A loser of five straight decisions, Steve Carlton gained his first victory since August 9 and helped himself with a two-run double as the Phillies defeated the Cardinals, 6-2, to move into second place in the East Division, six games behind the pace-setting Pirates. The Cards slipped to third place, 6½ games in back of the leaders. Philadelphia Phillies 6, St. Louis Cardinals 2Game Played on Tuesday, September 9, 1975 (Night game) at Veterans StadiumCardinals 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 3 Phillies 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 x - 6 10 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .305 Cash 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Sizemore 2b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .240 Bowa ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .314 Davis cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .292 Maddox cf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .284 Simmons c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .337 Luzinski lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .299 Smith 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .291 Martin pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Cruz rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .182 Hutton 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .241 Reitz 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .273 Schmidt 3b 3 2 1 1 1 1 .249 Tyson ss 3 0 2 1 0 0 .265 Brown rf 4 1 2 1 0 2 .298 Denny p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .225 Oates c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .295 Parker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carlton p 4 1 1 2 0 1 .163 Bradford ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Terlecky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Wallace p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 6 2 2 7 Totals 33 6 10 6 4 5 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 13,764 Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Phillies 7 DP: Cardinals 1, Phillies 2 Errors: Sizemore, Reitz, Denny, Luzinski Doubles: Reitz (23), Simmons (31), Carlton (2), Maddox (26) Home Runs: Sizemore (3), Schmidt (33), Brown (6) Stolen Bases: Schmidt (24) GIDP: Cruz (1), Brock (4), Carlton (3) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny L(9-5) 4.2 4 4 4 3 3 0 21 3.65 Parker 2.1 3 0 0 1 2 0 11 5.51 Terlecky 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 3.80 Wallace 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8.59 Totals 8 10 6 6 4 5 2 37 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Carlton W(12-13) 9 6 2 2 2 7 1 34 3.81 Totals 9 6 2 2 2 7 1 34 Wild Pitches: Carlton (4) Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Bruce Froemming CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Sizemore struck out; Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Cash reached on an error by Reitz; Bowa popped to shortstop in foul territory; Cash was picked off first but was safe on an error by Denny [Cash to second]; Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first); Luzinski made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Smith walked; Cruz grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Smith out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Hutton walked; Schmidt forced Hutton (third to second) [Schmidt to second (error by Sizemore)]; Schmidt was picked off second (pitcher to second); Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz flied out to right; Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Denny singled to center; Brock forced Denny (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Oates flied out to center; Carlton struck out; Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Sizemore struck out; Davis flied out to center; Simmons struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: On a bunt Bowa grounded out (second to first); Maddox walked; Luzinski flied out to right; Hutton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Smith popped to catcher in foul territory; Cruz struck out; Reitz doubled to left; Tyson singled to center [Reitz scored]; Denny forced Tyson (second unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 5TH: Schmidt walked; Schmidt stole second; Brown was called out on strikes; Oates singled to center [Schmidt to third, Oates to second (on throw to home)]; Carlton doubled to left [Schmidt scored, Oates scored]; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa singled [Carlton scored]; Maddox doubled to left [Bowa scored]; PARKER REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING); Luzinski grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 4. CARDINALS 6TH: Brock popped to third in foul territory; Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Davis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 6TH: Hutton walked; Schmidt struck out; Brown singled [Hutton to second]; Oates forced Brown (shortstop to second) [Hutton to third]; Carlton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 4. CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons reached on an error by Luzinski; Smith forced Simmons (third to second); Cruz flied out to left; Reitz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 7TH: Cash was called out on strikes; Bowa singled to center; Maddox made an out to second; Luzinski singled to left [Bowa to third]; MARTIN RAN FOR LUZINSKI; Hutton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 4. CARDINALS 8TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Tyson singled to center; BRADFORD BATTED FOR PARKER; Bradford made an out to second; Brock grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Tyson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 8TH: TERLECKY REPLACED BRADFORD (PITCHING); Schmidt homered; Brown homered; WALLACE REPLACED TERLECKY (PITCHING); Oates singled to left; On a bunt Carlton grounded into a double play (third to shortstop to second) [Oates out at second]; Cash grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 6. CARDINALS 9TH: Sizemore homered; Davis flied out to right; Simmons doubled; Smith grounded out (third to first); Carlton threw a wild pitch [Simmons to third]; Cruz walked; Reitz flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Phillies 6. |
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