The Giants suffered their third straight defeat and 10th in the last 11 games when they collected only six hits off Jim McGlothlin and lost to the Reds, 4-2. Willie McCovey and Dick Dietz homered to produce the Giants' runs.

The Reds began their scoring with a run in the third inning on a single by Woody Woodward, a stolen base and single by Tony Perez. Two more followed in the fifth when Tommy Helms singled, Pete Rose tripled and Lee May singled. Bernie Carbo singled in the sixth, advanced to third on a wild pitch and counted the Reds' last run on a sacrifice fly by Helms. Despite the defeat, the Giants remained one game ahead of the Dodgers in the West division race. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Wednesday, September 15, 1971 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  1    0  2  1    0  0  0  -   4  9  0
Giants       0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  6  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose rf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .300      Speier ss             3   0   1   0     1   1   .236
Woodward ss           1   0   1   0     1   0   .247      Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .271
  Concepcion pr,ss    2   1   0   0     0   0   .207      Bonds cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .293
May 1b                4   0   1   1     0   2   .274      McCovey 1b            3   1   1   1     1   1   .266
Perez 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .268      Kingman rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Gallagher 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .289
Carbo lf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .222      Henderson lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .260
  Bradford lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .191      Dietz c               3   1   2   1     1   0   .249
Foster cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .245      Carrithers p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
Helms 2b              3   1   2   1     0   0   .264        Duffy ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
McGlothlin p          3   0   1   0     0   2   .140        Barr p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hart ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .257
                                                            J. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .100

Totals               32   4   9   4     2   6             Totals               32   2   6   2     3   6

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  6,488
Left on Base: Reds 5, Giants 6
DP: Reds 1, Giants 1
Errors: Henderson
Doubles: McGlothlin (2), Henderson (25), Kingman (7)
Triples: Rose (4)
Home Runs: McCovey (15), Dietz (16)
Stolen Bases: Woodward (4)
Caught Stealing: Foster (7)
Sacrifice Hits: McGlothlin (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Helms (7)
GIDP: Foster (18), Duffy (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothlin W(8-12)      9     6   2   2   3   6   2  35   3.26
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   6   2  35

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carrithers L(4-3)       5     7   3   3   2   4   0  22   4.15
Barr                    2     2   1   0   0   1   0   8   3.78
J. Johnson              2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.01
Totals                  9     9   4   3   2   6   0  36

Passed Balls: Dietz (19)
Wild Pitches: McGlothlin (7), Barr (1)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Woodward walked;
May struck out; Perez forced Woodward (shortstop to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Speier struck out; Fuentes struck out; Bonds made an
out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Carbo walked;
Foster struck out; Helms singled [Carbo to third (error by
Henderson)]; McGlothlin struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey lined to first; Kingman lined to left;
Gallagher flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose flied out to left; Woodward singled to center;
May struck out; Woodward stole second; CONCEPCION RAN FOR
WOODWARD; Perez singled to shortstop [Concepcion scored, Perez
out at first (shortstop to catcher to first)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: CONCEPCION STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Henderson
made an out to shortstop; Dietz singled; Carrithers forced Dietz
(first to shortstop); Speier singled to left [Carrithers to
second]; Fuentes made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Reds 1, Giants 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench flied out to center; Carbo singled; Foster
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Carbo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Bonds struck out; McCovey homered; Kingman grounded
out (pitcher unassisted); Gallagher grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 1.

REDS 5TH: Helms singled; McGlothlin out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Helms to second]; Rose tripled to right
[Helms scored]; Concepcion grounded out (pitcher to first); May
singled [Rose scored]; Perez forced May (shortstop to second); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Henderson doubled to right; Dietz walked; DUFFY
BATTED FOR CARRITHERS; Duffy grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Henderson to third, Dietz out at second];
Speier walked; Fuentes grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 1.

REDS 6TH: BARR REPLACED DUFFY (PITCHING); Bench flied out to
center; Carbo singled to center; Barr threw a wild pitch [Carbo
to second]; Foster struck out but Carbo advanced to third and
Foster advanced to first on a passed ball; Helms hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Foster to second, Carbo scored (unearned)];
Foster was picked off and caught stealing third (pitcher to
third to shortstop to pitcher); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds flied out to right; McCovey struck out;
Kingman doubled to left; Gallagher was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 1.

REDS 7TH: McGlothlin doubled; Rose grounded out (third to first)
[McGlothlin to third]; Concepcion grounded out (third to first);
May flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Henderson grounded out (first unassisted); Dietz
homered; HART BATTED FOR BARR; Hart struck out; Speier grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants
2.

REDS 8TH: J. JOHNSON REPLACED HART (PITCHING); Perez flied out
to left; Bench made an out to shortstop; Carbo grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 2.

GIANTS 8TH: BRADFORD REPLACED CARBO (PLAYING LF); Fuentes
grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonds flied out to right;
McCovey walked; McGlothlin threw a wild pitch [McCovey to
second]; Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 2.

REDS 9TH: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms
grounded out (pitcher to first); McGlothlin struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 2.

GIANTS 9TH: Gallagher grounded out (shortstop to first);
Henderson grounded out (second to first); Dietz grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 2.