The Dodgers snapped a six-game losing streak, their longest of the year, as Al Downing, who won only five games for Oakland and Milwaukee last season, coasted to his 11th triumph in an 11-3 victory over the Giants. After the Dodgers batted around for four runs in the first and increased their lead to 6-0 with two more in the second, Bobby Bonds hit a three-run homer in the third for all of San Francisco's runs.

The Dodgers rambled on, adding singletons in the third and fourth and three final tallies in the sixth. Ken Henderson, Giant outfielder, had to leave the game when Willie Davis' second-inning double took a bad bounce and hit him in the eye. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 11, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Sunday, July      11, 1971 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Giants       0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  2
Dodgers      4  2  1    1  0  3    0  0  x  -  11 16  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Speier ss             5   0   1   0     0   1   .264      Wills ss              4   1   0   0     1   0   .287
Fuentes 2b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .273        Russell rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Mays cf               2   1   1   0     2   0   .290      Mota lf               4   2   3   0     1   0   .307
McCovey 1b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .285      Davis cf              5   3   3   1     0   0   .350
  Goodson 1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Allen 3b              5   0   2   2     0   2   .277
Bonds rf              4   1   2   3     0   1   .312      Parker 1b             3   1   1   1     1   1   .296
Henderson lf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Lefebvre 2b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .274
  Rosario lf          2   0   1   0     1   0   .265      Darwin rf             3   1   2   1     1   0   .364
Dietz c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .277        Valentine ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Lanier 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .225      Ferguson c            5   2   3   2     0   1   .231
Bryant p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .186      Downing p             5   0   1   2     0   1   .208
  Carrithers p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gallagher ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .249
  Robertson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .067
  Stone p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Healy ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .356
  McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .180

Totals               35   3   8   3     3   6             Totals               39  11  16  10     4   5

Time of Game: 3:12   Attendance: 41,825
Left on Base: Giants 8, Dodgers 10
DP: Giants 0, Dodgers 0
Errors: Speier, Robertson
Doubles: Davis (25), Mota (8)
Home Runs: Bonds (20)
Stolen Bases: Davis (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Parker (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Lefebvre (2)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bryant L(7-5)           0.2   2   4   4   3   1   0   7   3.21
Carrithers              0.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.68
Robertson               0.1   3   2   1   0   0   0   5   4.61
Stone                   4.2   8   5   4   1   2   0  23   4.03
McMahon                 2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   4.26
Totals                  8    16  11   9   4   5   0  45

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing W(11-5)         9     8   3   3   3   6   1  38   2.49
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   6   1  38

Passed Balls: Dietz 2 (12)
Wild Pitches: Downing (6)

Umpires: HP - Mel Steiner, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Ed Sudol


GIANTS 1ST: Speier struck out (catcher to first); Fuentes popped
to third in foul territory; Mays walked; McCovey grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Wills walked; Mota walked [Wills to second]; Davis
doubled [Mota to third, Wills scored]; Allen struck out; Parker
walked; Lefebvre hit a sacrifice fly to center [Mota scored];
Darwin singled to center [Parker to second, Davis scored];
CARRITHERS REPLACED BRYANT (PITCHING); Ferguson singled to
center [Darwin to third, Parker scored]; Downing struck out; 4
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Dodgers 4.

GIANTS 2ND: Bonds singled to left; Henderson struck out; Dietz
flied out to right; Lanier singled to shortstop [Bonds to
second]; GALLAGHER BATTED FOR CARRITHERS; Gallagher grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 2ND: ROBERTSON REPLACED GALLAGHER (PITCHING); ROSARIO
REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING LF); Wills made an out to shortstop;
Mota singled to shortstop; Dietz allowed a passed ball [Mota to
second]; Davis reached on an error by Robertson (assist by
McCovey) [Mota to third]; Davis stole second; Allen singled to
right [Davis scored (unearned), Mota scored, Allen to second (on
throw)]; Parker singled [Allen to third]; STONE REPLACED
ROBERTSON (PITCHING); Parker was picked off first (pitcher to
first); Lefebvre flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Dodgers 6.

GIANTS 3RD: Speier popped to first in foul territory; Fuentes
made an out to shortstop; Mays walked; McCovey singled to right
[Mays to second]; Bonds homered [Mays scored, McCovey scored];
Rosario flied out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3,
Dodgers 6.

DODGERS 3RD: Darwin popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Ferguson singled to left; On a bunt Downing reached on a
fielder's choice [Ferguson to third (error by Speier; assist by
Lanier), Downing to second]; Dietz allowed a passed ball
[Downing to third, Ferguson scored (unearned)]; Wills popped to
third in foul territory; Mota grounded out (shortstop to first);
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Dodgers 7.

GIANTS 4TH: Dietz struck out; Lanier flied out to left; Stone
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Dodgers 7.

DODGERS 4TH: Davis singled to right; Allen singled to left
[Davis to second]; Parker out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
first) [Allen to second, Davis scored]; Lefebvre flied out to
center [Allen to third]; Darwin walked; Ferguson struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Dodgers 8.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier flied out to center; Fuentes made an out to
shortstop; Mays flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 3, Dodgers 8.

DODGERS 5TH: Downing flied out to right; Wills made an out to
first; Mota doubled to left; Davis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Dodgers 8.

GIANTS 6TH: McCovey grounded out (second to first); Bonds struck
out; Rosario walked; Dietz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 3, Dodgers 8.

DODGERS 6TH: Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker
struck out; Lefebvre singled to right; Darwin singled to third
[Lefebvre to second]; Ferguson singled [Lefebvre scored, Darwin
to third, Ferguson to second (on throw)]; Downing singled to
center [Ferguson scored, Darwin scored]; Wills grounded out
(first unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Dodgers 11.

GIANTS 7TH: RUSSELL REPLACED WILLS (PLAYING RF); VALENTINE
REPLACED DARWIN (PLAYING SS); Lanier popped to first in foul
territory; HEALY BATTED FOR STONE; Healy singled to right;
Downing threw a wild pitch [Healy to second]; Speier grounded
out (first unassisted) [Healy to third]; Fuentes flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Dodgers 11.

DODGERS 7TH: MCMAHON REPLACED HEALY (PITCHING); GOODSON REPLACED
MCCOVEY (PLAYING 1B); Mota singled to shortstop; Davis singled
to first [Mota to second]; Allen struck out; Parker flied out to
left; Lefebvre flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
3, Dodgers 11.

GIANTS 8TH: Mays singled to third; Goodson forced Mays (third to
second); Bonds flied to right in foul territory; Rosario singled
to left [Goodson to second]; Dietz made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Dodgers 11.

DODGERS 8TH: Valentine made an out to second; Ferguson flied out
to right; Downing grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Dodgers 11.

GIANTS 9TH: Lanier made an out to shortstop; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR
MCMAHON; Williams struck out; Speier singled to second; Fuentes
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3,
Dodgers 11.