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Tuesday April 6, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Willie Mays, swinging at the first pitch thrown to him in the first inning, clubbed a homer to start the Giants off to a 4-0 victory over the Padres behind the five-hit pitching of Juan Marichal. The crowd of 34,554 at the Padres' opener was the largest for any game in the club's history. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 4, San Diego Padres 0

Game Played on Tuesday, April 6, 1971 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Giants       1  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   4  9  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              5   0   1   0     0   2   .200      Campbell 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
Fuentes 2b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .200      Stahl lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Mays cf               5   2   2   1     0   1   .400      Gaston cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
McCovey 1b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Colbert 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
Henderson lf          3   1   2   1     1   0   .667      Brown rf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Dietz c               3   0   1   0     1   1   .333      Spiezio 3b            2   0   1   0     1   0   .500
Gallagher 3b          4   0   0   1     0   0   .000      Cannizzaro c          3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Lanier ss             4   1   2   0     0   1   .500      Dean ss               3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Marichal p            3   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Phoebus p             1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Murrell ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Ross p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Robinson ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Severinsen p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   9   3     3   6             Totals               30   0   5   0     1   8

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 34,554
Left on Base: Giants 8, Padres 4
DP: Giants 2, Padres 0
Errors: Spiezio, Cannizzaro
Doubles: Dietz (1), Mays (1), Phoebus (1)
Home Runs: Mays (1)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Marichal (1)
GIDP: Cannizzaro (1), Stahl (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal W(1-0)         9     5   0   0   1   8   0  31   0.00
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   8   0  31

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Phoebus L(0-1)          6     5   3   3   2   4   1  25   4.50
Ross                    2     2   0   0   1   2   0   9   0.00
Severinsen              1     2   1   0   0   0   0   5   0.00
Totals                  9     9   4   3   3   6   1  39

Passed Balls: Cannizzaro (1)
Wild Pitches: Phoebus (1)

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Jerry Dale


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Fuentes flied out to center; Mays
homered; McCovey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1,
Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Campbell popped to shortstop; Stahl grounded out
(pitcher to first); Gaston grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Henderson singled to right; Dietz doubled to center
[Henderson to third]; Gallagher grounded out (second to first)
[Henderson scored]; Lanier grounded out (third to first);
Marichal grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Colbert struck out; Brown flied out to right;
Spiezio walked; Cannizzaro grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Padres 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Fuentes flied
out to left; Mays grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Dean popped to first in foul territory; Phoebus
doubled to center; Campbell was called out on strikes; Stahl
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2,
Padres 0.

GIANTS 4TH: McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); Henderson
popped to first; Dietz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Gaston grounded out (third to first); Colbert
grounded out (third to first); Brown was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Padres 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Gallagher flied out to right; Lanier struck out;
Marichal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Spiezio singled to center; Cannizzaro grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Spiezio out at
second]; Dean was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Padres 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds was called out on strikes; Fuentes grounded
out (first unassisted); Mays doubled to right; McCovey was
walked intentionally; Henderson singled [McCovey to third, Mays
scored]; Phoebus threw a wild pitch [Henderson to second]; Dietz
was walked intentionally; Gallagher flied out to center; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: MURRELL BATTED FOR PHOEBUS; Murrell struck out;
Campbell flied out to right; Stahl popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Padres 0.

GIANTS 7TH: ROSS REPLACED MURRELL (PITCHING); Lanier singled to
left; Marichal popped to first in foul territory; Bonds singled
to right [Lanier to second]; Fuentes forced Lanier (third
unassisted) [Bonds to third (error by Spiezio), Fuentes to
second]; Mays struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3,
Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: Gaston grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert
singled to right; Brown was called out on strikes; Spiezio
forced Colbert (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
3, Padres 0.

GIANTS 8TH: McCovey flied out to left; Henderson walked;
Henderson stole second [Henderson to third (error by
Cannizzaro)]; Dietz struck out; Gallagher grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 8TH: Cannizzaro was called out on strikes; Dean grounded
out (shortstop to first); ROBINSON BATTED FOR ROSS; Robinson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Padres 0.

GIANTS 9TH: SEVERINSEN REPLACED ROBINSON (PITCHING); Lanier
singled to left; Marichal out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Lanier to second]; Bonds grounded out (pitcher to
first); Fuentes singled to left [Lanier to third]; Cannizzaro
allowed a passed ball [Fuentes to second, Lanier scored
(unearned)]; Mays flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 4, Padres 0.

PADRES 9TH: Campbell singled to right; Stahl grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Campbell out at
second]; Gaston singled to center; Colbert forced Gaston
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Padres 0.



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