Homers by Bobby Bonds and Willie Mays provided the batting support for Juan Marichal, who yielded only five hits and pitched the Giants to a 6-1 victory over the Mets. Bonds belted his homer after a pass to Mays in the first inning.

The Giants broke the tight game apart with four runs in the seventh. After one run scored on singles by Al Gallagher, Ken Henderson and Tito Fuentes, Mays hit his first homer since July 18. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 6, New York Mets 1

Game Played on Sunday, August 15, 1971 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Mets         0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
Giants       2  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  x  -   6  7  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          4   0   1   1     0   0   .274      Henderson lf          4   1   1   0     0   1   .279
Garrett 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .280      Fuentes 2b            4   1   2   1     0   1   .283
Jones lf,cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .319      Mays cf               3   2   1   3     1   1   .284
Clendenon 1b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .236      Bonds rf              3   1   1   2     1   1   .303
Boswell 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .284      Kingman 1b            3   0   0   0     1   3   .278
Singleton rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .249      Dietz c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Grote c               3   1   1   0     0   1   .272      Speier ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Hahn cf               2   0   0   0     0   0   .230      Gallagher 3b          3   1   2   0     0   1   .281
  Shamsky ph,lf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .179        Lanier 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .232
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Marichal p            3   0   0   0     0   0   .132
McAndrew p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .067
  Kranepool lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .274

Totals               32   1   5   1     0   7             Totals               31   6   7   6     3   8

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 22,320
Left on Base: Mets 4, Giants 4
DP: Mets 0, Giants 0
Doubles: Grote (21), Boswell (18)
Triples: Jones (3)
Home Runs: Bonds (22), Mays (16)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McAndrew L(0-4)         6.2   5   4   4   3   7   1  28   4.91
Taylor                  1.1   2   2   2   0   1   1   6   3.19
Totals                  8     7   6   6   3   8   2  34

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal W(12-8)        9     5   1   1   0   7   0  32   2.80
Totals                  9     5   1   1   0   7   0  32

Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Satch Davidson


METS 1ST: Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Garrett
made an out to second; Jones made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Henderson made an out to first; Fuentes struck out;
Mays walked; Bonds homered [Mays scored]; Kingman walked; Dietz
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
0, Giants 2.

METS 2ND: Clendenon grounded out (shortstop to first); Boswell
grounded out (second to first); Singleton flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Speier grounded out (second to first); Gallagher
struck out; Marichal grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 2.

METS 3RD: Grote doubled to left; Hahn flied out to left;
McAndrew struck out; Harrelson singled to left [Grote scored,
Harrelson to second (on throw)]; Garrett was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Henderson flied out to left; Fuentes singled to
center; Mays grounded out (shortstop to first) [Fuentes to
second]; Bonds was walked intentionally; Kingman struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 2.

METS 4TH: Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Clendenon
flied out to right; Boswell singled to center; Singleton struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Dietz made an out to second; Speier grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gallagher singled to center; Marichal
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
1, Giants 2.

METS 5TH: Grote flied out to left; Hahn flied out to right;
McAndrew grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Henderson struck out; Fuentes flied to right in foul
territory; Mays struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Giants 2.

METS 6TH: Harrelson flied to right in foul territory; Garrett
struck out; Jones tripled to left; Clendenon struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds struck out; Kingman struck out; Dietz popped
to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Giants 2.

METS 7TH: Boswell doubled to right; Singleton grounded out
(second to first) [Boswell to third]; Grote struck out; SHAMSKY
BATTED FOR HAHN; Shamsky made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: SHAMSKY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); JONES CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Speier grounded out (third to first);
Gallagher singled; Marichal made an out to first; Henderson
singled to center [Gallagher to third]; TAYLOR REPLACED SHAMSKY
(PITCHING); KRANEPOOL REPLACED MCANDREW (PLAYING LF); Fuentes
singled to center [Henderson to second, Gallagher scored]; Mays
homered [Henderson scored, Fuentes scored]; Bonds grounded out
(third to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 6.

METS 8TH: LANIER REPLACED GALLAGHER (PLAYING 3B); Kranepool
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Harrelson flied
out to left; Garrett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 6.

GIANTS 8TH: Kingman struck out; Dietz grounded out (shortstop to
first); Speier popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 6.

METS 9TH: Jones flied out to right; Clendenon struck out;
Boswell made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Giants 6.

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