Tuesday May 4, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Jose Cardenal, who had slumped to an average of .181, broke out with a double and homer, driving in three runs, to lead the Cardinals to a 7-3 victory over the Phillies. Joe Torre batted in two runs. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 7, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Game Played on Tuesday, May 4, 1971 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Cardinals 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 - 7 13 0 Phillies 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 3 6 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 5 0 3 0 0 0 .365 Bowa ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .250 Alou cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .283 Taylor 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .219 Melendez pr,cf 1 2 0 0 0 0 .269 Montanez cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .329 Simmons c 4 1 2 1 1 0 .341 Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Torre 3b 4 2 2 2 1 0 .346 Freed rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Cardenal rf 5 1 2 3 0 1 .192 Money 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .191 Beauchamp 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .270 Hisle lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .240 Javier 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .235 Ryan c 4 2 2 2 0 2 .167 Maxvill ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .152 Short p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Reuss p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .063 Champion p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Lis ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .259 Wise pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Reynolds p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Browne ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .083 Totals 39 7 13 7 2 5 Totals 32 3 6 3 4 10 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 9,339 Left on Base: Cardinals 7, Phillies 6 DP: Cardinals 1, Phillies 1 Errors: Reynolds Doubles: Simmons (8), Torre (5), Cardenal (6), Johnson (6) Triples: Simmons (2), Ryan (1) Home Runs: Javier (1), Cardenal (2), Ryan (1) Caught Stealing: Brock (6) GIDP: Alou (1), Taylor (3) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuss W(3-3) 9 6 3 3 4 10 1 36 3.58 Totals 9 6 3 3 4 10 1 36 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Short L(2-3) 5.1 9 5 5 1 2 2 24 2.49 Champion 1.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 8 8.10 Reynolds 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 9 1.23 Totals 9 13 7 6 2 5 2 41 Wild Pitches: Reuss (1) Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Andy Olsen CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Alou grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Brock out at second]; Simmons grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa flied to right in foul territory; Taylor walked; Montanez lined to shortstop; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Torre grounded out (third to first); Cardenal flied out to left; Beauchamp grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Freed singled to left; Reuss threw a wild pitch [Freed to second]; Money walked; Hisle struck out; Ryan struck out; Short was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Javier flied out to center; Maxvill was called out on strikes; Reuss struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa flied out to left; Taylor grounded out (pitcher to first); Montanez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Brock singled to center; Brock was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Alou popped to pitcher; Simmons doubled; Torre doubled to left [Simmons scored]; Cardenal doubled to left [Torre scored]; Beauchamp flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Freed grounded out (pitcher to first); Money was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Javier homered; Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); Reuss grounded out (second to pitcher); Brock singled to left; Alou forced Brock (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 5TH: Hisle walked; Ryan tripled to center [Hisle scored]; Short grounded out (second to first); Bowa singled to left [Ryan scored]; Taylor grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bowa out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 2. CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons popped to catcher in foul territory; Torre walked; Cardenal homered [Torre scored]; Beauchamp singled to right; CHAMPION REPLACED SHORT (PITCHING); Javier forced Beauchamp (shortstop to second); Maxvill flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 6TH: Montanez singled to left; Johnson grounded out (third to first) [Montanez to second]; Freed struck out; Money flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 2. CARDINALS 7TH: Reuss grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Alou singled to left; MELENDEZ RAN FOR ALOU; Simmons walked [Melendez to second]; Torre singled to center [Simmons to third, Melendez scored]; Cardenal forced Torre (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 6, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 7TH: MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Hisle popped to first in foul territory; Ryan was called out on strikes; LIS BATTED FOR CHAMPION; Lis walked; WISE RAN FOR LIS; Bowa struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Phillies 2. CARDINALS 8TH: REYNOLDS REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Beauchamp struck out; Javier singled to left; Maxvill forced Javier (third to second); Reuss was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 8TH: Taylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Montanez flied out to center; Johnson doubled to left; Freed popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Phillies 2. CARDINALS 9TH: Brock flied out to left; Melendez reached on an error by Reynolds [Melendez to third]; Simmons tripled to right [Melendez scored (unearned)]; Torre popped to shortstop; Cardenal struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 9TH: Money popped to first in foul territory; Hisle grounded out (third to first); Ryan homered; BROWNE BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Browne was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Phillies 3.

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