The Cardinals moved ahead of the Pirates into first place in the N. L. East by defeating the Phillies, 9-2. John Curtis held the Phillies to four hits. The Cardinals decided the outcome with four runs in the second inning. Bake McBride singled for one of his four hits in the game and Ken Reitz and Curtis walked to load the bases.

Lou Brock singled, driving in McBride and Reitz. When Bill Robinson in center field let the ball get past him, Curtis and Brock also scored on the error. The Cardinals added three runs in the fifth with the aid of a triple by Keith Hernandez and another single by McBride. Brock stole his 107th base in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 9, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Game Played on Saturday, September 14, 1974 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Cardinals    0  4  0    0  3  1    0  0  1  -   9 10  0
Phillies     1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  4  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   2   2   2     0   2   .311      Cash 2b               4   1   1   0     0   1   .305
Sizemore 2b           4   1   1   0     1   1   .251      Bowa ss               4   1   1   1     0   0   .272
Smith rf              3   0   0   0     2   0   .315      Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   1     0   0   .299
Simmons c             4   1   1   1     0   0   .266      Montanez 1b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .310
Hernandez 1b          5   1   1   1     0   1   .320      Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .262
McBride cf            5   2   4   1     0   0   .316      Robinson cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Reitz 3b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .279      Anderson rf           1   0   0   0     2   0   .254
Tyson ss              3   0   0   0     1   2   .219      Boone c               2   0   0   0     1   0   .248
Curtis p              3   1   0   0     1   3   .155      Ruthven p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .191
                                                            Martin ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .429
                                                            Scarce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .364
                                                            Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   9  10   5     6   9             Totals               30   2   4   2     3   3

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 40,426
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Phillies 4
DP: Cardinals 1, Phillies 0
Errors: Cash, Robinson
Doubles: Simmons (30)
Triples: Hernandez (2), Bowa (8)
Stolen Bases: McBride 3 (28), Brock (107), Cash (19)
Caught Stealing: McBride (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Simmons (7)
GIDP: Taylor (2)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis W(9-13)          9     4   2   1   3   3   0  33   3.69
Totals                  9     4   2   1   3   3   0  33

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven L(9-12)         5     7   7   4   4   4   0  26   3.63
Scarce                  2     2   1   1   2   2   0   9   4.96
Underwood               2     1   1   0   0   3   0   7  18.00
Totals                  9    10   9   5   6   9   0  42

Passed Balls: Simmons (13), Boone (8)

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Dutch Rennert


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Sizemore flied out to center;
Smith walked; Simmons popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to left; Cash stole second; Simmons
allowed a passed ball [Cash to third]; Bowa grounded out (third
to first) [Cash scored (unearned)]; Schmidt grounded out
(shortstop to first); Montanez struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez was called out on strikes; McBride
singled to first; McBride stole second; Reitz walked; Tyson
struck out; Curtis walked [McBride to third, Reitz to second];
Brock singled to center [McBride scored (RBI), Reitz scored
(RBI), Curtis scored (error by Robinson) (unearned) (no RBI),
Brock scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Sizemore flied out to right;
4 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first);
Robinson grounded out (third to first); Anderson walked; Boone
walked [Anderson to second]; Ruthven grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Smith flied out to center; Simmons grounded out
(second to first); Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa tripled
to center; Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bowa
scored]; Montanez singled to center; Luzinski forced Montanez
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4,
Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: McBride singled to center; Reitz flied out to
left; Tyson walked [McBride to second]; Curtis struck out; Brock
forced Tyson (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Robinson grounded out (catcher to first); Anderson
grounded out (third to first); Boone flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Sizemore singled to center; Smith flied out to
right; Simmons flied out to left; Hernandez tripled to right
[Sizemore scored]; McBride singled to center [Hernandez scored];
McBride stole second; Reitz singled to second [McBride scored
(error by Cash) (unearned) (no RBI), Reitz to second]; Tyson
flied out to right; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 7,
Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 5TH: MARTIN BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; Martin was called out
on strikes; Cash popped to second; Bowa grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: SCARCE REPLACED MARTIN (PITCHING); Curtis struck
out; Brock singled to second; Brock stole second; Sizemore
walked; Smith walked [Brock to third, Sizemore to second];
Simmons hit a sacrifice fly to left [Brock scored]; Hernandez
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 8,
Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt flied out to left; Montanez singled to
second; Luzinski flied out to center; Robinson forced Montanez
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 8,
Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: McBride singled to second; McBride stole second;
McBride was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Reitz
lined to shortstop; Tyson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 8, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: Anderson walked; Boone flied out to center; TAYLOR
BATTED FOR SCARCE; Taylor grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to first) [Anderson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 8, Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: UNDERWOOD REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Curtis
struck out; Brock was called out on strikes; Sizemore was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 8, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: Cash struck out; Bowa popped to shortstop; Schmidt
lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 8, Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: Smith flied out to right; Simmons doubled to
right; Hernandez grounded out (second to first) [Simmons to
third]; Boone allowed a passed ball [Simmons scored (unearned)];
McBride grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 9, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: Montanez flied out to left; Luzinski flied out to
left; Robinson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 9, Phillies 2.