Atlanta Braves 6, San Francisco Giants 5 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, May 9, 1971 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Braves 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 6 9 1 Giants 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 10 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Jackson cf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .286 Bonds rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .307 Garr lf 5 2 4 0 0 0 .416 Speier ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 .299 Millan 2b 3 1 2 0 1 1 .393 Henderson cf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .258 Cepeda 1b 4 2 2 5 1 0 .302 McCovey 1b 4 1 4 3 0 0 .294 Williams 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .240 Heise pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lum rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .129 Lanier 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Priddy p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Dietz ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Upshaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foster lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .310 Didier c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .175 Gallagher 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .253 H. Aaron ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Mays ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .385 King c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Fuentes 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .257 Perez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Gibson c 4 0 1 2 0 0 .111 Niekro p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Robertson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Herbel p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 F. Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .087 Baker rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Cumberland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rosario ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .184 McMahon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perry ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .077 J. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 6 9 6 4 5 Totals 39 5 10 5 1 6 Time of Game: 3:04 Attendance: 28,744 Left on Base: Braves 7, Giants 6 DP: Braves 2, Giants 0 Errors: Perez Doubles: Millan (5), Garr (5), Foster (5) Triples: Gibson (1) Home Runs: Cepeda 2 (9), McCovey (6) Stolen Bases: Fuentes (1) Caught Stealing: Garr (6) Sacrifice Hits: Millan (3) GIDP: Fuentes (4) Hit by Pitch: Lum (3,by McMahon), Speier (1,by Niekro) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro 3.1 6 5 4 0 2 1 17 3.22 Herbel 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 15 2.77 Priddy W(1-1) 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 4.70 Upshaw SV(4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.70 Totals 10 10 5 4 1 6 1 41 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Robertson 4 3 4 4 2 0 1 17 4.07 Cumberland 3 2 1 1 1 3 1 11 1.02 McMahon 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 7.11 J. Johnson L(4-1) 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 1.21 Totals 10 9 6 6 4 5 2 43 Hit by Pitch: Niekro (1), McMahon (2) Wild Pitches: Niekro (2) Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Ken Burkhart, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Lee Weyer BRAVES 1ST: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Garr grounded out (second to first); Millan doubled to right; Cepeda grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Speier grounded out (third to first); Henderson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. BRAVES 2ND: Williams flied out to center; Lum flied out to left; Didier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: McCovey singled to right; Niekro threw a wild pitch [McCovey to second]; Foster popped to catcher in foul territory; Gallagher singled [McCovey to third]; Fuentes grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Gallagher out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. BRAVES 3RD: Perez made an out to first; Niekro grounded out (third to first); Jackson walked; Garr doubled to right [Jackson to third]; Millan walked; Cepeda homered [Jackson scored, Garr scored, Millan scored]; Williams grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Gibson grounded out (third to first); Robertson struck out; Bonds grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Giants 0. BRAVES 4TH: Lum grounded out (first to pitcher); Didier grounded out (first unassisted); Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Speier was hit by a pitch; Henderson reached on an error by Perez [Speier to second]; McCovey homered [Speier scored, Henderson scored (unearned)]; Foster doubled to left; Gallagher flied out to left; Fuentes singled [Foster to third]; Gibson tripled to right [Fuentes scored, Foster scored]; HERBEL REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); F. JOHNSON BATTED FOR ROBERTSON; F. Johnson popped to third in foul territory; Bonds grounded out (third to first); 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Giants 5. BRAVES 5TH: CUMBERLAND REPLACED F. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Herbel was called out on strikes; Jackson popped to third in foul territory; Garr singled; Garr was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Giants 5. GIANTS 5TH: Speier grounded out (third to first); Henderson grounded out (first to pitcher); McCovey singled to center; Foster struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Giants 5. BRAVES 6TH: Millan struck out; Cepeda homered; Williams made an out to shortstop; Lum walked; Didier was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Giants 5. GIANTS 6TH: Gallagher singled to right; Fuentes forced Gallagher (shortstop to second); Fuentes stole second; Gibson reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a double play [Fuentes out at third (pitcher to third to shortstop), Gibson out at second (shortstop to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Giants 5. BRAVES 7TH: Perez grounded out (third to first); Herbel grounded out (third to first); Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Giants 5. GIANTS 7TH: ROSARIO BATTED FOR CUMBERLAND; Rosario grounded out (second to first); Bonds made an out to shortstop; Speier grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Giants 5. BRAVES 8TH: MCMAHON REPLACED ROSARIO (PITCHING); Garr singled to center; Millan out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Garr to second]; Cepeda was walked intentionally; Williams made an out to second; Lum was hit by a pitch [Garr to third, Cepeda to second]; H. AARON BATTED FOR DIDIER; H. Aaron flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Braves 5, Giants 5. GIANTS 8TH: KING REPLACED H. AARON (PLAYING C ); Henderson flied out to center; McCovey singled to right; HEISE RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Foster singled to left [Heise to second]; MAYS BATTED FOR GALLAGHER; PRIDDY REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); BAKER REPLACED HERBEL (PLAYING RF); Mays flied out to right [Heise to third]; Fuentes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 5, Giants 5. BRAVES 9TH: MAYS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); LANIER REPLACED HEISE (PLAYING 3B); Perez flied out to right; Baker grounded out (first to pitcher); Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Giants 5. GIANTS 9TH: Gibson grounded out (second to first); PERRY BATTED FOR MCMAHON; Perry struck out; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Giants 5. BRAVES 10TH: J. JOHNSON REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Garr singled to center; On a bunt Millan singled [Garr to second]; Cepeda flied out to center; Williams singled to center [Millan to second, Garr scored]; Priddy struck out; King grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 6, Giants 5. GIANTS 10TH: Speier flied out to center; Henderson walked; DIETZ BATTED FOR LANIER; UPSHAW REPLACED PRIDDY (PITCHING); Dietz was called out on strikes; Foster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Giants 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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