The leading candidate for comeback of the year honors, Steve Carlton boosted his record to 7-2 by pitching the Cardinals to a 5-0 victory over the Dodgers. Last season at this time, the southpaw had won only two games while losing five. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Game Played on Thursday, May       20, 1971 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
Cardinals    2  0  0    1  0  0    1  1  x  -   5  7  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Russell 2b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .218      Brock lf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .353
Mota rf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .304      Alou cf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .324
Davis cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .383        Maxvill ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .131
Allen lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .244      Simmons c             3   1   0   0     1   1   .323
Parker 1b             4   0   3   0     0   0   .270      Torre 3b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .331
Garvey 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .238      Cardenal rf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .218
Sudakis c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .176      Hague 1b              4   1   2   2     0   0   .245
Valentine ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .179      Javier 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .294
Singer p              1   0   0   0     1   1   .053      Sizemore ss           1   0   0   1     1   0   .232
                                                            Melendez pr,cf      0   1   0   0     0   0   .267
                                                          Carlton p             1   0   0   0     1   1   .174

Totals               31   0   5   0     3   5             Totals               28   5   7   5     4   5

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance: 11,875
Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Cardinals 5
DP: Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0
Doubles: Parker (6), Alou (8), Brock (10)
Home Runs: Hague (5)
Caught Stealing: Sudakis (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Carlton (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Sizemore (2)
Hit by Pitch: Singer (1,by Carlton)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Singer L(2-8)           8     7   5   5   4   5   1  34   4.68
Totals                  8     7   5   5   4   5   1  34

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton W(7-2)          9     5   0   0   3   5   0  35   2.60
Totals                  9     5   0   0   3   5   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Carlton (3)
Wild Pitches: Carlton (6)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Russell lined to left; Mota grounded out (shortstop
to first); Davis singled to center; Carlton threw a wild pitch
[Davis to second]; Allen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou
doubled to left; Simmons walked; Torre popped to first in foul
territory; Cardenal singled to left [Simmons to second, Alou
scored]; Hague singled to right [Simmons scored, Cardenal out at
third (right to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Parker flied out to center; Garvey grounded out
(third to first); Sudakis walked; Sudakis was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 2ND: Javier grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sizemore flied out to center; Carlton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Valentine popped to first in foul territory; Singer
was hit by a pitch; Russell flied out to right; Mota flied to
right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock struck out; Alou lined to left; Simmons
grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Davis flied out to center; Allen flied out to
center; Parker doubled to right; Garvey grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre singled to center; Cardenal singled to left
[Torre to second]; Hague flied out to center; Javier walked
[Torre to third, Cardenal to second]; Sizemore hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Torre scored]; Carlton walked [Cardenal to third,
Javier to second]; Brock lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Sudakis flied out to center; Valentine grounded out
(shortstop to first); Singer walked; Russell struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Alou grounded out (second to first); Simmons
grounded out (first to pitcher); Torre struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Mota lined to left; Davis flied out to center;
Allen singled to left; Parker singled to center [Allen to
second]; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Hague
grounded out (second to first); Javier was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Sudakis flied out to center; Valentine flied out to
right; Singer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Sizemore walked; Carlton out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Sizemore to second]; MELENDEZ RAN FOR
SIZEMORE; Brock doubled to left [Melendez scored]; Alou flied
out to right; Simmons was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 4.

DODGERS 8TH: MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MAXVILL
REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING SS); Russell struck out; Mota walked;
Davis flied out to left; Allen forced Mota (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: Torre grounded out (third to first); Cardenal
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hague homered; Javier popped
to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 5.

DODGERS 9TH: Parker singled to shortstop; Garvey lined to
shortstop; Sudakis flied out to left; Valentine flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 5.