The Cardinals bunched four singles and a sacrifice for two runs in the 10th inning to defeat the Dodgers. 3-1. Luis Melendez led off with a pinch-single and, after a sacrifice and single by Matty Alou, Lou Brock singled to break the tie. Joe Torre followed with another single to add an insurance run. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Game Played on Wednesday, June      23, 1971 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    2  -   3  7  2
Dodgers      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   1  6  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cardenal rf           3   0   0   1     0   1   .230      Wills ss              4   0   0   1     1   0   .298
Alou cf               5   1   3   0     0   0   .319      Mota lf               5   0   1   0     0   1   .297
Brock lf              4   0   1   1     1   1   .337      Parker 1b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .290
Torre 3b              5   0   1   1     0   1   .368      Allen 3b              3   0   1   0     2   1   .253
Hague 1b              4   0   0   0     1   1   .218      Lefebvre 2b           4   0   0   0     1   1   .275
Javier 2b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .238        Mikkelsen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
McNertney c           3   0   0   0     1   2   .295      Valentine cf          3   0   0   0     2   0   .257
Maxvill ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .198      Ferguson c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .222
  Beauchamp ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .275        Buckner ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .238
  Schofield ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Crawford rf           2   1   0   0     3   0   .307
Reuss p               1   0   0   0     1   1   .125      Sutton p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .156
  Burda ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .357        Davis ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .358
  Drabowsky p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Melendez ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .226        Grabarkewitz 2b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sims ph             0   0   0   0     0   0   .274
  Shaw p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Darwin ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               36   3   7   3     4   8             Totals               35   1   6   1     9   4

Time of Game: 3:03   Attendance: 19,910
Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Dodgers 14
DP: Cardinals 3, Dodgers 0
Errors: Hague 2, Wills
Doubles: Beauchamp (6)
Stolen Bases: Brock (21), Alou (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Cardenal (2), Sutton (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Cardenal (6)
GIDP: Lefebvre (7), Wills (5), Ferguson (1)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss                   7     5   1   0   5   3   0  32   4.55
Drabowsky W(5-0)        2     1   0   0   3   1   0   9   3.31
Taylor                  0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.05
Shaw SV(2)              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.37
Totals                 10     6   1   0   9   4   0  45

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton                  9     3   1   1   4   7   0  35   3.19
Brewer L(3-2)           0.1   4   2   2   0   0   0   5   2.10
Mikkelsen               0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.62
Totals                 10     7   3   3   4   8   0  42

Passed Balls: Ferguson (1)

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


CARDINALS 1ST: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou
flied to left in foul territory; Brock struck out but advanced
to first on a passed ball; Torre grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Mota
singled to shortstop; Parker forced Mota (third to second);
Allen reached on an error by Hague [Parker to third, Allen to
second]; Lefebvre walked; Valentine flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hague grounded out (first to pitcher); Javier
popped to second; McNertney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Ferguson was called out on strikes; Crawford
walked; Sutton reached on an error by Hague [Crawford to third,
Sutton to second]; Wills reached on a fielder's choice [Crawford
scored (unearned)]; Mota forced Wills (second to shortstop)
[Sutton to third]; Parker grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0
ER), 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Maxvill reached on an error by Wills; Reuss
struck out; Cardenal struck out; Alou singled to shortstop
[Maxvill to second]; Brock lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Allen singled to left; Lefebvre grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Allen out at second];
Valentine walked; Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre struck out; Hague flied out to right;
Javier flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Crawford flied out to center; Sutton singled to
center; Wills grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Sutton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: McNertney struck out; Maxvill was called out on
strikes; Reuss walked; Cardenal forced Reuss (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Mota was called out on strikes; Parker singled to
right; Allen struck out; Lefebvre grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Alou flied to left in foul territory; Brock
grounded out (pitcher to first); Torre flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first);
Ferguson singled to center; Crawford walked [Ferguson to
second]; Sutton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Crawford to second, Ferguson to third]; Wills popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Hague grounded out (first unassisted); Javier
popped to second; McNertney flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Mota grounded out (third to first); Parker flied
out to right; Allen walked; Lefebvre forced Allen (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Beauchamp doubled
to left; BURDA BATTED FOR REUSS; Burda grounded out (third to
first) [Beauchamp to third]; Cardenal hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Beauchamp scored]; Alou singled [Alou out at second
(center to shortstop to first to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 8TH: SCHOFIELD REPLACED BEAUCHAMP (PLAYING SS);
DRABOWSKY REPLACED BURDA (PITCHING); Valentine walked; On a bunt
Ferguson grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
second) [Valentine out at second]; Crawford flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Brock walked; Brock stole second; Torre flied out
to right; Hague was walked intentionally; Javier flied out to
right; McNertney walked [Brock to third, Hague to second];
Schofield grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Cardinals 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 9TH: DAVIS BATTED FOR SUTTON; Davis grounded out (second
to first); Wills walked; Mota flied out to right; Parker singled
to right [Wills to third, Parker to second (on throw)]; Allen
was walked intentionally; Lefebvre struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 1.

CARDINALS 10TH: BREWER REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); MELENDEZ
BATTED FOR DRABOWSKY; Melendez singled to left; Cardenal out on
a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Melendez to second]; Alou
singled to right [Melendez to third]; Brock singled to left
[Alou to second, Melendez scored]; Alou stole third; Torre
singled to right [Brock to third, Alou scored]; MIKKELSEN
REPLACED LEFEBVRE (PITCHING); GRABARKEWITZ REPLACED BREWER
(PLAYING 2B); Hague struck out; Javier grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 10TH: TAYLOR REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Valentine
flied out to right; BUCKNER BATTED FOR FERGUSON; Buckner
grounded out (third to first); Crawford walked; SIMS BATTED FOR
GRABARKEWITZ; SHAW REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); DARWIN BATTED FOR
SIMS; Darwin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Dodgers 1.