Three homers enabled the Reds to come from behind to defeat the Cubs, 4-3. Jim Hickman hit a round-tripper for the Cubs, who had a 3-0 lead before the Reds rallied to tie the score in the sixth.

Back-to-back homers by Tommy Helms and Lee May produced the first two runs. After two out, George Foster singled, stole second and counted the tying tally on a single by Hal McRae. Tony Perez then won the game with a circuit clout in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, Chicago Cubs 3
Game Played on Friday, June      11, 1971 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  3    0  1  0  -   4  8  2
Cubs         2  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3 12  3


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose rf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Kessinger ss          5   1   1   0     0   0   .264
Helms 2b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .265      Beckert 2b            5   1   3   0     0   1   .358
May 1b                4   1   1   1     0   0   .304      Hickman rf            5   1   3   2     0   0   .241
Bench c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .226      Santo lf              4   0   2   0     1   1   .290
Perez 3b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .229      Pepitone 1b           4   0   1   0     1   1   .309
  Woodward 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Popovich 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Foster cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .283      Davis cf              3   0   1   0     1   2   .290
McRae lf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .269      D. Breeden c          2   0   0   0     0   2   .169
  Bradford lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .196        Torres ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   0   .208        Cannizzaro c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .198
Gullett p             2   0   1   0     0   0   .083        Ortiz pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .291
  Cline ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .228        Martin c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
  Granger p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hands p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .065
  Gibbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Banks ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .139
                                                            Tompkins p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4   8   4     0   1             Totals               38   3  12   2     3   9

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 17,871
Left on Base: Reds 6, Cubs 11
DP: Reds 1, Cubs 0
Errors: Foster, Concepcion, Kessinger, Pepitone, D. Breeden
Doubles: Bench (8), Beckert 2 (9), Popovich (3)
Home Runs: Helms (1), May (12), Perez (8), Hickman (8)
Stolen Bases: Foster (1)
GIDP: Banks (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett                 6     8   3   2   2   8   1  28   3.39
Granger W(2-4)          2.2   4   0   0   1   1   0  12   3.12
Gibbon SV(6)            0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.53
Totals                  9    12   3   2   3   9   1  41

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hands L(6-8)            8     8   4   4   0   1   3  34   3.95
Tompkins                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.76
Totals                  9     8   4   4   0   1   3  37

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


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms grounded
out (shortstop to first); May grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to right; Beckert flied out to
right; Hickman homered [Kessinger scored]; Santo was called out
on strikes; Pepitone struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Cubs 2.

REDS 2ND: Bench grounded out (third to first); Perez lined to
left; Foster singled to center; McRae grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cubs 2.

CUBS 2ND: Popovich flied out to center; Davis was called out on
strikes; D. Breeden struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Cubs 2.

REDS 3RD: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Gullett
reached on an error by Kessinger; Rose grounded out (second to
first) [Gullett to second]; Helms grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cubs 2.

CUBS 3RD: Hands grounded out (second to first); On a bunt
Kessinger made an out to first; Beckert doubled to center;
Hickman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Reds 0, Cubs 2.

REDS 4TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench doubled
to left; Perez struck out; Foster grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cubs 2.

CUBS 4TH: Santo singled to left; On a bunt Pepitone singled to
first [Santo to second]; Popovich forced Pepitone (shortstop to
second) [Santo to third]; Davis struck out; D. Breeden struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Cubs 2.

REDS 5TH: McRae popped to shortstop; Concepcion grounded out
(second to first); Gullett singled to right; Rose grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cubs 2.

CUBS 5TH: Hands struck out; Kessinger flied out to right;
Beckert doubled to left; Hickman singled to third [Beckert
scored (error by Concepcion) (unearned), Hickman to second];
Santo was walked intentionally; Pepitone grounded out (second to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Cubs 3.

REDS 6TH: Helms homered; May homered; Bench flied out to right;
Perez grounded out (third to first); Foster singled to left;
Foster stole second; McRae singled to left [Foster scored, McRae
to third (error by D. Breeden)]; Concepcion grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 3.

CUBS 6TH: Popovich doubled to left; Davis walked; TORRES BATTED
FOR D. BREEDEN; Torres was called out on strikes; On a bunt
Hands made an out to catcher [Popovich stayed at second, Davis
stayed at first]; Bill Hands called for interference when he
ran into his own bunt; Kessinger popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 3.

REDS 7TH: CANNIZZARO REPLACED TORRES (PLAYING C ); CLINE BATTED
FOR GULLETT; Cline lined to center; Rose flied out to center;
Helms reached on an error by Pepitone; May flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 3.

CUBS 7TH: GRANGER REPLACED CLINE (PITCHING); Beckert struck out
(catcher to first); Hickman singled to left; Santo grounded out
(third to first) [Hickman to second]; Pepitone was walked
intentionally; Popovich popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 3, Cubs 3.

REDS 8TH: Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
homered; Foster flied out to center; McRae grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Cubs 3.

CUBS 8TH: BRADFORD REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING LF); Davis singled to
right; On a bunt Cannizzaro forced Davis (pitcher to shortstop);
ORTIZ RAN FOR CANNIZZARO; BANKS BATTED FOR HANDS; Banks grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Ortiz out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Cubs 3.

REDS 9TH: MARTIN REPLACED ORTIZ (PLAYING C ); TOMPKINS REPLACED
BANKS (PITCHING); Concepcion grounded out (second to first);
Granger lined to shortstop; Rose grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Cubs 3.

CUBS 9TH: WOODWARD REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 3B); Kessinger flied
out to right; Beckert singled to left; Hickman forced Beckert
(shortstop to second); Santo singled to center [Hickman to third
(error by Foster), Santo to second]; GIBBON REPLACED GRANGER
(PITCHING); Pepitone grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Cubs 3.