The streaking Reds, with Don Gullett making his first start since June 16, edged the Cardinals, 3-2, to run their winning skein to nine games. Gullett, sidelined because of a broken thumb, went five innings, allowed only three hits and drove in the winners' first run with a second-inning single.

Cincinnati expanded the lead to 2-0 in fifth on Joe Morgan's single, a stolen base and double by Tony Perez. The Reds made it 3-0 in the eighth on Pete Rose's RBI single after Cesar Geronimo was hit by a pitch and advanced on an infield out. Ron Fairly doubled home the Cards' first run in the eighth, but the losers left the bases loaded. They did the same in the ninth -- after closing the gap to one run on an infield hit by Ted Simmons, error by shortstop Darrel Chaney and single by Ken Reitz. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Game Played on Monday, August 18, 1975 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Reds 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 11 1 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 9 1 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose 3b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .324 Brock lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .314 Griffey rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .311 McBride cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Morgan 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .322 Smith 1b,rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .302 Bench c 5 0 0 0 0 1 .297 Simmons c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .340 Perez 1b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .273 Bradford rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .230 Foster lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .306 Garman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Geronimo cf 2 2 1 0 1 0 .272 Rudolph ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Chaney ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .214 Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Gullett p 3 0 1 1 0 0 .239 Lintz pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Borbon p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Reitz 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .280 McEnaney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Denny pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 C. Carroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tyson ss 2 0 0 1 1 1 .264 Eastwick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Forsch p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .328 Melendez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Fairly 1b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .306 Totals 37 3 11 3 3 5 Totals 35 2 9 2 1 4 Time of Game: 2:47 Attendance: 35,937 Left on Base: Reds 11, Cardinals 8 DP: Reds 2, Cardinals 2 Errors: Chaney, Reitz Doubles: Geronimo (20), Perez (21), Reitz (21), Fairly (10) Stolen Bases: Morgan (48) GIDP: Bench (10), Gullett (2), McBride (5), Bradford (3) Hit by Pitch: Geronimo (2,by Curtis), Tyson (3,by Borbon) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gullett W(10-3) 5 3 0 0 0 4 0 17 2.01 Borbon 2.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 9 3.40 McEnaney 0.2 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 1.72 C. Carroll 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2.75 Eastwick SV(15) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.03 Totals 9 9 2 1 1 4 0 37 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch L(11-9) 6 8 2 1 2 4 0 27 2.81 Curtis 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 7 3.72 Garman 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.93 Totals 9 11 3 2 3 5 0 41 Hit by Pitch: Borbon (2), Curtis (2) Wild Pitches: Forsch (7) Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Bob Engel REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey singled to second; Morgan singled to right [Griffey to second]; Forsch threw a wild pitch [Griffey to third, Morgan to second]; Bench struck out; Perez popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; McBride grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Brock out at second]; Smith flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Cardinals 0. REDS 2ND: Foster struck out; Geronimo doubled to left; Chaney grounded out (pitcher to first) [Geronimo to third]; Gullett singled to catcher [Geronimo scored]; Rose flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons popped to shortstop; Bradford struck out; Sizemore grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 0. REDS 3RD: Griffey popped to third in foul territory; Morgan walked; Bench grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Morgan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz popped to second; Tyson flied out to left; Forsch struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 0. REDS 4TH: Perez singled to left; Foster singled to shortstop [Perez to second]; Geronimo walked [Perez to third, Foster to second]; Chaney was called out on strikes; Gullett grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Perez out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); McBride grounded out (second to first); Smith singled to third; Simmons popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Cardinals 0. REDS 5TH: Rose flied out to center; Griffey flied out to center; Morgan singled to center; Morgan stole second; Bench reached on an error by Reitz [Morgan to third, Bench to first]; Perez doubled to left [Morgan scored (unearned), Bench to third]; Foster flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Reds 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Bradford struck out; Sizemore popped to second; Reitz doubled; Tyson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Cardinals 0. REDS 6TH: Geronimo grounded out (first to pitcher); Chaney struck out; Gullett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: MELENDEZ BATTED FOR FORSCH; BORBON REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING); Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock flied out to center; McBride grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Cardinals 0. REDS 7TH: CURTIS REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Rose singled to center; Griffey singled to second [Rose to second]; Morgan forced Rose (third unassisted) [Griffey to second]; Bench flied out to right; Perez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Smith flied out to right; Simmons singled to left; Bradford grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Simmons out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Cardinals 0. REDS 8TH: Foster walked; Geronimo was hit by a pitch [Foster to second]; SMITH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); GARMAN REPLACED BRADFORD (PITCHING); FAIRLY REPLACED CURTIS (PLAYING 1B); Chaney flied out to center; On a bunt Borbon forced Foster (first to shortstop) [Geronimo to second]; Rose singled to right [Geronimo scored, Borbon to second]; Griffey popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 8TH: Sizemore flied out to left; Reitz singled to right; Tyson was hit by a pitch [Reitz to second]; MCENANEY REPLACED BORBON (PITCHING); Fairly doubled to right [Reitz scored, Tyson to third]; Brock singled to pitcher [Tyson stayed at third, Fairly stayed at second]; McBride lined to center; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Reds 3, Cardinals 1. REDS 9TH: Morgan flied out to center; Bench flied out to center; Perez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons singled to third; RUDOLPH BATTED FOR GARMAN; C. CARROLL REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Rudolph grounded out (shortstop to first) [Simmons to second]; Sizemore reached on an error by Chaney [Sizemore to first]; LINTZ RAN FOR SIZEMORE; Reitz singled to right [Simmons to third, Lintz to second]; EASTWICK REPLACED C. CARROLL (PITCHING); Tyson walked (walk was charged to C. Carroll) [Simmons scored (unearned), Lintz to third, Reitz to second]; DENNY RAN FOR REITZ; Fairly popped to catcher in foul territory; Brock flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Reds 3, Cardinals 2.

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