Sending nine men to bat, the Dodgers scored four runs in the third inning and defeated the Reds, 5-2. Singles by Manny Mota and Willie Davis started the outburst. Dick Allen forced Mota, but Wes Parker batted in one run with a single and Jim Lefebvre plated another with a double. Following two passes, a single by Billy Grabarkewitz and sacrifice fly by Claude Osteen added two more tallies. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Cincinnati Reds 2
Game Played on Thursday, May       6, 1971 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  9  1
Dodgers      0  0  4    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   5 11  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Wills ss              5   0   2   0     0   0   .284
Concepcion cf         2   1   1   0     2   0   .245      Mota rf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .328
Bench c               4   1   2   2     0   0   .303      Davis cf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .349
Perez 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .198      Allen lf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .202
May 1b                4   0   2   0     0   1   .333      Parker 1b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .265
McRae lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .242      Lefebvre 2b           4   2   2   2     0   1   .345
Helms 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .276      Sudakis c             2   0   1   0     2   0   .205
Woodward ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .328      Grabarkewitz 3b       4   0   2   1     0   2   .233
Merritt p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .286      Osteen p              3   0   0   1     0   1   .059
  Cloninger p         1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  Duffy ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .188
  Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   9   2     3   3             Totals               32   5  11   5     3   4

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 10,780
Left on Base: Reds 6, Dodgers 8
DP: Reds 0, Dodgers 3
Errors: Perez
Doubles: Grabarkewitz (3), Lefebvre (1)
Home Runs: Bench (10), Lefebvre (1)
Caught Stealing: Concepcion (2), Wills (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Mota (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Osteen (1)
GIDP: McRae 2 (3), Woodward (2)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Merritt L(0-3)          2.1   7   4   4   1   1   0  15   3.98
Cloninger               3.2   3   1   1   2   1   1  16   3.10
Carroll                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.18
Totals                  8    11   5   5   3   4   1  37

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen W(4-2)           9     9   2   2   3   3   1  35   2.75
Totals                  9     9   2   2   3   3   1  35

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Paul Pryor


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Concepcion
singled to center; Concepcion was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Bench singled to shortstop; Perez walked
[Bench to second]; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Wills lined to left; Mota grounded out (shortstop
to first); Davis singled to right; Allen walked [Davis to
second]; Parker forced Allen (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 0.

REDS 2ND: McRae flied out to left; Helms grounded out (shortstop
to first); Woodward grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Lefebvre flied out to center; Sudakis singled to
left; Grabarkewitz doubled to left [Sudakis to third]; Osteen
struck out; Wills flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 0, Dodgers 0.

REDS 3RD: Merritt struck out; Rose grounded out (shortstop to
first); Concepcion walked; Bench forced Concepcion (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Mota singled to center; Davis singled to first
[Mota to second]; Allen forced Mota (third unassisted) [Davis to
third (error by Perez)]; Parker singled to center [Allen to
third, Davis scored]; Lefebvre doubled to left [Parker to third,
Allen scored]; CLONINGER REPLACED MERRITT (PITCHING); Sudakis
walked; Grabarkewitz singled to third [Sudakis to second,
Lefebvre to third, Parker scored]; Osteen hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Lefebvre scored]; Wills grounded out (first unassisted); 4
R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 4.

REDS 4TH: Perez flied out to right; May singled to left; McRae
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [May
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 4TH: Mota flied out to right; Davis grounded out (second
to first); Allen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Dodgers 4.

REDS 5TH: Helms singled to second; Woodward grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Helms out at
second]; Cloninger singled to right; Rose grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 5TH: Parker grounded out (second to first); Lefebvre
homered; Sudakis walked; Grabarkewitz struck out; Osteen forced
Sudakis (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Dodgers 5.

REDS 6TH: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Bench made
an out to shortstop; Perez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 6TH: Wills singled to second; Mota out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Wills to second]; Davis grounded out
(first unassisted) [Wills to third]; Allen grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 5.

REDS 7TH: May singled to center; McRae grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [May out at second]; Helms
singled to left; Woodward singled to left [Helms to third];
DUFFY BATTED FOR CLONINGER; Duffy grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 7TH: CARROLL REPLACED DUFFY (PITCHING); Parker grounded
out (second to first); Lefebvre was called out on strikes;
Sudakis grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Dodgers 5.

REDS 8TH: Rose grounded out (third to first); Concepcion walked;
Bench homered [Concepcion scored]; Perez flied out to right; May
struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 8TH: Grabarkewitz struck out; Osteen grounded out
(second to first); Wills singled to third; Wills was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Dodgers 5.

REDS 9TH: McRae struck out; Helms grounded out (pitcher to
first); Woodward flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Dodgers 5.