The Cardinals, after building up a 5-0 lead, stood off the rallying Dodgers and gained a 5-4 victory to extend their winning streak to five games. Willie Davis and Reggie Smith singled and Ted Simmons doubled to produce what proved to be the Cards' deciding run in the seventh inning. The Dodgers came back with a tally in the eighth and closed the gap with three more runs in the ninth on a walk to John Hale and two-out homers by Willie Crawford and Lee Lacy before Mike Garman relieved Bob Forsch and struck out Davey Lopes to save the game. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Game Played on Wednesday, July      23, 1975 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Cardinals    1  0  0    0  0  3    1  0  0  -   5 12  1
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  3  -   4  9  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride cf            5   0   0   0     0   2   .262      Lopes 2b              5   1   2   0     0   1   .243
Davis lf              3   3   2   0     0   0   .265      Buckner lf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .227
  Melendez lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Wynn cf               3   0   0   1     0   0   .254
Smith rf              5   1   4   0     0   1   .293      Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .315
Simmons c             4   1   2   2     1   0   .333      Hale rf               3   1   0   0     1   1   .264
Fairly 1b             4   0   1   0     1   1   .297      Cey 3b                4   0   1   0     0   0   .253
Sizemore 2b           5   0   2   2     0   1   .243      Yeager c              4   0   1   0     0   2   .234
Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Russell ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Guerrero ss           4   0   1   1     0   0   .214        Lee ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .195
Forsch p              4   0   0   0     0   2   .314        Wall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Crawford ph         1   1   1   2     0   0   .238
                                                          Sutton p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .121
                                                            Auerbach ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
                                                            Lacy ph             1   1   1   1     0   0   .319

Totals               39   5  12   5     2   7             Totals               35   4   9   4     1   5

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 27,772
Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Dodgers 6
DP: Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0
Errors: Fairly
Doubles: Smith (15), Sizemore (16), Simmons (23), Garvey (21), Buckner (8)
Home Runs: Crawford (4), Lacy (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Wynn (3)
GIDP: Garvey (16)
Hit by Pitch: Davis (2,by Sutton)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(9-7)           8.2   9   4   4   1   4   2  36   2.71
Garman SV(7)            0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   1.90
Totals                  9     9   4   4   1   5   2  37

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton L(13-9)          7    10   5   5   2   6   0  34   2.49
Wall                    2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.00
Totals                  9    12   5   5   2   7   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Sutton (2)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Paul Runge


CARDINALS 1ST: McBride flied out to left; Davis was hit by a
pitch; Smith doubled to right [Davis to third]; Simmons grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Davis scored, Smith stayed at second];
Fairly was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to right; Buckner singled to center
[Lopes to second]; Wynn flied out to center; Garvey grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Buckner out
at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Sizemore doubled to left; Reitz grounded out
(second to first) [Sizemore to third]; Guerrero grounded out
(shortstop to first); Forsch grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Hale made an out to shortstop; Cey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Yeager singled to shortstop; Russell
forced Yeager (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: McBride struck out; Davis flied out to right;
Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Sutton grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes
made an out to second; Buckner grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons flied out to left; Fairly singled to
right; Sizemore struck out; Reitz made an out to shortstop; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Wynn grounded out (third to first); Garvey grounded
out (third to first); Hale grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first);
Forsch grounded out (shortstop to first); McBride grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Cey reached on an error by Fairly; Yeager flied out
to center; Russell grounded out (third to first) [Cey to
second]; Sutton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Davis singled to right; Smith singled to left
[Davis to second]; Simmons walked [Davis to third, Smith to
second]; Fairly popped to third in foul territory; Sizemore
singled to center [Davis scored, Smith scored, Simmons to
second]; Reitz made an out to second; Guerrero singled to center
[Simmons scored, Sizemore to third]; Forsch struck out; 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes flied out to center; Buckner grounded out
(first unassisted); Wynn flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: McBride struck out; Davis singled to right; Smith
singled to center [Davis to second]; Simmons doubled to left
[Davis scored, Smith to third]; Fairly was walked intentionally;
Sizemore popped to third in foul territory; Reitz flied out to
left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey doubled to left; Hale struck out; Cey
singled to right [Garvey to third]; Yeager struck out; LEE
BATTED FOR RUSSELL; Lee made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: WALL REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); AUERBACH REPLACED
SUTTON (PLAYING SS); Guerrero flied out to right; Forsch was
called out on strikes; McBride lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 8TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING LF); Auerbach made
an out to second; Lopes singled to center; Buckner doubled to
right [Lopes to third]; Wynn hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Lopes scored, Buckner to third]; Garvey grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Dodgers 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Melendez flied out to left; Smith singled to
left; Simmons singled to center [Smith to second]; Fairly made
an out to shortstop; Sizemore forced Simmons (third to second);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 9TH: Hale walked; Cey flied out to right; Yeager struck
out; CRAWFORD BATTED FOR WALL; Crawford homered [Hale scored];
LACY BATTED FOR AUERBACH; Lacy homered; GARMAN REPLACED FORSCH
(PITCHING); Lopes struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
5, Dodgers 4.