Ted Simmons smashed a grand-slam homer in the fifth and rookie John Denny hurled his sixth victory in a row as the Cards defeated the Braves, 7-2. Denny opened St. Louis' five-run fifth with a single. Then Lou Brock's single and a walk to Bake McBride loaded the bases.

After a forceout, Simmons tagged Phil Niekro for the fifth grand slam of his career. Denny walked only one in logging his seventh win against one loss since being recalled from Tulsa June 20. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 7, Atlanta Braves 2
Game Played on Saturday, August    23, 1975 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Braves       0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2 10  2
Cardinals    1  0  0    0  5  1    0  0  x  -   7 11  2


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   1   1   0     1   0   .269      Brock lf              4   2   2   0     0   0   .312
Gilbreath 2b          5   0   1   1     0   2   .265        Melendez lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Evans 3b              5   0   2   1     0   0   .245      McBride cf            3   2   2   1     1   0   .293
Williams 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .260      Davis rf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .292
Baker rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .242      Simmons c             3   1   1   4     1   0   .336
Office cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .278      Smith 1b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .303
Correll c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .207      Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Belloir ss            4   1   2   0     0   0   .313      Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Niekro p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .171      Tyson ss              4   0   1   0     0   2   .268
  Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .059      Denny p               4   0   2   0     0   1   .216
  Goodson ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .209
  Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  May ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .266

Totals               37   2  10   2     1   5             Totals               34   7  11   6     2   3

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 30,930
Left on Base: Braves 10, Cardinals 6
DP: Braves 1, Cardinals 0
Errors: Correll, Belloir, Sizemore, Denny
Doubles: Baker (13), Smith (21)
Home Runs: Simmons (15)
Stolen Bases: Garr (10), McBride (21), Tyson (5), Brock (46)
Caught Stealing: Garr (9), Brock (13)
GIDP: Sizemore (8)
Hit by Pitch: Williams (3,by Denny), Smith (3,by Niekro)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(12-12)         4.2   8   6   5   2   1   1  23   3.24
Dal Canton              1.1   3   1   1   0   1   0   8   5.70
Beard                   2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.08
Totals                  8    11   7   6   2   3   1  37

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(9-3)            9    10   2   2   1   5   0  39   3.49
Totals                  9    10   2   2   1   5   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Niekro (10), Denny (2)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Nick Colosi


BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (second to first); Gilbreath
struck out; Evans grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to right; Brock was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); McBride singled to left; McBride
stole second [McBride to third (error by Correll)]; Davis
singled to right [McBride scored]; Simmons walked [Davis to
second]; Smith was hit by a pitch [Davis to third, Simmons to
second]; Sizemore grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Smith out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Braves 0, Cardinals 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Williams was hit by a pitch; Baker doubled to right
[Williams to third]; Office grounded out (pitcher to first);
Correll struck out; Belloir grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Tyson
singled to left; Tyson stole second; Denny popped to pitcher;
Brock grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 0, Cardinals 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Niekro grounded out (third to first); Garr walked;
Garr was picked off first but was safe on an error by Denny
[Garr to second]; Garr stole third; Gilbreath grounded out
(third to first); Evans singled to right [Garr scored]; Williams
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis
made an out to third; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Baker struck out; On a bunt Office made an out to
catcher; Rowland Office called for interference; Correll
singled to left; Belloir flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore
grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Niekro grounded out (second to first); Garr singled
to right; Garr was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Gilbreath struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson was called out on strikes; Denny singled to
center; Brock singled to right [Denny to second]; McBride walked
[Denny to third, Brock to second]; Davis forced Denny (first to
catcher) [Brock to third, McBride to second]; Simmons homered
[Brock scored, McBride scored, Davis scored]; Smith doubled to
left; DAL CANTON REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Sizemore reached on
an error by Belloir [Smith scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Reitz
made an out to shortstop; 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
1, Cardinals 6.

BRAVES 6TH: Evans singled to right; Williams forced Evans (third
to second); Baker grounded out (shortstop to first) [Williams to
second]; Office singled to shortstop [Williams to third];
Correll flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1,
Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 6TH: Tyson struck out; Denny singled to center; Brock
forced Denny (shortstop to second); Brock stole second; McBride
singled to left [Brock scored]; Davis singled to right [McBride
to third]; Simmons forced Davis (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 7.

BRAVES 7TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Belloir
singled to left; GOODSON BATTED FOR DAL CANTON; Goodson singled
to center [Belloir to second]; Garr reached on an error by
Sizemore [Belloir to third, Goodson to second]; Gilbreath
grounded out (third to first) [Belloir scored, Goodson to third,
Garr to second]; Evans grounded out (pitcher to first); Williams
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
2, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 7TH: BEARD REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Smith grounded
out (third to first); Sizemore made an out to second; Reitz
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
2, Cardinals 7.

BRAVES 8TH: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Office
grounded out (first unassisted); Correll grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: Tyson flied out to center; Denny struck out;
Melendez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2,
Cardinals 7.

BRAVES 9TH: Belloir singled to left; MAY BATTED FOR BEARD; May
was called out on strikes; Garr flied out to right; Gilbreath
singled to right [Belloir to third]; Evans grounded out (pitcher
to shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2,
Cardinals 7.