In a tremendous relief performance, Al Hrabosky struck out three straight batters with the potential tying runs on base in the ninth inning to enable the Cardinals to defeat the Phillies, 3-1, and extend their East Division lead to 1½ games over the Pirates. The Cardinals tagged Steve Carlton for two runs in the fourth on walks to Ted Simmons and Joe Torre, a single by Ken Reitz and double by Bob Forsch.

The third run counted in the ninth on a triple by Simmons and single by Torre. In the Phillies' half, Dave Cash and Larry Bowa singled to chase Forsch. Mike Garman relieved and yielded a run-scoring single by Mike Schmidt. Hrabosky then took over and whiffed Willie Montanez, Greg Luzinski and Tony Taylor. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Sunday, September 15, 1974 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  6  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  5  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .311      Cash 2b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .304
Sizemore 2b           2   0   0   0     2   2   .250      Bowa ss               3   0   1   0     1   0   .273
Smith rf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .313      Schmidt 3b            3   0   1   1     1   0   .299
Simmons c             3   2   1   0     1   0   .266      Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .307
Torre 1b              3   1   1   1     1   2   .282      Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .262
Melendez cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Johnstone rf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .316
Reitz 3b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .279        Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .357
Tyson ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .218      Unser cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Forsch p              3   0   2   1     0   1   .208      Cox c                 3   0   1   0     0   0   .128
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Carlton p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .193
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .375

Totals               28   3   6   3     6   9             Totals               30   1   5   1     2   3

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance: 30,142
Left on Base: Cardinals 4, Phillies 5
DP: Cardinals 1, Phillies 3
Errors: Carlton
Doubles: Forsch (1)
Triples: Simmons (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Carlton (7)
GIDP: Smith (16), Tyson (15), Reitz (20), Montanez (9)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(5-4)           8     4   1   1   2   0   0  29   2.66
Garman                  0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.51
Hrabosky SV(9)          1     0   0   0   0   3   0   3   2.63
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   3   0  33

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(14-12)        9     6   3   3   6   9   0  34   3.34
Totals                  9     6   3   3   6   9   0  34

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


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

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa grounded
out (third to first); Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre struck out; Melendez grounded out (third to
first); Reitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Luzinski
grounded out (third to first); Johnstone flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson popped to first in foul territory; On a
bunt Forsch singled to pitcher [Forsch to second (error by
Carlton)]; Brock grounded out (second to first) [Forsch to
third]; Sizemore walked; Smith popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Unser flied out to left; Cox grounded out (catcher
to first); Carlton popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons walked; Torre walked [Simmons to second];
Melendez lined to shortstop; Reitz singled to left [Simmons
scored, Torre to third]; Tyson struck out; Forsch doubled to
left [Torre scored, Reitz out at home (left to shortstop to
catcher)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa walked;
Schmidt popped to shortstop; Montanez flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock was called out on strikes; Sizemore walked;
Smith grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Sizemore out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Luzinski flied out to left; Johnstone flied out to
left; Unser grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons grounded out (third to first); Torre
struck out; Melendez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Cox singled to left; Carlton out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to first) [Cox to second]; Cash grounded out
(second to first) [Cox to third]; Bowa grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz walked; Tyson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Reitz out at second]; Forsch
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Schmidt walked; Montanez grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Schmidt out at second];
Luzinski singled to left; Johnstone forced Luzinski (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Brock singled to center [Brock out at second
(center to second)]; Sizemore struck out; Smith struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: On a bunt Unser grounded out (pitcher to first);
Cox grounded out (third to first); Carlton grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons tripled to right; Torre singled to left
[Simmons scored]; On a bunt Melendez made an out to third; Reitz
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Torre out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Cash singled to right; Bowa singled to center
[Cash to third]; GARMAN REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Schmidt
singled to left [Cash scored, Bowa to third]; HRABOSKY REPLACED
GARMAN (PITCHING); Montanez struck out; Luzinski struck out;
TAYLOR BATTED FOR JOHNSTONE; Taylor struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 1.