Nelson Briles, making his first start against his former teammates, pitched the Pirates to a 5-0 victory over the Cardinals. The Pirates' attack included a two-run homer by Willie Stargell. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 5, St. Louis Cardinals 0
Game Played on Thursday, September 23, 1971 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Pirates      1  1  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   5 12  1
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  2


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   0   1   1     0   0   .300      Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .316
Davalillo cf          4   2   2   0     1   1   .285      Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Oliver 1b             5   0   1   1     0   1   .281      Alou 1b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .311
Stargell lf           5   1   2   2     0   2   .299      Torre 3b              3   0   2   0     0   0   .363
  Clines lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .302      Simmons c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .305
May c                 4   1   1   0     0   1   .275      Cruz cf               4   0   3   0     0   1   .276
Zisk rf               4   0   0   0     0   3   .200      Hague rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Pagan 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .260      Maxvill ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Alley ss              4   0   2   1     0   1   .237      Cleveland p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .171
Briles p              3   0   1   0     0   1   .263        Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Stinson ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
                                                            Santorini p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
                                                            Burda ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .304
                                                            Guzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  12   5     1  10             Totals               33   0   6   0     0   3

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 10,918
Left on Base: Pirates 8, Cardinals 7
DP: Pirates 1, Cardinals 0
Errors: Stargell, Brock, Simmons
Doubles: Davalillo (14), Torre (33), Cruz (13)
Home Runs: Stargell (46)
Sacrifice Hits: Briles (3)
GIDP: Simmons (20)
Hit by Pitch: Torre (4,by Briles)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles W(8-4)           9     6   0   0   0   3   0  34   2.91
Totals                  9     6   0   0   0   3   0  34

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland L(12-12)      4.2  11   5   5   1   5   1  26   4.01
Taylor                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.58
Santorini               2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.63
Guzman                  2     0   0   0   0   3   0   6   0.00
Totals                  9    12   5   5   1  10   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Briles (3)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Al Barlick, 3B - Paul Pryor


PIRATES 1ST: Cash grounded out (first unassisted); Davalillo
doubled to right; Oliver singled to right [Davalillo scored,
Oliver to third (error by Simmons)]; Stargell struck out; May
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Sizemore
popped to catcher in foul territory; Alou grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Zisk flied out to right; Pagan singled to left;
Alley struck out; Briles singled to center [Pagan to second];
Cash singled to center [Pagan scored, Briles to second];
Davalillo singled to second [Briles to third, Cash to second];
Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Pirates 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre doubled to left; Simmons grounded out
(third to first); Cruz struck out; Hague flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Stargell grounded out (first unassisted); May flied
out to left; Zisk was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Maxvill lined to second; Cleveland grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brock reached on an error by Stargell
[Brock to second]; Sizemore grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Pagan grounded out (shortstop to first); Alley
singled to center; Briles out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Alley to second]; Cash lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Alou grounded out (third to first); Torre was hit
by a pitch; Simmons struck out; Cruz singled to left [Torre to
second]; Hague grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Pirates 2, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Davalillo walked; Oliver popped to third; Stargell
homered [Davalillo scored]; May singled to left; Zisk struck
out; Pagan singled to right [May to second]; Alley singled to
left [May scored, Pagan to third (error by Brock)]; TAYLOR
REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Briles grounded out (third to
first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Maxvill flied out to right; STINSON BATTED FOR
TAYLOR; Stinson struck out; Brock popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 6TH: SANTORINI REPLACED STINSON (PITCHING); Cash
grounded out (shortstop to first); Davalillo grounded out
(shortstop to first); Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore lined to center; On a bunt Alou singled
to third; Torre singled to center [Alou to third]; Simmons
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Torre out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5,
Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 7TH: Stargell singled to center; May flied out to
center; Zisk struck out; Pagan grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Cruz singled to left; Hague forced Cruz (second
to shortstop); Maxvill grounded out (first unassisted) [Hague to
second]; BURDA BATTED FOR SANTORINI; Burda flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 8TH: GUZMAN REPLACED BURDA (PITCHING); Alley lined to
right; Briles struck out; Cash grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore
grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 9TH: Davalillo was called out on strikes; Oliver flied
out to left; Stargell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: CLINES REPLACED STARGELL (PLAYING LF); Torre
grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons flied out to center;
Cruz doubled to left; Hague lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 5, Cardinals 0.