A three-run uprising in the top of the 12th inning lifted the Padres to a 4-1 triumph in the season opener for both teams, giving Frank Howard his first major league managerial victory. The game was knotted, 1-1, when Luis Salazar began the 12th with a single and reached second on a passed ball.

Randy Bass then walked and, one out later, Terry Kennedy also walked to load the bases. Juan Bonilla followed with a single to plate one run and two more counted when Gene Richards followed with another single. [The Sporting News]
San Diego Padres 4, San Francisco Giants 1

Game Played on Thursday, April 9, 1981 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Padres       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   4 10  1
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           5   1   2   2     1   0   .400      North cf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Smith ss              5   0   1   0     1   0   .200      Cabell 1b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jones cf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Morgan 2b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Salazar 3b            5   1   3   0     0   1   .600      Clark rf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Bass 1b               3   1   0   0     1   0   .000      Evans 3b              5   0   2   0     0   0   .400
  Perkins 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Herndon lf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .200
Edwards rf            3   0   0   0     0   2   .000      May c                 2   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  Lefebvre ph,rf      1   0   0   0     1   1   .000        Wohlford ph         1   0   1   1     0   0  1.000
Kennedy c             4   1   1   0     1   1   .250        Sadek c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bonilla 2b            5   0   2   1     0   0   .400      LeMaster ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Curtis p              3   0   0   0     0   3   .000      Blue p                2   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  Turner ph           1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000        Ivie ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lucas p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Minton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stimac ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Holland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Littlefield p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   4  10   3     5   9             Totals               42   1   7   1     0   2

Time of Game: 3:06   Attendance: 54,520
Left on Base: Padres 7, Giants 6
DP: Padres 1, Giants 1
Errors: Smith
Doubles: May (1), Evans (1)
Stolen Bases: Richards (1), Herndon 2 (2)
Caught Stealing: Richards (1), Salazar (1), Smith (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Bass (1), Minton (1)
GIDP: Jones (1)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis                 10     7   1   1   0   2   0  37   0.90
Lucas W(1-0)            1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Littlefield SV(1)       1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                 12     7   1   1   0   2   0  43

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue                    7     4   1   1   2   6   0  24   1.29
Minton                  4     3   0   0   1   1   0  15   0.00
Holland L(0-1)          1     3   3   3   2   2   0   8  27.00
Totals                 12    10   4   4   5   9   0  47

Passed Balls: Sadek (1)
Wild Pitches: Blue (1)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Ed Montague


PADRES 1ST: Richards singled to right; Richards stole second;
Smith popped to first in foul territory [Richards to third];
Blue threw a wild pitch [Richards scored]; Jones grounded out
(first to pitcher); Salazar struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: North grounded out (third to first); Cabell grounded
out (third to first); Morgan popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 0.

PADRES 2ND: Bass flied out to center; Edwards grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kennedy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans
grounded out (shortstop to first); Herndon popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 0.

PADRES 3RD: Bonilla grounded out (third to first); Debut game
for Juan Bonilla; Curtis struck out; Richards walked;
Richards was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: May doubled to left; LeMaster made an out to
shortstop; Blue grounded out (third to first); North flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 0.

PADRES 4TH: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones made
an out to shortstop; Salazar singled to shortstop; Salazar was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Cabell grounded out (third to first); Morgan flied
out to center; Clark flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 0.

PADRES 5TH: Bass popped to third in foul territory; Edwards
struck out; Kennedy singled to center; Bonilla singled to left
[Kennedy to second]; Curtis struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Evans doubled to right; Herndon reached on a
fielder's choice [Evans out at third (third to shortstop)];
Herndon stole second; May flied out to right; LeMaster grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 0.

PADRES 6TH: Richards made an out to shortstop; Smith walked;
Smith was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Jones
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Blue singled to first; North flied out to center;
Cabell grounded out (second to first) [Blue to second]; Morgan
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1,
Giants 0.

PADRES 7TH: Salazar grounded out (shortstop to first); Bass
popped to catcher in foul territory; Edwards struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Clark flied out to center; Evans flied out to right;
Herndon singled to left; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR MAY; Herndon stole
second; Wohlford singled to center [Herndon scored]; LeMaster
reached on an error by Smith [Wohlford to second, LeMaster to
first]; IVIE BATTED FOR BLUE; Ivie flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 1.

PADRES 8TH: SADEK REPLACED WOHLFORD (PLAYING C ); MINTON
REPLACED IVIE (PITCHING); Kennedy grounded out (third to first);
Bonilla grounded out (shortstop to first); Curtis struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: North grounded out (shortstop to first); Cabell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 1.

PADRES 9TH: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith flied
out to left; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: Clark was called out on strikes; Evans singled to
right; Herndon lined into a double play (second to first) [Evans
out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 1.

PADRES 10TH: Salazar singled to right; Bass out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Salazar to second]; LEFEBVRE BATTED FOR
EDWARDS; Lefebvre was walked intentionally; Kennedy flied out to
left; Bonilla forced Lefebvre (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 10TH: LEFEBVRE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Sadek
grounded out (third to first); LeMaster singled to left; Minton
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [LeMaster to
second]; North flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
1, Giants 1.

PADRES 11TH: TURNER BATTED FOR CURTIS; Turner singled to center;
Richards flied out to left; Smith singled to right [Turner to
second]; Jones grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Smith out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 11TH: LUCAS REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); Cabell grounded
out (shortstop to first); Morgan flied out to center; Clark
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
1, Giants 1.

PADRES 12TH: HOLLAND REPLACED MINTON (PITCHING); Salazar singled
to left; Sadek allowed a passed ball [Salazar to second]; Bass
walked; Lefebvre struck out; Kennedy walked [Salazar to third,
Bass to second]; Bonilla singled to right [Salazar scored, Bass
to third, Kennedy to second]; STIMAC BATTED FOR LUCAS; Stimac
struck out; Richards singled to left [Bass scored, Kennedy
scored, Bonilla to second]; Smith made an out to second; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 12TH: PERKINS REPLACED BASS (PLAYING 1B); LITTLEFIELD
REPLACED STIMAC (PITCHING); Evans flied out to center; Herndon
grounded out (third to first); Sadek grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 1.
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