Bob Gibson became the second pitcher in Cardinals' history to reach the 200 victory mark when the ace righthander defeated the Giants, 7-2. Jesse Haines holds the Cardinal record with 210 victories.

Gibson pitched out of a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the first inning, allowing only one run on a sacrifice fly by Willie McCovey. Gibson tied the score with a sacrifice fly in the second and the Cardinals then erupted for five runs in the sixth, three scoring on Ted Kubiak's first N. L. homer. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 7, San Francisco Giants 2

Game Played on Wednesday, August 4, 1971 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Giants 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 2 Cardinals 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 x - 7 8 1 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bonds rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .311 Brock lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .329 Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Cruz cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .257 Mays cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .279 Alou rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .321 McCovey 1b 2 0 1 1 1 0 .281 Torre 3b 4 2 3 1 0 0 .366 Henderson lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .277 Simmons c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .301 Dietz c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .267 Hague 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .213 Speier ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .251 Kubiak 2b 4 2 2 3 0 0 .233 Gallagher 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .270 Maxvill ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .226 Perry p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .121 Gibson p 2 0 0 1 0 1 .207 Rosario ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Barr p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kingman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Totals 32 2 7 2 3 9 Totals 32 7 8 5 2 3 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 27,024 Left on Base: Giants 7, Cardinals 4 DP: Giants 0, Cardinals 1 Errors: Dietz, Barr, Maxvill Doubles: Dietz (18), Gallagher (13), Torre 2 (24) Home Runs: Henderson (13), Kubiak (1) Caught Stealing: Speier (4) Sacrifice Flies: McCovey (3), Gibson (1) GIDP: Henderson (7) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry L(10-9) 6 6 6 5 2 2 1 27 3.49 Barr 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 8 5.14 Totals 8 8 7 6 2 3 1 35 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gibson W(10-9) 9 7 2 1 3 9 1 36 3.26 Totals 9 7 2 1 3 9 1 36 Wild Pitches: Perry (4) Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Ed Sudol GIANTS 1ST: Bonds reached on an error by Maxvill; Fuentes singled to center [Bonds to second]; Mays walked [Bonds to third, Fuentes to second]; McCovey hit a sacrifice fly to center [Fuentes to third, Bonds scored (unearned)]; Henderson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mays out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to left; Cruz flied out to left; Alou singled to shortstop; Torre singled to right [Alou to second]; Simmons forced Torre (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. GIANTS 2ND: Dietz doubled to right; Speier struck out; Gallagher singled to right [Dietz to third]; Perry struck out; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hague grounded out (shortstop to first); Kubiak singled; Maxvill singled to right [Kubiak to third]; Gibson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Kubiak scored]; Brock grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 1. GIANTS 3RD: Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Mays was called out on strikes; McCovey singled to center; Henderson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Cruz flied out to left; Alou grounded out (second to first); Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 1. GIANTS 4TH: Dietz singled to right; Speier forced Dietz (shortstop to second); Speier was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Gallagher was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons grounded out (pitcher to first); Hague struck out; Kubiak flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 1. GIANTS 5TH: Perry flied out to right; Bonds walked; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bonds to second]; Mays struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Maxvill grounded out (pitcher to first); Gibson was called out on strikes; Brock grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 1. GIANTS 6TH: McCovey walked; Henderson popped to shortstop in foul territory; Dietz flied out to center; Speier forced McCovey (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Cruz walked; Alou flied out to center; Torre doubled to right [Cruz scored]; Perry threw a wild pitch [Torre to third]; Simmons reached on a fielder's choice [Torre scored (error by Dietz; assist by Speier) (unearned), Simmons to second]; Hague walked; Kubiak homered [Simmons scored, Hague scored]; Maxvill grounded out (second to first); Gibson popped to first in foul territory; 5 R (4 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 6. GIANTS 7TH: Gallagher grounded out (second to first); ROSARIO BATTED FOR PERRY; Rosario struck out; Bonds flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 6. CARDINALS 7TH: BARR REPLACED ROSARIO (PITCHING); Brock flied out to left; Cruz was called out on strikes; Alou flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 6. GIANTS 8TH: Fuentes flied out to center; Mays flied out to center; McCovey grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 6. CARDINALS 8TH: Torre doubled to right; Simmons singled to pitcher [Torre scored (error by Barr), Simmons to second]; Hague flied out to left; Kubiak grounded out (second to first) [Simmons to third]; Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 7. GIANTS 9TH: Henderson homered; Dietz grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier was called out on strikes; Gallagher doubled; KINGMAN BATTED FOR BARR; Kingman struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Cardinals 7.

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