Paced by Joe Torre and Lou Brock, the Cardinals beat the Braves, 13-4, to snap a five-game losing streak. Torre drove in four runs with a homer and double before leaving the game after the Cardinals built up their big lead.

Brock scored five times after reaching base on a double, single and three walks. Jose Cruz joined in the Cardinals' 15-hit attack with a two-run homer. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 13, Atlanta Braves 4
Game Played on Sunday, August    22, 1971 (Day game) at Atlanta Stadium
Cardinals    2  0  3    4  1  0    0  1  2  -  13 15  1
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  3  0  -   4 13  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              3   5   2   2     3   0   .323      Perez ss              5   0   2   0     0   0   .229
  Beauchamp lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Garr lf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .334
Cruz cf               6   1   2   2     0   0   .254      H. Aaron 1b           3   0   1   0     0   1   .317
Alou 1b               6   2   2   2     0   0   .314        T. Aaron 1b         1   1   0   0     1   0   .243
Torre 3b              2   1   2   4     1   0   .357      Williams c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .263
  Kubiak 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .235        King c              2   1   1   0     0   1   .203
Simmons c             5   1   2   1     0   1   .307      Versalles 3b          3   1   0   0     1   1   .210
Hague rf              1   0   0   0     1   1   .237      Lum rf                2   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Stinson ph,rf       2   0   1   1     1   1   .286        Herbel p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Sizemore 2b,3b        5   0   2   0     0   0   .261        Millan ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .308
Maxvill ss            5   1   1   0     0   1   .216        Priddy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Reuss p               3   2   1   0     1   1   .094      Jackson cf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .267
  Taylor p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Garrido 2b            4   0   3   1     0   0   .210
                                                          Reed p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
                                                            Brown rf            3   0   2   0     0   1   .242

Totals               40  13  15  12     7   5             Totals               37   4  13   2     2   6

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 19,650
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Braves 9
DP: Cardinals 3, Braves 2
Errors: Torre, Perez
Doubles: Torre (25), Brock (28), Stinson (1), King (8)
Home Runs: Torre (21), Cruz (6)
Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (42), Alou (15)
Caught Stealing: Hague (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Garr (16)
GIDP: Maxvill (15), Cruz (4), Perez 2 (11), Jackson (8)
Hit by Pitch: Torre (3,by Herbel)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss W(12-12)          7    11   4   4   2   4   0  33   4.79
Taylor SV(2)            2     2   0   0   0   2   0   7   4.02
Totals                  9    13   4   4   2   6   0  40

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reed L(12-9)            2.1   4   5   4   3   0   1  13   3.56
Barber                  1.2   5   4   4   2   2   0  12   6.00
Herbel                  4     5   2   2   1   3   0  18   4.79
Priddy                  1     1   2   2   1   0   1   5   3.73
Totals                  9    15  13  12   7   5   2  48

Hit by Pitch: Herbel (4)
Wild Pitches: Reed (5)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Al Barlick, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - John Kibler


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Brock stole second; Cruz grounded
out (first unassisted) [Brock to third]; Alou grounded out
(second to first); Torre homered [Brock scored]; Simmons
grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Perez singled to left; Garr reached on an error by
Torre on a sacrifice bunt [Perez to second, Garr to first]; H.
Aaron made an out to third; Williams forced Garr (third to
second) [Perez to third]; Versalles forced Williams (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hague walked; Hague was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Sizemore singled to center; Maxvill
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Sizemore out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Lum grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrido singled to
left; Reed flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Reuss walked; Brock singled to right [Reuss to
second]; Reed threw a wild pitch [Reuss to third, Brock to
second]; Cruz made an out to shortstop; Alou reached on an error
by Perez [Reuss scored (no RBI), Brock to third, Alou to first];
Alou stole second; Torre doubled to right [Brock scored, Alou
scored (unearned)]; BARBER REPLACED REED (PITCHING); Simmons
struck out; Hague struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Perez grounded out (third to first); Garr singled to
center; H. Aaron singled to left [Garr to second]; Williams
popped to first in foul territory; Versalles forced H. Aaron
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5,
Braves 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Sizemore singled to left; Maxvill singled to
right [Sizemore to second]; Reuss forced Sizemore (pitcher to
third) [Maxvill to second]; Brock doubled to left [Maxvill
scored, Reuss scored]; Brock stole third; Cruz flied out to
center; Alou singled to center [Brock scored]; Torre walked
[Alou to second]; Simmons singled to center [Alou scored, Torre
to second]; STINSON BATTED FOR HAGUE; Stinson walked [Torre to
third, Simmons to second]; Sizemore flied out to center; 4 R, 5
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 9, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: STINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Lum flied out
to right; Jackson flied out to left; Garrido grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 9, Braves
0.

CARDINALS 5TH: BROWN REPLACED BARBER (PLAYING RF); HERBEL
REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Maxvill struck out; Reuss was called
out on strikes; Brock walked; Cruz singled to center [Brock to
third]; Alou singled to center [Brock scored, Cruz to second];
Torre was hit by a pitch [Cruz to third, Alou to second];
Simmons lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 10,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Brown singled to left; Perez grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Brown out at second]; Garr struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 10, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Stinson struck out; Sizemore made an out to
second; Maxvill flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 10, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: H. Aaron struck out; Williams singled to left;
Versalles struck out; Herbel popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 10, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: T. AARON REPLACED H. AARON (PLAYING 1B); KING
REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING C ); Reuss singled to center; Brock
flied out to right; Cruz grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop) [Reuss out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 10, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: KUBIAK REPLACED TORRE (PLAYING 2B); SIZEMORE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Jackson singled to center; Garrido
singled to right [Jackson to second]; Brown singled to center
[Jackson to third, Garrido to second]; Perez grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Jackson scored (no
RBI), Garrido to third, Brown out at second]; Garr struck out; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 10, Braves 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: Alou flied out to center; Kubiak flied out to
center; Simmons singled to left; Stinson doubled to right
[Simmons scored]; Sizemore grounded out (second to catcher); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 11, Braves 1.

BRAVES 8TH: T. Aaron walked; King doubled to center [T. Aaron to
third]; Versalles walked; MILLAN BATTED FOR HERBEL; Millan
singled to center [T. Aaron scored, King to third, Versalles to
second]; TAYLOR REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Jackson grounded into
a double play (shortstop to first) [King scored (no RBI),
Versalles to third, Millan out at second]; Garrido singled to
right [Versalles scored]; Brown struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 11, Braves 4.

CARDINALS 9TH: PRIDDY REPLACED MILLAN (PITCHING); Maxvill popped
to first in foul territory; Taylor grounded out (shortstop to
first); Brock walked; Cruz homered [Brock scored]; Alou flied to
right in foul territory; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 13,
Braves 4.

BRAVES 9TH: BEAUCHAMP REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Perez singled
to right; Garr grounded out (third to first) [Perez to second];
T. Aaron made an out to catcher; King struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 13, Braves 4.