In contrast to last season when Steve Carlton was 1-3 after his first four starts, the Cardinals' lefthander brought his record to 4-0 by defeating the Phillies, 5-2. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Game Played on Thursday, April     22, 1971 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   2  6  2
Cardinals    2  0  0    0  1  0    1  1  x  -   5 10  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bowa ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Brock lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .339
Taylor 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .176      Alou cf               3   1   1   1     0   0   .282
Money 3b              4   2   2   0     0   0   .245      Simmons c             4   1   2   1     0   0   .400
Freed rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .244      Torre 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .375
Johnson 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .191      Cardenal rf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .268
Lis lf                2   0   0   1     1   1   .214      Hague 1b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .195
Hisle cf              4   0   2   1     0   1   .300      Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .196
Ryan c                3   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Schofield ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Bunning p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .333        Maxvill ss          1   0   1   1     0   0   .143
  Browne ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Carlton p             4   1   1   0     0   2   .267
  Wise p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Pfeil ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reynolds p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   6   2     2   5             Totals               33   5  10   5     1   3

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance:  8,411
Left on Base: Phillies 6, Cardinals 7
DP: Phillies 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Money, Hisle
Doubles: Simmons (5), Carlton (3), Maxvill (1)
Triples: Alou (1)
Stolen Bases: Brock (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Lis (1), Alou (1)
GIDP: Sizemore (7)
Hit by Pitch: Freed (2,by Carlton), Schofield (2,by Bunning)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bunning L(1-2)          5     7   3   3   1   2   0  23   7.24
Wise                    2     1   1   1   0   0   0   7   4.80
Reynolds                1     2   1   0   0   1   0   6   3.00
Totals                  8    10   5   4   1   3   0  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton W(4-0)          9     6   2   2   2   5   0  35   2.16
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   5   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Bunning (2), Carlton (2)

Umpires: HP - Ken Burkhart, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Nick Colosi


PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa popped to third in foul territory; Taylor
flied out to right; Money grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Alou
tripled; Simmons singled to right [Alou scored]; Torre singled
to center [Simmons to third]; Cardenal singled to center
[Simmons scored, Torre to third, Cardenal to second (on throw)];
Hague was walked intentionally; Sizemore grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Hague out at second]; 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 2.

PHILLIES 2ND: Freed was called out on strikes; Johnson struck
out; Lis walked; Hisle forced Lis (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 2ND: Schofield grounded out (second to first); Carlton
grounded out (second to first); Brock grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: Ryan lined to shortstop; Bunning singled to left;
Bowa lined into a double play (second to first) [Bunning out at
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons
doubled to center; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first);
Cardenal popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Cardinals 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Taylor popped to shortstop; Money flied out to
center; Freed grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hague flied out to right; Sizemore grounded out
(third to first); Schofield was hit by a pitch; Carlton was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Cardinals 2.

PHILLIES 5TH: Johnson popped to first; Lis struck out; Hisle
singled to third; Ryan flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock singled to center; Brock stole second; Alou
grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons flied out to center;
Torre singled [Brock scored]; Cardenal struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 3.

PHILLIES 6TH: BROWNE BATTED FOR BUNNING; Browne grounded out
(third to first); Bowa popped to second; Taylor popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: WISE REPLACED BROWNE (PITCHING); Hague flied out
to center; Sizemore popped to first in foul territory; Schofield
lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: MAXVILL REPLACED SCHOFIELD (PLAYING SS); Money
singled to left; Freed was hit by a pitch [Money to second];
Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first) [Freed to second, Money
to third]; Lis hit a sacrifice fly to right [Money scored];
Hisle was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
1, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Carlton doubled to center [Carlton to third
(error by Hisle)]; Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Alou
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Carlton scored]; Simmons grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Cardinals 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: Ryan walked; PFEIL BATTED FOR WISE; Pfeil forced
Ryan (shortstop to second); Bowa flied out to left; Taylor
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: REYNOLDS REPLACED PFEIL (PITCHING); Torre reached
on an error by Money; Cardenal lined to center; Hague lined to
center; Sizemore singled to left [Torre to second]; Maxvill
doubled to left [Sizemore to third, Torre scored (unearned)];
Carlton struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Cardinals 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: Money singled to left; Freed flied out to right;
Johnson singled to left [Money to second]; Lis flied out to
center; Hisle singled to center [Johnson to second, Money
scored]; Ryan flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 2, Cardinals 5.