Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 7, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1971 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 1 0
Mota lf 5 1 2 0
Davis cf 4 0 1 1
Allen 1b 3 0 0 0
Lefebvre 2b 4 0 0 0
Garvey 3b 4 0 0 0
Crawford rf 3 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 0 0 0 0
Ferguson c 4 0 1 0
Osteen p 2 1 1 0
  Russell rf 2 0 1 0
Totals 36 2 7 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Javier 2b 5 0 1 0
Alou rf 4 1 2 0
Torre 3b 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 4 1 1 0
Beauchamp 1b 4 1 1 1
  Burda 1b 0 0 0 0
Cruz cf 3 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 2 0 0 0
  McNertney ph 0 0 0 1
  Kubiak ss 1 0 0 0
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
  Sizemore ph 1 0 1 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
Los Angeles 000 002 000 0272
St. Louis 000 000 200 1380
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen   6.2 6 2 2 2 1
  Brewer   2.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Mikkelsen  L (7-4) 0.1 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.1
8
3
2
4
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton   9.0 6 2 2 1 8
  Linzy  W (3-1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
7
2
2
2
8

  E–Lefebvre (6), Mikkelsen (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Los Angeles Ferguson (3,off Carlton), St. Louis Simmons (21,off Osteen).  3B–St. Louis Beauchamp (3,off Osteen).  IBB–Wills (2,by Linzy).  SF–McNertney (2,off Osteen).  SB–Davis (15,3rd base off Carlton/Simmons); Russell (5,2nd base off Linzy/Simmons); Cruz (3,2nd base off Brewer/Ferguson); Alou (14,2nd base off Mikkelsen/Ferguson).  WP–Carlton (10).  IBB–Linzy (10,Wills).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:21.  A–36,633.
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