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.