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Wednesday April 7, 1971
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Homers by Willie Mays, Ken Henderson and Dick Dietz featured the Giants' support of Gaylord Perry, who pitched a four-hitter and beat the Padres, 7-3. Mays' homer was his second of the season and 630th of his career. Nate Colbert hit two homers for the Padres. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 7, San Diego Padres 3

Game Played on Wednesday, April 7, 1971 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Giants       0  1  0    2  1  0    1  0  2  -   7 10  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  0  -   3  4  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              5   2   2   0     0   2   .300      Campbell 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Speier ss             4   1   2   2     1   0   .500      Stahl lf              3   0   2   0     1   0   .286
Mays cf               4   1   2   1     1   0   .444      Gaston cf             4   1   0   0     0   1   .125
McCovey 1b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Colbert 1b            3   2   2   3     1   0   .429
Henderson lf          2   2   1   2     2   0   .600      Brown rf              2   0   0   0     2   2   .000
Dietz c               4   1   2   2     1   0   .429      Spiezio 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Gallagher 3b          5   0   1   0     0   2   .111      Cannizzaro c          3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Lanier 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .286      Dean ss               2   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Perry p               4   0   0   0     0   4   .000        Robinson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Kirby p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Severinsen p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Murrell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Santorini p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mason ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Laxton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Roberts p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Ferrara ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               36   7  10   7     6   9             Totals               30   3   4   3     5   6

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance:  6,790
Left on Base: Giants 9, Padres 6
DP: Giants 1, Padres 0
Doubles: Speier (1)
Triples: Bonds (1)
Home Runs: Henderson (1), Dietz (1), Mays (2), Colbert 2 (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Henderson (1)
GIDP: Gaston (1)
Hit by Pitch: Cannizzaro (1,by Perry)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(1-0)            9     4   3   3   5   6   2  36   3.00
Totals                  9     4   3   3   5   6   2  36

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby L(0-1)            4     4   4   4   4   5   2  20   9.00
Severinsen              1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.00
Santorini               2     2   1   1   0   1   1   8   4.50
Laxton                  1     3   2   2   1   2   0   7  18.00
Roberts                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9    10   7   7   6   9   3  43

Hit by Pitch: Perry (1)
Wild Pitches: Kirby (1)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds was called out on strikes; Speier grounded out
(second to first); Debut game for Chris Speier; Mays
walked; McCovey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Campbell flied out to center; Stahl walked; Gaston
struck out; Colbert forced Stahl (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Henderson homered; Dietz walked; Gallagher flied out
to center; Lanier lined to third; Perry struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Brown was called out on strikes; Spiezio grounded
out (third to first); Cannizzaro was hit by a pitch; Dean forced
Cannizzaro (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
1, Padres 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Bonds struck out; Speier walked; Kirby threw a wild
pitch [Speier to second]; Mays grounded out (shortstop to
first); McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Kirby struck out (catcher to first); Campbell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Stahl grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Henderson walked; Dietz homered [Henderson scored];
Gallagher grounded out (third to first); Lanier struck out;
Perry struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Gaston grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert
walked; Brown was called out on strikes; Spiezio forced Colbert
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Padres 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Bonds singled to center; Speier doubled to right
[Bonds scored]; SEVERINSEN REPLACED KIRBY (PITCHING); Mays
grounded out (third to first); McCovey flied out to right;
Henderson was walked intentionally; Dietz flied out to right; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Cannizzaro was called out on strikes; Dean walked;
MURRELL BATTED FOR SEVERINSEN; Murrell grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Dean to second]; Campbell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Padres 0.

GIANTS 6TH: SANTORINI REPLACED MURRELL (PITCHING); Gallagher
singled to third; Lanier flied out to left; On a bunt Perry
struck out; Bonds flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 4, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Stahl singled to second; Gaston grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Stahl out at
second]; Colbert homered; Brown walked; Spiezio grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Padres 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier made an out to second; Mays homered; McCovey
flied out to center; Henderson flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Padres 1.

PADRES 7TH: Cannizzaro grounded out (first unassisted); Dean
flied out to right; MASON BATTED FOR SANTORINI; Mason grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Padres
1.

GIANTS 8TH: LAXTON REPLACED MASON (PITCHING); Dietz grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gallagher struck out; Lanier walked; Perry
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5,
Padres 1.

PADRES 8TH: Campbell grounded out (shortstop to first); Stahl
singled to right; Gaston forced Stahl (third to second); Colbert
homered [Gaston scored]; Brown walked; Spiezio forced Brown
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Padres 3.

GIANTS 9TH: Bonds tripled; Speier singled to right [Bonds
scored]; Mays singled to right [Speier to second]; ROBERTS
REPLACED LAXTON (PITCHING); McCovey forced Mays (first to
shortstop) [Speier to third]; Henderson hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Speier scored]; Dietz singled to center [McCovey to
second]; Gallagher struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 7,
Padres 3.

PADRES 9TH: Cannizzaro grounded out (shortstop to first);
ROBINSON BATTED FOR DEAN; Robinson flied out to left; FERRARA
BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Ferrara struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 7, Padres 3.



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