A dropped fly ball and stupid baserunning by the Cardinals helped the Giants gain a 10-inning 4-3 victory. Center fielder Luis Melendez dropped Willie Montanez' fly with the bases loaded and none out in the 10th to permit Derrel Thomas to score. Thomas had opened the inning with a triple off reliever Elias Sosa and remained there while Bobby Murcer and Gary Matthews were intentionally walked. The Cards, trailing by one going into the ninth, tied the score when Lou Brock singled, stole second and scored on Melendez' double.

With the bases loaded and one out, Ron Fairly lifted a fly ball to right center which Von Joshua caught but was in no position to throw home. Pinch-runner Ted Martinez broke for the plate, stopped and then resumed running. By that time the ball had reached cutoff man Montanez, whose throw to catcher Dave Rader just nipped Martinez. The game had been a see-saw battle up to the ninth with the Giants twice overcoming Cardinal one-run leads before going ahead in the eighth on Murcer's homer. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3
Game Played on Friday, May       16, 1975 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Cardinals    0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  1    0  -   3  7  1
Giants       0  0  1    0  1  0    0  1  0    1  -   4 10  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   2   2   1     1   0   .320      Joshua cf             5   0   3   1     0   0   .341
Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .300      Thomas 2b             5   1   2   1     0   0   .265
  Martinez pr,2b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .150      Murcer rf             3   1   1   1     2   0   .254
Melendez cf           5   0   2   1     0   1   .326      Matthews lf           4   0   2   0     1   1   .292
Simmons c             4   0   0   0     1   0   .259      Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     1   0   .267
Fairly rf             3   0   0   0     2   1   .317      Speier ss             3   0   0   0     1   0   .276
Hernandez 1b          3   1   1   0     2   0   .207      Goodson 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Reitz 3b              5   0   1   1     0   1   .302      Rader c               3   2   2   0     1   1   .281
Tyson ss              4   0   0   0     1   1   .211      Montefusco p          1   0   0   0     1   1   .000
Gibson p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Lavelle p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cater ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .263
  Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rudolph ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .083
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               36   3   7   3     7   6             Totals               33   4  10   3     7   3

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance:  5,764
Left on Base: Cardinals 12, Giants 10
DP: Cardinals 2, Giants 1
Errors: Melendez, Goodson
Doubles: Hernandez (3), Melendez (2), Rader 2 (4)
Triples: Joshua (1), Thomas (1)
Home Runs: Brock (1), Murcer (3)
Stolen Bases: Brock (12), Montanez (3)
Caught Stealing: Joshua (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Gibson (2), Montefusco (3)
GIDP: Murcer (3), Joshua (1)
Hit by Pitch: Sizemore (1,by Lavelle)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson                  7.1   8   3   3   4   2   1  31   5.01
Hrabosky                0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.61
Sadecki                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.48
Sosa L(0-2)             0     1   1   0   2   0   0   4   2.42
Totals                  9    10   4   3   7   3   1  41

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco              8     5   2   2   6   5   1  35   3.43
Lavelle W(3-0)          2     2   1   1   1   1   0  10   1.78
Totals                 10     7   3   3   7   6   1  45

Hit by Pitch: Lavelle (2)
Balks: Lavelle (1)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Satch Davidson


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to right; Sizemore popped to
first in foul territory; Melendez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua flied out to left; Thomas grounded out
(shortstop to first); Murcer walked; Matthews flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Fairly
struck out; Hernandez doubled to right; Reitz singled to left
[Hernandez scored, Reitz to second (on throw to home)]; Tyson
flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants
0.

GIANTS 2ND: Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier
grounded out (shortstop to first); Goodson made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Gibson grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock
popped to catcher in foul territory; Sizemore singled to right;
Melendez singled to center [Sizemore to second]; Simmons
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Rader walked; Montefusco out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Rader to second]; Joshua singled to pitcher
[Rader to third]; Thomas singled to center [Rader scored, Joshua
to second]; Murcer grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Thomas out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Giants 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Fairly flied to left in foul territory; Hernandez
grounded out (second to first); Reitz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews singled to center [Matthews out at second
(center to second)]; Montanez flied out to center; Speier
walked; Goodson forced Speier (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson grounded out (third to first); Gibson
struck out; Brock homered; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Rader doubled to left; On a bunt Montefusco struck
out; Joshua tripled to right [Rader scored]; Thomas made an out
to shortstop; Murcer flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Giants 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Melendez grounded out (second to first); Simmons
flied out to center; Fairly walked; Hernandez walked [Fairly to
second]; Reitz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Matthews struck out; Montanez grounded out (second
to first); Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson walked; Gibson out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Tyson to second]; Brock was walked
intentionally; Sizemore flied out to center; Melendez flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Goodson flied out to center; Rader doubled to right;
Montefusco walked; Joshua grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to first) [Montefusco out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher); Fairly
walked; Hernandez walked [Fairly to second]; Reitz grounded out
(pitcher to second to first) [Fairly to third, Hernandez to
second]; Tyson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 8TH: Thomas flied out to center; Murcer homered; Matthews
singled to center; HRABOSKY REPLACED GIBSON (PITCHING); Montanez
walked [Matthews to second]; Speier flied out to right [Matthews
to third]; Montanez stole second; Goodson flied out to left; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Giants 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: LAVELLE REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); CATER
BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Cater grounded out (third to first); Brock
singled to shortstop; Brock stole second; Sizemore was hit by a
pitch; MARTINEZ RAN FOR SIZEMORE; Melendez doubled to left
[Brock scored, Martinez to third]; Simmons was walked
intentionally; Fairly hit into a double play to center [Martinez
out at home (center to first to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Cardinals 3, Giants 3.

GIANTS 9TH: MARTINEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SADECKI
REPLACED CATER (PITCHING); Rader was called out on strikes;
Lavelle grounded out (third to first); Joshua singled to center;
Joshua was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Giants 3.

CARDINALS 10TH: Hernandez lined to second; Reitz reached on an
error by Goodson; Tyson forced Reitz (shortstop to second);
RUDOLPH BATTED FOR SADECKI; Lavelle balked [Tyson to second];
Rudolph struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Giants 3.

GIANTS 10TH: SOSA REPLACED RUDOLPH (PITCHING); Thomas tripled to
right; Murcer was walked intentionally; Matthews was walked
intentionally [Murcer to second]; Montanez reached on an error
by Melendez [Thomas scored (unearned) (no RBI), Murcer to third,
Matthews to second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Giants 4.