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Thursday April 29, 1971
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A single by Duke Sims with the bases loaded in the ninth inning scored Manny Mota and brought the Dodgers a 2-1 victory over the Pirates. Mota started the stanza by beating out an infield hit and Wes Parker followed with a double. After an intentional pass to Willie Davis, Sims lined his single. [The Sporting News]


Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Game Played on Thursday, April 29, 1971 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Dodgers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  7  1
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  6  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Russell cf,rf         4   1   1   0     0   1   .250      Cash 2b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .348
Mota rf,lf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .362      Hebner 3b             4   0   3   1     0   0   .239
Parker 1b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .267      Clemente rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Allen lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Stargell lf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .352
  Davis cf            0   0   0   0     1   0   .349      Robertson 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .206
Sudakis c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .189      Sanguillen c          4   0   2   0     0   0   .250
  Sims c              1   0   1   1     0   0   .282      Oliver cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Garvey 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .243      Alley ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Lefebvre 2b           3   0   1   0     1   2   .292      Walker p              1   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Valentine ss          2   0   0   0     0   1   .133        Pagan ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .133
  Wills ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .233        Clines pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .071
Downing p             2   0   0   0     1   2   .200        Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mikkelsen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   7   2     3   7             Totals               32   1   6   1     1   3

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance:  5,031
Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Pirates 6
DP: Dodgers 1, Pirates 2
Errors: Valentine, Cash
Doubles: Russell (5), Parker (3), Sanguillen 2 (5)
Caught Stealing: Mota (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Cash (1)
GIDP: Valentine (1), Garvey (3), Clemente (5)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing                 7.1   6   1   1   1   2   0  29   1.42
Mikkelsen W(3-0)        1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.29
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   3   0  34

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Walker                  8     4   1   1   1   7   0  28   2.00
Giusti L(1-1)           1     3   1   1   2   0   0   7   1.86
Totals                  9     7   2   2   3   7   0  35

Passed Balls: Sudakis (1)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


DODGERS 1ST: Russell doubled to center; Mota grounded out
(second to first) [Russell to third]; Parker reached on an error
by Cash [Russell scored (RBI)]; Allen flied out to right;
Sudakis flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Cash lined to third; Hebner singled to right;
Clemente grounded out (third to first) [Hebner to second];
Sudakis allowed a passed ball [Hebner to third]; Stargell struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey singled to center; Lefebvre struck out;
Valentine struck out; Downing struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Robertson grounded out (second to first);
Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); Oliver grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell struck out; Mota grounded out (shortstop to
first); Parker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Alley grounded out (shortstop to first); Walker
walked; Cash flied out to center; Hebner flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); Sudakis
flied out to center; Garvey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Clemente flied out to right; Stargell struck out;
Robertson reached on an error by Valentine; Sanguillen doubled
to left [Robertson to third]; Oliver made an out to third; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Lefebvre singled to right; Valentine grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Lefebvre out at
second]; Downing walked; Russell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Alley flied out to left; Walker grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cash grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Mota singled to left; Mota was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Parker grounded out (shortstop to
first); Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Hebner singled to center; Clemente grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Hebner out at second];
Stargell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Pirates 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Sudakis struck out; Garvey grounded out (shortstop
to first); Lefebvre struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 7TH: WILLS REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING SS); Robertson
made an out to shortstop; Sanguillen doubled to left; Oliver
grounded out (second to first) [Sanguillen to third]; Alley
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Wills grounded out (second to first); Downing
struck out; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 8TH: SIMS REPLACED SUDAKIS (PLAYING C ); DAVIS REPLACED
ALLEN (PLAYING CF); RUSSELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); MOTA
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); PAGAN BATTED FOR WALKER; Pagan
singled to third; CLINES RAN FOR PAGAN; Cash out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Clines to second]; Hebner singled to
left [Clines scored]; MIKKELSEN REPLACED DOWNING (PITCHING);
Clemente flied out to center; Stargell grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Pirates 1.

DODGERS 9TH: GIUSTI REPLACED CLINES (PITCHING); Mota singled to
shortstop; Parker doubled to center [Mota to third]; Davis was
walked intentionally; Sims singled to right [Davis to second,
Parker to third, Mota scored]; Garvey grounded into a double
play (shortstop to catcher to first) [Sims to second, Davis to
third, Parker out at home]; Lefebvre was walked intentionally;
Wills flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Pirates 1.

PIRATES 9TH: Robertson struck out; Sanguillen grounded out
(second to first); Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Pirates 1.



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