Bob Gibson, struggling with a 3-8 record, hung up his first shutout of the year to cap a Cardinal sweep of the Pirates with a 4-0 victory. Aided by Ted Simmons' three-run homer in the third and Jim Dwyer's first major league round-tripper in the previous frame, Gibson became the winningest active hurler in baseball with his 241st career victory, breaking a deadlock with Juan Marichal. The righthander held the Pirates to four hits and struck out 11 to raise his career total to 2,988.

St. Louis took the first game, 3-1, bunching singles by Luis Melendez, Bake McBride, Ken Reitz and Mike Tyson with a throwing error by Richie Zisk to score all their runs in the second inning. A leadoff homer by Richie Hebner in sthe ixth was the only Pirate tally off winner Alan Foster. The victories gave the Cardinals a 7-1 record against the Pirates this season and moved St. Louis to one game behind the division-leading Phillies. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, June      24, 1974 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  9  2
Cardinals    0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  6  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clines cf             5   0   0   0     0   2   .242      Dwyer rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .333
Hebner 3b             3   1   2   1     1   0   .289      Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Oliver 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .284      Simmons c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .282
Stargell lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .274      Torre 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .281
Zisk rf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .303      Melendez lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .281
Sanguillen c          4   0   1   0     0   0   .285      McBride cf            3   1   2   0     0   1   .282
Popovich 2b           4   0   3   0     0   0   .265      Reitz 3b              3   1   1   1     0   0   .300
Mendoza ss            3   0   1   0     0   1   .276      Tyson ss              3   0   1   1     0   0   .218
  Kirkpatrick ph      0   0   0   0     1   0   .286      Foster p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .174
  Taveras pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .276        Pena p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Reuss p               2   0   1   0     1   0   .212        Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ott ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1   9   1     3   6             Totals               30   3   6   2     1   4

Time of Game: 1:54
Left on Base: Pirates 9, Cardinals 5
DP: Pirates 1, Cardinals 2
Errors: Hebner, Zisk
Doubles: Stargell (18)
Home Runs: Hebner (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Foster (4)
GIDP: Mendoza (4), Oliver (9), Tyson (8)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss L(6-5)            8     6   3   2   1   4   0  32   3.92
Totals                  8     6   3   2   1   4   0  32

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Foster W(3-5)           7.2   8   1   1   2   5   1  31   3.96
Pena                    0.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   4   0.73
Garman SV(2)            0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.78
Totals                  9     9   1   1   3   6   1  37

Wild Pitches: Reuss (1)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Art Williams


PIRATES 1ST: Clines struck out; Hebner walked; Oliver popped to
shortstop; Stargell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Dwyer grounded out (pitcher to first); Sizemore
popped to second; Simmons made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Zisk flied out to left; Sanguillen singled to left;
Popovich singled to center [Sanguillen to third]; Mendoza
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Popovich
out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre flied out to center; Melendez singled to
shortstop; McBride singled to left [Melendez to second]; Reitz
singled to right [Melendez scored, McBride scored (error by
Zisk) (no RBI), Reitz to third]; Tyson singled to center [Reitz
scored (unearned)]; Foster reached on a fielder's choice on a
sacrifice bunt [Tyson to second]; Dwyer was called out on
strikes; Sizemore forced Foster (shortstop to second); 3 R (2
ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 3.

PIRATES 3RD: Reuss walked; Clines struck out; Hebner singled to
center [Reuss to second]; Oliver grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to pitcher) [Hebner out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 3RD: Simmons singled to left; Torre flied out to
right; Melendez flied out to left; McBride was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 3.

PIRATES 4TH: Stargell grounded out (second to first); Zisk was
called out on strikes; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Tyson
grounded out (second to first); Foster grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 3.

PIRATES 5TH: Popovich singled to center; Mendoza was called out
on strikes; Reuss grounded out (third to first) [Popovich to
second]; Clines popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Dwyer was called out on strikes; Sizemore flied
out to right; Simmons walked; Reuss threw a wild pitch [Simmons
to second]; Torre grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 3.

PIRATES 6TH: Hebner homered; Oliver flied out to left; Stargell
struck out; Zisk grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 1, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Melendez reached on an error by Hebner [Melendez
to first]; McBride singled to pitcher [Melendez to second];
Reitz forced McBride (shortstop to second) [Melendez to third];
Tyson grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Reitz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Cardinals 3.

PIRATES 7TH: Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); Popovich
flied out to center; Mendoza singled to right; Reuss singled to
center [Mendoza to second]; Clines flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Dwyer
grounded out (second to first); Sizemore flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cardinals 3.

PIRATES 8TH: Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver
popped to catcher in foul territory; Stargell doubled to left;
PENA REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Zisk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: Simmons popped to third; Torre struck out;
Melendez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Cardinals 3.

PIRATES 9TH: Sanguillen grounded out (first unassisted);
Popovich singled to left; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR MENDOZA;
Kirkpatrick walked [Popovich to second]; TAVERAS RAN FOR
KIRKPATRICK; OTT BATTED FOR REUSS; GARMAN REPLACED PENA
(PITCHING); Ott flied out to right; Clines grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cardinals 3.