpatrick to second]; Hebner flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: McBride flied out to center; Melendez flied out
to center; Davis grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Zisk struck out; Dyer walked; Reynolds flied out to
left; Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons made an out to second; Smith singled to
left; Sizemore singled to left [Smith to second]; Reitz flied
out to left; Tyson forced Sizemore (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 3RD: BRADFORD REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING RF); DAVIS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Stennett popped to first in foul
territory; Kirkpatrick flied out to right; Oliver grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Denny struck out; Bradford homered; Melendez
flied out to center; Davis grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Parker grounded out (second to first); Hebner
grounded out (pitcher to first); Zisk singled to left; Dyer
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons popped to third in foul territory; Smith
flied out to left; Sizemore flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Reynolds grounded out (first to pitcher); Brett
flied out to left; Stennett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz tripled to left; Tyson singled to center
[Reitz scored]; On a bunt Denny singled to catcher [Tyson to
second]; Bradford singled to left [Tyson to third, Denny to
second]; Melendez forced Tyson (third to catcher) [Denny to
third, Bradford to second]; Davis forced Melendez (second to
shortstop) [Denny scored, Bradford to third]; Simmons singled to
left [Bradford scored, Davis to second]; TEKULVE REPLACED BRETT
(PITCHING); Smith struck out; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Cardinals 4.

PIRATES 6TH: Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; Oliver flied
out to right; Parker flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 0, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore grounded out (second to first); Reitz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 4.

PIRATES 7TH: Hebner flied out to right; Zisk grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dyer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 0, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Denny struck out; Bradford flied out to left;
Melendez singled to shortstop; Davis lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 4.

PIRATES 8TH: Reynolds singled to right; RANDOLPH BATTED FOR
TEKULVE; Randolph walked [Reynolds to second]; Stennett singled
[Reynolds to third, Randolph to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED DENNY
(PITCHING); ROBERTSON BATTED FOR KIRKPATRICK; Hrabosky threw a
wild pitch [Reynolds scored, Randolph to third, Stennett to
second]; Robertson made an out to third; Oliver grounded out
(second to first) [Randolph scored, Stennett to third]; Parker
struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: GIUSTI REPLACED ROBERTSON (PITCHING); OLIVER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); ROBINSON REPLACED RANDOLPH
(PLAYING CF); Simmons doubled to right; Smith flied out to
right; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 4.

PIRATES 9TH: Hebner was called out on strikes; Zisk flied out to
center; Dyer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
2, Cardinals 4.