A safe squeeze bunt by John Denny in the seventh inning, scoring Ken Reitz, produced the Cardinals' deciding run in a 5-4 victory over the Astros, who were stopped on their five-game winning streak. Lou Brock drove in two runs with a single in the fifth and Ted Simmons homered with a man on base in the sixth to give the Cards a 4-1 lead before a double by Reitz, infield out by Mike Tyson and Denny's perfectly-placed bunt added the winning tally.

Al Hrabosky replaced Denny with two men on base in the eighth and gave up a three-run homer by Doug Rader before saving the game. The runs were unearned because Reggie Smith bumped into Simmons, forcing the catcher to drop a pop foul by Rader, before the Astros' batter went back to the plate and smashed his homer. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Astros 4

Game Played on Tuesday, August 12, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome

Cardinals 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 - 5 11 1 Astros 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 4 8 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 4 0 1 2 1 1 .325 Howard lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .292 Melendez cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Gross rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .307 Davis ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Cedeno cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .270 Bradford rf 2 1 1 0 1 0 .231 Johnson 1b,c 3 0 0 0 1 3 .292 McBride ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 May c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .249 Simmons c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .346 Watson ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .330 Smith 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .293 Rader 3b 4 1 1 3 0 1 .233 Sizemore 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .248 Boswell 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .247 Reitz 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .273 Helms ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Tyson ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .260 DaVanon ss 2 1 1 0 2 1 .357 Denny p 3 1 2 1 0 0 .207 Roberts p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .137 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cabell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Totals 34 5 11 5 3 2 Totals 33 4 8 4 4 9 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 10,676 Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Astros 6 DP: Cardinals 0, Astros 1 Errors: Smith Doubles: Reitz (20), DaVanon (1), Gross (9) Home Runs: Simmons (14), Rader (9) Stolen Bases: Cedeno (40) Caught Stealing: Brock (12), Smith (4), Boswell (3) GIDP: Reitz (14) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny W(7-3) 7.1 7 3 1 4 5 0 31 3.76 Hrabosky SV(17) 1.2 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 1.70 Totals 9 8 4 1 4 9 1 37 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Roberts L(7-13) 6.1 11 5 5 2 1 1 28 4.33 Sosa 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.92 Cosgrove 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 1.91 Totals 9 11 5 5 3 2 1 37 Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Ed Sudol CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Melendez flied out to right; Bradford popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Howard singled to left; Howard was picked off first (pitcher to first); Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); Cedeno made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons singled to left; Smith flied out to left; Sizemore singled to right [Simmons to third]; Reitz grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Sizemore out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Johnson struck out; May flied out to left; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Denny grounded out (third to first); Brock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Boswell struck out (catcher to first); DaVanon doubled to left; Roberts singled to right [DaVanon scored]; Howard forced Roberts (shortstop to second); Gross forced Howard (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Melendez struck out; Bradford walked; Simmons popped to third in foul territory; Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno made an out to shortstop; Johnson struck out; May singled to center; Rader struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Sizemore singled to left; Reitz lined to right; Tyson singled to left [Sizemore to second]; Denny singled to center [Sizemore out at home (center to first to shortstop to catcher to third), Tyson to third, Denny to second]; Brock singled to left [Tyson scored, Denny scored]; Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Boswell singled to right; Boswell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); DaVanon walked; Roberts flied out to left; Howard forced DaVanon (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Astros 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Melendez flied out to center; Bradford singled to center; Simmons homered [Bradford scored]; Smith singled to center; Smith was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first to shortstop); Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno singled to right; Cedeno stole second; Johnson walked; May flied out to right [Cedeno to third]; Rader forced Johnson (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz doubled to left; Tyson grounded out (second to first) [Reitz to third]; Denny singled [Reitz scored]; Brock walked [Denny to second]; SOSA REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); DAVIS BATTED FOR MELENDEZ; Davis flied out to right [Denny to third, Brock to second]; MCBRIDE BATTED FOR BRADFORD; McBride lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MCBRIDE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Boswell grounded out (first unassisted); DaVanon walked; CRUZ BATTED FOR SOSA; Cruz grounded out (second to first) [DaVanon to second]; Howard flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 1. CARDINALS 8TH: COSGROVE REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Simmons grounded out (third to first); Smith made an out to first; Sizemore grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: Gross doubled to left; Cedeno walked; Johnson was called out on strikes; HRABOSKY REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING); WATSON BATTED FOR MAY; Watson struck out; Smith dropped a foul fly hit by Rader for an error; Rader homered (unearned) [Gross scored (unearned), Cedeno scored (unearned)]; HELMS BATTED FOR BOSWELL; Helms flied out to center; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 4. CARDINALS 9TH: WATSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); JOHNSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); HELMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Reitz flied out to right; Tyson grounded out (third to first); Hrabosky walked; Brock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 4. ASTROS 9TH: DaVanon struck out; CABELL BATTED FOR COSGROVE; Cabell struck out; Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Astros 4.

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