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Friday April 16, 1971
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Continuing his mastery of the Padres, Bob Gibson pitched the Cardinals to a 7-1 victory and also drove in three runs, two of them with a homer. The ace righthander's triumph was his seventh straight over the Padres without a loss in three seasons. [The Sporting News]


St. Louis Cardinals 7, San Diego Padres 1

Game Played on Friday, April 16, 1971 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Cardinals    1  2  4    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   7 10  1
Padres       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alou cf               5   1   1   0     0   0   .217      Campbell ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .289
Beauchamp 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Mason 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .273
  Hague 1b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Gaston cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .235
Simmons c             3   1   0   0     1   2   .444      Colbert 1b            3   0   2   0     1   1   .406
Torre 3b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .317      Brown rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .194
Cardenal rf           3   1   1   1     1   1   .265      Stahl lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .323
Melendez lf           4   1   2   2     0   0   .400      Cannizzaro c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .174
Sizemore 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .194      Slocum 3b             3   0   0   0     0   3   .000
Maxvill ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .111      Coombs p              1   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Gibson p              4   1   2   3     0   0   .333        Santorini p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Robinson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Laxton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Murrell ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Ross p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Ferrara ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   7  10   6     2   6             Totals               34   1   7   1     1   9

Time of Game: 1:58   Attendance:  6,782
Left on Base: Cardinals 4, Padres 8
DP: Cardinals 0, Padres 0
Errors: Melendez, Mason, Slocum
Doubles: Alou (3), Torre (2), Melendez (1), Coombs (1)
Home Runs: Gibson (1)
Stolen Bases: Melendez (1)
Caught Stealing: Simmons (1)
Hit by Pitch: Slocum (1,by Gibson)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson W(2-1)           9     7   1   1   1   9   0  36   1.65
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   9   0  36

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coombs L(1-1)           2.2   6   6   4   2   2   1  15   6.52
Santorini               2.1   3   1   1   0   2   0  10   2.89
Laxton                  2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.00
Ross                    2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.74
Totals                  9    10   7   5   2   6   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Gibson (1)
Wild Pitches: Gibson (2)

Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Andy Olsen


CARDINALS 1ST: Alou doubled; Beauchamp struck out; Simmons
reached on an error by Slocum [Alou to third]; Torre struck out;
Cardenal singled to left [Simmons to third, Alou scored
(unearned)]; Simmons was caught stealing home (catcher to second
to catcher); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Campbell flied out to center; Mason singled to
center; Gaston struck out; Colbert singled to left [Mason to
third]; Brown forced Colbert (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Melendez singled to left; Melendez stole second;
Sizemore flied out to right; Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to
first); Gibson homered [Melendez scored]; Alou grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Stahl singled to left [Stahl to second (error by
Melendez)]; Cannizzaro flied out to right; Slocum was called out
on strikes; Coombs doubled to center [Stahl scored]; Campbell
singled to left [Coombs to third]; Mason grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Beauchamp grounded out (shortstop to first);
Simmons walked; Torre doubled to left [Simmons to third];
Cardenal was walked intentionally; Melendez doubled to right
[Simmons scored, Torre scored, Cardenal scored (error by Mason)
(unearned) (no RBI), Melendez out at home (pitcher to catcher)];
SANTORINI REPLACED COOMBS (PITCHING); Sizemore singled to right;
Maxvill singled to center [Sizemore to second]; Gibson singled
to center [Maxvill to third, Sizemore scored]; Alou popped to
second; 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: Gaston grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert
struck out; Brown was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 7, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Beauchamp flied out to right; Simmons was called
out on strikes; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Stahl grounded out (second to first); Cannizzaro
flied out to center; Slocum was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cardenal struck out; Melendez flied out to
center; Sizemore lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 7, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: ROBINSON BATTED FOR SANTORINI; Robinson popped to
shortstop; Campbell struck out; Mason flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: LAXTON REPLACED ROBINSON (PITCHING); Maxvill
flied out to right; Gibson flied out to right; Alou grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Padres
1.

PADRES 6TH: Gaston grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert
singled to left; Brown singled to left [Colbert to second];
Stahl flied out to center; Cannizzaro popped to shortstop; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Beauchamp flied out to right; Simmons struck out;
Torre singled to left; Cardenal flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Padres 1.

PADRES 7TH: HAGUE REPLACED BEAUCHAMP (PLAYING 1B); Slocum was
hit by a pitch; MURRELL BATTED FOR LAXTON; Murrell struck out;
Campbell flied out to center; Mason struck out (catcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: ROSS REPLACED MURRELL (PITCHING); Melendez flied
out to right; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first);
Maxvill struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Padres 1.

PADRES 8TH: Gaston flied out to right; Colbert walked; Gibson
threw a wild pitch [Colbert to second]; Brown popped to first in
foul territory; Stahl grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Gibson flied out to center; Alou grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hague grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Padres 1.

PADRES 9TH: Cannizzaro grounded out (third to first); Slocum
struck out; FERRARA BATTED FOR ROSS; Ferrara flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Padres 1.



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