The Giants, after building up a 5-0 lead, survived a grand-slam homer by Ron Fairly and defeated the Cardinals, 6-4. The Giants scored their first four runs off Bob Gibson, including a homer by Bobby Murcer with a man on base. Ron Bryant, replacing Gibson, gave up his former teammates' decisive run on singles by Gary Thomasson, Steve Ontiveros and Dave Rader in the fifth inning. In the Cards' sixth, Luis Melendez singled and Ted Simmons and Buddy Bradford walked to load the bases for Fairly's smash off Pete Falcone. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Game Played on Tuesday, July      8, 1975 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Giants       1  0  0    0  3  1    0  1  0  -   6 15  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   4  9  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             4   2   3   0     1   1   .328      Brock lf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .319
Thomas 2b             5   1   2   2     0   0   .262        Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .192
Murcer rf             4   1   2   2     1   0   .303        Smith ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .302
Montanez 1b           5   0   3   1     0   0   .283      Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Speier ss             5   0   0   0     0   1   .270      Melendez cf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Thomasson lf          5   1   2   0     0   1   .211        Guerrero ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .207
Ontiveros 3b          4   0   1   0     1   1   .257      Simmons c             2   1   1   0     2   0   .319
Rader c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .289      Bradford rf           3   1   0   0     1   1   .195
Falcone p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .061      Fairly 1b             3   1   2   4     0   0   .330
  Moffitt p           1   1   1   0     0   0   .300      Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .280
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Tyson ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .232
                                                            Davis ph,lf         2   0   1   0     0   0   .247
                                                          Gibson p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
                                                            Howard ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .185
                                                            Bryant p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Terlecky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                            McBride ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .256

Totals               39   6  15   6     3   5             Totals               32   4   9   4     3   1

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 15,926
Left on Base: Giants 10, Cardinals 8
DP: Giants 2, Cardinals 2
Errors: Sizemore
Doubles: Joshua (14), Montanez (13)
Home Runs: Murcer (10), Fairly (3)
Stolen Bases: Thomasson (3), Brock (35)
Caught Stealing: Simmons (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Falcone (3), Sizemore (13), McBride (4), Brock (2)
GIDP: Montanez (14), Reitz (10)
Hit by Pitch: Fairly (2,by Falcone)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone W(7-6)          5.2   5   4   4   3   1   1  24   3.87
Moffitt                 2     3   0   0   0   0   0  10   3.72
Lavelle SV(4)           1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.26
Totals                  9     9   4   4   3   1   1  39

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson L(2-8)           5     8   4   4   1   3   1  23   5.13
Bryant                  0.1   3   1   1   1   0   0   5  24.55
Terlecky                1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.25
Curtis                  2     3   1   1   1   1   0   9   3.91
Totals                  9    15   6   6   3   5   1  43

Hit by Pitch: Falcone (2)
Wild Pitches: Falcone (4)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Joshua doubled to left; Thomas flied out to center;
Murcer popped to catcher in foul territory; Montanez singled to
center [Joshua scored]; Speier forced Montanez (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Brock stole second;
Sizemore out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Brock to
third]; Melendez popped to catcher in foul territory; Simmons
walked; Bradford forced Simmons (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Thomasson struck out; Ontiveros flied out to center;
Rader grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Fairly was hit by a pitch; Reitz grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Fairly out at
second]; Tyson popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Falcone struck out; Joshua was called out on
strikes; Thomas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Gibson flied out to center; Brock flied out to
right; Sizemore flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Murcer singled to pitcher; Montanez singled to left
[Murcer to second]; On a bunt Speier hit into a double play
(first unassisted) [Montanez out at second]; Thomasson singled
to second [Murcer to third]; Thomasson stole second; Ontiveros
walked; Rader forced Ontiveros (shortstop to second); 0 R, 3 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Melendez grounded out (third to first); Simmons
singled to left; Bradford struck out while Simmons was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Falcone grounded out (third to first); Joshua
singled to left [Joshua to third (error by Sizemore)]; Thomas
singled to right [Joshua scored]; Murcer homered [Thomas
scored]; Montanez flied out to left; Speier made an out to
second; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); Reitz
popped to catcher in foul territory; Tyson singled to center;
HOWARD BATTED FOR GIBSON; Howard flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 6TH: BRYANT REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Thomasson singled
to right; Ontiveros singled to left [Thomasson to third]; Rader
singled to right [Thomasson scored, Ontiveros to third]; Falcone
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Rader to second];
Joshua walked; TERLECKY REPLACED BRYANT (PITCHING); Thomas flied
to right in foul territory; Murcer grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock flied out to left; Sizemore popped to
catcher in foul territory; Melendez singled to left; Falcone
threw a wild pitch [Melendez to second]; Simmons walked;
Bradford walked [Melendez to third, Simmons to second]; Fairly
homered [Melendez scored, Simmons scored, Bradford scored];
MOFFITT REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING); Reitz grounded out (third
to first); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 7TH: Montanez doubled to right; Speier struck out;
Thomasson flied out to left; Ontiveros flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: DAVIS BATTED FOR TYSON; Davis singled to right;
MCBRIDE BATTED FOR TERLECKY; McBride reached on a fielder's
choice on a sacrifice bunt [Davis to second]; Brock out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Davis to third, McBride to
second]; Sizemore grounded out (pitcher to first); Melendez
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5,
Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 8TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CURTIS REPLACED
BROCK (PITCHING); MCBRIDE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); GUERRERO
REPLACED MELENDEZ (PLAYING SS); Rader made an out to shortstop;
Moffitt singled to center; Joshua singled to left [Moffitt to
second]; Thomas singled to left [Moffitt scored, Joshua to
third, Thomas to second (on throw)]; Murcer was walked
intentionally; Montanez grounded into a double play (shortstop
to first) [Murcer out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
6, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: Simmons flied out to left; Bradford flied out to
right; Fairly singled to right; Reitz singled to left [Fairly to
second]; LAVELLE REPLACED MOFFITT (PITCHING); Davis grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 6, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 9TH: Speier grounded out (third to first); Thomasson
flied out to center; Ontiveros was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 6, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 9TH: McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); SMITH
BATTED FOR CURTIS; Smith lined to shortstop; Sizemore singled to
left; Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 6, Cardinals 4.