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Sunday May 9, 1971
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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.



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