Bake McBride drove in three runs with a two-run homer in the fifth and his second inside-the-park home run of the season in the eighth as the Cardinals silenced the Reds, 4-0, behind the tight hurling of Ron Reed. St. Louis took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on singles by Willie Davis, Reggie Smith and Ken Reitz. Lou Brock singled ahead of McBride's first homer in the fifth.

McBride circled the bases and scored without a play when his long drive opening the eighth bounced off the center field wall. Reed held the Reds hitless after the fourth, retiring 18 of the last 19 Cincinnati batters he faced, with the losers' lone baserunner coming as the result of an error. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Cincinnati Reds 0
Game Played on Wednesday, August    20, 1975 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    1  2  0    0  1  x  -   4  9  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               3   0   0   0     1   1   .322      Brock lf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .313
Griffey rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .310      McBride cf            4   2   2   3     0   1   .290
Morgan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .322      Davis rf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .289
Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .337
Perez 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .273      Smith 1b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .305
Geronimo cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Sizemore 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Rettenmund lf         3   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Reitz 3b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .281
Chaney ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .202      Tyson ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Norman p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Reed p                3   0   1   0     0   1   .197
  Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   4   0     1   3             Totals               31   4   9   4     1   4

Time of Game: 1:52   Attendance: 37,164
Left on Base: Reds 6, Cardinals 5
DP: Reds 1, Cardinals 0
Errors: Tyson, Reed
Home Runs: McBride 2 (4)
Stolen Bases: Rettenmund (3), Morgan (49), Geronimo (7), Brock (45), Smith (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Sizemore (18)
GIDP: Brock (2)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman L(8-4)           7     8   3   3   0   3   1  28   3.69
McEnaney                1     1   1   1   1   1   1   5   1.83
Totals                  8     9   4   4   1   4   2  33

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reed W(12-9)            9     4   0   0   1   3   0  33   3.14
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   3   0  33

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (first to pitcher); Griffey singled
to right; Griffey was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Reed [Griffey to second]; Morgan popped to catcher in foul
territory; Bench lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled; Brock stole second; McBride struck
out; Davis flied out to right; Simmons was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez struck out; Geronimo popped to third in foul
territory; Rettenmund singled to left; Rettenmund stole second;
Chaney grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Smith singled to right; Sizemore out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Smith to second]; Smith stole
third; Reitz popped to third in foul territory; Tyson flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

REDS 3RD: Norman grounded out (second to first); Rose walked;
Griffey struck out; Morgan singled to right [Rose to third];
Morgan stole second; Bench popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Reed struck out; Brock lined to right; McBride
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

REDS 4TH: Perez singled to left; Geronimo forced Perez (third to
second); Geronimo stole second; Rettenmund flied out to left;
Chaney grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Davis singled to center; Simmons flied out to
left; Smith singled to right [Davis to second]; Sizemore flied
out to left; Reitz singled to right [Davis scored, Smith to
third]; Tyson popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

REDS 5TH: Norman flied out to left; Rose struck out; Griffey
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Reed grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock
singled to center; McBride homered [Brock scored]; Davis flied
out to center; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 3.

REDS 6TH: Morgan flied out to center; Bench flied out to left;
Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Smith grounded out (third to first); Sizemore
grounded out (second to first); Reitz popped to first; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 3.

REDS 7TH: Geronimo flied out to right; Rettenmund flied out to
center; Chaney flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson flied out to right; Reed singled to center;
Brock grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Reed out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Cardinals 3.

REDS 8TH: CROWLEY BATTED FOR NORMAN; Crowley popped to
shortstop; Rose reached on an error by Tyson [Rose to first];
Griffey forced Rose (shortstop to second); Morgan flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: MCENANEY REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); McBride hit
an inside the park homer to center; Davis struck out; Simmons
walked; Smith grounded out (third to first) [Simmons to second];
Sizemore popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Cardinals 4.

REDS 9TH: Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez popped
to second; Geronimo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Cardinals 4.