Matty Alou turned a safe bunt into a scoring dash around the bases in the 10th inning to bring the Cardinals a 3-2 victory over the Dodgers. After Alou beat out his bunt, shortstop Maury Wills and second baseman Jim Lefebvre huddled with pitcher Pete Mikkelsen halfway between the mound and second base, but failed to call time.

Alou suddenly took off for secnd and when Mikkelsen threw high to Lefebvre, who backtracked to cover the bag, Alou continued on to third. Lefebvre charged after the ball but had difficulty picking it up in short center field and Alou raced for home, scoring ahead of Lefebvre's hurried throw. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Game Played on Saturday, August 7, 1971 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  -   2  7  2
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0    1  -   3  8  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills ss              4   0   1   0     1   1   .287      Brock lf              4   0   1   0     1   0   .328
Mota lf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .314      Javier 2b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .261
Davis cf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .322      Alou rf               4   1   2   0     1   0   .326
Allen 1b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .288      Torre 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .361
Lefebvre 2b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .252      Simmons c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .302
Garvey 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .239      Beauchamp 1b          4   1   1   1     0   0   .248
Crawford rf           3   0   0   0     0   2   .303        Burda 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .320
  Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Cruz cf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .252
  Buckner ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Maxvill ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Mikkelsen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        McNertney ph        0   0   0   1     0   0   .294
Ferguson c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .225        Kubiak ss           1   0   0   0     0   1   .234
Osteen p              2   1   1   0     0   0   .164      Carlton p             2   0   0   0     1   1   .179
  Russell rf          2   0   1   0     0   0   .232        Sizemore ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .260
                                                            Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               36   2   7   1     2   8             Totals               34   3   8   2     4   3

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 36,633
Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Cardinals 8
DP: Dodgers 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Lefebvre, Mikkelsen
Doubles: Ferguson (3), Simmons (21)
Triples: Beauchamp (3)
Stolen Bases: Davis (15), Russell (5), Cruz (3), Alou (14)
Sacrifice Flies: McNertney (2)
GIDP: Torre (10)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen                  6.2   6   2   2   2   1   0  28   3.43
Brewer                  2.1   1   0   0   2   1   0   9   2.14
Mikkelsen L(7-4)        0.1   1   1   0   0   1   0   2   2.61
Totals                  9.1   8   3   2   4   3   0  39

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton                 9     6   2   2   1   8   0  33   3.61
Linzy W(3-1)            1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   1.94
Totals                 10     7   2   2   2   8   0  38

Wild Pitches: Carlton (10)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Ken Burkhart, 3B - Lee Weyer


DODGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to center; Mota popped to
shortstop; Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Javier
singled to right; Alou flied out to right; Torre singled to left
[Javier to second]; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Allen grounded out (third to first); Lefebvre
struck out; Garvey popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Beauchamp grounded out (second to first); Cruz
grounded out (pitcher to first); Maxvill grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Crawford was called out on strikes; Ferguson
doubled to left; Osteen grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Carlton grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock
walked; Javier grounded out (shortstop to first) [Brock to
second]; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Mota singled to center; Davis lined to center;
Allen struck out; Lefebvre forced Mota (third to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons
lined to center; Beauchamp grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey struck out; Crawford struck out; Ferguson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); Maxvill
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carlton struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Osteen singled to center; Wills was called out on
strikes; Mota singled to left [Osteen to second]; Davis singled
to center [Osteen scored, Mota to third]; Carlton threw a wild
pitch [Mota scored, Davis to second]; Davis stole third; Allen
struck out; Lefebvre was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Javier
grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou singled to shortstop;
Torre grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Crawford
grounded out (pitcher to first); Ferguson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons doubled to left; Beauchamp tripled to
center [Simmons scored]; Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first);
MCNERTNEY BATTED FOR MAXVILL; McNertney hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Beauchamp scored]; Carlton walked; Brock singled to
pitcher [Carlton to second]; BREWER REPLACED CRAWFORD
(PITCHING); RUSSELL REPLACED OSTEEN (PLAYING RF); Javier forced
Brock (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 8TH: KUBIAK REPLACED MCNERTNEY (PLAYING SS); Russell
popped to shortstop; Wills singled to center; Mota popped to
second in foul territory; Davis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: Alou walked; Torre grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Alou out at second]; Simmons
lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals
2.

DODGERS 9TH: Allen walked; Lefebvre lined into a double play
(first unassisted) [Allen out at first]; Garvey grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: Beauchamp flied out to center; Cruz walked; Cruz
stole second; Kubiak struck out; SIZEMORE BATTED FOR CARLTON;
Sizemore singled to third [Cruz to third]; Brock forced Sizemore
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 10TH: LINZY REPLACED SIZEMORE (PITCHING); BURDA REPLACED
BEAUCHAMP (PLAYING 1B); BUCKNER BATTED FOR BREWER; Buckner
grounded out (second to first); Ferguson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Russell singled to first; Russell stole second; Wills
was walked intentionally; Mota grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 10TH: MIKKELSEN REPLACED BUCKNER (PITCHING); Javier
was called out on strikes; On a bunt Alou singled to first; Alou
stole second [Alou scored (error by Mikkelsen) (error by
Lefebvre) (unearned)]; Maury Wills, Jim Lefebvre and Pete
Mikkelsen confer between 2B and the mound; Matty Alou broke for
2B; Lefebvre ran to 2B and Mikkelsen threw high; Lefebvre
pursued the ball into CF, had trouble picking it up and Alou
beat the throw to HP; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Cardinals 3.

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