Cardinal hurlers Ron Reed and John Denny extended the Mets' scoreless streak to 35 innings and losing streak to seven games as St. Louis swept a doubleheader, 1-0 and 4-0. Reed tossed a seven-hitter in the opener, Lou Brock scoring the game's only run in the first when he walked, stole two bases and came home on Ron Fairly's sacrifice fly.

Denny limited New York to five hits in the second game, a scoreless duel with George Stone until pinch-hitter Ted Simmons cracked a grand-slam homer in the eighth. Stone gave up a single to Denny to open the frame. A sacrifice, walk and single by Luis Melendez filled the bases. Jon Matlack replaced Stone and Simmons, swinging for Reggie Smith who aggravated his back injury, homered into the bullpen in left, his 10th round-tripper of the season. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 1, New York Mets 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, June      23, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Cardinals    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .305      Unser cf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .299
Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .260      Millan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .261
Davis rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Jones lf              4   0   0   0     0   3   .314
Simmons c             3   0   1   0     1   1   .300      Staub rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .265
Fairly 1b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .286      Kranepool 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .360
McBride cf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .252      Torre 3b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .275
Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .295      Phillips ss           3   0   1   0     0   1   .245
Tyson ss              2   0   0   0     1   0   .188      Stearns c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Reed p                3   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Webb p                2   0   1   0     0   1   .200
                                                            Garrett ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .287
                                                            Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   1   5   1     3   3             Totals               32   0   7   0     1   7

Time of Game: 2:23
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Mets 6
DP: Cardinals 2, Mets 0
Doubles: Reitz (11), Millan (16), Unser (10)
Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (25), McBride (8), Davis (1), Staub (1)
Caught Stealing: McBride (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Fairly (1)
GIDP: Stearns (3), Unser (6)
Hit by Pitch: Davis (1,by Webb)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reed W(8-6)             9     7   0   0   1   7   0  33   3.43
Totals                  9     7   0   0   1   7   0  33

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Webb L(1-3)             8     4   1   1   3   2   0  30   3.93
Hall                    1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.76
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3   3   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Webb (1)
Wild Pitches: Reed (5), Webb (2)
Balks: Webb (3)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Doug Harvey


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Brock stole second; Brock stole
third; Sizemore popped to pitcher; Davis popped to third in foul
territory; Simmons walked; Fairly singled to center [Brock
scored, Simmons out at third (center to third)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Unser flied out to right; Millan doubled to right;
Reed threw a wild pitch [Millan to third]; Jones was called out
on strikes; Staub walked; Kranepool flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: McBride singled to first; McBride was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Reitz grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tyson walked; Reed forced Tyson (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Torre singled to left; Phillips struck out; Stearns
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Torre out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
flied out to left; Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Webb struck out; Unser singled to right; Millan flied
out to left; Jones struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons struck out; Fairly flied out to left;
McBride singled to center; McBride stole second; Reitz grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Staub singled to left; Staub stole second; Kranepool
flied out to right; Torre struck out; Phillips flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson made an out to second; Reed grounded out
(third to first); Brock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Stearns made an out to third; Webb singled to right;
Unser grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Webb out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore flied out to right; Davis was hit by a
pitch; Webb balked [Davis to second]; Davis stole third; Simmons
made an out to second; Fairly flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Millan popped to third in foul territory; Jones was
called out on strikes; Staub popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: McBride flied out to center; Reitz doubled to
left; Webb threw a wild pitch [Reitz to third]; Tyson popped to
shortstop in foul territory; Reed struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Kranepool flied out to center; Torre flied out to
center; Phillips singled to right; Stearns made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Brock popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Sizemore popped to first in foul territory; Davis grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: GARRETT BATTED FOR WEBB; Garrett flied out to left;
Unser doubled to right; Millan flied out to center; Jones flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: HALL REPLACED GARRETT (PITCHING); Simmons singled
to shortstop; Fairly out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Simmons to second]; McBride grounded out (second to first)
[Simmons to third]; Reitz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Mets 0.

METS 9TH: Staub flied out to left; Kranepool flied out to right;
Torre struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Mets 0.