Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
May 21, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1971 at Wrigley Field. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 8, Chicago Cubs 1

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 5 1 1 0
Buckner rf,1b 5 1 2 0
Davis cf 5 2 2 2
Allen lf 3 1 0 0
  Joshua lf 1 0 0 0
Parker 1b 2 1 2 2
  Crawford ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Sims c 4 1 1 1
Lefebvre 2b 4 0 2 2
  Russell pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Valentine 3b 4 0 1 0
Osteen p 4 1 1 0
Totals 38 8 12 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 2 0
Popovich 2b 3 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 2 0
Hickman 1b 4 0 1 0
Santo 3b 3 0 1 0
Callison rf 4 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 4 1 1 1
Ortiz cf 4 0 1 0
Hands p 0 0 0 0
  Torres ph 0 0 0 0
  Newman p 1 0 0 0
  Stephenson p 0 0 0 0
  Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Banks ph 1 0 0 0
  Tompkins p 0 0 0 0
  Breeden ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
Los Angeles 004 000 4008120
Chicago 000 010 000181
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  W (6-2) 9.0 8 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands  L (4-5) 3.0 7 4 4 2 1
  Newman   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Stephenson   1.1 4 4 4 1 2
  Colborn   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Tompkins   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
4
4

  E–Kessinger (7).  DP–Los Angeles 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Los Angeles Parker (7,off Stephenson), Chicago Kessinger (3,off Osteen).  HR–Chicago Cannizzaro (2,5th inning off Osteen 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Parker (2,by Hands).  SH–Popovich (1,off Osteen).  SB–Davis (4,2nd base off Hands/Cannizzaro); Valentine (2,2nd base off Stephenson/Cannizzaro).  WP–Hands (3).  IBB–Hands (3,Parker).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:43.  A–11,859.
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