The Giants won the West division title by one game over the Dodgers when Juan Marichal pitched a five-hitter and beat the Padres, 5-1. The Giants began nailing down their victory in the fourth inning when Tito Fuentes singled, Willie Mays drove him in with a double and Dave Kingman smashed a two-run homer off Dave Roberts. Marichal dropped a throw while covering first base on a grounder by Ollie Brown to lead to the Padres' run in the fifth. Brown took second on an infield out by Larry Stahl and scored on a single by Bob Barton.

The Giants iced their championship champagne with their last two runs in the ninth. Chris Speier doubled and scored on another two-bagger by Ken Henderson. After taking third on a long fly by Fuentes, Henderson was waved home with the final run when Al Severinsen balked with Mays at bat. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 5, San Diego Padres 1
Game Played on Thursday, September 30, 1971 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  2  -   5 10  1
Padres       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   1   1   1     1   1   .264      Mason 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .212
Fuentes 2b            5   1   3   0     0   0   .273      Jestadt 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .286
Mays cf               4   1   1   1     1   1   .271      Jeter cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .320
McCovey 1b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .277      Colbert 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .264
Kingman rf            4   1   1   2     0   2   .278      Brown rf              3   1   0   0     0   0   .273
Dietz c               4   0   1   0     0   2   .252      Stahl lf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .253
Gallagher 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .277      Barton c              3   0   2   1     0   0   .250
  Lanier 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Dean ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .114
Speier ss             3   1   1   0     1   0   .235      Roberts p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Marichal p            3   0   0   0     0   3   .133        Arlin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .123
                                                            Gaspar ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .118
                                                            Corkins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Murrell ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .235
                                                            Severinsen p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  10   4     4  10             Totals               31   1   5   1     0   5

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 34,861
Left on Base: Giants 7, Padres 3
DP: Giants 2, Padres 1
Errors: Marichal
Doubles: Fuentes (28), Mays (24), Speier (17), Henderson (26), Jestadt (13)
Home Runs: Kingman (6)
Stolen Bases: Mays 2 (23)
Sacrifice Hits: Marichal (7)
GIDP: Fuentes (15), Dean 2 (2)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal W(18-11)       9     5   1   0   0   5   0  31   2.94
Totals                  9     5   1   0   0   5   0  31

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts L(14-17)        3.1   6   3   3   0   1   1  15   2.10
Arlin                   2.2   0   0   0   4   4   0  11   3.48
Corkins                 2     2   0   0   0   5   0   8   3.46
Severinsen              1     2   2   2   0   0   0   5   3.47
Totals                  9    10   5   5   4  10   1  39

Balks: Severinsen (1)

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Shag Crawford


GIANTS 1ST: Henderson flied out to center; Fuentes doubled to
left; Mays popped to first in foul territory; McCovey singled to
right [Fuentes out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Mason flied out to center; Jestadt flied out to
right; Jeter singled; Colbert grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Kingman grounded out (third to first); Dietz
grounded out (third to first); Gallagher grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Brown grounded out (third to first); Stahl struck
out; Barton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
0, Padres 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Speier grounded out (third to first); Marichal
struck out; Henderson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Dean grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts
grounded out (first unassisted); Mason struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Fuentes singled to left; Mays doubled to center
[Fuentes scored]; McCovey flied out to center; Kingman homered
[Mays scored]; Dietz singled to center; ARLIN REPLACED ROBERTS
(PITCHING); Gallagher grounded out (third to first) [Dietz to
second]; Speier was walked intentionally; Marichal struck out; 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Jestadt was called out on strikes; Jeter flied out
to right; Colbert grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Padres 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Henderson walked; Fuentes grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Henderson out at second]; Mays
walked; Mays stole second; Mays stole third; the two steals
by Willie Mays are really one continous play, as the Padres left
3B uncovered due to overshift against Willie McCovey;
McCovey was walked intentionally; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Brown reached on an error by Marichal (assist by
Fuentes); Stahl grounded out (catcher to first) [Brown to
second]; Barton singled to center [Brown scored (unearned)];
Dean grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Barton out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3,
Padres 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Dietz struck out; Gallagher was called out on
strikes; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: LANIER REPLACED GALLAGHER (PLAYING 3B); GASPAR
BATTED FOR ARLIN; Gaspar flied out to center; On a bunt Mason
singled; Jestadt grounded out (shortstop to first) [Mason to
second]; Jeter flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 3, Padres 1.

GIANTS 7TH: CORKINS REPLACED GASPAR (PITCHING); Marichal struck
out; Henderson struck out; Fuentes singled; Mays was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 7TH: Colbert struck out; Brown grounded out (second to
first); Stahl grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 3, Padres 1.

GIANTS 8TH: McCovey singled to right; Kingman struck out; Dietz
was called out on strikes; Lanier flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 8TH: Barton singled; Dean grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Barton out at second]; MURRELL
BATTED FOR CORKINS; Murrell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 3, Padres 1.

GIANTS 9TH: SEVERINSEN REPLACED MURRELL (PITCHING); Speier
doubled to right; Marichal out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Speier to third]; Henderson doubled [Speier
scored]; Fuentes flied out to right [Henderson to third];
Severinsen balked [Henderson scored]; Mays made an out to
second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Padres 1.

PADRES 9TH: Mason flied out to left; Jestadt doubled; Jeter
flied out to right; Colbert grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Padres 1.