Two homers by Joe Hague, who drove in four runs, enabled the Cardinals to outlast the Reds, 5-3. The Cardinals were forced to use four pitchers in the ninth when the Reds rallied for two runs, but Moe Drabowsky saved the game by retiring Al Ferrara on a pop foul with two men on base. The victory moved the Cardinals back into first place in the East division, 1½ games ahead of the Mets and Pirates. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 5, Cincinnati Reds 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      5, 1971 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Cardinals    0  3  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   5  9  0
Reds         1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  8  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              3   0   3   1     1   0   .372      McRae lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .269
Alou cf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .321      Helms 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .275
Simmons c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .290      May 1b                4   1   2   1     0   0   .315
Torre 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .358      Bench c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .224
Cardenal rf           2   1   0   0     2   0   .249      Perez 3b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .223
Hague 1b              3   2   2   4     1   0   .258      Foster cf             2   0   1   1     1   0   .276
Javier 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .286      Bradford rf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .196
Sizemore ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .255        Carbo ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .214
  Maxvill ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Woodward pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Reuss p               3   0   0   0     0   3   .107      Concepcion ss         3   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Rose ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .284
  Shaw p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cloninger p           2   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Drabowsky p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Merritt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
                                                            Stewart ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .219
                                                            Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Ferrara ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .138

Totals               30   5   9   5     5   4             Totals               33   3   8   3     2   2

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 18,144
Left on Base: Cardinals 4, Reds 6
DP: Cardinals 2, Reds 4
Doubles: Brock 2 (17), Bench (7)
Triples: May (1)
Home Runs: Hague 2 (9)
Caught Stealing: Cardenal (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Reuss (3)
GIDP: Javier (5), Bradford (2), Helms (8)
Hit by Pitch: Foster (1,by Reuss)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss W(6-4)            8     7   3   3   1   2   0  31   4.56
Linzy                   0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.93
Shaw                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.76
Drabowsky SV(3)         0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.00
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   2   0  36

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cloninger L(2-4)        6.2   9   5   5   4   3   2  28   3.35
Merritt                 1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   4.82
Granger                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.35
Totals                  9     9   5   5   5   4   2  36

Hit by Pitch: Reuss (2)
Wild Pitches: Cloninger (1)

Umpires: HP - Ken Burkhart, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - John McSherry


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Alou popped to second;
Simmons lined into a double play (second to first) [Brock out at
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: McRae popped to second in foul territory; Helms
singled to third; May tripled to left [Helms scored]; Bench
grounded out (third to first); Perez flied out to right; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Reds 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre singled to left; Cloninger threw a wild
pitch [Torre to second]; Cardenal walked; Hague homered [Torre
scored, Cardenal scored]; Javier struck out; Sizemore grounded
out (pitcher to first); Reuss struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: Foster was hit by a pitch; Bradford grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Foster out at second];
Concepcion grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 3, Reds 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock walked; Alou lined into a double play
(first unassisted) [Brock out at first]; Simmons singled to
center; Torre singled to right [Simmons to third]; Cardenal
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Cloninger flied out to center; McRae grounded out
(pitcher to first); Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Reds 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hague walked; Javier grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Hague out at second]; Sizemore
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
3, Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench flied out
to center; Perez singled to right; Foster walked [Perez to
second]; Bradford flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Reds 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Reuss struck out; Brock doubled to left; Alou
lined into a double play (pitcher to shortstop) [Brock out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Reds 1.

REDS 5TH: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Cloninger
grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae singled to left; Helms
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Reds 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons lined to shortstop; Torre grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cardenal walked; Cardenal was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Reds 1.

REDS 6TH: May flied out to center; Bench grounded out (first to
pitcher); Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Reds 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Hague homered; Javier grounded out (third to
first); Sizemore singled to left; Reuss out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Sizemore to second]; Brock doubled to left
[Sizemore scored]; MERRITT REPLACED CLONINGER (PITCHING); Alou
walked; Simmons flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Reds 1.

REDS 7TH: MAXVILL REPLACED SIZEMORE (PLAYING SS); Foster flied
out to right; Bradford was called out on strikes; Concepcion
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Reds 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal
popped to first; Hague popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 1.

REDS 8TH: STEWART BATTED FOR MERRITT; Stewart popped to second;
McRae singled to left; Helms grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [McRae out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: GRANGER REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); Javier lined
to second; Maxvill flied out to right; Reuss struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Reds 1.

REDS 9TH: May singled to left; Bench doubled to right [May to
third]; LINZY REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Perez grounded out
(shortstop to first) [May scored]; Foster singled to right
[Bench scored]; CARBO BATTED FOR BRADFORD; Carbo walked [Foster
to second]; WOODWARD RAN FOR CARBO; ROSE BATTED FOR CONCEPCION;
SHAW REPLACED LINZY (PITCHING); Rose flied out to right; FERRARA
BATTED FOR GRANGER; DRABOWSKY REPLACED SHAW (PITCHING); Ferrara
popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Reds 3.