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Tuesday July 20, 1971
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Chris Short pitched a three-hitter and John Vukovich drove in three runs with two singles and a sacrifice fly as the Phillies defeated the Cardinals, 5-1. Vukovich had batted in only three runs in 37 previous games this season. [The Sporting News]


Philadelphia Phillies 5, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Game Played on Tuesday, July 20, 1971 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Phillies     1  1  0    1  0  0    0  2  0  -   5  8  1
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  2


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harmon 2b             4   1   0   0     1   0   .224      Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .330
Bowa ss               5   0   1   0     0   0   .241      Alou 1b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .320
Montanez cf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .271      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .303
Johnson 1b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .268      Torre 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .354
Money lf              3   2   3   0     1   0   .221      Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Freed rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .223      Melendez rf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .207
Vukovich 3b           3   0   2   3     0   1   .154      Cruz cf               3   0   0   0     0   2   .203
Ryan c                4   0   0   0     0   2   .183      Maxvill ss            2   0   0   0     1   0   .228
Short p               4   0   0   0     0   2   .079      Reuss p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .105
                                                            Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Cardenal ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
                                                            Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   8   4     2   7             Totals               30   1   3   0     2   4

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 14,650
Left on Base: Phillies 6, Cardinals 4
DP: Phillies 0, Cardinals 1
Errors: Bowa, Melendez, Maxvill
Doubles: Money 2 (8), Montanez (18), Johnson (20)
Sacrifice Flies: Vukovich (1)
GIDP: Ryan (2)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Short W(6-11)           9     3   1   0   2   4   0  32   4.00
Totals                  9     3   1   0   2   4   0  32

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss L(8-10)           7.1   7   5   4   1   5   0  31   5.50
Linzy                   0.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   4   2.51
Patterson               1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   5.79
Totals                  9     8   5   4   2   7   0  38

Wild Pitches: Short (3), Reuss (3)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


PHILLIES 1ST: Harmon reached on an error by Maxvill [Harmon to
first]; Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first) [Harmon to
second]; Montanez grounded out (first unassisted) [Harmon to
third]; Reuss threw a wild pitch [Harmon scored (unearned)];
Johnson was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to left; Alou grounded out (third
to first); Simmons lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Money doubled to left; Freed grounded out
(shortstop to first); Vukovich singled to left [Money scored,
Vukovich to second (on throw)]; Ryan popped to first in foul
territory; Short grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore
singled to left; Melendez flied out to center; Cruz struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Harmon lined to center; Bowa singled to left;
Montanez popped to third; Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Maxvill grounded out (third to first); Reuss
grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Money doubled to center; Freed grounded out
(second to first) [Money to third]; Vukovich reached on an error
by Melendez on a sacrifice fly [Money scored (RBI), Vukovich to
first]; Ryan grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Vukovich out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
3, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Alou struck out; Simmons popped to third in foul
territory; Torre singled to right; Sizemore lined to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Short grounded out (second to first); Harmon
walked; Bowa lined to left; Montanez flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Melendez singled to right; Cruz flied out to
right; Short threw a wild pitch [Melendez to second]; Maxvill
walked; Reuss forced Maxvill (second to shortstop) [Melendez
scored (error by Bowa) (unearned) (no RBI), Reuss to second];
Brock grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Money
singled to center; Freed struck out; Vukovich struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Alou grounded out (second to first); Simmons
walked; Torre flied out to right; Sizemore flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Ryan struck out; Short struck out; Harmon grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Melendez flied out to left; Cruz struck out;
Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Phillies 3, Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Bowa flied out to center; Montanez doubled to
right; Johnson doubled to center [Montanez scored]; LINZY
REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Money was walked intentionally; Freed
flied out to right; Vukovich singled to center [Johnson scored,
Money to third]; Ryan struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 5, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: CARDENAL BATTED FOR LINZY; Cardenal popped to
shortstop; Brock lined to left; Alou grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: PATTERSON REPLACED CARDENAL (PITCHING); Short was
called out on strikes; Harmon flied out to right; Bowa popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons flied out to center; Torre grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sizemore lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 5, Cardinals 1.



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