Mike Tyson homered with two men on base and Ted Simmons drove in four runs with three singles as the Cardinals trounced the Mets 12-4, to remain in second place 5½ games behind the Pirates in the East Division. The Mets fell 7½ games off the pace in fourth place.

Reggie Smith and Hector Cruz singled in the second inning before Tyson rapped his round-tripper off Jon Matlack. The homer was Tyson's second of the season and fourth of his major league career. The Mets came back to tie the score at 3-3, but Simmons' RBIs on singles in the sixth, seventh and ninth helped the Cards break the game wide open. Rusty Staub and Del Unser hit homers for the Mets. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 12, New York Mets 4
Game Played on Sunday, September 7, 1975 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    0  3  0    0  0  2    4  0  3  -  12 10  1
Mets         0  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   4  9  3


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   1   0   0     0   1   .308      Unser cf              5   2   3   1     0   0   .291
McBride cf            4   3   2   0     1   0   .303      Millan 2b             5   1   1   0     0   0   .300
  Melendez cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Vail lf               5   0   1   1     0   1   .353
Davis rf              3   2   0   1     1   0   .292      Staub rf              3   1   1   1     1   0   .276
Simmons c             5   1   3   4     0   0   .338      Kingman 1b            3   0   1   1     0   0   .238
  Lintz pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .209      Garrett 3b            2   0   1   0     2   0   .259
  Rudolph c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .195      Grote c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .296
Smith 1b              4   0   2   1     1   0   .296        Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .339
Cruz 3b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .211        Stearns c           2   0   0   0     0   0   .191
  Reitz 3b            0   0   0   1     0   0   .271      Phillips ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
Sizemore 2b           5   1   0   1     0   0   .240      Matlack p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .098
Tyson ss              5   1   1   3     0   0   .261        Milner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .192
McGlothen p           3   1   1   0     0   1   .096        Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
                                                            Baldwin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Gallagher ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .083

Totals               38  12  10  11     3   2             Totals               35   4   9   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 25,810
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Mets 8
DP: Cardinals 0, Mets 1
Errors: McBride, Kingman 3
Doubles: Phillips (10)
Triples: Garrett (3)
Home Runs: Tyson (2), Staub (16), Unser (9)
Sacrifice Hits: McGlothen (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Kingman (2)
Hit by Pitch: Davis (3,by Baldwin), Reitz (5,by Baldwin)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen W(14-11)      9     9   4   4   3   4   2  39   3.80
Totals                  9     9   4   4   3   4   2  39

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(16-10)        6     5   5   4   1   2   1  25   3.28
Hall                    0.1   1   4   0   1   0   0   5   4.60
Baldwin                 2.2   4   3   3   1   0   0  14   3.70
Totals                  9    10  12   7   3   2   1  44

Hit by Pitch: Baldwin 2 (4)

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


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; McBride flied to left in foul
territory; Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Unser flied out to left; Millan grounded out
(shortstop to first); Vail was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons lined to left; Smith singled to left;
Cruz singled [Smith to second]; Sizemore forced Smith (shortstop
to third) [Cruz to second]; Tyson homered [Cruz scored, Sizemore
scored]; McGlothen grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Staub grounded out (first unassisted); Kingman singled
to left; Garrett walked [Kingman to second]; Grote flied out to
right; Phillips grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); McBride
flied out to right; Davis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Matlack was called out on strikes; Unser singled;
Millan singled to right [Unser to second]; Vail singled to
center [Unser scored, Millan to third, Vail to second (error by
McBride)]; Staub walked; Kingman hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Millan scored]; Garrett walked [Vail to third, Staub to
second]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR GROTE; Kranepool popped to catcher
in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: STEARNS REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PLAYING C ); Simmons
grounded out (second to first); Smith grounded out (third to
first); Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Mets 2.

METS 4TH: Phillips popped to third in foul territory; Matlack
struck out; Unser singled to right; Millan grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Sizemore flied out to left; Tyson flied out to
right; McGlothen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Vail flied out to center; Staub homered; Kingman flied
out to left; Garrett tripled to left; Stearns grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Mets 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock grounded out (second to first); McBride
walked; Davis grounded out (second to first) [McBride to
second]; Simmons singled to center [McBride scored]; Smith
singled [Simmons to third]; Cruz reached on an error by Kingman
[Simmons scored (unearned) (no RBI), Smith to third (error by
Kingman)]; Sizemore grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R (1 ER),
2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Mets 3.

METS 6TH: Phillips doubled to right; MILNER BATTED FOR MATLACK;
Milner made an out to shortstop; Unser grounded out (first
unassisted); Millan made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Mets 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: HALL REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); Tyson reached on
an error by Kingman; McGlothen reached on a fielder's choice on
a sacrifice bunt [Tyson to second]; Brock forced Tyson (pitcher
to third) [McGlothen to second]; McBride singled to center
[McGlothen to third, Brock to second]; Davis walked [McGlothen
scored (unearned), Brock to third, McBride to second]; BALDWIN
REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Simmons singled [Brock scored
(unearned), McBride scored (unearned), Davis to third]; Smith
forced Simmons (second to shortstop) [Davis scored (unearned)];
Cruz forced Smith (shortstop to second); 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 9, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: REITZ REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING 3B); Vail flied out to
left; Staub flied out to center; Kingman grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 9, Mets 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson
grounded out (second to first); McGlothen singled to left; Brock
forced McGlothen (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 9, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: Garrett flied out to right; Stearns grounded out
(third to first); Phillips was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 9, Mets 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: McBride singled to center; Davis was hit by a
pitch [McBride to second]; Simmons singled to left [McBride
scored, Davis to second]; LINTZ RAN FOR SIMMONS; Smith walked
[Davis to third, Lintz to second]; Reitz was hit by a pitch
[Davis scored, Lintz to third, Smith to second]; Sizemore forced
Reitz (shortstop to second) [Lintz scored, Smith to third];
Tyson hit into a double play to left [Smith out at home (left to
catcher)]; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 12, Mets 3.

METS 9TH: RUDOLPH REPLACED LINTZ (PLAYING C ); MELENDEZ REPLACED
MCBRIDE (PLAYING CF); GALLAGHER BATTED FOR BALDWIN; Gallagher
flied out to left; Unser homered; Millan made an out to
shortstop; Vail grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 12, Mets 4.