Although offered the day off, Lee May took his place in the Reds' lineup and smashed a three-run homer in the third inning to beat the Cardinals, 4-2. May had been suffering from shoulder and knee miseries. His homer followed a single by Don Gullett and safe bunt by Pete Rose for one of his four hits in four trips. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Game Played on Sunday, June      6, 1971 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  4  0
Reds         0  0  3    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   4 10  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .365      Rose rf               4   1   4   0     0   0   .299
Alou cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .315      Helms 2b              4   1   0   0     0   1   .270
Beauchamp 1b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .233      May 1b                4   1   1   3     0   0   .313
Torre 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .356        Woodward 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Cardenal rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .249      Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .220
Javier 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Perez 3b,1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .223
McNertney c           2   2   1   1     1   0   .364      Foster cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .283
Sizemore ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .257      Carbo lf              2   0   1   0     1   0   .219
Cleveland p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .071        Stewart lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .219
  Melendez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Concepcion ss         3   0   0   1     0   0   .222
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Gullett p             3   0   1   0     0   0   .045
  Simmons ph          0   0   0   1     0   0   .290        Gibbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Drabowsky p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   4   2     1   6             Totals               32   4  10   4     1   3

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 20,189
Left on Base: Cardinals 3, Reds 5
DP: Cardinals 2, Reds 1
Errors: Perez
Doubles: Sizemore (3), Foster (7)
Triples: Foster (1)
Home Runs: McNertney (3), May (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Simmons (3)
GIDP: Cardenal (4), Helms (9), May (5)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland L(5-4)        5     7   4   4   1   3   1  21   3.54
Linzy                   2     2   0   0   0   0   0   8   1.78
Drabowsky               1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.86
Totals                  8    10   4   4   1   3   1  33

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett W(6-2)          7     4   2   2   1   3   1  26   3.43
Gibbon SV(5)            2     0   0   0   0   3   0   6   2.56
Totals                  9     4   2   2   1   6   1  32

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Ken Burkhart


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (first to pitcher); Alou flied
out to center; Beauchamp struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Helms grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Rose out at second]; May
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Reds 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre singled to left; Cardenal grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Torre out at
second]; Javier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench flied out to left; Perez flied out to center;
Foster doubled to left; Carbo was walked intentionally;
Concepcion flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Reds 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: McNertney homered; Sizemore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cleveland struck out; Brock grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Gullett singled to right; On a bunt Rose singled
[Gullett to second]; Helms forced Gullett (pitcher to third)
[Rose to second]; May homered [Rose scored, Helms scored]; Bench
struck out; Perez struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Reds 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Alou flied out to left; Beauchamp grounded out
(third to first); Torre was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Reds 3.

REDS 4TH: Foster tripled to left; Carbo grounded out (first
unassisted); Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Foster scored]; Gullett grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Reds 4.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cardenal lined to left; Javier grounded out
(shortstop to first); McNertney flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Reds 4.

REDS 5TH: Rose singled to right; Helms struck out; May grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rose out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Reds 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore lined to third; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR
CLEVELAND; Melendez grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock lined
to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Reds 4.

REDS 6TH: LINZY REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Bench grounded out
(second to first); Perez grounded out (second to first); Foster
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
1, Reds 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Alou grounded out (first unassisted); Beauchamp
lined to center; Torre reached on an error by Perez; Cardenal
singled to left [Torre to second]; Javier flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Reds 4.

REDS 7TH: Carbo singled to left; Concepcion forced Carbo (second
to shortstop); Gullett forced Concepcion (second to shortstop);
Rose singled to left [Gullett to second]; Helms forced Rose
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Reds
4.

CARDINALS 8TH: McNertney walked; Sizemore doubled to left
[McNertney to third]; SIMMONS BATTED FOR LINZY; GIBBON REPLACED
GULLETT (PITCHING); Simmons hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Sizemore to third, McNertney scored]; Brock popped to
shortstop; Alou struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Reds 4.

REDS 8TH: DRABOWSKY REPLACED SIMMONS (PITCHING); May grounded
out (shortstop to first); Bench flied out to right; Perez
singled to center; Foster forced Perez (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Reds 4.

CARDINALS 9TH: WOODWARD REPLACED MAY (PLAYING 3B); PEREZ CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); STEWART REPLACED CARBO (PLAYING LF);
Beauchamp struck out; Torre grounded out (third to first);
Cardenal struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Reds 4.