Joe Hague homered with two men on base in the second inning and Jose Cardenal connected for the circuit with one aboard in the seventh as the Cardinals defeated the Braves, 8-3. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 8, Atlanta Braves 3
Game Played on Sunday, May       30, 1971 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Braves       0  0  1    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   3  8  1
Cardinals    0  3  1    0  2  0    2  0  x  -   8 12  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Millan 2b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .318      Brock lf              5   1   2   0     0   1   .379
Garr lf               4   0   0   0     0   3   .353      Alou cf               5   2   2   1     0   0   .330
H. Aaron rf           4   0   0   1     0   1   .276      Simmons c             4   1   0   0     1   0   .309
Cepeda 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .302      Torre 3b              3   1   2   1     1   0   .357
Williams 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Cardenal rf           3   2   2   3     0   0   .253
Jackson cf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .281      Hague 1b              3   1   1   3     1   1   .254
Didier c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .211      Javier 2b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .321
Perez ss              3   0   2   0     1   0   .212      Schofield ss          1   0   0   0     2   0   .211
Niekro p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .111        Maxvill ss          0   0   0   0     1   0   .136
  Jarvis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .059      Carlton p             4   0   1   0     0   0   .172
  Garrido ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .172
  Herbel p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Evans ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .217

Totals               34   3   8   3     2   6             Totals               32   8  12   8     6   3

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 24,380
Left on Base: Braves 7, Cardinals 7
DP: Braves 3, Cardinals 0
Errors: Perez
Doubles: Millan (8), Didier (2), Alou (14)
Triples: Perez (3), Brock (2)
Home Runs: Hague (7), Cardenal (6)
Stolen Bases: Alou (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Millan (4), Cardenal (3)
GIDP: Carlton (1), Brock (3)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(3-5)           5     8   6   6   3   2   1  25   3.35
Jarvis                  1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   5.40
Herbel                  0.2   2   2   2   2   1   1   6   5.82
Barber                  1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.08
Totals                  8    12   8   8   6   3   2  39

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton W(9-2)          9     8   3   2   2   6   0  37   2.47
Totals                  9     8   3   2   2   6   0  37

Passed Balls: Simmons (8)
Wild Pitches: Carlton (7)

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


BRAVES 1ST: Millan singled to left; Carlton threw a wild pitch
[Millan to second]; Garr struck out; H. Aaron struck out; Cepeda
walked; Williams forced Millan (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out (catcher to first); Alou
grounded out (pitcher to first); Simmons grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Jackson singled to left; Didier flied out to left;
Perez flied out to right; Niekro struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre singled to left; Cardenal singled to center
[Torre to second]; Hague homered [Torre scored, Cardenal
scored]; Javier popped to catcher in foul territory; Schofield
walked; Carlton grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Schofield out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 3.

BRAVES 3RD: Millan doubled to left; Simmons allowed a passed
ball [Millan to third]; Garr struck out; H. Aaron grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Millan scored (unearned)]; Cepeda flied
out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals
3.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Alou
doubled to right; Simmons reached on an error by Perez [Alou to
third]; Torre singled to left [Simmons to second, Alou scored];
Cardenal flied out to center; Hague grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 4.

BRAVES 4TH: Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Didier grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals
4.

CARDINALS 4TH: Javier struck out; Schofield grounded out (first
to pitcher); Carlton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 4.

BRAVES 5TH: Perez singled to left; Niekro popped to shortstop;
Millan flied out to center; Garr grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock tripled to left; Alou singled to center
[Brock scored]; Simmons grounded out (second to first) [Alou to
second]; Alou stole third; Torre walked; Cardenal hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Torre to second, Alou scored]; Hague was
walked intentionally; Javier singled to left [Hague to second,
Torre out at home (left to catcher)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 1, Cardinals 6.

BRAVES 6TH: H. Aaron grounded out (third to first); Cepeda flied
out to right; Williams grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 6TH: JARVIS REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Schofield
walked; On a bunt Carlton singled [Schofield to second]; Brock
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Schofield to third, Carlton out at second]; Alou grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 6.

BRAVES 7TH: MAXVILL REPLACED SCHOFIELD (PLAYING SS); Jackson
singled to center; Didier doubled to right [Jackson to third];
Perez walked; GARRIDO BATTED FOR JARVIS; Garrido singled to left
[Perez to second, Didier to third, Jackson scored]; Millan hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Perez to third, Didier scored]; Garr
struck out; H. Aaron forced Garrido (shortstop to second); 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 3, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 7TH: HERBEL REPLACED GARRIDO (PITCHING); Simmons
walked; Torre popped to second; Cardenal homered [Simmons
scored]; Hague struck out; Javier singled to center; Maxvill
walked [Javier to second]; BARBER REPLACED HERBEL (PITCHING);
Carlton popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 3,
Cardinals 8.

BRAVES 8TH: Cepeda grounded out (second to first); Williams
struck out; Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3, Cardinals 8.

CARDINALS 8TH: Brock singled to left; Alou forced Brock (second
to shortstop); Simmons hit into a double play (first to
shortstop) [Alou out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
3, Cardinals 8.

BRAVES 9TH: Didier flied out to center; Perez tripled to right;
EVANS BATTED FOR BARBER; Evans flied out to right; Millan
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
3, Cardinals 8.