The Reds exploded for five runs in the third inning and defeated the Dodgers, 6-2, behind the pitching of Gary Nolan. Pete Rose touched off the outburst with a single and scored on a single by Bernie Carbo and sacrifice fly by Tony Perez.

After Johnny Bench beat out an infield hit, George Foster rapped a two-run single. A walk to Dave Concepcion and error by Dick Allen on a grounder by Woody Woodward loaded the bases and Gary Nolan then iced his own victory by hitting a two-run single. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Wednesday, July      21, 1971 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  1
Reds         1  0  5    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   6  9  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills ss              4   0   1   0     0   1   .291      Rose rf               3   1   2   0     1   0   .309
Buckner rf            4   0   1   1     0   2   .289      Carbo lf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .226
Davis cf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .344        Bradford lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .202
Allen 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .290      May 1b                4   1   0   0     0   1   .279
Crawford lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .292      Perez 3b              3   0   1   1     0   1   .258
Parker 1b             3   0   0   1     1   0   .282      Bench c               4   1   2   1     0   1   .253
Sims c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Foster cf             4   1   1   2     0   3   .245
Russell 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .233      Concepcion 2b         3   1   0   0     1   1   .205
Alexander p           1   0   1   0     0   0   .182      Woodward ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .232
  Pena p              1   1   1   0     0   0   .667      Nolan p               3   0   1   2     0   1   .082
  Grabarkewitz ph     1   0   0   0     0   0   .206
  Mikkelsen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .143

Totals               34   2   7   2     1   7             Totals               32   6   9   6     2   8

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 20,086
Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Reds 5
DP: Dodgers 0, Reds 1
Errors: Allen, Woodward
Doubles: Allen (14)
Caught Stealing: Rose (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Perez (2)
GIDP: Sims (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander L(1-3)        2.2   9   6   4   1   2   0  18   4.73
Pena                    3.1   0   0   0   1   4   0  11   3.38
Mikkelsen               2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.42
Totals                  8     9   6   4   2   8   0  35

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan W(8-10)           9     7   2   2   1   7   0  35   3.09
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   7   0  35

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Mel Steiner


DODGERS 1ST: Wills struck out; Buckner struck out; Davis flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose singled to left; Rose was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Carbo singled to left; May forced Carbo
(third to second); Perez singled to right [May to third]; Bench
singled to center [May scored, Perez to second]; Foster struck
out; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Allen doubled to right; Crawford flied out to
right; Parker popped to catcher in foul territory; Sims flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Woodward
grounded out (first unassisted); Nolan was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell flied out to center; Alexander singled to
center; Wills grounded out (third to first) [Alexander to
second]; Buckner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Rose singled to center; Carbo singled to right [Rose
to third]; May grounded out (third to first) [Carbo to second];
Perez hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rose scored]; Bench singled
to catcher [Carbo stayed at second]; Foster singled to center
[Carbo scored, Bench scored]; Concepcion walked [Foster to
second]; Woodward reached on an error by Allen [Foster to third,
Concepcion to second, Woodward to first]; Nolan singled to right
[Foster scored (unearned), Concepcion scored (unearned),
Woodward to third]; PENA REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Rose
flied out to left; 5 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds
6.

DODGERS 4TH: Davis singled to right; Allen singled to right
[Davis to second]; Crawford reached on an error by Woodward
(assist by Nolan) [Davis to third, Allen to second, Crawford to
first]; Parker forced Crawford (second to shortstop) [Davis
scored, Allen to third]; Sims grounded into a double play (first
to shortstop to pitcher) [Parker out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 6.

REDS 4TH: Carbo grounded out (second to first); May struck out;
Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 6.

DODGERS 5TH: Russell grounded out (second to first); Pena
singled to center; Wills singled to left [Pena to second];
Buckner singled to center [Pena scored, Wills to second]; Davis
grounded out (catcher to first) [Wills to third, Buckner to
second]; Allen flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Reds 6.

REDS 5TH: Bench struck out; Foster struck out; Concepcion flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 6.

DODGERS 6TH: Crawford struck out; Parker walked; Sims struck
out; Russell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 6.

REDS 6TH: Woodward grounded out (second to first); Nolan flied
out to right; Rose walked; Carbo grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 6.

DODGERS 7TH: GRABARKEWITZ BATTED FOR PENA; Grabarkewitz grounded
out (third to first); Wills flied out to center; Buckner made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 6.

REDS 7TH: MIKKELSEN REPLACED GRABARKEWITZ (PITCHING); May
grounded out (first unassisted); Perez grounded out (third to
first); Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 6.

DODGERS 8TH: Davis struck out; Allen flied out to left; Crawford
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 6.

REDS 8TH: Foster was called out on strikes; Concepcion struck
out; Woodward grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 6.

DODGERS 9TH: BRADFORD REPLACED CARBO (PLAYING LF); Parker flied
out to left; Sims grounded out (first to pitcher); Russell
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Reds 6.