The Giants blew an 8-2 lead before coming back with three runs in the last two innings to defeat the Braves, 11-8. John Cumberland, the Giants' starting pitcher, helped himself at bat with three hits and appeared to be breezing before the Braves erupted for six runs in the seventh on five hits, three walks and an error.

With two out in the eighth, the Giants came to life again. Bobby Bonds doubled and scored the tie-breaking run when Darrell Evans threw wildly on a grounder by Dick Dietz. After a walk to Ken Henderson, Hal Lanier singled to score Dietz. The Giants added a run on a single by Willie Mays in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 11, Atlanta Braves 8
Game Played on Monday, July      19, 1971 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Giants       4  0  0    0  0  1    3  2  1  -  11 18  3
Braves       0  0  1    0  0  1    6  0  0  -   8 13  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Speier ss             6   2   3   0     0   1   .259      Millan 2b             4   1   0   0     1   0   .309
Fuentes 2b            6   0   2   1     0   0   .271      Garr lf               4   2   4   0     1   0   .330
Mays 1b               3   1   1   1     3   2   .289      H. Aaron 1b           5   0   1   1     0   1   .310
Bonds rf              6   1   3   1     0   3   .314      Williams c            5   1   1   1     0   1   .245
Dietz c               5   3   2   1     1   0   .288      Evans 3b              4   1   0   0     1   1   .269
Henderson cf          4   2   1   0     1   0   .254      Lum rf                4   2   1   1     1   1   .276
Gallagher 3b          3   0   1   2     1   0   .260      Jackson cf            5   1   2   0     0   0   .280
  Lanier 3b           1   0   1   1     0   0   .222      Garrido ss            3   0   1   0     0   0   .162
Williams lf           4   2   1   2     1   2   .188        House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Versalles ph        0   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Cumberland p          4   0   3   1     0   0   .222        King ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .214
  McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Foster pr,ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rosario lf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .244      Barber p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
                                                            Herbel p            2   0   1   0     0   1   .167
                                                            Perez ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .197
                                                            Cepeda ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .280
                                                            Priddy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .100

Totals               43  11  18  10     7   9             Totals               40   8  13   5     4   5

Time of Game: 3:37   Attendance: 13,361
Left on Base: Giants 12, Braves 9
DP: Giants 0, Braves 1
Errors: Speier 2, Cumberland, Evans
Doubles: Bonds (19), Jackson (16), Garr (17)
Home Runs: Lum (8)
Stolen Bases: Mays (12)
Caught Stealing: Mays (2)
GIDP: Speier (10)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cumberland              6.2  10   8   7   3   4   1  34   2.39
McMahon W(8-3)          1     3   0   0   1   1   0   6   3.99
Hamilton SV(2)          1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.00
Totals                  9    13   8   7   4   5   1  44

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barber                  0.2   4   4   4   1   0   0   7   5.20
Herbel                  5.2   9   4   4   5   5   0  29   4.81
House                   0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   9.64
Priddy L(3-7)           2     5   3   1   1   4   0  13   3.81
Totals                  9    18  11   9   7   9   0  50

Passed Balls: Williams (3)
Wild Pitches: Cumberland (1), McMahon (2), Barber (7)

