Led by Lee May, who drove in three runs, the Reds built up an early lead and held off the Dodgers, 7-5, behind the relief pitching of Wayne Granger, who allowed only three hits in the last 4 2/3 innings. After scoring five times in the first two innings, the Reds added what proved to be the deciding run in the fifth when Pete Rose tripled and Hal McRae singled.

Maury Wills homered with two men on base in the second and Dick Allen with one aboard in the fifth to account for the Dodgers' scoring. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Game Played on Sunday, September 5, 1971 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Reds         3  2  0    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   7 10  4
Dodgers      0  3  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   5 10  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose rf               4   2   1   0     1   0   .299      Wills ss              5   1   2   3     0   0   .284
McRae lf              5   2   2   1     0   0   .266      Valentine 2b,3b       5   1   3   0     0   0   .265
  Bradford lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .191      Davis cf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .312
May 1b                4   0   1   3     0   2   .282      Allen 1b              4   1   1   2     1   1   .291
  Woodward 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Mota lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .308
Perez 3b,1b           4   1   2   1     0   0   .278      Parker rf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .277
Bench c               1   1   1   1     3   0   .239      Garvey 3b             3   1   1   0     0   0   .223
Foster cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .248        Lefebvre ph,2b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Helms 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Ferguson c            1   1   1   0     1   0   .212
Concepcion ss         4   0   0   1     0   1   .210        Haller ph,c         2   0   1   0     0   0   .288
Grimsley p            3   1   1   0     0   1   .114      Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Granger p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .143        Moeller p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cey ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Strahler p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Buckner ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .284
                                                            Wilhelm p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Crawford ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .282

Totals               33   7  10   7     4   5             Totals               37   5  10   5     3   5

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 20,367
Left on Base: Reds 5, Dodgers 8
DP: Reds 2, Dodgers 2
Errors: McRae, Bench, Concepcion 2, Valentine
Doubles: Perez (20), McRae (23), Valentine (10)
Triples: Rose (3)
Home Runs: Wills (2), Allen (20)
Caught Stealing: Bench (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Helms (6)
Sacrifice Flies: May (3)
GIDP: Helms (16), Perez (12), Buckner (5), Allen (22)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley                4.1   7   5   5   2   4   2  22   3.58
Granger W(7-6)          4.2   3   0   0   1   1   0  18   2.98
Totals                  9    10   5   5   3   5   2  40

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander L(6-5)        1.2   6   5   4   1   0   0  12   3.26
Moeller                 0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.05
Strahler                4     3   2   2   1   4   0  15   4.00
Wilhelm                 3     0   0   0   1   1   0   9   3.38
Totals                  9    10   7   6   4   5   0  39

Balks: Grimsley (1)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose walked; McRae reached on an error by Valentine
[Rose to third, McRae to second]; May hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Rose scored]; Perez doubled to center [McRae scored
(unearned)]; Bench singled to left [Perez scored]; Foster
singled to third [Bench to second]; Helms grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Foster out at second]; 3 R
(2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Wills singled to pitcher; Grimsley balked [Wills to
second]; Valentine flied out to right; Davis made an out to
shortstop; Allen walked; Mota flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 0.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Grimsley
singled to center; Rose flied out to left; McRae doubled to left
[Grimsley to third]; May singled to center [McRae scored,
Grimsley scored]; MOELLER REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Perez
singled to center [May to second]; Bench walked [May to third,
Perez to second]; Foster forced Bench (shortstop to second); 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 5, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Parker struck out; Garvey singled to right;
Ferguson walked [Garvey to second]; CEY BATTED FOR MOELLER; Cey
struck out; Wills homered [Garvey scored, Ferguson scored];
Valentine singled to right; Davis grounded out (second to
first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Dodgers 3.

REDS 3RD: STRAHLER REPLACED CEY (PITCHING); Helms popped to
first in foul territory; Concepcion struck out; Grimsley
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5,
Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 3RD: Allen struck out; Mota flied out to left; Parker
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Dodgers 3.

REDS 4TH: Rose tripled to right; McRae singled to left [Rose
scored]; May struck out; Perez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [McRae out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey flied out to left; Ferguson singled to left;
Strahler made an out to second; Wills flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Dodgers 3.

REDS 5TH: Bench walked; Foster singled to shortstop [Bench to
second]; Helms out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Bench
to third, Foster to second]; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Bench scored]; Grimsley struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 7, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Valentine doubled to left [Valentine to third
(error by McRae)]; Davis made an out to first; Allen homered
[Valentine scored]; GRANGER REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); Mota
struck out; Parker walked; Garvey lined to third; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 7, Dodgers 5.

REDS 6TH: Rose flied out to center; McRae grounded out
(shortstop to first); May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 7, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 6TH: HALLER BATTED FOR FERGUSON; Haller singled to left;
BUCKNER BATTED FOR STRAHLER; Buckner grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Haller out at second]; Wills
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Dodgers
5.

REDS 7TH: HALLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); WILHELM REPLACED
BUCKNER (PITCHING); Perez flied out to center; Bench walked;
Bench was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Foster
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 7TH: Valentine singled to left; Davis flied out to
right; Allen grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Valentine out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7,
Dodgers 5.

REDS 8TH: Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion
flied out to left; Granger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 7, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 8TH: Mota reached on an error by Concepcion [Mota to
first]; Mota was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Bench [Mota to second]; Parker grounded out (first unassisted)
[Mota to third]; LEFEBVRE BATTED FOR GARVEY; Lefebvre flied out
to center; Haller grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 2
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7, Dodgers 5.

REDS 9TH: LEFEBVRE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); VALENTINE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Rose lined to shortstop; McRae
grounded out (third to first); May flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 9TH: BRADFORD REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING LF); WOODWARD
REPLACED MAY (PLAYING 3B); PEREZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
CRAWFORD BATTED FOR WILHELM; Crawford made an out to second;
Wills flied to left in foul territory; Valentine reached on an
error by Concepcion [Valentine to first]; Davis singled to left
[Valentine to second]; Allen grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 7, Dodgers 5.