Reds @ Cardinals
August 27, 1971

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 8 10 0
Cardinals 7 13 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 8 10 0
Cardinals 7 13 1

Matty Alou Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .313
OBP .600 .349
At Bats 4 504
Hits 2 158
• Singles 1 125
• Doubles 1 23
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 1 27
RBI’s 1 57

Joe Gibbon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 5 9
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Busch Stadium - August 27, 1971
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Strikeout
Joe Gibbon
Johnny Bench
Tony Perez
Tommy Helms
Woody Woodward
Dave Concepcion
Hal McRae
George Foster
Pete Rose
Matty Alou

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 8 10 0 5
St. Louis Cardinals 7 13 1 14
Winning Pitcher Wayne Granger
Losing Pitcher Frank Linzy
Save Joe Gibbon
Game Winning RBI Pete Rose
Attendance 33,273
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Alou strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Sizemore hits a fly ball into center field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Dave Concepcion now playing shortstop. Tony Perez now playing first base. Woody Woodward now playing third base. Joe Gibbon now pitching. Brock is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Dave Concepcion pinch runs for Lee May. Perez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Perez reaches second base with a double. There goes Concepcion trying to get to home. Brock throws the ball in to Maxvill who relays the ball to Simmons, who tags Concepcion, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 9 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Don Shaw now pitching. Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stewart tags and scores.
Top 9 Jimmy Stewart pinch hits for Wayne Granger. Stewart hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sizemore who is chasing the ball. Stewart reaches third base with a triple. Foster scores. Helms scores. Woodward goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Frank Linzy now pitching. Woodward takes first base on ball four. Bench scores. Foster moves to third. Helms moves to second.
Top 9 Al Santorini now pitching. Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bench moves to third. Foster moves to second.
Top 9 Foster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bench moves to second.
Top 9 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Reuss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Maxvill hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Torre tags and scores. Simmons tags and moves to third. Cruz tags and moves to second.
Bottom 8 Cruz is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Javier bunts towards the mound. Granger fields it and throws to first for the out. Torre moves to third. Simmons moves to second.
Bottom 8 Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torre moves to second.
Bottom 8 Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 May hits a popup, foul, towards first. Alou settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sizemore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maxvill scores. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 7 Brock is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Reuss bunts towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Helms covering, for the out. Maxvill moves to second.
Bottom 7 Maxvill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Wayne Granger now pitching. Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out.
Top 7 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rose for the out.
Top 7 Buddy Bradford pinch hits for Jim Merritt. Bradford strikes out.
Top 7 Julian Javier now playing second base. Ted Sizemore now playing right field. Matty Alou now playing first base. Woodward hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuss fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hague strikes out.
Bottom 6 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Merritt fields it and throws to home to get Sizemore. Alou moves to third. Torre moves to second.
Bottom 6 Jim Merritt now pitching. Torre is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Alou reaches second base with a double. Brock scores. Sizemore moves to third.
Bottom 6 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simpson fields it and throws to third for the out. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 6 Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reuss moves to second.
Bottom 6 Reuss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Foster strikes out.
Top 6 Matty Alou now playing right field. Joe Hague now playing first base. Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Woodward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Hague hits a popup, foul, towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Torre hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 There goes Alou. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Alou steals second.
Bottom 5 Alou takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuss fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 May takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 McRae hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simpson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Brock is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Reuss bunts towards the mound. Simpson fields it and throws to first for the out. Hague moves to third. Maxvill moves to second.
Bottom 4 Maxvill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hague moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hague takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Woodward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Helms moves to second.
Top 4 Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Foster scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Foster hits a fly ball towards center. Cruz settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Cruz. Perez scores. Foster moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McRae scores.
Top 4 Perez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hague. Perez reaches second base with a double. McRae moves to third.
Top 4 May hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Woodward fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 3 Torre strikes out.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rose strikes out.
Top 3 Simpson bunts towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out. Woodward moves to second.
Top 3 Woodward hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuss fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Brock strikes out.
Bottom 2 Reuss takes first base on ball four. Maxvill moves to second.
Bottom 2 Maxvill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Hague hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Simmons hits a popup towards third. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Foster hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bench is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a popup towards first. May catches it and throws to Helms, who tags Sizemore for the double play.
Bottom 1 Sizemore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 May hits a line drive towards third. Torre reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McRae hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rose strikes out.