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.

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