Cito Gaston and Dave Campbell batted in four runs apiece as the Padres defeated the Cardinals, 12-3, to gain their first victory over Bob Gibson, who had vanquished the San Diego club seven straight times previously in his career. Gibson, who was knocked out in the fourth inning, gave up nine hits and was charged with seven runs. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 12, St. Louis Cardinals 3
Game Played on Monday, May       24, 1971 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Padres       2  1  1    4  0  0    0  3  1  -  12 14  0
Cardinals    0  0  1    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   3 14  4


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hernandez ss          6   2   3   0     0   1   .273      Brock lf              4   2   3   0     1   1   .369
Mason 2b              4   4   1   0     2   0   .247      Alou cf               5   1   2   1     0   0   .331
Stahl lf              5   3   4   1     1   1   .265      Hague 1b              2   0   0   0     3   0   .231
Gaston cf             6   1   3   4     0   1   .286      Torre 3b              5   0   3   1     0   0   .346
Brown rf              3   0   0   0     1   2   .267      Cardenal rf           4   0   2   0     1   0   .245
Spiezio 3b            4   1   1   1     1   2   .192      Javier 2b             5   0   1   1     0   2   .317
Campbell 1b           4   1   2   4     1   0   .230      McNertney c           2   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Kendall c             4   0   0   0     1   2   .091        Simmons ph,c        3   0   1   0     0   0   .324
Phoebus p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .222      Sizemore ss           4   0   2   0     1   1   .248
  Miller p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Gibson p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .231
                                                            Torrez p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lee ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Drabowsky p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Melendez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
                                                            Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burda ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .389
                                                            Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Beauchamp ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .281

Totals               41  12  14  10     7  12             Totals               39   3  14   3     6   6

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance:  8,609
Left on Base: Padres 10, Cardinals 15
DP: Padres 2, Cardinals 0
Errors: Alou, Torre, Javier, McNertney
Doubles: Stahl (3), Brock (12), Alou (12)
Triples: Hernandez (3), Campbell (1)
Home Runs: Campbell (5)
Stolen Bases: Gaston (1)
GIDP: Torre (5), Simmons (3)
Hit by Pitch: Brown (1,by Taylor)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Phoebus W(3-4)          5.2  10   3   3   4   4   0  30   4.55
Miller SV(1)            3.1   4   0   0   2   2   0  15   3.20
Totals                  9    14   3   3   6   6   0  45

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson L(4-5)           3     9   7   7   3   6   1  21   3.84
Torrez                  1     1   1   0   0   1   0   4   5.20
Drabowsky               2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.63
Taylor                  2     2   3   3   4   3   0  13   5.12
Linzy                   1     2   1   0   0   0   0   5   1.33
Totals                  9    14  12  10   7  12   1  49

Hit by Pitch: Taylor (1)
Wild Pitches: Phoebus (6), Taylor (1)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Al Barlick


PADRES 1ST: Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Mason
singled to second; Stahl singled to shortstop [Mason to second];
Gaston singled to center [Stahl to third, Mason scored]; Brown
walked [Gaston to second]; Spiezio struck out; Campbell walked
[Stahl scored, Gaston to third, Brown to second]; Kendall struck
out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Alou flied out to left;
Phoebus threw a wild pitch [Brock to second]; Hague walked;
Torre grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Hague out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2,
Cardinals 0.

PADRES 2ND: Phoebus struck out; Hernandez singled to center;
Mason flied out to center; Stahl singled to right [Hernandez to
third]; Gaston singled to left [Stahl to second, Hernandez
scored]; Brown struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Cardenal singled to center; Javier popped to
second in foul territory; McNertney grounded out (first
unassisted) [Cardenal to second]; Sizemore walked; Gibson struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 3RD: Spiezio popped to first in foul territory; Campbell
homered; Kendall struck out; Phoebus was called out on strikes;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to center; Alou grounded out
(second to first) [Brock to second]; Hague walked; Torre singled
to left [Hague to second, Brock scored]; Cardenal flied out to
left [Hague to third]; Javier struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 4, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 4TH: Hernandez tripled to right; Mason walked; Stahl
doubled to left [Mason to third, Hernandez scored]; TORREZ
REPLACED GIBSON (PITCHING); Gaston singled to right [Stahl
scored, Mason scored]; Brown flied out to center; Gaston stole
second [Gaston scored (error by McNertney) (error by Alou)
(unearned)]; Spiezio struck out; Campbell flied out to left; 4 R
(3 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 8, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: McNertney struck out; Sizemore singled to left;
LEE BATTED FOR TORREZ; Lee forced Sizemore (shortstop to
second); Brock struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 8,
Cardinals 1.

PADRES 5TH: DRABOWSKY REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Kendall grounded
out (shortstop to first); Phoebus grounded out (pitcher to
first); Hernandez lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
8, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Alou singled to right; Hague flied out to center;
Torre singled to left [Alou to second]; Cardenal forced Torre
(shortstop to second) [Alou to third]; Javier singled to center
[Cardenal to second, Alou scored]; SIMMONS BATTED FOR MCNERTNEY;
Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 8, Cardinals 2.

PADRES 6TH: SIMMONS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Mason popped to
first in foul territory; Stahl struck out; Gaston struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 8, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first);
MELENDEZ BATTED FOR DRABOWSKY; Melendez lined to shortstop;
Brock doubled to left; Alou doubled to right [Brock scored];
Hague walked; MILLER REPLACED PHOEBUS (PITCHING); Torre grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 8,
Cardinals 3.

PADRES 7TH: TAYLOR REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Brown was hit
by a pitch; Spiezio walked [Brown to second]; Campbell flied out
to right [Spiezio to second, Brown to third]; Kendall was walked
intentionally; Miller was called out on strikes; Hernandez was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 8,
Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Cardenal singled to right; Javier flied out to
right; Simmons grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Cardenal out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 8,
Cardinals 3.

PADRES 8TH: Mason walked; Taylor threw a wild pitch [Mason to
second]; Stahl walked; Gaston flied out to right [Mason to
third]; Brown struck out; Spiezio singled to left [Stahl to
second, Mason scored]; Campbell tripled to left [Spiezio scored,
Stahl scored]; Kendall grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 11, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: Sizemore singled to left; BURDA BATTED FOR
TAYLOR; Burda flied out to right; Brock walked [Sizemore to
second]; Alou flied out to center; Hague grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 11, Cardinals 3.

PADRES 9TH: LINZY REPLACED BURDA (PITCHING); Miller grounded out
(second to first); Hernandez singled to shortstop; Mason forced
Hernandez (shortstop to second) [Mason to second (error by
Javier)]; Stahl singled to third [Mason scored (error by Torre)
(unearned), Stahl to second]; Gaston grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 12, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: Torre singled to right; Cardenal walked [Torre to
second]; Javier was called out on strikes; Simmons singled to
left [Cardenal to second, Torre to third]; Sizemore struck out;
BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR LINZY; Beauchamp forced Simmons (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 12, Cardinals 3.