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Tuesday June 8, 1971
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The Cardinals again rallied for four runs to tie the score, as they did in the previous night's game, but this time they lost to the Braves in 10 innings, 8-7. Hank Aaron, Orlando Cepeda and Earl Williams smashed homers for the Braves to build up a 7-3 lead before the Cardinals pulled even in the eighth.

However, in the 10th, Williams led off with a double. A sacrifice bunt by Zoilo Versalles moved pinch-runner Sonny Jackson to third. After an intentional pass to Mike Lum, Darrell Evans hit a deep fly to left-center field and Jackson scored after the catch. [The Sporting News]


Atlanta Braves 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Game Played on Tuesday, June 8, 1971 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium

Cardinals    1  0  1    0  1  0    0  4  0    0  -   7 12  0
Braves       2  0  4    0  1  0    0  0  0    1  -   8 13  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   1   2   1     0   0   .358      Millan 2b             2   1   1   0     0   0   .307
Alou cf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .320        Staehle 2b          2   0   0   0     1   0   .048
Simmons c             5   2   2   2     0   0   .297      Garr lf               5   2   2   0     0   1   .360
Torre 3b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .358      H. Aaron rf           5   2   2   3     0   0   .313
Cardenal rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Cepeda 1b             5   1   2   3     0   0   .285
  Shaw p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Williams 3b           5   1   3   1     0   1   .238
  Drabowsky p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .266
  Maxvill ph,ss       0   0   0   0     1   0   .143      Versalles ss          4   0   1   0     0   2   .261
Hague 1b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Lum cf                4   0   1   0     1   1   .178
  Beauchamp ph,1b     2   0   1   0     0   0   .240      Didier c              3   0   1   0     1   2   .223
Javier 2b             2   1   1   0     0   0   .276        Evans ph            0   0   0   1     0   0   .222
  Schofield 2b        3   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Jarvis p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .048
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Wilhelm p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Arroyo p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Perez ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Sizemore ss,2b        3   1   2   1     1   0   .270        Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Carlton p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .176        Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burda ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lee ph,rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .185
  McNertney ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .371
  Melendez rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               41   7  12   4     2   5             Totals               38   8  13   8     3   7

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance:  8,518
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Braves 7
DP: Cardinals 0, Braves 0
Errors: Cepeda, Williams
Doubles: Brock (18), Torre (10), Lum (1), Williams (5)
Home Runs: Simmons (2), Sizemore (1), H. Aaron (18), Cepeda (14), Williams (6)
Caught Stealing: Cepeda (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Jarvis (1), Versalles (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Evans (1)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton                 4     8   6   6   0   2   2  20   2.79
Taylor                  3     4   1   1   1   3   1  13   4.60
Shaw                    1.1   0   0   0   1   2   0   5   1.56
Drabowsky               0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.55
Linzy L(1-1)            0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   2.10
Arroyo                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.76
Totals                  9.2  13   8   8   3   7   3  44

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jarvis                  7.2   8   6   4   0   3   2  30   4.89
Wilhelm                 0.1   1   1   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Barber                  1.1   3   0   0   1   1   0   8   4.57
Upshaw W(7-4)           0.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   3   4.24
Totals                 10    12   7   4   2   5   2  43

Passed Balls: Didier (5)
Wild Pitches: Barber (5)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Mel Steiner


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to left; Alou flied out to right;
Simmons homered; Torre flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Millan popped to third; Garr singled to pitcher; H.
Aaron homered [Garr scored]; Cepeda flied out to right; Williams
singled to left; Versalles popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 2.

CARDINALS 2ND: Cardenal popped to third in foul territory; Hague
struck out; Javier flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Braves 2.

BRAVES 2ND: Lum grounded out (second to first); Didier struck
out; Jarvis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Braves 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Sizemore homered; Carlton struck out; Brock flied
out to center; Alou grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 3RD: Millan singled to left; Garr singled to center
[Millan to second]; H. Aaron singled to left [Garr to second,
Millan scored]; Cepeda homered [Garr scored, H. Aaron scored];
Williams flied out to left; Versalles struck out; Lum grounded
out (second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Braves 6.

