The Cardinals exploded for a five-run third inning and went on to post a 7-4 victory over the Dodgers. The decisive frame opened with a single by starting pitcher John Curtis and was followed by Lou Brock's single, a double by Ted Sizemore to score one run and a pass to Luis Melendez. Ted Simmons then stroked a ground-rule double, scoring two runs and sending Doug Rau, who was seeking his fifth straight win, to the showers. Ken Reitz greeted reliever Rick Rhoden with another double to send the final two tallies of the inning across the plate.

The Dodgers, aided by first baseman Danny Cater's throwing error which gave them two runs, had taken an early lead. They threatened to pull game out of the fire in the seventh stanza but relievers Mike Garman and Al Hrabosky held them off to lock up the contest. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Game Played on Wednesday, May       14, 1975 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Dodgers      0  0  3    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   4  8  2
Cardinals    1  0  5    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   7 10  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes cf,2b           4   2   1   0     1   1   .241      Brock lf              4   2   2   0     0   1   .313
Lacy 2b               4   1   1   0     1   1   .370      Sizemore 2b           4   1   3   2     0   0   .302
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Melendez cf           3   2   1   0     1   0   .317
Wynn lf,cf            4   0   1   0     1   0   .299      Simmons c             4   1   1   2     0   0   .269
Garvey 1b             4   0   2   2     0   0   .351      Reitz 3b              4   0   1   2     0   1   .306
Cey 3b                5   0   1   0     0   1   .288      Cater 1b              1   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Paciorek rf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .273        Fairly ph,rf        3   0   1   0     0   1   .342
  Crawford ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Martinez rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .150
  Ferguson ph,rf      2   0   0   0     0   2   .149        Hernandez ph,1b     3   0   0   0     0   0   .203
Yeager c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .183      Tyson ss              3   0   0   0     1   2   .235
Auerbach ss           2   0   1   0     2   0   .196      Curtis p              3   1   1   0     0   0   .286
Rau p                 1   1   1   0     0   0   .222        Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rhoden p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hrabosky p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  McMullen ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Downing p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mota ph,lf          0   0   0   0     1   0   .316

Totals               35   4   8   2     6   8             Totals               34   7  10   6     2   6

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 14,388
Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Cardinals 5
DP: Dodgers 2, Cardinals 0
Errors: Auerbach 2, Cater
Doubles: Auerbach (6), Garvey (8), Sizemore 2 (9), Simmons (3)
Stolen Bases: Brock (11), Tyson (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Garvey (1)
GIDP: Simmons (5), Tyson (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau L(5-2)              2     7   6   6   1   1   0  13   3.39
Rhoden                  3     3   0   0   0   1   0  11   4.35
Downing                 2     0   1   0   0   2   0   8   0.93
Hough                   1     0   0   0   1   2   0   4   4.20
Totals                  8    10   7   6   2   6   0  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis W(2-1)           6     7   4   2   3   3   0  29   2.91
Garman                  0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.50
Hrabosky SV(5)          2.1   1   0   0   2   5   0  10   1.66
Totals                  9     8   4   2   6   8   0  42

Passed Balls: Simmons (3)
Wild Pitches: Curtis (2)

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Jerry Dale


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; Lacy grounded out (second to
first); Wynn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second;
Sizemore doubled to right [Brock scored]; Melendez singled to
shortstop [Sizemore stayed at second]; Simmons grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Sizemore to third,
Melendez out at second]; Reitz grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey flied out to center; Cey singled to center;
Paciorek struck out; Yeager flied to left in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); Martinez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Auerbach flied out to right; Rau singled to left;
Lopes singled to third [Rau to second]; Curtis threw a wild
pitch [Rau to third, Lopes to second]; Lacy walked; Wynn reached
on a fielder's choice [Rau scored (error by Cater) (unearned),
Lopes scored (no RBI), Lacy to third, Wynn to second]; Garvey
singled to right [Lacy scored (unearned), Wynn to third]; Cey
flied out to right; Paciorek flied out to left; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Curtis singled to shortstop; Brock singled to
left [Curtis to second]; Sizemore doubled to left [Curtis
scored, Brock to third]; Melendez walked; Simmons doubled to
left [Brock scored, Sizemore scored, Melendez to third]; RHODEN
REPLACED RAU (PITCHING); Reitz singled [Melendez scored, Simmons
scored]; FAIRLY BATTED FOR CATER; Fairly singled to shortstop
[Reitz to second]; HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Hernandez
forced Fairly (first to shortstop) [Reitz to third]; Tyson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Hernandez out at second]; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 4TH: FAIRLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HERNANDEZ
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Yeager grounded out (third to
first); Auerbach doubled to left; Rhoden grounded out (pitcher
to first); Lopes grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 4TH: Curtis grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock
struck out; Sizemore singled to center; Melendez flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 5TH: Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn
singled to right; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Wynn to
second]; Garvey flied to right in foul territory; Cey flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons grounded out (third to first); Reitz
flied out to center; Fairly flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 6TH: Paciorek flied out to right; Yeager struck out;
Auerbach walked; MCMULLEN BATTED FOR RHODEN; McMullen forced
Auerbach (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
3, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 6TH: DOWNING REPLACED MCMULLEN (PITCHING); Hernandez
grounded out (second to first); Tyson struck out; Curtis
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
3, Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes walked; Lacy singled to right [Lopes to
second]; GARMAN REPLACED CURTIS (PITCHING); Wynn walked [Lopes
to third, Lacy to second]; Garvey hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Lopes scored, Lacy to third]; Cey popped to catcher in foul
territory; CRAWFORD BATTED FOR PACIOREK; HRABOSKY REPLACED
GARMAN (PITCHING); FERGUSON BATTED FOR CRAWFORD; Ferguson struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 7TH: FERGUSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Brock
grounded out (second to first); Sizemore grounded out (shortstop
to first); Melendez reached on an error by Auerbach [Melendez to
second]; Simmons reached on an error by Auerbach [Melendez
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Simmons to second]; Reitz was called
out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Cardinals 7.

DODGERS 8TH: Yeager struck out; Auerbach walked; MOTA BATTED FOR
DOWNING; Mota walked [Auerbach to second]; Lopes lined to left;
Lacy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: MOTA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WYNN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); LOPES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B);
HOUGH REPLACED LACY (PITCHING); Fairly struck out; Hernandez
grounded out (first to pitcher); Tyson walked; Tyson stole
second; Hrabosky was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 4, Cardinals 7.

DODGERS 9TH: Wynn flied out to right; Garvey doubled to center;
Cey struck out; Ferguson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Cardinals 7.