The Cardinals, who were one of the preseason favorites in the Eastern division, tumbled into last place, behind the Expos, when they lost to the Reds, 5-3, for their seventh straight defeat. Johnny Bench kept the Cardinals on the losers' seat, driving in four runs with a homer and single. A crowd of 49,223 saw Tony Cloninger gain the victory with the assistance of Don Gullett and Clay Carroll. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3
Game Played on Saturday, July      25, 1970 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Cardinals    0  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  0
Reds         3  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   5 13  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   0   1   0     0   2   .305      Tolan cf              5   1   3   1     0   0   .314
Ramirez ss            5   1   1   0     0   0   .206      Rose rf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .319
Torre c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .308      Perez 3b              3   2   1   0     1   1   .341
Allen 3b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .287      Bench lf              4   1   3   4     0   0   .295
Davalillo cf,rf       3   0   1   0     1   0   .302      May 1b                4   0   2   0     0   0   .246
Lee rf                3   1   1   1     0   1   .232      Helms 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .232
  Cardenal ph,cf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .315      Corrales c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .278
Hague 1b              3   0   2   0     0   0   .280      Woodward ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .268
  Carl Taylor ph,1b   1   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Cloninger p           2   1   1   0     0   0   .214
Maxvill 2b            2   0   1   1     1   0   .203        Gullett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .600
Reuss p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Carroll p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
  Beauchamp ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .219
  Chuck Taylor p      1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Javier ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .243

Totals               35   3   9   2     2   5             Totals               35   5  13   5     1   5

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 49,223
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Reds 8
DP: Cardinals 0, Reds 1
Errors: Perez
Doubles: Allen (15), Brock (15), Tolan 2 (21), Perez (14)
Home Runs: Bench (30)
Stolen Bases: Tolan (33)
Sacrifice Hits: Cloninger (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Maxvill (5)
GIDP: Chuck Taylor (2)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss L(1-4)            3     8   5   5   1   2   1  17   6.93
Chuck Taylor            5     5   0   0   0   3   0  20   2.88
Totals                  8    13   5   5   1   5   1  37

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cloninger W(3-2)        7.1   8   3   2   2   4   0  32   4.27
Gullett                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.19
Carroll SV(10)          1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   2.66
Totals                  9     9   3   2   2   5   0  38

Wild Pitches: Reuss 2 (3)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Ken Burkhart


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Ramirez grounded out (second to
first); Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Tolan singled to left; Tolan stole second; Rose struck
out; Perez walked; Reuss threw a wild pitch [Tolan to third,
Perez to second]; Bench homered [Tolan scored, Perez scored];
May flied out to right; Helms flied out to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Reds 3.

CARDINALS 2ND: Allen doubled to right; Davalillo grounded out
(second to first) [Allen to third]; Lee singled to left [Allen
scored]; Hague singled to right [Lee to third]; Maxvill hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Lee scored]; Reuss struck out; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Reds 3.

REDS 2ND: Corrales was called out on strikes; Woodward flied out
to center; Cloninger singled to center; Reuss threw a wild pitch
[Cloninger to second]; Tolan doubled to left [Cloninger scored];
Rose grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Reds 4.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock doubled to center; Ramirez grounded out
(pitcher to first); Torre grounded out (shortstop to first);
Allen flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Reds 4.

REDS 3RD: Perez doubled to right; Bench singled to center [Perez
scored, Bench out at second (center to first to second)]; May
singled to center; Helms flied out to left; Corrales singled to
right [May to second]; Woodward lined to first; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Reds 5.

CARDINALS 4TH: Davalillo walked; Lee struck out; Hague grounded
out (second to first) [Davalillo to second]; Maxvill walked;
BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR REUSS; Beauchamp grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Reds 5.

REDS 4TH: CHUCK TAYLOR REPLACED BEAUCHAMP (PITCHING); Cloninger
grounded out (pitcher to first); Tolan doubled to left; Rose
lined to left; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Reds 5.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock grounded out (third to first); Ramirez
singled to right; Torre popped to catcher in foul territory;
Allen reached on an error by Perez [Ramirez scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Allen to second]; Davalillo grounded out (second to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Reds 5.

REDS 5TH: Bench popped to catcher in foul territory; May
grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Reds 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Lee grounded out (second to first); Hague singled
to right; Maxvill singled to center [Hague to second]; Chuck
Taylor grounded into a double play (pitcher to third to
shortstop) [Hague out at third, Maxvill out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Reds 5.

REDS 6TH: Corrales grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt
Woodward singled to third; Cloninger out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Woodward to second]; Tolan grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Reds 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: Brock grounded out (second to first); Ramirez
flied out to center; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Reds 5.

REDS 7TH: Rose grounded out (second to pitcher); Perez grounded
out (pitcher to first); Bench singled to center; May singled to
center [Bench to third]; Helms forced May (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Reds 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: Allen struck out; Davalillo singled to center;
GULLETT REPLACED CLONINGER (PITCHING); CARDENAL BATTED FOR LEE;
Cardenal flied out to center; CARL TAYLOR BATTED FOR HAGUE;
CARROLL REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING); Carl Taylor flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Reds 5.

REDS 8TH: CARDENAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); CARL TAYLOR
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); DAVALILLO CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Corrales grounded out (second to first); Woodward
singled to center; On a bunt Carroll struck out; Tolan grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Reds
5.

CARDINALS 9TH: Maxvill lined to third; JAVIER BATTED FOR CHUCK
TAYLOR; Javier singled to right; Brock struck out; Ramirez flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Reds 5.