The streaking Dodgers gained their seventh straight victory and trimmed the Giants' West division lead to two games by defeating the slumping San Francisco crew, 5-4. The game was marred by a beanball battle. Bill Singer, who started for the Dodgers, hit Willie Mays with a pitch in the first inning and Chris Speier with another pitch in the fourth. Singer, the first batter up for the Dodgers in fifth, was knocked down twice by Juan Marichal, who was warned by plate umpire Shag Crawford. After two were out, Bill Buckner was hit by a pitch, setting off a fight that ended with the umpire's ejection of Buckner, Marichal and Jerry Johnson of the Giants.

The Dodgers scored all their runs on homers. Dick Allen connected with a man on base in the first inning and Willie Crawford added a solo swat in the fourth. After Buckner was hit by a pitch in the fifth, Bill Russell ran for him. Willie Davis then came to bat against Giants' reliever Jim Barr and smashed a homer. Dave Kingman, who made an extraordinary recovery from his appendectomy September 1, hit a triple, double and single for the Giants. Kingman's triple and a sacrifice fly by Al Gallagher produced a run in the second. Jim Ray Hart hit a pinch-homer in the seventh and two more runs followed on a double by Tito Fuentes, walk to Jim Howarth, a passed ball, a throwing error by Tom Haller and double by Kingman, but Jim Brewer relieved Singer and saved the game for the Dodgers. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Francisco Giants 4
Game Played on Monday, September 13, 1971 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Dodgers      2  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  2
Giants       0  1  0    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   4  7  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Henderson lf          5   0   0   0     0   0   .263
  Mota lf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .311      Fuentes 2b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .273
Buckner rf            2   1   2   0     0   0   .287      Mays cf               1   0   0   0     1   1   .283
  Russell pr,rf,ss    1   1   0   0     0   0   .226        Howarth rf          0   1   0   0     1   0   .222
Davis cf              4   1   1   2     0   0   .311        McMahon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Allen 3b              4   1   2   2     0   1   .295        Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Crawford lf,rf        4   1   2   1     0   1   .281      Bonds rf,cf,rf,cf     5   0   1   0     0   3   .294
Parker 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Kingman 1b            4   1   3   1     0   1   .275
Lefebvre 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Gallagher 3b          3   0   0   1     0   0   .292
Haller c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .268      Speier ss             3   0   0   0     0   2   .236
Singer p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .094      Gibson c              2   0   1   0     0   1   .200
  Brewer p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .375        Dietz ph,c          2   0   0   0     0   1   .245
                                                          Marichal p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .130
                                                            Barr p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hart ph             1   1   1   1     0   0   .273
                                                            Rosario cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .224
                                                            McCovey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
                                                            Williams rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .178

Totals               35   5   8   5     1   5             Totals               35   4   7   3     2  10

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 31,081
Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Giants 9
DP: Dodgers 0, Giants 0
Errors: Allen, Haller, Gallagher
Doubles: Buckner (11), Fuentes (23), Kingman (5)
Triples: Kingman (2)
Home Runs: Allen (21), Crawford (9), Davis (6), Hart (2)
Stolen Bases: Mays (20)
Sacrifice Flies: Gallagher (3)
Hit by Pitch: Buckner (5,by Marichal), Mays (3,by Singer), Speier (7,by Singer)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Singer W(9-16)          6.2   7   4   2   2   8   1  32   4.09
Brewer SV(20)           2.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   8   1.95
Totals                  9     7   4   2   2  10   1  40

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal L(14-11)       4.2   5   4   4   0   2   2  20   3.07
Barr                    2.1   2   1   1   1   1   1  10   4.02
McMahon                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.56
Totals                  9     8   5   5   1   5   3  37

