Ron Reed, who was obtained from the Braves, made his first appearance in a Cardinal uniform and pitched seven innings to receive credit for a 4-2 victory over his former teammates. An error by Ron Fairly that led to a pair of unearned runs enabled the Braves to take a 2-1 lead against Reed in the fifth inning.

Fairly made up for his error by hitting a homer to tie the score in the seventh. Luis Melendez followed with a triple and counted the go-ahead run on a double by Ken Reitz. After a sacrifice by Mario Guerrero, Keith Hernandez batted for Reed and flied to Dusty Baker, who threw home in time to get Reitz, but catcher Biff Pocoroba dropped the ball for an error. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 2
Game Played on Tuesday, June      3, 1975 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Braves       0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2 11  3
Cardinals    1  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  x  -   4  8  2


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               5   0   4   0     0   0   .261      Brock lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .331
xPerez 2b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .000      Sizemore 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .256
Evans 3b              4   0   0   0     1   0   .269      Smith rf              4   0   0   1     0   0   .324
May cf                4   0   1   1     0   0   .206      Simmons c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .283
Baker rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Fairly 1b             2   1   1   1     1   0   .288
Beall 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Melendez cf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .257
Blanks ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .250      Reitz 3b              3   1   1   1     0   0   .287
Pocoroba c            4   1   3   0     0   0   .267      Guerrero ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Capra p               2   1   0   0     0   0   .045      Reed p                2   0   1   0     0   1   .250
  Leon p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Hernandez ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .203
  Office ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .258        Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               36   2  11   1     1   4             Totals               29   4   8   3     1   2

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 13,356
Left on Base: Braves 10, Cardinals 5
DP: Braves 3, Cardinals 2
Errors: Evans, Beall, Pocoroba, Simmons, Fairly
Doubles: Reitz (7)
Triples: Melendez (3)
Home Runs: Fairly (2)
Stolen Bases: Garr (4), Brock 2 (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Capra (5), Sizemore (7), Guerrero (1)
GIDP: Perez (6), Office (2), Simmons (8), Reitz (6)
Hit by Pitch: Fairly (1,by Capra)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Capra L(4-7)            6.2   7   4   3   1   2   1  28   3.98
Leon                    1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.89
Totals                  8     8   4   3   1   2   1  33

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reed W(5-5)             7     8   2   0   1   3   0  31   3.86
Garman                  1.2   3   0   0   0   1   0   7   1.75
Hrabosky SV(7)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.22
Totals                  9    11   2   0   1   4   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Capra (1)
Wild Pitches: Reed (3)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Paul Pryor


BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled to third; Garr stole second; Perez
struck out; Evans grounded out (pitcher to first) [Garr to
third]; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second;
Sizemore out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Brock to
third]; Smith grounded out (first unassisted) [Brock scored];
Simmons singled to left; Fairly was hit by a pitch [Simmons to
second]; Melendez forced Fairly (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Baker popped to catcher in foul territory; Beall was
called out on strikes; Blanks singled to right; Pocoroba
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero
reached on an error by Evans; Reed singled to left [Guerrero to
second]; Brock lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Reed
out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Capra grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr
singled to shortstop; Perez reached on catcher's interference by
Simmons [Garr to second]; Evans grounded out (third to first)
[Garr to third, Perez to second]; May grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Sizemore singled to center; Smith flied out to
center; Simmons grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Sizemore out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Cardinals 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Baker grounded out (second to first); Beall flied
out to center; Blanks made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Fairly walked; Melendez struck out; Reitz
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Fairly out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cardinals 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Pocoroba singled to left; Capra reached on an error
by Fairly on a sacrifice bunt [Pocoroba to second]; Garr singled
to right [Pocoroba to third, Capra to second]; Perez grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Pocoroba
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Capra to third, Garr out at second];
Evans walked; May singled to center [Capra scored (unearned),
Evans to second]; Baker forced May (shortstop to second); 2 R (0
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Guerrero flied out to center; Reed was called out
on strikes; Brock popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Beall grounded out (pitcher to first); Blanks struck
out; Pocoroba singled to pitcher; Reed threw a wild pitch
[Pocoroba to second]; Capra grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore flied out to left; Smith flied out to
right; Simmons popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 1.

BRAVES 7TH: Garr popped to third in foul territory; Perez
singled to second; Evans made an out to second; May grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Fairly homered; Melendez tripled to right; Reitz
doubled to left [Melendez scored]; Guerrero out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Reitz to third]; HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR
REED; Hernandez flied out to right; Brock reached on an error by
Beall; LEON REPLACED CAPRA (PITCHING); Brock stole second [Reitz
scored (error by Pocoroba) (unearned)]; Sizemore grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2,
Cardinals 4.

BRAVES 8TH: GARMAN REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Baker grounded
out (shortstop to first); Beall struck out; Blanks flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: Smith flied out to left; Simmons singled to
right; Fairly forced Simmons (second to shortstop); Melendez
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
2, Cardinals 4.

BRAVES 9TH: Pocoroba singled to left; OFFICE BATTED FOR LEON;
Office grounded into a double play (second to first) [Pocoroba
out at second]; Garr singled to second; Perez singled to center
[Garr to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED GARMAN (PITCHING); Evans
flied out to left; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 4.