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. St. Louis Cardinals 13, Atlanta Braves 4Game Played on Sunday, August 22, 1971 (Day game) at Atlanta StadiumCardinals 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. |
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