The Cardinals won the first game of a doubleheader with Bob Gibson pitching, 4-2, and the Giants came back behind Juan Marichal to take the second game, 7-2. Gibson's decision was his sixth straight over the Giants since September 17, 1968. The Giants' runs counted on consecutive homers by George Foster and Bobby Bonds in the eighth inning.

The Cardinals had successive homers by Joe Torre and Jose Cardenal for their runs off Marichal in the sixth inning. Willie Mays, who sat out the opener, was stopped on his homer streak in the nightcap, but the Giants' superstar smashed a triple and double to continue his hot hitting. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 4, San Francisco Giants 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, April 11, 1971 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  6  2
Cardinals    0  1  0    0  3  0    0  0  x  -   4  7  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   1   1   1     0   1   .318      Alou cf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .278
Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Sizemore ss           3   0   1   2     0   0   .267
Henderson lf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .375        Maxvill ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McCovey 1b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .118      Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .235
  F. Johnson 1b       3   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Torre 3b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .294
Dietz c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .278      Cardenal rf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .200
Gallagher 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Hague 1b              2   1   0   1     1   1   .214
Rosario cf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .500      Simmons c             2   1   2   0     1   0   .444
Speier ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Javier 2b             3   1   1   0     0   0   .071
Robertson p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Gibson p              2   0   1   0     0   1   .200
  Bryant p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foster ph           1   1   1   1     0   0   .500
  Cumberland p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   6   2     0   3             Totals               27   4   7   3     4   3

Time of Game: 2:06
Left on Base: Giants 4, Cardinals 5
DP: Giants 3, Cardinals 0
Errors: Dietz, Speier, Alou
Home Runs: Foster (1), Bonds (1)
Stolen Bases: Cardenal (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Hague (1)
GIDP: Sizemore 2 (4), Javier (2)
Hit by Pitch: Gibson (1,by Bryant)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Robertson L(0-1)        4.2   5   4   3   4   2   0  20   5.79
Bryant                  2.1   2   0   0   0   1   0  10   0.00
Cumberland              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8     7   4   3   4   3   0  33

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson W(1-1)           9     6   2   2   0   3   2  33   1.96
Totals                  9     6   2   2   0   3   2  33

Hit by Pitch: Bryant (1)
Wild Pitches: Robertson 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Ken Burkhart, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Lee Weyer


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Fuentes singled to center;
Henderson popped to third in foul territory; McCovey flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Alou walked; Sizemore grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Alou out at second]; Brock flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Dietz grounded out (shortstop to first); Gallagher
made an out to second; Rosario grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Torre singled to right; Robertson threw a wild
pitch [Torre to second]; Robertson threw a wild pitch [Torre to
third]; Cardenal walked; Hague hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Torre scored]; Cardenal stole second [Cardenal to third (error
by Dietz)]; Simmons walked; Javier grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Simmons out at second]; 1 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Speier flied out to left; Robertson flied out to
right; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: F. JOHNSON REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING 1B); Gibson
singled to center; Alou flied out to center; Sizemore grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Gibson out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes flied out to left; Henderson singled to
center; F. Johnson forced Henderson (third to second); Dietz
singled to center [F. Johnson to third (error by Alou), Dietz to
second]; Gallagher grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock flied out to left; Torre struck out;
Cardenal flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0,
Cardinals 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Rosario singled; Speier flied out to right;
Robertson struck out; Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Hague walked; Simmons singled to center [Hague to
second]; On a bunt Javier singled [Simmons to second, Hague to
third]; Gibson was called out on strikes; Alou made an out to
second; Sizemore singled to center [Javier to third, Simmons
scored, Hague scored]; BRYANT REPLACED ROBERTSON (PITCHING);
Brock reached on an error by Speier [Sizemore to second, Javier
scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Torre flied out to right; 3 R (2
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Fuentes flied out to right; Henderson struck out; F.
Johnson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: Cardenal grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Hague was called out on strikes; Simmons singled; Javier
forced Simmons (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 7TH: MAXVILL REPLACED SIZEMORE (PLAYING SS); Dietz flied
out to right; Gallagher grounded out (third to first); Rosario
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals
4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Gibson was hit by a pitch; Alou singled to right
[Gibson out at third (right to third), Alou to second (on
throw)]; Maxvill popped to catcher in foul territory; Brock
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
0, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 8TH: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); FOSTER
BATTED FOR BRYANT; Foster homered; Bonds homered; Fuentes
grounded out (second to first); Henderson made an out to
shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: CUMBERLAND REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Torre
grounded out (third to first); Cardenal flied out to center;
Hague grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Cardinals 4.

GIANTS 9TH: F. Johnson grounded out (second to pitcher); Dietz
grounded out (third to first); Gallagher grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals 4.

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