While John Denny pitched shutout ball, the Cardinals piled up 15 hits, including four in a row by Ted Simmons, to defeat the Giants, 9-0. Willie Davis set the tone of the game by hitting a homer in the first inning. Bake McBride batted in two runs with a triple in the second and Ron Fairly hit a homer after a single by Simmons in the third. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 9, San Francisco Giants 0
Game Played on Wednesday, July      9, 1975 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  1
Cardinals    1  2  2    1  0  0    2  1  x  -   9 15  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .324      Brock lf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .318
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .083      McBride cf            5   2   3   2     0   0   .266
  Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .195      Davis rf              4   2   3   2     1   0   .254
  Bradley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Simmons c             4   2   4   1     0   0   .329
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .300        Rudolph c           1   0   0   1     0   0   .146
Thomas 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Fairly 1b             3   1   2   2     2   0   .340
Murcer rf             3   0   2   0     1   0   .307      Sizemore 2b           5   0   1   1     0   0   .254
Montanez 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Speier ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .269      Tyson ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .225
Thomasson lf,cf       4   0   0   0     0   2   .206      Denny p               4   1   1   0     0   1   .118
Ontiveros 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .257
Rader c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .288
Montefusco p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Adams ph,lf         2   0   2   0     0   0   .308

Totals               34   0   8   0     1   4             Totals               37   9  15   9     4   3

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 14,762
Left on Base: Giants 8, Cardinals 9
DP: Giants 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Thomasson
Doubles: Ontiveros (11), Speier (16), Simmons 2 (18)
Triples: McBride (3)
Home Runs: Davis (2), Fairly (4)
Stolen Bases: Brock (36), Davis (4)
GIDP: Joshua (3), Reitz (11)
Hit by Pitch: Tyson (1,by Bradley)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco L(6-4)       3.2   9   6   6   2   2   2  21   3.12
Heaverlo                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.67
Williams                2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.73
Bradley                 1     3   2   2   1   0   0   7   4.88
Moffitt                 1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   3.83
Totals                  8    15   9   9   4   3   2  42

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(4-3)            9     8   0   0   1   4   0  35   3.03
Totals                  9     8   0   0   1   4   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Bradley (1)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Thomas
grounded out (second to first); Murcer singled to right;
Montanez singled [Murcer to second]; Speier grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (first unassisted); McBride
made an out to second; Davis homered; Simmons doubled to right;
Fairly was walked intentionally; Sizemore flied out to right; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Thomasson grounded out (pitcher to first); Ontiveros
doubled to left; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Ontiveros to third]; Montefusco was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz grounded out (first unassisted); Tyson
flied out to left; Denny singled to shortstop; Brock walked
[Denny to second]; McBride tripled to left [Denny scored, Brock
scored]; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 3.

GIANTS 3RD: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Thomas
grounded out (second to first); Murcer singled to pitcher;
Montanez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 3RD: Simmons singled to left [Simmons to second (error
by Thomasson)]; Fairly homered [Simmons scored]; Sizemore flied
out to left; Reitz flied out to center; Tyson struck out; 2 R, 2
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 5.

GIANTS 4TH: Speier grounded out (third to first); Thomasson
struck out; Ontiveros flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 4TH: Denny struck out; Brock singled to shortstop;
Brock stole second; McBride singled to center [Brock out at home
(center to catcher), McBride to second (on throw to home)];
Davis singled to right [McBride scored]; HEAVERLO REPLACED
MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); Simmons singled to right [Davis to
third]; Fairly flied out to center; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 6.

GIANTS 5TH: Rader singled to right; ADAMS BATTED FOR HEAVERLO;
Adams singled to right [Rader to second]; Joshua grounded into a
double play (pitcher to second to first) [Rader to third, Adams
out at second]; Thomas made an out to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 5TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); THOMASSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); WILLIAMS REPLACED JOSHUA
(PITCHING); Sizemore lined to second; Reitz lined to second;
Tyson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 6.

GIANTS 6TH: Murcer grounded out (first to pitcher); Montanez
grounded out (second to first); Speier doubled to left;
Thomasson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Giants 0, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 6TH: Denny grounded out (third to first); Brock struck
out; McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 6.

GIANTS 7TH: Ontiveros grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
struck out (catcher to first); Adams singled to right; ARNOLD
BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Arnold forced Adams (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 7TH: BRADLEY REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Davis walked;
Davis stole second; Simmons doubled to left [Davis scored];
Fairly singled to right [Simmons to third]; Sizemore singled to
left [Simmons scored, Fairly to second]; Reitz grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Fairly to third,
Sizemore out at second]; Tyson was hit by a pitch; Denny flied
out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 8.

GIANTS 8TH: RUDOLPH REPLACED SIMMONS (PLAYING C ); Thomas flied
out to left; Murcer walked; Montanez flied out to left; Speier
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 8TH: MOFFITT REPLACED BRADLEY (PITCHING); Brock lined
to shortstop; McBride singled to center; Davis singled to right
[McBride to third]; Rudolph forced Davis (third to second)
[McBride scored]; Fairly walked [Rudolph to second]; Sizemore
forced Rudolph (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
0, Cardinals 9.

GIANTS 9TH: Thomasson struck out; Ontiveros flied out to left;
Rader grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 9.