St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves
June 8, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1971 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Atlanta Braves 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 2 1
Alou cf 5 1 2 0
Simmons c 5 2 2 2
Torre 3b 5 1 2 0
Cardenal rf 4 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Maxvill ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Hague 1b 3 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Javier 2b 2 1 1 0
  Schofield 2b 3 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
Sizemore ss,2b 3 1 2 1
Carlton p 1 0 0 0
  Burda ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Lee ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  McNertney ph 1 0 0 0
  Melendez rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 12 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Millan 2b 2 1 1 0
  Staehle 2b 2 0 0 0
Garr lf 5 2 2 0
Aaron rf 5 2 2 3
Cepeda 1b 5 1 2 3
Williams 3b 5 1 3 1
  Jackson pr 0 1 0 0
Versalles ss 4 0 1 0
Lum cf 4 0 1 0
Didier c 3 0 1 0
  Evans ph 0 0 0 1
Jarvis p 2 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Barber p 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 13 8
St. Louis 101 010 040 07120
Atlanta 204 010 000 18132
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton   4.0 8 6 6 0 2
  Taylor   3.0 4 1 1 1 3
  Shaw   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Drabowsky   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Linzy  L (1-1) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Arroyo   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.2
13
8
8
3
7
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Jarvis   7.2 8 6 4 0 3
  Wilhelm   0.1 1 1 0 0 0
  Barber   1.1 3 0 0 1 1
  Upshaw  W (7-4) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
12
7
4
2
5

  E–Cepeda (3), Williams (7).  PB–Didier (5).  2B–St. Louis Brock (18,off Jarvis); Torre (10,off Barber), Atlanta Lum (1,off Taylor); Williams (5,off Linzy).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (2,1st inning off Jarvis 0 on, 2 out); Sizemore (1,3rd inning off Jarvis 0 on, 0 out), Atlanta H Aaron (18,1st inning off Carlton 1 on, 1 out); Cepeda (14,3rd inning off Carlton 2 on, 0 out); Williams (6,5th inning off Taylor 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Sizemore (3,by Barber); Maxvill (1,by Upshaw); Didier (4,by Taylor); Lum (3,by Linzy).  SH–Jarvis (1,off Carlton); Versalles (1,off Linzy).  SF–Evans (1,off Arroyo).  CS–Cepeda (3,2nd base by Taylor/Simmons).  WP–Barber (5).  IBB–Taylor (4,Didier); Linzy (4,Lum); Barber (2,Sizemore); Upshaw (6,Maxvill).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–(none), 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–3:01.  A–8,518.
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