Willie Davis homered in the first inning and knocked in another run with a single in the ninth to insure the Cardinals' 5-3 victory over the Reds. After Davis' round-tripper, the Cardinals went on to build up a 4-0 lead behind the pitching of Eric Rasmussen, who aided his own cause by scoring one run and batting in another.

The Reds bounced back with two runs in the sixth on singles by Ken Griffey and Joe Morgan, an error by Mike Tyson and single by Dave Concepcion. A double by George Foster and Tyson's second error of the game added a run in the eighth. After a pass to Johnny Bench, John Curtis came in to save the game for the Cardinals, while Tyson made amends for his miscues, hitting his second single of the game in the ninth, advancing on a sacrifice by Curtis and scoring on Davis' single. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 5, Cincinnati Reds 3

Game Played on Sunday, August 31, 1975 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium

Cardinals 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 5 12 2 Reds 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 3 10 2 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 5 0 0 0 0 3 .307 Rose 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .318 Lintz 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .204 Griffey rf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .315 Sizemore 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Morgan 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .329 Davis rf 4 1 3 2 1 1 .302 Perez 1b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .288 Simmons c 4 0 2 0 1 0 .334 Foster lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .306 Smith 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .293 Geronimo cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258 McBride cf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .295 Concepcion ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .259 Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .275 McEnaney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tyson ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 .266 Bench ph,c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284 Rasmussen p 3 1 1 1 0 0 .211 Plummer c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .183 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Crowley ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Flynn ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Billingham p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .117 C. Carroll p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chaney ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Armbrister ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Totals 36 5 12 4 2 6 Totals 38 3 10 1 2 5 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 43,470 Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Reds 10 DP: Cardinals 0, Reds 2 Errors: Tyson 2, Perez, Concepcion Doubles: Lintz (1), Foster (22) Home Runs: Davis (6) Stolen Bases: Simmons (1) Sacrifice Hits: Curtis (5) Sacrifice Flies: Tyson (1) GIDP: Smith (16) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rasmussen W(4-2) 7.2 9 3 2 2 4 0 34 2.70 Curtis SV(1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.48 Totals 9 10 3 2 2 5 0 40 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Billingham L(14-7) 4 6 3 3 2 3 1 19 3.98 C. Carroll 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 8 2.81 McEnaney 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 1.87 Borbon 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 3.16 Totals 9 12 5 4 2 6 1 40 Wild Pitches: Billingham (8) Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Dick Stello CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Lintz grounded out (first to pitcher); Davis homered; Simmons singled to left; Smith struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffey grounded out (second to first); Morgan singled to right; Perez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 0. CARDINALS 2ND: McBride popped to second; Reitz lined to center; Tyson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Foster grounded out (second to first); Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Rasmussen singled to center; Brock struck out; Lintz doubled [Rasmussen to third]; Davis was walked intentionally; Billingham threw a wild pitch [Rasmussen scored, Lintz to third, Davis to second]; Simmons walked; Smith grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Simmons out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Plummer struck out; Billingham singled to center; Rose singled to right [Billingham to second]; Griffey forced Rose (second to shortstop) [Billingham to third]; Morgan popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Reds 0. CARDINALS 4TH: McBride singled to pitcher; Reitz flied out to left; Tyson singled to center [McBride to third]; Rasmussen grounded out (catcher to first) [McBride scored, Tyson to second]; Brock was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Perez popped to catcher; Foster grounded out (second to first); Geronimo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Reds 0. CARDINALS 5TH: C. CARROLL REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Lintz struck out; Davis singled to right; Simmons forced Davis (first to shortstop) [Simmons to second (error by Concepcion)]; Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Reds 0. REDS 5TH: Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Plummer walked; On a bunt C. Carroll forced Plummer (catcher to shortstop); Rose flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Reds 0. CARDINALS 6TH: McBride singled to second; Reitz singled to left [McBride to third]; Tyson sacrifice flied into a double play to center [McBride scored, Reitz out at second (center to shortstop)]; Rasmussen grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 0. REDS 6TH: Griffey singled to right; Morgan singled to right [Griffey to second]; Perez struck out; Foster singled to shortstop [Griffey scored (error by Tyson) (no RBI), Morgan to second]; Geronimo struck out; Concepcion singled to center [Morgan scored, Foster to second]; Plummer flied out to left; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 2. CARDINALS 7TH: MCENANEY REPLACED CONCEPCION (PITCHING); CHANEY REPLACED C. CARROLL (PLAYING SS); Brock flied out to left; Lintz flied out to right; Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 2. REDS 7TH: Chaney flied out to left; Rose flied out to right; Griffey singled to left; Morgan flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 2. CARDINALS 8TH: Simmons singled to third; Simmons stole second; Smith popped to first in foul territory; McBride flied out to left; Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 2. REDS 8TH: SIZEMORE REPLACED LINTZ (PLAYING 2B); Perez struck out; Foster doubled to left; Geronimo grounded out (second to first) [Foster to third]; BENCH BATTED FOR MCENANEY; Bench walked; CROWLEY BATTED FOR PLUMMER; CURTIS REPLACED RASMUSSEN (PITCHING); RETTENMUND BATTED FOR CROWLEY; Rettenmund reached on an error by Tyson [Foster scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bench to second]; ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR CHANEY; Armbrister struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 3. CARDINALS 9TH: BENCH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); FLYNN REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING SS); BORBON REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Tyson singled to right; Curtis out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Tyson to second]; Brock struck out; Sizemore reached on an error by Perez [Tyson to third, Sizemore to first]; Davis singled to center [Tyson scored (unearned), Sizemore to third]; Simmons lined to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Reds 3. REDS 9TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey singled to center; Morgan flied out to center; Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Reds 3.

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