The Cardinals swept the Braves, 4-1 and 2-1, to move to three games behind the Pirates. Ron Reed pitched a seven-hitter in the opener. Eric Rasmussen and Al Hrabosky teamed for a four-hitter in the second game, with Hrabosky notching a Cardinal club record 18th save. Ron Fairly singled for the first Cardinal hit off loser Mike Thompson in a two-run nightcap seventh. After Ted Simmons singled, Reggie Smith rapped an RBI single and Ted Sizemore hit a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, August    15, 1975 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Cardinals    1  0  0    0  1  1    0  1  0  -   4  6  1
Braves       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride cf            4   1   1   0     1   0   .278      Garr lf               4   1   2   0     0   1   .274
Melendez lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Belloir ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Bradford rf           3   1   0   1     1   0   .230      Evans 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .245
Smith 1b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .298      May rf                3   0   0   0     1   1   .254
Sizemore 2b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .252      Lum 1b                4   0   1   0     0   1   .241
Reitz 3b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .273      Office cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .279
Rudolph c             4   1   1   0     0   1   .215      Gilbreath 2b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Tyson ss              4   0   1   1     0   0   .262      Correll c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .213
Reed p                3   0   0   0     0   2   .190      Easterly p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
                                                            Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .199
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .100

Totals               32   4   6   4     3   4             Totals               34   1   7   1     1   6

Time of Game: 1:55
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Braves 7
DP: Cardinals 1, Braves 0
Errors: Reitz, Belloir, May
Doubles: Garr (20)
Home Runs: Smith (18)
Stolen Bases: McBride (19), Evans (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Reed (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Reitz (4)
GIDP: Belloir (2)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reed W(11-9)            9     7   1   1   1   6   0  35   3.29
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   6   0  35

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Easterly L(1-6)         7     5   3   2   2   2   0  29   4.68
Sosa                    2     1   1   1   1   2   1   8   3.76
Totals                  9     6   4   3   3   4   1  37

Wild Pitches: Easterly (5)

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


CARDINALS 1ST: McBride singled to right; McBride stole second;
Melendez grounded out (second to first) [McBride to third];
Bradford grounded out (second to first) [McBride scored]; Smith
flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled to center; Belloir popped to catcher in
foul territory; Evans grounded out (first unassisted) [Garr to
second]; May walked; Lum flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Sizemore popped to third in foul territory; Reitz
singled to left; Rudolph flied out to right; Tyson reached on an
error by Belloir [Reitz to third, Tyson to second]; Reed struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Office flied out to right; Gilbreath popped to first
in foul territory; Correll singled to right; Easterly struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: McBride grounded out (second to first); Melendez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bradford flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Garr doubled to left; Belloir grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Garr to third]; Evans singled to left
[Garr scored]; Evans stole second; May was called out on
strikes; Lum struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Braves 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Smith was called out on strikes; Sizemore flied
out to right; Reitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Office grounded out (second to first); Gilbreath
popped to first in foul territory; Correll grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves
1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Rudolph singled to right [Rudolph to third (error
by May)]; Tyson singled to left [Rudolph scored (unearned)];
Reed out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Tyson to
second]; McBride grounded out (shortstop to first) [Tyson to
third]; Melendez grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Easterly struck out; Garr struck out; Belloir made
an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Braves 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Bradford walked; Smith flied out to right;
Sizemore singled to left [Bradford to third]; Easterly threw a
wild pitch [Sizemore to second]; Reitz hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Bradford scored]; Rudolph grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Evans made an out to first; May flied out to right;
Lum grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Braves 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson grounded out (third to first); Reed flied
out to center; McBride walked; Melendez grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Braves 1.

BRAVES 7TH: Office singled to center; Gilbreath grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Office to second]; Correll grounded out
(third to first); GOODSON BATTED FOR EASTERLY; Goodson struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Braves 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: SOSA REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Bradford flied
out to left; Smith homered; Sizemore walked; Reitz grounded out
(second to first) [Sizemore to second]; Rudolph struck out; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 1.

BRAVES 8TH: Garr reached on an error by Reitz; Belloir grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garr out at
second]; Evans flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Braves 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Reed
struck out; McBride popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 1.

BRAVES 9TH: May grounded out (second to first); Lum singled to
right; Office forced Lum (second to shortstop); Gilbreath
singled to left [Office to second]; Correll forced Gilbreath
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4,
Braves 1.