Swinging at the first pitch in his first time at bat in the N. L., Fran Healy smashed a pinch-homer in the 10th inning to give the Giants a 4-3 victory over the Astros. Healy had batted 10 times previously in the A. L. in six games with the Royals in 1969. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 4, Houston Astros 3
Game Played on Thursday, April     15, 1971 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Astros       0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  1    0  -   3  8  1
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  0    1  -   4  6  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cedeno cf             5   0   0   1     0   1   .234      Bonds rf              4   2   2   2     0   0   .359
Morgan 2b             5   0   1   1     0   0   .238      Speier ss             2   0   0   0     2   0   .200
Miller rf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .235      Mays 1b               3   0   1   0     1   1   .375
Watson lf             3   0   2   0     1   0   .237      Dietz c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .259
  Geronimo pr,lf      1   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Foster lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .222
Menke 1b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .262      Gallagher 3b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .231
Rader 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .158      Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Edwards c             4   0   1   1     0   0   .206      Rosario cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Metzger ss            4   2   2   0     0   1   .229      Reberger p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .400
Dierker p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Heise ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alou ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .320        Cumberland p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        F. Johnson ph       1   1   1   0     0   0   .091
                                                            McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            J. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Healy ph            1   1   1   1     0   0  1.000

Totals               37   3   8   3     2   5             Totals               33   4   6   3     3   6

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance:  3,557
Left on Base: Astros 7, Giants 4
DP: Astros 1, Giants 2
Errors: Dierker, Fuentes
Doubles: Morgan (3), Rader (2), Metzger (1), Foster (1)
Home Runs: Bonds (3), Healy (1)
Stolen Bases: Metzger (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Dierker (1)
GIDP: Menke 2 (4), Dietz (1)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker                 8     5   3   3   3   5   1  31   2.16
Ray L(0-1)              1.1   1   1   1   0   1   1   5   3.38
Totals                  9.1   6   4   4   3   6   2  36

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reberger                6     5   2   2   2   3   0  24   3.77
Cumberland              2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.00
McMahon                 0.1   3   1   1   0   0   0   4   7.20
J. Johnson W(1-0)       1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.00
Totals                 10     8   3   3   2   5   0  40

Passed Balls: Dietz (1)
Wild Pitches: Dierker 2 (3)

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


ASTROS 1ST: Cedeno struck out (catcher to first); Morgan
grounded out (first unassisted); Miller walked; Watson forced
Miller (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds flied out to center; Speier walked; Dierker
threw a wild pitch [Speier to second]; Mays walked; Dietz flied
out to right; Foster forced Mays (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Menke struck out; Rader grounded out (shortstop to
first); Edwards flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Gallagher was called out on strikes; Fuentes
grounded out (second to first); Rosario grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Metzger singled; Metzger stole second; Dierker
struck out; Cedeno popped to first in foul territory; Morgan
doubled to right [Metzger scored]; Miller grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Reberger struck out; Bonds grounded out (third to
first); Speier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Watson walked; Menke grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Watson out at second]; Rader
doubled to left; Edwards grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Mays struck out; Dietz grounded out (third to
first); Foster flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
1, Giants 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Metzger doubled to right; Dierker reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Metzger to third]; Cedeno
forced Dierker (shortstop to second) [Metzger scored]; Morgan
grounded out (second to first) [Cedeno to second]; Miller flied
out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Gallagher struck out; Fuentes grounded out (second
to first); Rosario grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Watson singled to center; Menke grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Watson out at second];
Rader grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: HEISE BATTED FOR REBERGER; Heise flied out to
center; Bonds singled to pitcher [Bonds to second (error by
Dierker)]; Dierker threw a wild pitch [Bonds scored]; Speier
walked; Mays singled to center [Speier to second]; Dietz
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mays
out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 1.

ASTROS 7TH: CUMBERLAND REPLACED HEISE (PITCHING); Edwards
grounded out (first to pitcher); Metzger struck out; Dierker
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Foster doubled to left; Gallagher lined to second;
Fuentes flied out to left; Rosario grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 1.

ASTROS 8TH: Cedeno flied out to center; Morgan made an out to
second; Miller flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: F. JOHNSON BATTED FOR CUMBERLAND; F. Johnson singled
to left; Bonds homered [F. Johnson scored]; Speier grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mays flied out to center; Dietz struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 3.

ASTROS 9TH: MCMAHON REPLACED F. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Watson
singled to right; GERONIMO RAN FOR WATSON; Menke singled
[Geronimo to second]; Rader forced Geronimo (third unassisted)
[Menke to second]; Edwards singled [Rader to third, Menke
scored]; J. JOHNSON REPLACED MCMAHON (PITCHING); Metzger reached
on a fielder's choice [Rader out at home (catcher unassisted),
Edwards to second]; ALOU BATTED FOR DIERKER; Alou forced Edwards
(third unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 3.

GIANTS 9TH: GERONIMO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); RAY REPLACED
ALOU (PITCHING); Foster struck out; Gallagher flied out to
right; Fuentes flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
3, Giants 3.

ASTROS 10TH: Cedeno flied out to right; Morgan made an out to
second; Miller reached on an error by Fuentes; Dietz allowed a
passed ball [Miller to second]; Geronimo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 3.

GIANTS 10TH: Rosario grounded out (second to first); HEALY
BATTED FOR J. JOHNSON; Healy homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 3, Giants 4.