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Sunday May 23, 1971
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Celebrating his 23rd birthday, Reggie Cleveland pitched the Cardinals to a 6-1 victory over the Padres. Cleveland also marked the occasion with a run-scoring double for his first hit of the season in 23 times at bat. [The Sporting News]


St. Louis Cardinals 6, San Diego Padres 1

Game Played on Sunday, May 23, 1971 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  7  1
Cardinals    1  0  2    0  0  2    0  1  x  -   6  9  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hernandez ss          5   0   1   0     0   1   .263      Brock lf              4   1   1   1     0   1   .360
Mason 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .247      Alou cf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .329
Stahl 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .237        Melendez cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Gaston cf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .277      Hague 1b              2   1   0   0     2   0   .236
Brown rf              4   0   2   1     0   2   .272      Torre 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .338
Campbell 3b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .223      Cardenal rf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .239
Bravo lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .185      Javier 2b             3   1   2   2     0   0   .325
  Kelley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Maxvill ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .129
  Colbert ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .310      McNertney c           2   0   0   0     1   0   .316
  Severinsen p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sizemore ss,2b        3   2   2   1     1   0   .240
Barton c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .314      Cleveland p           4   0   2   1     0   1   .087
Arlin p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Spiezio lf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .189

Totals               34   1   7   1     2   9             Totals               32   6   9   6     4   3

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance:  9,475
Left on Base: Padres 9, Cardinals 8
DP: Padres 0, Cardinals 0
Errors: Bravo
Doubles: Hernandez (3), Alou (11), Cleveland (1)
Triples: Sizemore (1), Javier (1)
Stolen Bases: Brock (17)
Sacrifice Hits: Arlin (1), McNertney (1)
Hit by Pitch: Brock (1,by Arlin)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Arlin L(1-6)            5.1   7   5   4   3   2   0  27   5.15
Kelley                  1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   6.23
Severinsen              1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   1.88
Totals                  8     9   6   5   4   3   0  38

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland W(4-2)        9     7   1   1   2   9   0  37   3.39
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   9   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Arlin (3)
Wild Pitches: Severinsen (5)
Balks: Cleveland (1)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Al Barlick


PADRES 1ST: Hernandez doubled to right; Mason grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Hernandez to third]; Stahl grounded out
(pitcher to first); Gaston walked; Brown was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock was hit by a pitch; Brock stole second;
Alou doubled to right [Brock scored]; Hague walked; Torre flied
out to left; Cardenal struck out; Javier popped to first; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 2ND: Campbell popped to first in foul territory; Bravo
lined to left; Barton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: McNertney popped to second; Sizemore tripled to
left; Cleveland reached on a fielder's choice [Sizemore out at
home (pitcher to third)]; Brock grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 3RD: Arlin struck out; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop
to first); Mason grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Alou grounded out (second to first); Hague
walked; Torre flied out to right; Cardenal singled to left
[Hague to second]; Javier tripled to right [Cardenal scored,
Hague scored]; McNertney walked; Sizemore flied out to right; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 3.

PADRES 4TH: Stahl struck out; Gaston flied out to center; Brown
singled to left; Cleveland balked [Brown to second]; Campbell
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Cleveland struck out; Brock grounded out (first
unassisted); Alou lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Cardinals 3.

PADRES 5TH: Bravo grounded out (second to first); Barton walked;
Arlin reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Barton
to second]; Hernandez was called out on strikes; Mason singled
to shortstop [Arlin to second, Barton to third]; Stahl grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 0,
Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Hague grounded out (shortstop to first); Torre
flied to left in foul territory; Cardenal grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals
3.

PADRES 6TH: Gaston lined to center; Brown struck out; Campbell
singled to center; Bravo popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Javier singled to center; McNertney out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Javier to second]; Sizemore
singled to left [Javier scored, Sizemore to second (error by
Bravo)]; Cleveland doubled to left [Sizemore scored (unearned)];
KELLEY REPLACED BRAVO (PITCHING); SPIEZIO REPLACED ARLIN
(PLAYING LF); Brock was called out on strikes; Alou grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Cardinals 5.

PADRES 7TH: MAXVILL REPLACED JAVIER (PLAYING SS); SIZEMORE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Barton flied out to right;
Spiezio was called out on strikes; Hernandez grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals
5.

CARDINALS 7TH: Hague popped to catcher in foul territory; Torre
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 5.

PADRES 8TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING CF); Mason singled
to right; Stahl flied out to center; Gaston singled to left
[Mason to third]; Brown singled to center [Gaston to second,
Mason scored]; Campbell was called out on strikes; COLBERT
BATTED FOR KELLEY; Colbert forced Gaston (third unassisted); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: SEVERINSEN REPLACED COLBERT (PITCHING); Maxvill
flied out to right; McNertney flied out to right; Sizemore
walked; Cleveland singled to right [Sizemore to second];
Severinsen threw a wild pitch [Cleveland to second, Sizemore to
third]; Brock singled to second [Cleveland to third, Sizemore
scored]; Melendez flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 1, Cardinals 6.

PADRES 9TH: Barton flied out to left; Spiezio grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hernandez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 6.



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