Playing before a Bat Day crowd of 32,896, Willie Mays drove in three runs with a double and homer as the Giants defeated the Cubs, 5-3, for their sixth straight victory. Chris Speier, the Giants' rookie shortstop, also joined in showing the kids in crowd how to swing a bat, rapping three singles. The victory was the third of the year for Gaylord Perry and his ninth in a row going back to the 1970 season. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 5, Chicago Cubs 3
Game Played on Saturday, April     17, 1971 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Cubs         0  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  0  -   3 10  0
Giants       2  0  0    0  1  0    1  1  x  -   5 12  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          4   1   2   0     0   1   .159      Bonds rf              4   2   2   0     1   2   .340
Beckert 2b            3   0   2   1     0   0   .302      Speier ss             5   1   3   1     0   0   .300
Williams lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Mays 1b               3   1   2   3     1   0   .421
Santo 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .235      Dietz c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .265
Pepitone 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .359      Foster lf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .313
Callison rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .129      Gallagher 3b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .239
Ortiz cf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .324      Rosario cf            2   0   1   0     2   0   .333
Martin c              4   1   2   2     0   1   .278      Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .304
Holtzman p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perry p               4   0   0   1     0   0   .000
  Regan p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  H. Breeden ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tompkins p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Colborn p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Popovich ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3  10   3     1   7             Totals               33   5  12   5     5   4

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 32,896
Left on Base: Cubs 6, Giants 9
DP: Cubs 3, Giants 2
Doubles: Ortiz (3), Bonds 2 (6), Mays (3)
Triples: Kessinger (2)
Home Runs: Martin (1), Mays (5)
Stolen Bases: Dietz (1), Mays (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Beckert (1)
GIDP: Holtzman (1), Popovich (2), Perry 2 (2), Gallagher (1)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman L(0-3)         4.1   9   3   3   2   4   1  23   7.80
Regan                   1.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   4   1.86
Tompkins                1     3   2   2   1   0   0   7  18.00
Colborn                 1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  8    12   5   5   5   4   1  38

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(3-0)            9    10   3   3   1   7   1  36   2.00
Totals                  9    10   3   3   1   7   1  36

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


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger struck out; Beckert singled to third;
Williams struck out; Santo flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds was called out on strikes; Speier singled to
center; Mays homered [Speier scored]; Dietz singled to right;
Dietz stole second; Foster struck out; Gallagher grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 2.

CUBS 2ND: Pepitone grounded out (first to pitcher); Callison
grounded out (first unassisted); Ortiz flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Rosario singled to center; Fuentes singled to left
[Rosario to second]; Perry grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Rosario to third, Fuentes out at
second]; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants
2.

CUBS 3RD: Martin singled to shortstop; Holtzman grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Martin out at
second]; Kessinger singled to center; Beckert grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Speier singled to right; Mays flied out to center;
Dietz popped to first in foul territory; Foster singled to right
[Speier to third]; Gallagher struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 0, Giants 2.

CUBS 4TH: Williams flied out to right; Santo was called out on
strikes; Pepitone flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Rosario flied out to right; Fuentes made an out to
third; Perry grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 2.

CUBS 5TH: Callison struck out (catcher to first); Ortiz doubled
to left; Martin homered [Ortiz scored]; Holtzman grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted);
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Bonds doubled to left; Speier singled to center
[Bonds scored]; Mays walked [Speier to second]; Dietz popped to
first in foul territory; Foster walked [Speier to third, Mays to
second]; REGAN REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Gallagher grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Foster out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Giants 3.

CUBS 6TH: Beckert singled to shortstop; Williams flied out to
center; Santo struck out; Pepitone singled to center [Beckert to
third]; Callison struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Giants 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Rosario walked; Fuentes forced Rosario (shortstop to
second); Perry grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Fuentes out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Giants 3.

CUBS 7TH: Ortiz grounded out (third to first); Martin struck
out; H. BREEDEN BATTED FOR REGAN; H. Breeden grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: TOMPKINS REPLACED H. BREEDEN (PITCHING); Bonds
doubled to right; Speier grounded out (first unassisted) [Bonds
to third]; Mays doubled to right [Bonds scored]; Mays stole
third; Dietz grounded out (second to first); Foster grounded out
(first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Giants 4.

CUBS 8TH: Kessinger tripled to center; Beckert hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Kessinger scored]; Williams singled to center;
Santo flied out to right; Pepitone walked [Williams to second];
Callison flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3,
Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: On a bunt Gallagher singled to third; Rosario walked
[Gallagher to second]; COLBORN REPLACED TOMPKINS (PITCHING);
Fuentes forced Rosario (first to shortstop) [Gallagher to
third]; Perry grounded out (third to first) [Fuentes to second,
Gallagher scored]; Bonds walked; Speier forced Bonds (second to
shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Giants 5.

CUBS 9TH: Ortiz singled to center; Martin made an out to
shortstop; POPOVICH BATTED FOR COLBORN; Popovich grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Ortiz out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Giants 5.