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Tom Gorman


GIANTS 1ST: Speier singled to center; Barber threw a wild pitch
[Speier to second]; Williams allowed a passed ball [Speier to
third]; Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Mays walked; Mays
stole second; Bonds singled to left [Mays to third, Speier
scored]; Dietz singled [Bonds to third, Mays scored]; Henderson
reached on a fielder's choice [Bonds out at home (third to
catcher to shortstop to catcher), Dietz to third, Henderson to
second]; Gallagher singled to center [Henderson scored, Dietz
scored]; HERBEL REPLACED BARBER (PITCHING); Williams was called
out on strikes; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Millan flied out to center; Garr singled; H. Aaron
forced Garr (third to second); Williams flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Cumberland singled to left; Speier flied out to
right; Fuentes flied out to right; Mays walked [Cumberland to
second]; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Evans flied out to center; Lum struck out; Jackson
doubled to right; Garrido singled [Jackson to third]; Herbel
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Dietz flied out to center; Henderson popped to third
in foul territory; Gallagher grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Millan popped to first in foul territory; Garr
singled to left; H. Aaron popped to first in foul territory;
Williams reached on an error by Speier [Garr scored (error by
Speier) (unearned), Williams to third]; Evans was called out on
strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Williams flied out to left; Cumberland grounded out
(second to first); Speier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 4, Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Lum grounded out (second to first); Jackson grounded
out (pitcher to first); Garrido flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Fuentes popped to first in foul territory; Mays
walked; Mays was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Bonds singled; Dietz walked [Bonds to second]; Henderson made an
out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Herbel singled; Millan flied out to center; Garr
singled [Herbel to second]; H. Aaron struck out; Williams forced
Garr (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4,
Braves 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Gallagher grounded out (second to first); Williams
walked; Cumberland singled to left [Williams to second]; Speier
singled [Cumberland to second, Williams to third]; Fuentes
singled to right [Speier to second, Cumberland to third,
Williams scored]; Mays struck out; Bonds struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Evans flied out to center; Lum homered; Jackson
grounded out (second to first); Garrido grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Dietz singled to center; Henderson singled to center
[Dietz to second]; Gallagher walked [Dietz to third, Henderson
to second]; Williams singled to center [Dietz scored, Henderson
scored, Gallagher out at home (center to second to catcher),
Williams to second (on throw)]; Cumberland singled to center
[Williams scored]; HOUSE REPLACED GARRIDO (PITCHING); PEREZ
REPLACED HERBEL (PLAYING SS); Speier grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Cumberland out at second]; 3 R, 4 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 8, Braves 2.

BRAVES 7TH: LANIER REPLACED GALLAGHER (PLAYING 3B); Perez flied
out to left; Millan walked; Garr doubled to right [Millan to
third]; H. Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first) [Millan
scored]; Williams singled [Garr scored]; Evans walked [Williams
to second]; Lum walked [Williams to third, Evans to second];
Cumberland threw a wild pitch [Lum to second, Evans to third,
Williams scored]; Jackson singled to pitcher [Evans scored
(error by Cumberland), Lum to third]; VERSALLES BATTED FOR
HOUSE; MCMAHON REPLACED CUMBERLAND (PITCHING); KING BATTED FOR
VERSALLES; King singled [Jackson to third, Lum scored]; FOSTER
RAN FOR KING; CEPEDA BATTED FOR PEREZ; Cepeda singled to right
[Jackson scored, Foster out at home (right to catcher)]; 6 R, 5
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 8, Braves 8.

GIANTS 8TH: FOSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); PRIDDY REPLACED
CEPEDA (PITCHING); Fuentes popped to third in foul territory;
Mays was called out on strikes; Bonds doubled to center; Dietz
reached on an error by Evans [Bonds scored (unearned), Dietz to
second]; Henderson was walked intentionally; Lanier singled to
center [Henderson to second, Dietz scored (unearned)]; Williams
struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 10, Braves 8.

BRAVES 8TH: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr
walked; McMahon threw a wild pitch [Garr to second]; H. Aaron
singled [Garr to third]; Williams struck out; HAMILTON REPLACED
WILLIAMS (PITCHING); ROSARIO REPLACED MCMAHON (PLAYING LF);
Evans popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 10, Braves 8.

GIANTS 9TH: Rosario struck out; Speier singled to center;
Fuentes singled [Speier to third]; Mays singled to center
[Fuentes to third, Speier scored]; Bonds struck out; Dietz
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
11, Braves 8.

BRAVES 9TH: Lum grounded out (second to first); Jackson flied
out to center; Foster grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 11, Braves 8.