CARDINALS 4TH: STAEHLE REPLACED MILLAN (PLAYING 2B); Simmons
lined to first; Torre grounded out (second to first); Cardenal
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Braves 6.

BRAVES 4TH: Didier singled to center; Jarvis out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Didier to second]; Staehle grounded
out (shortstop to first); Garr flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Braves 6.

CARDINALS 5TH: Hague flied out to left; Javier singled to right;
Sizemore singled to right [Javier to second]; BURDA BATTED FOR
CARLTON; Burda struck out; Brock singled to left [Javier scored,
Sizemore to third, Brock out at second (left to second)]; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Braves 6.

BRAVES 5TH: TAYLOR REPLACED BURDA (PITCHING); H. Aaron grounded
out (pitcher to first); Cepeda singled to right; Cepeda was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Williams homered; Versalles singled to second; Lum
doubled to right [Versalles to third]; Didier was walked
intentionally; Jarvis forced Didier (shortstop to second); 1 R,
4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Braves 7.

CARDINALS 6TH: Alou popped to first in foul territory; Simmons
flied out to left; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Braves 7.

BRAVES 6TH: SCHOFIELD REPLACED JAVIER (PLAYING 2B); Staehle
grounded out (second to first); Garr was called out on strikes;
H. Aaron grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Braves 7.

CARDINALS 7TH: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Hague
popped to first in foul territory; Schofield popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Braves 7.

BRAVES 7TH: Cepeda grounded out (second to pitcher); Williams
struck out; Versalles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Braves 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: Sizemore grounded out (pitcher to first); LEE
BATTED FOR TAYLOR; Lee popped to third; Brock doubled to left;
On a bunt Alou singled [Brock to third]; Simmons singled to
center [Brock scored, Alou scored (error by Williams)
(unearned), Simmons scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; WILHELM
REPLACED JARVIS (PITCHING); Torre singled to left; Torre was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Cepeda [Torre
scored (unearned)]; Cardenal popped to second; 4 R (1 ER), 4 H,
2 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Braves 7.

BRAVES 8TH: LEE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SHAW REPLACED
CARDENAL (PITCHING); Lum struck out; Didier struck out; PEREZ
BATTED FOR WILHELM; Perez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 7, Braves 7.

CARDINALS 9TH: BARBER REPLACED PEREZ (PITCHING); BEAUCHAMP
BATTED FOR HAGUE; Beauchamp singled to left; Didier allowed a
passed ball [Beauchamp to second]; Barber threw a wild pitch
[Beauchamp to third]; Schofield grounded out (third to first);
Sizemore was walked intentionally; MCNERTNEY BATTED FOR LEE;
McNertney was called out on strikes; Brock grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Braves 7.

BRAVES 9TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED MCNERTNEY (PLAYING RF); BEAUCHAMP
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Staehle walked; Garr lined to
right; DRABOWSKY REPLACED SHAW (PITCHING); H. Aaron popped to
shortstop; Cepeda popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 7, Braves 7.

CARDINALS 10TH: On a bunt Alou singled; Simmons forced Alou
(shortstop to second); Torre doubled to left [Simmons to third];
MAXVILL BATTED FOR DRABOWSKY; UPSHAW REPLACED BARBER (PITCHING);
Maxvill was walked intentionally; Beauchamp popped to second;
Schofield struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Braves
7.

BRAVES 10TH: LINZY REPLACED SCHOFIELD (PITCHING); MAXVILL STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SIZEMORE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B);
Williams doubled to right; JACKSON RAN FOR WILLIAMS; Versalles
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Jackson to third];
Lum was walked intentionally; EVANS BATTED FOR DIDIER; ARROYO
REPLACED LINZY (PITCHING); Evans hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Jackson scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Braves 8.



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