Although the Cardinals jumped off to a 5-2 lead, Bob Gibson was unable to maintain his advantage and lost to the Dodgers, 6-5. The Dodgers tied the score with the aid of two unearned runs and then beat Gibson in the eighth inning when Duke Sims doubled and Bobby Valentine singled to drive in pinch-runner Von Joshua. [The Sporting News]
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Game Played on Wednesday, May 19, 1971 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Dodgers      1  0  0    1  0  1    2  1  0  -   6 10  2
Cardinals    0  2  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   5  9  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills ss              5   0   0   1     0   0   .306      Brock lf              5   1   1   0     0   0   .356
Buckner rf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Alou cf               5   0   2   0     0   0   .326
Davis cf              5   2   2   1     0   0   .387      Simmons c             4   1   0   0     1   1   .331
Allen lf              3   1   2   1     1   1   .244      Torre 3b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .333
Parker 1b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .257      Cardenal rf           2   1   1   1     2   0   .210
Sims c                4   0   3   2     0   1   .303      Javier 2b             4   0   3   2     0   0   .308
  Joshua pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Beauchamp 1b          4   1   1   1     0   0   .260
  Haller c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Maxvill ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .131
Russell 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .227        Burda ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .412
  Lefebvre ph,2b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Schofield ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .219
Valentine 3b          4   1   2   1     0   0   .208      Gibson p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .240
Downing p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .222        Lee ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .211
  Crawford ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .385        Shaw p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mikkelsen p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               37   6  10   6     2   7             Totals               35   5   9   4     4   3

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 13,869
Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Cardinals 7
DP: Dodgers 2, Cardinals 0
Errors: Valentine, Downing, Javier, Beauchamp
Doubles: Sims (5), Beauchamp (2)
Stolen Bases: Davis (3), Allen (4), Brock (15), Alou (3)
GIDP: Maxvill (1), Brock (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing                 6     7   5   4   4   1   0  28   2.48
Mikkelsen W(4-2)        3     2   0   0   0   2   0  11   3.86
Totals                  9     9   5   4   4   3   0  39

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson L(4-4)           8    10   6   4   2   7   0  36   3.13
Shaw                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9    10   6   4   2   7   0  39

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Augie Donatelli


DODGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner
popped to shortstop; Davis singled to right; Davis stole second;
Allen singled to right [Davis scored]; Allen stole second;
Parker was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Alou
singled to first; Simmons struck out; Torre forced Alou
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Sims was called out on strikes; Russell flied out
to right; Valentine flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Cardenal walked; Javier popped to shortstop;
Beauchamp doubled to left [Cardenal scored]; Beauchamp was
picked off second but was safe on an error by Downing [Beauchamp
scored (unearned)]; Maxvill flied out to right; Gibson flied out
to center; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Downing struck out; Wills grounded out (second to
first); Buckner popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock flied out to left; Alou flied out to left;
Simmons flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Davis flied out to center; Allen walked; Parker
walked [Allen to second]; Sims singled to right [Allen scored,
Parker out at third (right to catcher to third)]; Russell
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre grounded out (third to first); Cardenal
singled to left; Javier singled to third [Cardenal to second];
Beauchamp reached on an error by Valentine [Javier to second,
Cardenal to third]; Maxvill grounded into a double play (pitcher
to catcher to first) [Cardenal out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Valentine popped to first in foul territory;
Downing flied out to center; Wills grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Gibson flied out to left; Brock singled to
center; Brock stole second; Alou popped to second; Simmons
walked; Torre walked [Brock to third, Simmons to second];
Cardenal walked [Brock scored, Simmons to third, Torre to
second]; Javier singled to left [Simmons scored, Torre scored,
Cardenal to third, Javier to second (on throw)]; Beauchamp flied
out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 5.

DODGERS 6TH: Buckner struck out; Davis reached on an error by
Beauchamp; Allen singled to right [Davis to third]; Parker
struck out; Sims singled to center [Davis scored (unearned),
Allen out at second (center to second)]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Maxvill grounded out (pitcher to first); Gibson
singled to right; Brock grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Gibson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 5.

DODGERS 7TH: Russell flied out to left; Valentine singled to
left; CRAWFORD BATTED FOR DOWNING; Crawford singled to center
[Valentine to third]; Wills reached on an error by Javier
[Crawford to second, Valentine scored]; Buckner flied out to
right; Davis singled to center [Wills to third, Crawford scored
(unearned)]; Allen struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: MIKKELSEN REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Alou
singled to right; Alou stole second; Simmons flied out to right;
Torre flied out to center; Cardenal flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Cardinals 5.

DODGERS 8TH: Parker flied out to center; Sims doubled to right;
JOSHUA RAN FOR SIMS; LEFEBVRE BATTED FOR RUSSELL; Lefebvre
popped to third in foul territory; Valentine singled to right
[Joshua scored]; Mikkelsen struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 6, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: HALLER REPLACED JOSHUA (PLAYING C ); LEFEBVRE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Javier singled to left; On a bunt
Beauchamp made an out to catcher; BURDA BATTED FOR MAXVILL;
Burda was called out on strikes; LEE BATTED FOR GIBSON; Lee
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Cardinals 5.

DODGERS 9TH: SCHOFIELD REPLACED BURDA (PLAYING SS); SHAW
REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); On a bunt Wills grounded out (pitcher
to first); Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Cardinals
5.

CARDINALS 9TH: Brock flied out to left; Alou grounded out (first
unassisted); Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Cardinals 5.
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