An infield hit by Luis Melendez with the bases loaded in the 11th inning drove in the Cardinals' winning run and Bob Gibson struck out three straight batters in a relief role to preserve a 4-3 victory over the Astros. The Cards were forced into overtime when Doug Rader tied the score with a two-run homer in the ninth.

With two out in the 11th, the Redbirds loaded the bases against Mike Cosgrove with singles by Ted Sizemore and Ken Reitz and a pass to Mike Tyson. Melendez then topped the ball down the third base line for the hit that scored Sizemore. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 4, Houston Astros 3

Game Played on Wednesday, August 13, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome

Cardinals 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 12 1 Astros 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 9 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 6 0 0 0 0 2 .319 Howard lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .290 McBride cf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .273 Gross rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .306 Davis rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .281 Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .269 Simmons c 4 0 0 0 1 0 .343 Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .287 Smith 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .294 May c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .249 Sizemore 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .249 Jutze pr,c 1 1 0 0 0 0 .236 Reitz 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .274 Rader 3b 5 2 2 2 0 1 .235 Tyson ss 4 0 1 1 1 0 .259 Boswell 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .248 Forsch p 3 0 2 0 0 0 .333 Helms ph,2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .175 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 DaVanon ss 5 0 2 1 0 1 .364 Bradford ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Garman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Crawford p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Melendez ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .264 Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Gibson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Watson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .329 Cosgrove p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 43 4 12 4 3 6 Totals 41 3 9 3 3 6 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 11,170 Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Astros 8 DP: Cardinals 1, Astros 1 Errors: Garman, Gross Doubles: Tyson (14), Boswell (8) Home Runs: Rader (10) GIDP: Simmons (13), Gross (6) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch 8 8 3 2 2 3 1 33 2.85 Hrabosky 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.67 Garman W(3-4) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 2.06 Gibson SV(2) 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 4.70 Totals 11 9 3 2 3 6 1 44 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.59 Crawford 4 4 3 3 1 4 0 17 3.36 Granger 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 2.31 Cosgrove L(0-1) 4 6 1 1 1 1 0 18 1.95 Totals 11 12 4 4 3 6 0 46 Passed Balls: Simmons (19) Wild Pitches: Cosgrove (3) Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Bill Williams CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); McBride walked; McBride was picked off first (pitcher to first); Davis made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Howard grounded out (second to first); Gross lined to left; Cedeno struck out; Joe Niekro left with an arm injury; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Astros 0. CARDINALS 2ND: CRAWFORD REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Simmons walked; Smith singled [Simmons to third (error by Gross)]; Sizemore reached on a fielder's choice [Simmons out at home (third to catcher to third to pitcher), Smith to third, Sizemore to second]; Reitz singled to right [Smith scored, Sizemore scored]; Tyson doubled to center [Reitz scored]; Forsch singled to right [Tyson to third]; Brock struck out; McBride struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); May grounded out (third to first); Rader flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Davis made an out to second; Simmons lined to center; Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Boswell doubled to left; DaVanon grounded out (shortstop to first); Crawford grounded out (shortstop to first) [Boswell to third]; Howard grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz grounded out (third to first); Tyson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno struck out; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Forsch flied out to left; Brock grounded out (first to pitcher); McBride struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: May flied out to center; Rader singled to left; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Rader to second]; Boswell grounded out (second to first) [Rader to third]; DaVanon singled to center [Rader scored (unearned)]; CRUZ BATTED FOR CRAWFORD; Cruz flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 1. CARDINALS 6TH: GRANGER REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Davis struck out; Simmons made an out to shortstop; Smith singled to right; Sizemore flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: Howard flied out to center; Gross walked; Cedeno forced Gross (shortstop to second); Johnson walked [Cedeno to second]; May made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz grounded out (second to first); Tyson flied out to right; Forsch singled to right; Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: Rader grounded out (third to first); Boswell grounded out (first to pitcher); DaVanon singled to center; WATSON BATTED FOR GRANGER; Watson forced DaVanon (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 1. CARDINALS 8TH: COSGROVE REPLACED WATSON (PITCHING); McBride grounded out (second to first); Davis singled to left; Simmons grounded into a double play (second to first) [Davis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: Howard singled to right; Gross grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Howard out at second]; Cedeno singled to left; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Smith flied out to right; Sizemore singled to center; Reitz forced Sizemore (third to second); Tyson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 9TH: May singled to center; JUTZE RAN FOR MAY; Rader homered [Jutze scored]; HRABOSKY REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); HELMS BATTED FOR BOSWELL; Helms flied out to left; DaVanon flied out to right; Cosgrove flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 3. CARDINALS 10TH: JUTZE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); HELMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BRADFORD BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Bradford flied out to center; Brock grounded out (second to first); McBride singled to right; Davis forced McBride (pitcher to shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 3. ASTROS 10TH: GARMAN REPLACED BRADFORD (PITCHING); Howard flied out to right; Gross singled to left; Gross was picked off first but was safe on an error by Garman [Gross to second]; Cedeno was walked intentionally; Johnson flied out to left; Jutze grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Astros 3. CARDINALS 11TH: Simmons popped to third in foul territory; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore singled to left; Reitz singled to left [Sizemore to second]; Cosgrove threw a wild pitch [Sizemore to third, Reitz to second]; Tyson walked; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR GARMAN; Melendez singled to center [Sizemore scored, Reitz to third, Tyson to second]; Brock struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 3. ASTROS 11TH: GIBSON REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Rader was called out on strikes; Helms was called out on strikes; DaVanon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Astros 3.

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