The Cardinals, playing before the largest daytime crowd in St. Louis history, 50,548, chased Tom Seaver in the third inning and defeated the Mets, 6-2. A Jacket Day promotion helped attract the record turnout.

Seaver gave up a run on a triple by Bake McBride and a wild pitch in the first before being lifted in the third when the Cardinals tacked on a pair with singles by McBride and Willie Davis, an error on a pickoff throw, sacrifice fly by Keith Hernandez and single by Ted Simmons. Mike Vail singled for one of the Mets' seven hits and extended his batting streak to 22 games. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 2
Game Played on Sunday, September 14, 1975 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  7  2
Cardinals    1  0  2    0  0  0    1  2  x  -   6 10  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              3   0   2   0     1   0   .296      McBride cf            4   2   2   0     0   2   .305
Millan 2b             4   0   1   2     0   0   .288      Davis rf              4   1   2   1     0   1   .289
Vail lf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .347      Hernandez 1b          3   1   2   1     0   0   .247
Kingman 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .239      Simmons c             4   1   2   1     0   2   .342
Staub rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Fairly lf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .311
Grote c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .294        Melendez lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Staiger 3b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Reitz 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .272
  Garrett ph,3b       1   1   0   0     1   0   .264        Brock ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .305
Phillips ss           3   1   1   0     0   1   .245        Cruz 3b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .148
Seaver p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .193      Sizemore 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .400        Smith ph            1   0   1   2     0   0   .292
  Milner ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .193        Kelleher ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stone p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Tyson ss,2b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .260
  Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .336      Denny p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .220
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garman p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   7   2     2   5             Totals               30   6  10   5     2   8

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 50,548
Left on Base: Mets 5, Cardinals 6
DP: Mets 0, Cardinals 2
Errors: Phillips, Seaver
Doubles: Smith (25)
Triples: McBride (9)
Stolen Bases: Davis (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Denny 2 (6), Melendez (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Hernandez (2)
GIDP: Staiger (1), Staub (18)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver L(21-9)          2.1   5   3   3   1   3   0  13   2.33
Hall                    2.2   0   0   0   0   3   0   9   4.60
Stone                   2     2   1   1   0   2   0   7   4.75
Sanders                 1     3   2   2   1   0   0   7   2.57
Totals                  8    10   6   6   2   8   0  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(10-5)           7.1   6   2   2   2   4   0  28   3.59
Garman SV(10)           1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.27
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   5   0  34

Wild Pitches: Seaver (6), Denny (8)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


METS 1ST: Unser grounded out (pitcher to first); Millan grounded
out (second to first); Vail grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: McBride tripled to center; Seaver threw a wild
pitch [McBride scored]; Davis flied out to center; Hernandez
singled to right; Simmons struck out; Fairly struck out; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 2ND: Kingman singled to left; Staub flied out to center;
Grote singled [Kingman to third]; Staiger grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Grote out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz flied out to left; Sizemore grounded out
(pitcher to first); Tyson walked; Denny struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

METS 3RD: Phillips was called out on strikes; Seaver popped to
third in foul territory; Unser singled to center; Millan lined
to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: McBride singled to pitcher; Davis singled to
right [McBride to second]; McBride was picked off second but was
safe on an error by Seaver [McBride to third]; Davis stole
second; Hernandez hit a sacrifice fly to left [McBride scored];
Simmons singled to center [Davis scored]; HALL REPLACED SEAVER
(PITCHING); Fairly flied out to center; Reitz forced Simmons
(third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 3.

METS 4TH: Vail singled to left; Kingman struck out; Staub
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Vail out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Sizemore flied to left in foul territory; Tyson
reached on an error by Phillips; Denny out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Tyson to second]; McBride struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 3.

METS 5TH: Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); Staiger flied
out to left; Phillips grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Davis struck out; Hernandez flied out to center;
Simmons struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 3.

METS 6TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED FAIRLY (PLAYING LF); MILNER BATTED
FOR HALL; Milner struck out; Unser singled to right; Millan
flied out to left; Vail struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: STONE REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); Melendez
grounded out (second to first); Reitz was called out on strikes;
Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 3.

METS 7TH: Kingman grounded out (third to first); Staub flied out
to center; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson singled to center; Denny out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Tyson to second]; McBride struck out;
Davis singled to center [Tyson scored, Davis out at second
(center to third to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Cardinals 4.

METS 8TH: GARRETT BATTED FOR STAIGER; Garrett walked; Phillips
singled to right [Garrett to second]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR
STONE; Denny threw a wild pitch [Garrett to third, Phillips to
second]; Kranepool flied out to center; Unser walked; GARMAN
REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING); Millan singled to left [Garrett
scored, Phillips scored, Unser to second]; Vail struck out;
Kingman made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2,
Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: GARRETT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); SANDERS
REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Hernandez singled to third;
Simmons singled to left [Hernandez to second]; Melendez out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Hernandez to third, Simmons
to second]; BROCK BATTED FOR REITZ; Brock was walked
intentionally; SMITH BATTED FOR SIZEMORE; Smith doubled to right
[Hernandez scored, Simmons scored, Brock to third]; Tyson popped
to first in foul territory; Garman grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Cardinals 6.

METS 9TH: CRUZ REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING 3B); KELLEHER REPLACED
SMITH (PLAYING SS); TYSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Staub
flied out to right; Grote grounded out (second to first);
Garrett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 2, Cardinals 6.