Traveling the route for the first time in four starts this season, Bob Gibson yielded only five hits, struck out 15 and pitched the Cardinals to a 4-1 victory over the Reds. The Cardinals, who had nine hits, also collected ten walks and scored two runs on passes with the bases loaded. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Cincinnati Reds 1
Game Played on Sunday, April     26, 1970 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Cardinals    0  0  1    1  0  1    0  1  x  -   4  9  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Brock lf              4   1   3   0     1   0   .317
Helms 2b,ss,2b        4   1   1   0     0   1   .233      Cardenal cf           4   0   1   1     1   0   .350
Tolan cf              4   0   2   1     0   1   .262      Allen 3b              3   2   1   0     2   2   .291
Perez 3b              4   0   0   0     0   3   .452      Torre c               4   0   2   1     1   0   .357
  Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lee rf                4   0   0   0     1   2   .273
Bench c               4   0   1   0     0   3   .241      Hague 1b              2   0   0   1     3   0   .306
May 1b                4   0   0   0     0   3   .273      Rojas 2b              5   0   0   1     0   0   .167
Carbo lf              2   0   0   0     2   1   .306      Maxvill ss            5   0   1   0     0   0   .103
Concepcion ss         1   0   0   0     0   1   .259      Gibson p              3   1   1   0     1   0   .417
  Stewart ph,2b,3b    2   0   0   0     0   0   .083
McGlothlin p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Bravo ph            1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
  Washburn p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Chaney ph,ss        1   0   0   0     0   1   .333

Totals               32   1   5   1     2  15             Totals               34   4   9   4    10   4

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 18,418
Left on Base: Reds 6, Cardinals 16
DP: Reds 0, Cardinals 1
Errors: Perez, Allen
Doubles: Tolan (6), Torre (5), Cardenal (4), Gibson (1)
GIDP: May (4)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothlin L(1-2)       5     5   2   2   5   3   0  25   3.91
Washburn                2     2   1   1   4   1   0  13   7.88
Carroll                 1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   3.86
Totals                  8     9   4   4  10   4   0  44

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson W(2-1)           9     5   1   1   2  15   0  34   3.94
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2  15   0  34

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Mel Steiner


REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to center; Helms flied out to right;
Tolan popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Cardenal
popped to third; Allen walked; Torre doubled to center [Allen to
third]; Lee struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals
0.

REDS 2ND: Perez struck out; Bench struck out (catcher to first);
May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hague popped to shortstop; Rojas grounded out
(second to first); Maxvill singled to center; Gibson flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

REDS 3RD: Carbo struck out; Concepcion struck out; McGlothlin
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to right; Cardenal grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Brock to second]; Allen was walked
intentionally; Torre forced Brock (third unassisted) [Allen to
second]; Lee walked [Allen to third, Torre to second]; Hague
walked [Allen scored, Torre to third, Lee to second]; Rojas
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0,
Cardinals 1.

REDS 4TH: Rose grounded out (second to first); Helms struck out;
Tolan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Maxvill flied out to right; Gibson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brock singled to center; Cardenal doubled
to left [Brock scored]; Allen struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 0, Cardinals 2.

REDS 5TH: Perez reached on an error by Allen [Perez to first];
Bench singled to left [Perez to second]; May grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Perez to third,
Bench out at second]; Carbo walked; STEWART BATTED FOR
CONCEPCION; Stewart flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: STEWART STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); HELMS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Torre grounded out (second to
first); Lee struck out; Hague walked; Rojas flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 2.

REDS 6TH: BRAVO BATTED FOR MCGLOTHLIN; Bravo singled to right;
Rose flied out to center; Helms forced Bravo (second to
shortstop); Tolan doubled to right [Helms scored]; Perez struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: WASHBURN REPLACED BRAVO (PITCHING); Maxvill
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gibson walked; Brock singled
to center [Gibson to third, Brock to second (on throw to 3b)];
Cardenal walked; Allen was called out on strikes; Torre walked
[Gibson scored, Brock to third, Cardenal to second]; Lee
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 1,
Cardinals 3.

REDS 7TH: Bench struck out; May struck out; Carbo walked;
Stewart grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 1, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Hague grounded out (first unassisted); Rojas
flied out to left; Maxvill reached on an error by Perez [Maxvill
to first]; Gibson doubled to right [Maxvill to third]; Brock was
walked intentionally; Cardenal flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 3 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 3.

REDS 8TH: CHANEY BATTED FOR WASHBURN; Chaney struck out; Rose
popped to third in foul territory; Helms singled to center;
Tolan singled to center [Helms to third]; Perez struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: CHANEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); STEWART
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); HELMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
2B); CARROLL REPLACED PEREZ (PITCHING); Allen singled to center;
Torre singled to center [Allen to second]; Lee grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Allen to third, Torre to second]; Hague
walked; Rojas forced Torre (third unassisted) [Allen scored,
Hague to second]; Maxvill grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 4.

REDS 9TH: Bench was called out on strikes; May struck out; Carbo
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 4.