St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 31, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1971 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 4, Philadelphia Phillies 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 8 2 2 2
Javier 2b 5 1 2 1
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
  Hague ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 2 0 0 0
Alou 1b 8 0 1 0
Torre 3b 5 0 0 1
Simmons c 7 0 2 0
Melendez rf 6 0 2 0
Cruz cf 4 0 2 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
  Kubiak ss 3 0 1 0
Cleveland p 3 0 1 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Sizemore ph,2b 3 1 0 0
Totals 59 4 13 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Doyle 2b 7 1 2 0
Bowa ss 5 1 0 0
McCarver c 6 0 2 0
Johnson 1b 6 1 3 3
  Harmon pr 0 1 0 0
Montanez cf 5 0 0 0
Money 3b 5 0 1 0
Stone rf 6 1 2 1
Browne lf 7 0 0 0
Reynolds p 3 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Gamble ph 1 0 0 0
  Lersch p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Lis ph 1 0 0 0
  Brandon p 1 0 0 0
  Pfeil ph 0 0 0 1
Totals 53 5 10 5
St. Louis 001 010 002 000 000 04130
Philadelphia 013 000 000 000 000 15100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland   7.1 7 4 4 2 4
  Shaw   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Linzy   2.0 2 0 0 2 2
  Drabowsky  L (5-1) 5.2 1 1 1 3 4
Totals
15.2
10
5
5
8
10
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds   8.0 9 3 3 4 4
  Hoerner   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Lersch   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Wilson   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Brandon  W (5-4) 5.0 2 0 0 2 1
Totals
16.0
13
4
4
6
7

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 1.  2B–St. Louis Brock (24,off Reynolds); Javier 2 (6,off Reynolds 2); Simmons (20,off Lersch); Kubiak (1,off Brandon), Philadelphia McCarver (15,off Cleveland).  3B–Philadelphia Stone (1,off Cleveland); McCarver (4,off Cleveland).  HR–St. Louis Brock (6,9th inning off Hoerner 1 on, 0 out), Philadelphia Stone (1,2nd inning off Cleveland 0 on, 2 out); Johnson (25,3rd inning off Cleveland 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Melendez (3,off Lersch); Bowa (2,off Linzy); Money (4,off Drabowsky).  IBB–Johnson (7,by Shaw); McCarver (5,by Linzy); Montanez 2 (9,by Linzy,by Drabowsky); Stone (2,by Drabowsky).  BK–Drabowsky (1).  IBB–Shaw (4,Johnson); Linzy 2 (9,McCarver,Montanez); Drabowsky 2 (8,Montanez,Stone).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–4:30.  A–19,269.
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