After sending only 27 men to bat in the first nine innings, the Reds exploded with a grand-slam homer by May in the 10th and beat the Cardinals, 4-0, to complete the sweep of a twi-night doubleheader. Lee May also had a hand in the Reds' 4-3 victory in the opener, driving in a run with a double in the eighth inning when the Cincy crew tied the score at 3-3. Gary Nolan helped win his own game, rapping a single in the ninth and crossing the plate on singles by Pete Rose and Bobby Tolan.

Chuck Taylor, who pitched the first nine innings of the nightcap for the Cardinals, allowed three hits, but double plays wiped out two runners and the third was thrown out trying to steal. Taylor was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the ninth and Bob Chlupsa, taking over in the 10th, was the loser on May's slam. Rose singled, Tolan sacrificed, Tony Perez drew an intentional pass and Bernie Carbo singled to set the stage for the jackpot wallop. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, July      20, 1970 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Reds         0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  1  -   4  8  0
Cardinals    1  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   3  8  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose rf               4   0   2   0     1   0   .324      Brock lf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .310
Tolan cf              5   0   1   1     0   3   .313      Hague 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .279
Perez 3b              3   1   0   0     2   0   .351      Allen 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .288
Bench c               4   1   0   0     0   1   .291      Torre c               4   0   2   1     0   0   .308
May 1b                4   0   1   1     0   0   .246      Lee rf                4   1   1   0     0   0   .247
McRae lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .293      Cardenal cf           4   1   2   1     0   1   .314
  Stewart lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Javier 2b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .243
Helms 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .233      Maxvill ss            3   0   1   1     0   0   .196
Woodward ss           3   0   1   0     1   0   .269        Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .327
Nolan p               4   1   1   0     0   2   .100      Reuss p               3   0   0   0     0   3   .000
  Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Chlupsa p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Carl Taylor ph      1   0   0   0     0   1   .257

Totals               35   4   8   3     4   6             Totals               33   3   8   3     3   8

Time of Game: 2:26
Left on Base: Reds 8, Cardinals 6
DP: Reds 1, Cardinals 0
Errors: Brock
Doubles: McRae (5), Helms (12), Rose (21), May (19), Cardenal (21), Maxvill (2)
Stolen Bases: Brock (19), Cardenal (18)
Caught Stealing: Cardenal (5)
GIDP: Lee (4)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan W(12-4)           8     8   3   3   2   6   0  32   3.65
Granger SV(20)          1     0   0   0   1   2   0   4   2.72
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   8   0  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss L(1-3)            8.2   8   4   3   4   6   0  38   6.23
Chlupsa                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9     8   4   3   4   6   0  39

Wild Pitches: Reuss (1)

Umpires: HP - Al Barlick, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Dick Tremblay


REDS 1ST: Rose walked; Tolan struck out; Perez walked [Rose to
second]; Bench struck out; May popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Brock stole second;
Hague popped to second; Allen struck out; Torre singled to left
[Brock scored, Torre to second (on throw to home)]; Lee flied
out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

REDS 2ND: McRae lined to pitcher; Helms popped to second;
Woodward singled to left; Nolan grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Cardenal grounded out (pitcher to first); Javier
flied out to right; Maxvill grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 1.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (third to first); Tolan struck out;
Perez popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals
1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Reuss struck out; Brock flied out to center;
Hague was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Cardinals 1.

REDS 4TH: Bench popped to first; May grounded out (third to
first); McRae doubled to center; Reuss threw a wild pitch [McRae
to third]; Helms doubled to left [McRae scored]; Woodward was
walked intentionally; Nolan struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Allen grounded out (third to first); Torre flied
out to right; Lee flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
1, Cardinals 1.

REDS 5TH: Rose grounded out (second to first); Tolan struck out;
Perez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cardenal singled to center; Cardenal stole
second; Javier flied out to right; Cardenal was caught stealing
third (catcher to third); Maxvill flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 1.

REDS 6TH: Bench grounded out (third to first); May flied out to
center; McRae grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Reuss was called out on strikes; Brock singled to
center; Hague popped to second; Allen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 1.

REDS 7TH: Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); Woodward
popped to first; Nolan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Torre flied out to center; Lee singled to center;
Cardenal doubled to left [Lee scored]; Javier was walked
intentionally; Maxvill doubled to right [Cardenal scored, Javier
to third]; Reuss struck out; Brock was walked intentionally;
Hague flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 1,
Cardinals 3.

REDS 8TH: Rose doubled to center; Tolan grounded out (shortstop
to first); Perez walked; Bench forced Rose (shortstop to third)
[Perez to second]; May doubled to left [Perez scored, Bench
scored (error by Brock) (unearned) (no RBI), May to third];
McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 3, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: STEWART REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING LF); Allen popped
to first; Torre singled to left; Lee grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Torre out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Cardinals 3.

REDS 9TH: Helms popped to catcher in foul territory; Woodward
grounded out (pitcher to first); Nolan singled to right; Rose
singled to center [Nolan to third]; Tolan singled to center
[Nolan scored, Rose to second]; CHLUPSA REPLACED REUSS
(PITCHING); Perez flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds
4, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: GRANGER REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Cardenal
struck out; Javier walked; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR MAXVILL;
Davalillo popped to shortstop; CARL TAYLOR BATTED FOR CHLUPSA;
Carl Taylor was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 4, Cardinals 3.