Nelson Briles, making his first start for the Pirates, gained a 6-2 victory over the Giants with last-out help from Dave Giusti. The Pirates scored three of their runs off Juan Marichal in the third inning. Milt May beat out an infield hit with the bases loaded to plate one tally and Al Oliver doubled to drive in two more. Vic Davalillo batted in the Bucs' last three runs with a double in the sixth inning and a single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 6, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Sunday, April     25, 1971 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Giants       0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2 11  1
Pirates      0  0  3    0  0  2    0  1  x  -   6 11  3


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Speier ss             4   0   1   0     1   1   .315      Cash 2b               4   2   3   0     1   0   .339
Fuentes 2b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .269      Davalillo 1b          5   1   3   3     0   0   .400
Henderson lf          5   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Clemente rf           4   0   1   0     1   0   .277
McCovey 1b            4   1   3   1     0   0   .250      Stargell lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .322
Dietz c               4   0   2   0     1   0   .310      May c                 4   1   0   1     0   0   .000
Foster rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .261      Oliver cf             4   0   2   2     0   0   .227
  Mays ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .316      Pagan 3b              2   1   1   0     2   0   .100
Rosario cf            4   0   0   0     0   4   .200      J. Hernandez ss       3   1   0   0     1   1   .280
Gallagher 3b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Briles p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Marichal p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .133        Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heise ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cumberland p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  F. Johnson ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .118
  J. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   2  11   1     2   6             Totals               33   6  11   6     5   3

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance: 16,553
Left on Base: Giants 13, Pirates 9
DP: Giants 1, Pirates 1
Errors: Henderson, Davalillo 2, Oliver
Doubles: Oliver (3), Cash (2)
Home Runs: McCovey (2)
Caught Stealing: Foster (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Briles (1)
GIDP: Dietz (2), Clemente (4)
Hit by Pitch: McCovey (1,by Briles)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(3-2)         5     7   3   3   3   2   0  25   1.58
Cumberland              2     2   2   1   1   0   0   8   0.75
J. Johnson              1     2   1   1   1   1   0   6   0.84
Totals                  8    11   6   5   5   3   0  39

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles W(2-1)           8.2  11   2   1   2   6   1  41   2.70
Giusti SV(3)            0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.35
Totals                  9    11   2   1   2   6   1  42

Hit by Pitch: Briles (1)

Umpires: HP - Mel Steiner, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Tony Venzon, 3B - Stan Landes


GIANTS 1ST: Speier singled to center; Fuentes flied out to left;
Henderson singled to center [Speier to second]; McCovey grounded
out (first unassisted) [Henderson to second, Speier to third];
Dietz was walked intentionally; Foster forced Dietz (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Davalillo
made an out to third; Clemente singled to right; Stargell
singled to right [Clemente to second]; May grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Rosario struck out; Gallagher singled to right;
Marichal was called out on strikes; Speier walked [Gallagher to
second]; Fuentes reached on an error by Oliver [Speier to third,
Gallagher scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Henderson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Oliver grounded out (third to first); Pagan singled
to center; J. Hernandez struck out; Briles grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 3RD: McCovey singled to right; Dietz singled to left
[McCovey to second]; Foster forced Dietz (shortstop to second)
[McCovey to third]; Rosario struck out; Gallagher grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Cash walked; Davalillo singled to center [Cash to
third]; Clemente walked [Davalillo to second]; Stargell was
called out on strikes; May forced Clemente (shortstop to second)
[Davalillo to third, Cash scored]; Oliver doubled to center [May
scored, Davalillo scored]; Pagan was walked intentionally; J.
Hernandez forced Pagan (second to shortstop); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Marichal flied out to right; Speier was called out
on strikes; Fuentes singled to left; Henderson flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 4TH: Briles flied out to left; Cash doubled to center;
Davalillo flied out to center; Clemente grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Pirates 3.

GIANTS 5TH: McCovey homered; Dietz flied out to center; Foster
singled to left; Foster was picked off and caught stealing
second but was safe at second (error by Davalillo; assist by
May); Rosario struck out; Gallagher flied out to right; 1 R, 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 5TH: Stargell grounded out (second to pitcher); May
flied out to center; Oliver singled to right; Pagan made an out
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 3.

GIANTS 6TH: HEISE BATTED FOR MARICHAL; Heise grounded out
(pitcher to first); Speier reached on an error by Davalillo;
Fuentes flied out to right; Henderson popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 6TH: CUMBERLAND REPLACED HEISE (PITCHING); J. Hernandez
walked; Briles out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [J.
Hernandez to second]; Cash singled to left [J. Hernandez to
third, Cash to second (error by Henderson)]; Davalillo singled
[Cash scored (unearned), J. Hernandez scored]; Clemente grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Davalillo out
at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 5.

GIANTS 7TH: McCovey was hit by a pitch; Dietz grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [McCovey out at
second]; Foster singled to left; Rosario was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 7TH: Stargell made an out to shortstop; May flied out to
center; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 5.

GIANTS 8TH: Gallagher grounded out (shortstop to first); F.
JOHNSON BATTED FOR CUMBERLAND; F. Johnson grounded out (second
to first); Speier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 8TH: J. JOHNSON REPLACED F. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Pagan
walked; J. Hernandez made an out to first; Briles was called out
on strikes; Cash singled to right [Pagan to second]; Davalillo
singled to right [Cash to second, Pagan scored]; Clemente
grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
2, Pirates 6.

GIANTS 9TH: Fuentes flied out to center; Henderson grounded out
(third to first); McCovey singled; Dietz singled [McCovey to
third]; MAYS BATTED FOR FOSTER; GIUSTI REPLACED BRILES
(PITCHING); Mays popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 6.