Pete Rose and Lee May homered in the first two innings and May also drove in two runs with a single in the fifth to enable the Reds to defeat the Phillies, 4-3. May's decisive hit, breaking a 2-2 tie, followed a single by Johnny Bench and double by Tony Perez. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3
Game Played on Tuesday, May       18, 1971 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Phillies     0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  9  0
Reds         1  1  0    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   4  8  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bowa ss               5   1   0   0     0   0   .224      Rose rf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .269
Taylor 3b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .232      Concepcion ss         3   0   1   0     1   0   .247
Montanez cf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .319      Bench c               4   1   1   0     0   2   .268
Johnson 1b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .208      Perez 3b,1b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .239
Lis lf                2   1   1   0     1   1   .250      May 1b                4   1   2   3     0   0   .325
  Champion p          0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000        Cline cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .205
  McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Carbo lf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .212
  Fryman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Woodward 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .310
Freed rf              3   0   1   1     1   1   .252      Helms 2b              3   0   2   0     0   0   .269
Harmon 2b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .273      Bradford cf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .141
Ryan c                4   0   0   0     0   0   .130        Gibbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lersch p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .133      Gullett p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Browne lf           1   0   0   0     1   1   .118        Wilcox p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stewart cf,lf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .182

Totals               33   3   9   3     5   3             Totals               31   4   8   4     1   5

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance:  7,399
Left on Base: Phillies 8, Reds 5
DP: Phillies 0, Reds 1
Doubles: Lis (4), Montanez (8), Perez (4)
Home Runs: Rose (4), May (7)
Stolen Bases: Concepcion (4)
Caught Stealing: Bowa (3)
GIDP: Montanez (5)
Hit by Pitch: Carbo (2,by Lersch)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lersch L(3-3)           5     8   4   4   0   3   2  23   4.10
Champion                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.82
Fryman                  2     0   0   0   1   2   0   7   2.54
Totals                  8     8   4   4   1   5   2  33

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett W(4-2)          6     7   3   3   5   1   0  27   4.98
Wilcox                  0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.64
Gibbon SV(3)            2.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.93
Totals                  9     9   3   3   5   3   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Lersch (1)
Wild Pitches: Lersch (3)

Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Mel Steiner, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Tony Venzon


PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa flied out to center; Taylor walked; Montanez
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Taylor out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds
0.

REDS 1ST: Rose homered; Concepcion flied out to right; Bench
struck out; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Reds 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnson singled to center; Lis doubled to left
[Johnson to third]; Freed singled to left [Lis to third, Johnson
scored]; Harmon singled to right [Freed to second, Lis scored];
Ryan popped to shortstop; On a bunt Lersch forced Freed (pitcher
to third) [Harmon to second]; Bowa flied out to center; 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: May homered; Carbo struck out; Helms singled to left;
Bradford lined to left; Gullett grounded out (first unassisted);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: Taylor flied out to right; Montanez flied out to
left; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Reds 2.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (second to first); Concepcion
singled to center; Concepcion stole second [Concepcion to third
on a wild pitch]; Bench reached on a fielder's choice
[Concepcion out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Perez grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Reds 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Lis walked; Freed flied out to left; Harmon popped
to third; Ryan forced Lis (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 2.

REDS 4TH: May flied out to left; Carbo was hit by a pitch; Helms
singled to right [Carbo to second]; Bradford struck out; Gullett
forced Helms (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 2, Reds 2.

PHILLIES 5TH: Lersch singled to second; Bowa forced Lersch
(third to second); Bowa was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop to first to third); Taylor singled to right; Montanez
doubled to right [Taylor out at home (right to second to
catcher)]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Rose grounded out (second to first); Concepcion
grounded out (second to first); Bench singled to shortstop;
Perez doubled to left [Bench to third]; May singled to left
[Bench scored, Perez scored, May out at second (left to third)];
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Lis struck
out; Freed walked; Harmon walked [Freed to second]; Ryan flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 4.

REDS 6TH: CHAMPION REPLACED LIS (PITCHING); BROWNE REPLACED
LERSCH (PLAYING LF); Carbo flied out to left; Helms flied out to
left; Bradford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 2, Reds 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Browne walked; WILCOX REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING);
Bowa forced Browne (second to shortstop); Taylor popped to first
in foul territory; Montanez singled to left [Bowa to second];
Johnson singled to center [Montanez to third, Bowa scored];
MCCARVER BATTED FOR CHAMPION; GIBBON REPLACED BRADFORD
(PITCHING); STEWART REPLACED WILCOX (PLAYING CF); McCarver
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies
3, Reds 4.

REDS 7TH: FRYMAN REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Stewart flied out
to center; Rose flied out to right; Concepcion walked; Bench
struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
3, Reds 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: Freed was called out on strikes; Harmon grounded
out (third to first); Ryan popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Reds 4.

REDS 8TH: Perez grounded out (second to first); May flied out to
center; Carbo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Reds 4.

PHILLIES 9TH: CLINE REPLACED MAY (PLAYING CF); WOODWARD REPLACED
CARBO (PLAYING 3B); STEWART CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
PEREZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Browne struck out; Bowa
flied out to right; Taylor grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Reds 4.