Bake McBride collected four singles and Ken Reitz and Mike Tyson rapped three apiece in a 19-hit attack that carried the Cardinals to an 8-1 victory over the Braves. A homer by Earl Williams accounted for the Braves' lone tally. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 8, Atlanta Braves 1
Game Played on Sunday, August    17, 1975 (Day game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Cardinals    2  0  2    1  0  0    0  3  0  -   8 19  0
Braves       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   1   1   0     0   0   .313      Office cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .285
  Melendez lf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .262      Gilbreath 2b          2   0   0   0     2   0   .269
Sizemore 2b           6   2   2   0     0   0   .255      Evans 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .244
McBride cf            6   2   4   1     0   0   .288      Williams 1b           3   1   2   1     1   0   .264
Smith rf              6   2   2   1     0   2   .303      May rf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .262
Fairly 1b             4   1   2   2     1   0   .304      Lum lf                4   0   0   0     0   1   .237
Reitz 3b              5   0   3   3     0   0   .276      Correll c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .209
Rudolph c             4   0   1   0     1   2   .217      Belloir ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .226
Tyson ss              5   0   3   1     0   0   .266      Odom p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
Denny p               4   0   0   0     0   2   .182        Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Hrabosky p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .111        Pocoroba ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .246
                                                            Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gaston ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .206
                                                            Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
                                                            Garr ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .273
                                                            Leon p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .429
                                                            Baker ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .237

Totals               47   8  19   8     2   7             Totals               32   1   7   1     4   5

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance:  8,907
Left on Base: Cardinals 14, Braves 8
DP: Cardinals 2, Braves 0
Errors: Belloir
Doubles: Fairly (9), Rudolph (2), Smith (20)
Triples: Garr (8)
Home Runs: Williams (10)
Stolen Bases: McBride (20)
GIDP: Correll (12), May (3)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(8-3)            6.1   7   1   1   2   2   1  27   3.62
Hrabosky                2.2   0   0   0   2   3   0   9   1.55
Totals                  9     7   1   1   4   5   1  36

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom L(1-6)             2.1   8   4   4   0   2   0  15   7.43
Sosa                    0.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.68
Beard                   2     3   1   1   0   0   0  10   3.20
Sadecki                 2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   4.28
Leon                    2     6   3   3   1   2   0  13   3.80
Totals                  9    19   8   8   2   7   0  49

Wild Pitches: Denny (7), Leon (2)
Balks: Beard (2)

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


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to center; Sizemore singled to
left; McBride singled to right [Sizemore to second]; Smith
struck out; Fairly doubled to left [Sizemore scored, McBride
scored]; Reitz grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Office grounded out (first to pitcher); Gilbreath
walked; Denny threw a wild pitch [Gilbreath to second]; Evans
grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Braves
0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Rudolph doubled to right; Tyson singled to right
[Rudolph to third]; Denny struck out; Brock popped to shortstop
in foul territory; Sizemore flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); Lum grounded out
(pitcher to first); Correll was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: McBride flied out to left; Smith singled to
center; Fairly singled to right [Smith to second]; Reitz singled
to left [Smith scored, Fairly to second]; SOSA REPLACED ODOM
(PITCHING); Rudolph struck out; Tyson singled to center [Fairly
scored, Reitz to second]; Denny struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Belloir singled to left; POCOROBA BATTED FOR SOSA;
Pocoroba flied out to center; Office struck out; Gilbreath
walked [Belloir to second]; Evans grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: BEARD REPLACED POCOROBA (PITCHING); Brock singled
to center; Beard balked [Brock to second]; Sizemore grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Brock to third]; McBride singled to left
[Brock scored]; McBride stole second; Smith lined to third;
Fairly flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Williams homered; May singled to right; Lum flied
out to right; Correll grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [May out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Braves 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz singled to left; Rudolph forced Reitz
(third to second); Tyson forced Rudolph (shortstop to second);
Denny reached on an error by Belloir [Tyson to second]; Brock
forced Denny (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Belloir made an out to second; GASTON BATTED FOR
BEARD; Gaston singled to center; Office flied out to right;
Gilbreath forced Gaston (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Braves 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: SADECKI REPLACED GASTON (PITCHING); Sizemore
flied out to center; McBride popped to first in foul territory;
Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Evans singled to right; Williams singled to left
[Evans to second]; May made an out to shortstop; Lum forced
Williams (second to shortstop) [Evans to third]; Correll flied
out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Braves 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Fairly flied out to center; Reitz lined to
second; Rudolph walked; Tyson singled to left [Rudolph to
second]; Denny grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Braves 1.

BRAVES 7TH: Belloir flied out to right; GARR BATTED FOR SADECKI;
Garr tripled to right; HRABOSKY REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING);
Office struck out; Gilbreath flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Braves 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: LEON REPLACED GARR (PITCHING); Brock grounded out
(second to first); Sizemore singled to left; McBride singled to
right [Sizemore to second]; Smith doubled to right [Sizemore
scored, McBride to third]; Fairly was walked intentionally;
Reitz singled to left [McBride scored, Smith scored, Fairly to
second]; Leon threw a wild pitch [Fairly to third, Reitz to
second]; Rudolph struck out; Tyson flied out to left; 3 R, 4 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 8, Braves 1.

BRAVES 8TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Evans struck
out; Williams walked; May grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Williams out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 8, Braves 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Hrabosky struck out; Melendez singled to center;
Sizemore flied out to center; McBride singled [Melendez to
second]; Smith flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 8, Braves 1.

BRAVES 9TH: Lum struck out; Correll walked; Belloir flied out to
right; BAKER BATTED FOR LEON; Baker flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 8, Braves 1.