Although Willie Mays smashed a grand-slam for his third homer in as many games, the Giants lost to the Padres, 7-6. The Padres won with a three-run rally in the ninth inning. After singles by on Mason, Dave Campbell, Larry Stahl and Cito Gaston tied the score, Nate Colbert, who had struck out in three previous trips to the plate, lashed a long sacrifice fly to admit the winning run. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 7, San Francisco Giants 6
Game Played on Thursday, April     8, 1971 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Giants       1  0  0    0  0  0    5  0  0  -   6 10  0
Padres       3  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  3  -   7 13  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   2   2   0     1   2   .357      Campbell 2b           4   2   2   0     1   0   .250
Speier ss             4   1   1   0     1   0   .375      Stahl lf              5   2   2   3     0   0   .333
Mays cf               5   1   2   5     0   2   .429      Gaston cf             5   0   3   1     0   1   .308
McCovey 1b            4   1   2   0     1   0   .167      Colbert 1b            4   1   1   1     0   3   .364
Henderson lf          3   0   1   0     1   1   .500      Brown rf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .111
Dietz c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .273      Spiezio 3b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .222
Gallagher 3b          4   0   1   1     1   1   .154      Cannizzaro c          3   1   1   0     1   0   .111
Lanier 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Dean ss               2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foster ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Mason ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .500
  Heise 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Arlin p               3   0   1   1     0   0   .333
Stone p               1   0   0   0     1   1   .000        Kelley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  J. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ross p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rosario ph          1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000        Ferrara ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  McMahon p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               37   6  10   6     6  11             Totals               35   7  13   7     3   5

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance:  6,199
Left on Base: Giants 12, Padres 7
DP: Giants 2, Padres 0
Errors: Gaston, Dean
Doubles: Bonds (1), Brown (1), Cannizzaro (1)
Home Runs: Mays (3), Stahl (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Dietz (1), Dean (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Colbert (1)
GIDP: Cannizzaro 2 (3)
Hit by Pitch: Henderson (1,by Arlin)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   3     6   4   4   2   1   1  16  12.00
J. Johnson              3     2   0   0   1   1   0  12   0.00
McMahon L(0-1)          2.2   5   3   3   0   3   0  12  10.13
Totals                  8.2  13   7   7   3   5   1  40

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Arlin                   6.1   4   4   4   4   7   0  29   5.68
Kelley                  0     2   2   2   1   0   1   3   0.00
Ross W(1-0)             2.2   4   0   0   1   4   0  13   0.00
Totals                  9    10   6   6   6  11   1  45

Hit by Pitch: Arlin (1)
Wild Pitches: Ross (1)

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


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds doubled to right; Debut game for Steve
Stone; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Mays
singled to left [Bonds scored]; McCovey walked [Mays to second];
Henderson struck out; Dietz struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Campbell singled to center; Stahl homered [Campbell
scored]; Gaston grounded out (second to first); Colbert singled
to center; Brown doubled to right [Colbert scored]; Spiezio
walked; Cannizzaro grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Spiezio out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 1, Padres 3.

GIANTS 2ND: Gallagher was called out on strikes; Lanier grounded
out (pitcher unassisted); Stone walked; Bonds singled to center
[Stone to second]; Speier flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 3.

PADRES 2ND: Dean grounded out (shortstop to first); Arlin made
an out to second; Campbell walked; Stahl grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 3.

GIANTS 3RD: Mays was called out on strikes; McCovey flied out to
center; Henderson was hit by a pitch; Dietz was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 3.

PADRES 3RD: Gaston singled to center; Colbert struck out; Brown
forced Gaston (third to second); Spiezio flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Gallagher flied out to center; Lanier lined to
third; Stone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres
3.

PADRES 4TH: Cannizzaro doubled to right; J. JOHNSON REPLACED
STONE (PITCHING); Dean grounded out (pitcher to first); Arlin
singled to center [Cannizzaro scored]; Campbell popped to
shortstop; Stahl grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Bonds struck out; Speier grounded out (second to
first); Mays reached on an error by Dean [Mays to second];
McCovey popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Giants 1, Padres 4.

PADRES 5TH: Gaston singled to center; Colbert struck out; Brown
popped to first in foul territory; Spiezio lined to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Henderson flied out to left; Dietz popped to catcher
in foul territory; Gallagher grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 4.

PADRES 6TH: Cannizzaro walked; Dean out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Cannizzaro to second]; Arlin flied out to
center [Cannizzaro to third]; Campbell flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 4.

GIANTS 7TH: Lanier grounded out (third to first); ROSARIO BATTED
FOR J. JOHNSON; Rosario singled to third; Debut game for
Jimmy Rosario; Bonds walked [Rosario to second]; Speier
walked [Rosario to third, Bonds to second]; KELLEY REPLACED
ARLIN (PITCHING); Mays homered [Rosario scored, Bonds scored,
Speier scored]; McCovey singled to right; Henderson walked
[McCovey to second]; ROSS REPLACED KELLEY (PITCHING); Dietz
flied out to right; Gallagher singled to center [McCovey scored,
Henderson to third, Gallagher to second (error by Gaston)];
Lanier grounded out (shortstop to first); 5 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 6, Padres 4.

PADRES 7TH: MCMAHON REPLACED ROSARIO (PITCHING); Stahl made an
out to second; Gaston was called out on strikes; Colbert was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 6, Padres 4.

GIANTS 8TH: McMahon grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds was
called out on strikes; Speier singled to shortstop; Ross threw a
wild pitch [Speier to second]; Mays struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 6, Padres 4.

PADRES 8TH: Brown grounded out (second to first); Spiezio
singled to center; Cannizzaro grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Spiezio out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 6, Padres 4.

GIANTS 9TH: McCovey singled to first; Henderson singled to
shortstop [McCovey to second]; Dietz out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Henderson to second, McCovey to third];
Gallagher was walked intentionally; FOSTER BATTED FOR LANIER;
Foster was called out on strikes; McMahon struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 6, Padres 4.

PADRES 9TH: HEISE REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING 2B); MASON BATTED FOR
DEAN; Mason singled to shortstop; FERRARA BATTED FOR ROSS;
Ferrara struck out; Campbell singled to left [Mason to second];
Stahl singled to right [Campbell to second, Mason scored];
Gaston singled [Stahl to third, Campbell scored]; Colbert hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Stahl scored]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 6, Padres 7.