The Pirates broke a tight game apart with a seven-run explosion in the eighth inning and defeated the Giants, 10-2. Willie Stargell capped the outburst by hitting a homer with two men on base. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 10, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Tuesday, May       4, 1971 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Pirates      0  1  0    0  0  0    2  7  0  -  10 14  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   2  8  2


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               6   1   0   0     0   1   .307      Bonds rf              4   1   0   0     1   0   .337
Hebner 3b             4   2   2   2     1   1   .287      Speier ss             3   0   1   0     1   0   .299
Clemente rf           5   1   2   2     0   2   .264      Henderson cf          4   1   0   0     0   0   .243
Stargell lf           5   1   2   3     0   3   .356      McCovey 1b            4   0   2   1     0   0   .273
Oliver cf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .231      Dietz c               4   0   1   1     0   1   .294
Robertson 1b          5   0   1   0     0   2   .200      Foster lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .290
Sanguillen c          5   1   4   1     0   1   .290      Fuentes 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .268
Alley ss              2   1   0   0     3   0   .278      Gallagher 3b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .241
Blass p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Stone p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Moose p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bryant p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Mazeroski ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .211        Rosario ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .194
  Ellis pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .250        McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Grant p             2   1   1   1     0   1   .500        Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Healy ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .857

Totals               42  10  14   9     4  13             Totals               34   2   8   2     3   3

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance:  8,263
Left on Base: Pirates 9, Giants 8
DP: Pirates 0, Giants 0
Errors: McCovey, Fuentes
Doubles: Sanguillen 2 (7), Hebner (5), Fuentes (3)
Home Runs: Stargell (12)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (2)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blass                   5.1   5   2   2   3   2   0  23   3.38
Moose W(2-1)            0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.45
Grant SV(2)             3     3   0   0   0   1   0  12   1.50
Totals                  9     8   2   2   3   3   0  37

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone L(2-1)            6.1   8   3   3   3   9   0  30   3.06
Bryant                  0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.93
McMahon                 0.1   4   6   5   1   0   0   7   9.31
Hamilton                1.2   2   1   1   0   3   1   7   1.93
Totals                  9    14  10   9   4  13   1  46

Passed Balls: Dietz (3)

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


PIRATES 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner
walked; Clemente flied to left in foul territory; Stargell
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds flied out to left; Speier walked; Henderson
flied out to center; McCovey made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Giants 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Oliver singled; Robertson flied out to center;
Sanguillen doubled to left [Oliver scored]; Alley was walked
intentionally; Blass struck out; Cash grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Dietz struck out; Foster made an out to second;
Fuentes flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Giants 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Hebner was called out on strikes; Clemente was
called out on strikes; Stargell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Gallagher singled; Stone forced Gallagher (pitcher
to shortstop); Bonds forced Stone (third to second); Bonds was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Oliver flied out to center; Robertson was called
out on strikes; Sanguillen doubled to right; Alley was walked
intentionally; Blass made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Pirates 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Speier flied out to right; Henderson grounded out
(second to first); McCovey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner made
an out to shortstop; Clemente was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Dietz grounded out (shortstop to first); Foster
flied out to center; Fuentes doubled; Gallagher was walked
intentionally; Stone struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates
1, Giants 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Stargell singled to center; Oliver flied out to
left; Robertson struck out; Sanguillen singled to center
[Stargell to second]; Alley made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds walked; Speier singled to left [Bonds to
second]; Henderson forced Speier (first to shortstop) [Bonds to
third]; McCovey singled [Henderson to third, Bonds scored];
Dietz singled to center [McCovey to second, Henderson scored];
MOOSE REPLACED BLASS (PITCHING); Foster made an out to first;
Fuentes flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Giants 2.

PIRATES 7TH: MAZEROSKI BATTED FOR MOOSE; Mazeroski singled;
ELLIS RAN FOR MAZEROSKI; Cash was called out on strikes; Hebner
doubled to right [Ellis scored]; Dietz allowed a passed ball
[Hebner to third]; Clemente singled to center [Hebner scored];
BRYANT REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Stargell was called out on
strikes; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 3, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: GRANT REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Gallagher was
called out on strikes; ROSARIO BATTED FOR BRYANT; Rosario
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Giants 2.

PIRATES 8TH: MCMAHON REPLACED ROSARIO (PITCHING); Robertson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen singled
[Sanguillen to second (error by Fuentes)]; Alley was walked
intentionally; Grant singled to center [Alley to second,
Sanguillen scored]; Cash reached on an error by McCovey [Alley
scored, Grant to third, Cash to second]; Hebner singled [Cash to
third, Grant scored]; Clemente singled [Hebner to second, Cash
scored (unearned)]; HAMILTON REPLACED MCMAHON (PITCHING);
Stargell homered [Hebner scored, Clemente scored]; Oliver was
called out on strikes; Robertson singled to left; Sanguillen was
called out on strikes; 7 R (6 ER), 6 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 10,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 8TH: Speier made an out to second; Henderson flied out to
right; McCovey singled; Dietz flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 10, Giants 2.

PIRATES 9TH: Alley flied to right in foul territory; Grant
struck out; Cash grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 10, Giants 2.

GIANTS 9TH: Foster popped to catcher in foul territory; Fuentes
singled to left; Gallagher flied out to right; HEALY BATTED FOR
HAMILTON; Healy singled to left [Fuentes to second]; Bonds
forced Healy (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 10, Giants 2.