Bob Gibson pitched four innings and gained his first victory in relief in more than 10 years when the Cardinals defeated the Phillies, 9-6. Gibson's other relief triumph came in the Cardinals' pennant-clinching victory over the Mets October 4, 1964.

Gibson replaced John Denny in the fourth after a single by Bob Boone and double by Tony Taylor. An infield out by Dave Cash and sacrifice fly by Mike Schmidt then tied the score at 6-6. Ted Simmons broke the tie with a homer in the seventh. Gibson went out for a pinch-hitter later in the same inning and Mike Garman finished. The Cardinals iced the verdict with their final two runs in the eighth on a safe bunt by Bake McBride, sacrifice by Luis Melendez, double by Willie Davis and single by Ted Sizemore. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 9, Philadelphia Phillies 6
Game Played on Sunday, July      27, 1975 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Phillies     1  1  2    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   6 13  0
Cardinals    0  3  3    0  0  0    1  2  x  -   9 14  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   1   2   1     1   0   .321      McBride cf            5   1   1   0     0   1   .261
Bowa ss               4   2   2   0     0   1   .323      Melendez lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .256
Schmidt 3b            4   0   1   1     0   3   .237      Davis rf              4   2   2   1     1   0   .268
Luzinski lf           5   0   2   3     0   1   .317      Simmons c             5   2   3   3     0   0   .333
Allen 1b              4   0   1   0     1   2   .226      Fairly 1b             3   1   2   1     2   0   .307
Johnstone rf          4   0   1   0     1   0   .343      Sizemore 2b           4   1   2   1     1   0   .251
Maddox cf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .252      Reitz 3b              5   1   1   1     0   0   .272
Boone c               2   1   1   1     0   0   .256      Tyson ss              3   0   1   0     1   1   .243
  Oates ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .301      Denny p               2   0   1   2     0   1   .136
Lonborg p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .023        Gibson p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .148
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Bradford ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .186
  Taylor ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .238        Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hilgendorf p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .065

Totals               37   6  13   6     3   9             Totals               36   9  14   9     6   4

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 22,046
Left on Base: Phillies 10, Cardinals 10
DP: Phillies 1, Cardinals 0
Doubles: Cash (26), Taylor (4), Reitz (18), Melendez (5), Fairly (4), Tyson (11), Davis (12)
Triples: Maddox (5), Luzinski (2)
Home Runs: Simmons (13)
Stolen Bases: Bowa 2 (16), Allen (6), Maddox (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Boone (4), Melendez (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Schmidt (1)
GIDP: Fairly (5)
Hit by Pitch: Bowa (2,by Gibson)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg                 2     5   6   6   2   1   0  13   3.64
Schueler                1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   5.43
Hilgendorf L(2-1)       3     4   1   1   2   1   1  14   1.89
Garber                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.86
McGraw                  0.1   2   2   2   0   0   0   3   2.81
Twitchell               0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.97
Totals                  8    14   9   9   6   4   1  43

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny                   3     9   6   6   1   3   0  18   3.46
Gibson W(3-8)           4     3   0   0   1   4   0  17   4.93
Garman SV(8)            2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   1.94
Totals                  9    13   6   6   3   9   0  43

Hit by Pitch: Gibson (4)

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford (left in the 6th inning), 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Dick Stello,


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to center; Cash was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Bowa singled to second; Schmidt singled to
center [Bowa to third]; Luzinski forced Schmidt (pitcher to
second) [Bowa scored]; Allen forced Luzinski (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: McBride flied out to left; Melendez popped to
first in foul territory; Davis popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnstone grounded out (second to first); Maddox
tripled to left; Boone out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Maddox scored]; Lonborg struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); Fairly
walked; Sizemore walked [Fairly to second]; Reitz doubled to
left [Fairly scored, Sizemore to third]; Tyson struck out; Denny
singled to left [Sizemore scored, Reitz scored]; McBride flied
out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 3.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash doubled to left; Bowa singled to first [Cash
to third]; Bowa stole second; Schmidt struck out; Luzinski
tripled to center [Cash scored, Bowa scored]; Allen struck out;
Johnstone was walked intentionally; Maddox forced Johnstone
(third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cardinals
3.

CARDINALS 3RD: Melendez doubled to left; Davis singled to right
[Melendez to third, Davis to second (on throw to home)]; Simmons
singled to left [Melendez scored, Davis scored]; SCHUELER
REPLACED LONBORG (PITCHING); Fairly doubled to left [Simmons
scored]; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz
grounded out (third to first); Tyson was walked intentionally;
Denny was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies
4, Cardinals 6.

PHILLIES 4TH: Boone singled to shortstop; TAYLOR BATTED FOR
SCHUELER; Taylor doubled to left [Boone to third]; GIBSON
REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING); Cash grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Boone scored, Taylor to third]; Bowa was hit by a pitch;
Bowa stole second; Schmidt hit a sacrifice fly to center [Taylor
scored, Bowa stayed at second]; Luzinski flied out to right; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 4TH: HILGENDORF REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); McBride
grounded out (second to first); Melendez walked; Davis walked
[Melendez to second]; Simmons singled to left [Melendez to
third, Davis to second]; Fairly grounded into a double play
(first to catcher) [Melendez out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Phillies 6, Cardinals 6.

PHILLIES 5TH: Allen walked; Allen stole second; Johnstone lined
to shortstop; On a bunt Maddox singled [Allen to third]; Maddox
stole second; Boone reached on a fielder's choice [Allen out at
home (third to catcher), Maddox to third]; Hilgendorf struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 5TH: Sizemore flied out to center; Reitz flied out to
right; Tyson doubled to left; Gibson flied out to left; HP
umpire Shag Crawford left the game with heat exhaustion; 2B
umpire Dick Stello moved to HP; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 6, Cardinals 6.

PHILLIES 6TH: Cash flied out to center; Bowa was called out on
strikes; Schmidt was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 6TH: McBride struck out; Melendez flied out to center;
Davis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6,
Cardinals 6.

PHILLIES 7TH: Luzinski was called out on strikes; Allen singled
to right; Johnstone singled to right [Allen to second]; Maddox
flied out to center; OATES BATTED FOR BOONE; Oates flied out to
left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 7TH: OATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Simmons
homered; Fairly singled to right; GARBER REPLACED HILGENDORF
(PITCHING); Sizemore singled to left [Fairly to second]; Reitz
forced Fairly (shortstop unassisted) [Sizemore to second]; Tyson
popped to first in foul territory; BRADFORD BATTED FOR GIBSON;
Bradford struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 6,
Cardinals 7.

PHILLIES 8TH: GARMAN REPLACED BRADFORD (PITCHING); HUTTON BATTED
FOR GARBER; Hutton grounded out (first unassisted); Cash walked;
Bowa flied out to left; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: MCGRAW REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); McBride
singled to second; Melendez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
unassisted) [McBride to second]; Davis doubled [McBride scored];
TWITCHELL REPLACED MCGRAW (PITCHING); Simmons made an out to
second; Fairly was walked intentionally; Sizemore singled to
center [Davis scored, Fairly to second]; Reitz popped to first
in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals
9.

PHILLIES 9TH: Luzinski singled to center; Allen struck out;
Johnstone lined to shortstop; Maddox flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Cardinals 9.