St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 4, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1971 at Veteran's Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Philadelphia Phillies 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 3 0
Alou cf 4 0 1 0
  Melendez pr,cf 1 2 0 0
Simmons c 4 1 2 1
Torre 3b 4 2 2 2
Cardenal rf 5 1 2 3
Beauchamp 1b 4 0 1 0
Javier 2b 4 1 2 1
Maxvill ss 4 0 0 0
Reuss p 4 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 13 7
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 4 0 1 1
Taylor 2b 3 0 0 0
Montanez cf 4 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
Freed rf 4 0 1 0
Money 3b 3 0 0 0
Hisle lf 3 1 0 0
Ryan c 4 2 2 2
Short p 2 0 0 0
  Champion p 0 0 0 0
  Lis ph 0 0 0 0
  Wise pr 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  Browne ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
St. Louis 000 212 1017130
Philadelphia 000 020 001361
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  W (3-3) 9.0 6 3 3 4 10
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
10
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Short  L (2-3) 5.1 9 5 5 1 2
  Champion   1.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Reynolds   2.0 2 1 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
2
5

  E–Reynolds (1).  DP–St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 1.  2B–St. Louis Simmons (8,off Short); Torre (5,off Short); Cardenal (6,off Short), Philadelphia Johnson (6,off Reuss).  3B–St. Louis Simmons (2,off Reynolds), Philadelphia Ryan (1,off Reuss).  HR–St. Louis Javier (1,5th inning off Short 0 on, 0 out); Cardenal (2,6th inning off Short 1 on, 1 out), Philadelphia Ryan (1,9th inning off Reuss 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Brock (6,2nd base by Short/Ryan).  WP–Reuss (1).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:14.  A–9,339.
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