In a sudden eruption, the Braves scored five runs on homers by Clete Boyer and Hank Aaron in the eighth inning and defeated the Giants, 5-2. Marty Perez walked and Boyer hit his homer as a pinch-hitter for Ron Reed. Atlanta Braves 5, San Francisco Giants 2Game Played on Saturday, May 8, 1971 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkBraves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 5 9 1 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 6 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Baker cf,rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .176 Bonds rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Garr lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .405 Speier ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .297 H. Aaron rf 4 1 2 3 0 0 .272 Mays cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .388 Upshaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .260 Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .303 Dietz c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Williams 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Henderson lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .256 Garrido 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .211 Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Perez ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .219 Lanier 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .191 Didier c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .189 Rosario ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .189 Reed p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .118 Bryant p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Boyer ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .182 J. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jackson cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Totals 34 5 9 5 2 4 Totals 34 2 6 2 1 2 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 10,751 Left on Base: Braves 4, Giants 6 DP: Braves 0, Giants 2 Errors: Williams Doubles: Fuentes (4) Home Runs: Boyer (1), H. Aaron (12), Mays (6), Henderson (3) GIDP: Cepeda (3), Perez (4) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reed W(4-2) 7 4 1 1 1 1 1 27 3.56 Upshaw SV(3) 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 8 2.77 Totals 9 6 2 2 1 2 2 35 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bryant L(2-1) 7.1 7 4 4 1 4 1 29 1.73 J. Johnson 1.2 2 1 1 1 0 1 7 0.84 Totals 9 9 5 5 2 4 2 36 Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Ken Burkhart BRAVES 1ST: Baker flied out to center; Garr singled; H. Aaron singled to left [Garr to third]; Cepeda grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [H. Aaron out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Bonds reached on an error by Williams; Speier grounded out (third to first) [Bonds to second]; Mays flied out to left; McCovey was walked intentionally; Dietz forced McCovey (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. BRAVES 2ND: Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrido grounded out (third to first); Perez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Henderson singled to right; Fuentes grounded out (second to first) [Henderson to second]; Lanier grounded out (third to first); Bryant grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. BRAVES 3RD: Didier grounded out (pitcher to first); Reed struck out; Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Bonds popped to first in foul territory; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Mays grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. BRAVES 4TH: Garr popped to first in foul territory; H. Aaron made an out to third; Cepeda flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: McCovey flied out to center; Dietz flied out to center; Henderson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. BRAVES 5TH: Williams singled to left; Garrido singled to left [Williams to second]; Perez forced Garrido (first to shortstop) [Williams to third]; Didier was called out on strikes; Reed struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Fuentes doubled; Lanier singled to left [Fuentes to third]; Bryant struck out; Bonds made an out to second; Speier forced Lanier (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. BRAVES 6TH: Baker grounded out (third to first); Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); H. Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 6TH: Mays homered; McCovey flied out to center; Dietz grounded out (second to first); Henderson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 1. BRAVES 7TH: Cepeda flied out to left; Williams popped to first in foul territory; Garrido flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 1. GIANTS 7TH: Fuentes flied out to left; Lanier grounded out (second to first); Bryant grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 1. BRAVES 8TH: Perez walked; Didier flied out to right; BOYER BATTED FOR REED; Boyer homered [Perez scored]; On a bunt Baker singled; Garr singled [Baker to second]; J. JOHNSON REPLACED BRYANT (PITCHING); H. Aaron homered [Baker scored, Garr scored]; Cepeda flied out to left; Williams grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Giants 1. GIANTS 8TH: JACKSON REPLACED BOYER (PLAYING CF); BAKER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); UPSHAW REPLACED H. AARON (PITCHING); Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Mays singled to right; McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Giants 1. BRAVES 9TH: Garrido walked; Perez grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Garrido out at second]; Didier singled; Jackson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Giants 1. GIANTS 9TH: Dietz grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson homered; Fuentes grounded out (second to first); ROSARIO BATTED FOR LANIER; Rosario struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Giants 2. |
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