Willie Stargell hit his 13th homer of the season in the sixth inning to provide what proved to be the Pirates' deciding run in a 3-2 victory over the Dodgers. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Friday, May       7, 1971 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Pirates      0  0  0    1  1  1    0  0  0  -   3  7  1
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   2  7  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alley ss              4   0   1   0     0   1   .262      Wills ss              2   1   1   0     2   0   .288
Oliver cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .235      Buckner rf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .273
Clemente rf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .253      Davis cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .345
Stargell lf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .347      Parker 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .256
Robertson 1b          3   1   0   0     1   2   .198      Allen lf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .216
Sanguillen c          4   0   2   0     0   0   .287      Lefebvre 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .303
Pagan 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .095      Sims c                3   1   0   0     0   0   .245
Mazeroski 2b          3   0   1   1     1   0   .227      Grabarkewitz 3b       4   0   2   0     0   1   .265
Johnson p             3   0   0   0     0   3   .077      Sutton p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Veale p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Haller ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  Grant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sudakis ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               33   3   7   2     2  11             Totals               33   2   7   2     2   3

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 44,275
Left on Base: Pirates 5, Dodgers 7
DP: Pirates 1, Dodgers 0
Errors: Oliver, Sims
Doubles: Sanguillen (8), Grabarkewitz (4)
Home Runs: Stargell (13)
Stolen Bases: Allen (1)
GIDP: Buckner (2)
Hit by Pitch: Sims (1,by Johnson)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson W(2-1)          6.2   7   2   2   2   2   0  29   2.09
Veale                   0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1  16.20
Grant SV(3)             2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   1.29
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   3   0  36

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton L(0-4)           7     7   3   3   2  10   1  29   4.60
Brewer                  2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.70
Totals                  9     7   3   3   2  11   1  35

Hit by Pitch: Johnson (3)

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


PIRATES 1ST: Alley struck out; Oliver struck out; Clemente
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (first to pitcher); Buckner
grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Davis grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Dodgers 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell made an out to second; Robertson struck
out; Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Parker grounded out (shortstop to first); Allen
singled to center; Allen stole second; Lefebvre flied out to
left; Sims grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 0, Dodgers 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Pagan flied out to center; Mazeroski made an out to
first; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Grabarkewitz doubled to left; Sutton made an out to
pitcher; Wills walked; Buckner grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Wills out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Dodgers 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Alley flied out to right; Oliver singled to center;
Clemente singled to center [Oliver scored (no RBI), Clemente out
at second (center to shortstop to first to second)]; Stargell
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Davis flied out to left; Parker struck out; Allen
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 1, Dodgers 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Robertson walked; Sanguillen singled to left
[Robertson to second]; Pagan struck out; Mazeroski singled to
left [Robertson scored, Sanguillen to third (error by Sims),
Mazeroski to second]; Johnson struck out; Alley reached on a
fielder's choice [Sanguillen out at home (pitcher to catcher)];
1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Lefebvre flied out to right; Sims grounded out
(pitcher to first); Grabarkewitz singled to center [Grabarkewitz
to second (error by Oliver)]; Sutton grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Dodgers 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Oliver popped to third in foul territory; Clemente
was called out on strikes; Stargell homered; Robertson struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Wills walked; Buckner popped to third in foul
territory; Davis singled to center [Wills to second]; Parker
flied out to left; Allen singled to left [Davis to second, Wills
scored]; Lefebvre flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 3, Dodgers 1.

PIRATES 7TH: Sanguillen doubled to left; Pagan flied out to
center [Sanguillen to third]; Mazeroski walked; Johnson struck
out; Alley singled to third [Sanguillen stayed at third,
Mazeroski to second]; Oliver forced Mazeroski (third
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Sims was hit by a pitch; Grabarkewitz struck out;
HALLER BATTED FOR SUTTON; Haller popped to first in foul
territory; Wills singled to left [Sims to second]; Buckner
singled to center [Wills to third, Sims scored]; VEALE REPLACED
JOHNSON (PITCHING); Davis struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 3, Dodgers 2.

PIRATES 8TH: BREWER REPLACED HALLER (PITCHING); Clemente flied
out to center; Stargell grounded out (pitcher to first);
Robertson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3,
Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 8TH: GRANT REPLACED VEALE (PITCHING); Parker grounded
out (second to first); Allen flied out to right; Lefebvre made
an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Dodgers 2.

PIRATES 9TH: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); Pagan
struck out; Mazeroski flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 3, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 9TH: Sims grounded out (second to first); Grabarkewitz
grounded out (second to first); SUDAKIS BATTED FOR BREWER;
Sudakis made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
3, Dodgers 2.