Passed Balls: Haller (3)
Hit by Pitch: Singer 2 (4), Marichal (3)
Wild Pitches: Singer (4)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to left; Buckner doubled to center;
Davis flied out to right; Allen homered [Buckner scored];
Crawford reached on an error by Gallagher [Crawford out at
second (pitcher to shortstop)]; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (second to first); Fuentes
made an out to shortstop; Mays was hit by a pitch; Singer threw
a wild pitch [Mays to second]; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Parker flied out to left; Lefebvre made an out to
shortstop; Haller grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Kingman tripled to right; Gallagher hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Kingman scored]; Speier struck out; Gibson singled
to third; Marichal forced Gibson (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Singer grounded out (first unassisted); Wills
singled to second; Buckner singled to third [Wills to second];
Davis flied out to right; Allen struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Henderson grounded out (first unassisted); Fuentes
grounded out (third to first); Mays walked; Mays stole second;
Bonds made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Giants 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Crawford homered; Parker grounded out (shortstop to
first); Lefebvre grounded out (second to first); Haller was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Giants
1.

GIANTS 4TH: Kingman singled to right; Gallagher flied to right
in foul territory; Speier was hit by a pitch [Kingman to
second]; Gibson struck out; Marichal forced Speier (third to
second); Juan Marichal threw two pitches at Bill Singer's
head as retaliation for Singer hitting Willie Mays and Chris
Speier; HP umpire Shag Crawford warned Marichal; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Giants 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Singer flied out to left; Wills grounded out
(second to first); Buckner was hit by a pitch; Bill Buckner
charged the mound with his bat; catcher Russ Gibson restrained
Buckner; both benches cleared and a brawl ensued; Jerry Johnson
made a choking gesture at HP umpire Shag Crawford and was
ejected by Crawford; Johnson charged Crawford but was restrained
by several players; Marichal and Buckner ejected by
Crawford; RUSSELL RAN FOR BUCKNER; BARR REPLACED MARICHAL
(PITCHING); Davis homered [Russell scored]; Allen grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: RUSSELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Henderson flied
out to left; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Mays
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 1.

DODGERS 6TH: BONDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); HOWARTH
REPLACED MAYS (PLAYING RF); Crawford singled to left; On a bunt
Parker made an out to pitcher [Crawford to second]; Lefebvre
made an out to shortstop; Haller was walked intentionally;
Singer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds singled to center; Kingman struck out;
Gallagher forced Bonds (second to shortstop); Speier was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Wills grounded out (second to first); Russell
grounded out (second to first); Davis grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: DIETZ BATTED FOR GIBSON; Dietz was called out on
strikes; HART BATTED FOR BARR; Hart homered; Henderson grounded
out (second to first); Fuentes doubled; Howarth walked; Bonds
struck out but Fuentes advanced to home and Howarth advanced to
second and Bonds advanced to first on a passed ball; Maury
Wills claimed that Bobby Bonds interfered with Tom Haller's
throw to 1B and was ejected by 1B umpire Stan Landes, who said
after the game that Wills did not have a good view of the game
so Landes allowed Wills to watch the end on television; MOTA
REPLACED WILLS (PLAYING LF); CRAWFORD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); RUSSELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Kingman doubled to
left [Bonds to third, Howarth scored (unearned)]; BREWER
REPLACED SINGER (PITCHING); Gallagher grounded out (third to
first); 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 4.

DODGERS 8TH: DIETZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ROSARIO REPLACED
HART (PLAYING CF); MCMAHON REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); BONDS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Allen singled to right; Crawford
struck out; Parker grounded out (pitcher to third to first)
[Allen to second]; Lefebvre flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: Speier reached on an error by Allen [Speier to
second]; Dietz grounded out (third to first); MCCOVEY BATTED FOR
ROSARIO; McCovey flied out to right; Henderson grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 4.

DODGERS 9TH: BONDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); WILLIAMS
REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING RF); Haller flied out to center;
Brewer struck out; Mota flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 4.

GIANTS 9TH: Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); ARNOLD
BATTED FOR MCMAHON; Arnold struck out (catcher to first); Bonds
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 4.