Dick Allen hit two homers, accounting for all of the Cardinals' runs, and Bob Gibson pitched a four-hitter and struck out 16 in posting a 3-1 victory over the Phillies. A pass to Larry Hisle and a triple by Ron Stone in the eighth inning deprived Gibson of a shutout. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Saturday, May       23, 1970 (Night game) at Connie Mack Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  4  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cardenal cf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .288      Taylor 3b             4   0   1   0     0   3   .235
Lee rf                4   1   1   0     0   1   .252      Doyle 2b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .209
Allen 1b              4   2   2   3     0   0   .317      Gamble cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .043
Torre c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .299      Joseph 1b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .212
Hague lf              3   0   2   0     1   0   .320        Wilson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gagliano 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .217        Browne ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .210
Javier 2b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .245      Hisle rf              2   1   0   0     1   2   .203
Maxvill ss            3   0   1   0     1   0   .176      Stone lf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .234
Gibson p              4   0   0   0     0   2   .280      Compton c             2   0   0   0     0   2   .282
                                                            Bates ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   1   .148
                                                          Bowa ss               2   0   0   0     0   1   .184
                                                            Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .197
                                                            Harmon ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .192
                                                          Bunning p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Hutto ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .233

Totals               34   3   7   3     2   8             Totals               30   1   4   1     1  16

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 12,333
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Phillies 3
DP: Cardinals 1, Phillies 1
Errors: Taylor
Doubles: Hague (5)
Triples: Stone (1)
Home Runs: Allen 2 (16)
Stolen Bases: Lee (1)
GIDP: Maxvill (1), Gamble (1)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson W(3-3)           9     4   1   1   1  16   0  31   4.73
Totals                  9     4   1   1   1  16   0  31

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bunning L(1-6)          8     7   3   3   1   7   2  32   2.59
Wilson                  1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   4.50
Totals                  9     7   3   3   2   8   2  36

Umpires: HP - Ken Burkhart, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Andy Olsen


CARDINALS 1ST: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Lee
struck out; Allen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Taylor struck out; Doyle struck out; Gamble struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre singled to left; Hague doubled to right
[Torre to third]; Gagliano reached on an error by Taylor [Torre
stayed at third, Gagliano to first]; Javier popped to shortstop;
Maxvill grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Gagliano out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Joseph grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle
struck out; Stone grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Gibson flied out to center; Cardenal grounded out
(second to first); Lee singled to left; Lee stole second; Allen
homered [Lee scored]; Torre popped to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Compton struck out; Bowa grounded out (second to
first); Bunning was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 2, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hague walked; Gagliano flied to left in foul
territory; Javier flied out to left; Maxvill singled to left
[Hague to second]; Gibson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Taylor was called out on strikes; Doyle singled to
left; Gamble grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Doyle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cardenal struck out; Lee flied out to center;
Allen homered; Torre grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Joseph struck out; Hisle struck out; Stone flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Hague singled to right; Gagliano struck out;
Javier was called out on strikes; Maxvill flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Compton struck out; Bowa struck out; Bunning
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Gibson struck out; Cardenal was called out on
strikes; Lee flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Taylor singled to second; Doyle flied out to left;
Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first) [Taylor to second];
Joseph struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies
0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Allen flied out to left; Torre grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hague grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: Hisle walked; Stone tripled to center [Hisle
scored]; BATES BATTED FOR COMPTON; Bates struck out; JOHNSON
BATTED FOR BOWA; Johnson flied out to center; HUTTO BATTED FOR
BUNNING; Hutto was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: HARMON REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING SS); BATES
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); HUTTO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B);
WILSON REPLACED JOSEPH (PITCHING); Gagliano grounded out (third
to first); Javier struck out; Maxvill walked; Gibson grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: Taylor struck out; Doyle singled to right; Gamble
forced Doyle (second to shortstop); BROWNE BATTED FOR WILSON;
Browne struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies
1.