A three-run rally in the bottom of the eighth inning enabled the Giants to edge the Padres, 4-3, and close the season on a winning note. Pinch-hitter Milt May's run-scoring infield out drove home the game-winnng run. Singles by Bob Brenly, Jeff Ransom and Guy Sularz sandwiched around a pair of walks contributed to the winning surge. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 4, San Diego Padres 3
Game Played on Sunday, October   4, 1981 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Padres       0  0  2    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3 12  2
Giants       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  x  -   4  7  2


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Salazar 3b            3   0   1   1     0   0   .303      Venable rf            4   1   0   0     1   1   .188
  Flannery 3b         2   0   1   0     0   0   .254      Pettini ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .069
Bonilla 2b            4   0   0   0     1   0   .290        Herndon ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Richards lf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .288        May ph              1   0   0   1     0   0   .310
  Wiggins lf          2   0   2   0     0   0   .357        Minton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Evans 1b              1   0   0   0     0   0   .323      Wohlford lf           4   0   1   0     1   1   .162
  Perkins ph,1b       4   1   2   0     0   0   .280      Martin cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .241
Edwards rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .214      Bergman 1b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .252
Jones cf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .249      Brenly 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .333
Kennedy c             2   1   2   0     0   0   .301      Ransom c              4   1   3   0     0   0   .267
  Gwosdz c            2   0   1   1     0   1   .167      Sularz 2b             3   0   1   1     1   1   .200
Smith ss              1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Lavelle p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .273
  Ramirez ss          3   0   0   0     0   2   .077        Breining p          0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Mura p                2   1   1   0     0   0   .136        Evans ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .258
  Moreno ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .229        Leonard ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .290
  Urrea p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        LeMaster ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .253
  Bass ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .210
  Show p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Boone p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Littlefield p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   3  12   2     3   6             Totals               31   4   7   2     7   5

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 16,006
Left on Base: Padres 11, Giants 11
DP: Padres 0, Giants 1
Errors: Wiggins, Smith, Pettini, Brenly
Doubles: Perkins (18), Ransom (1), Wohlford (3)
Stolen Bases: Edwards (3), Flannery (1), Venable (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Edwards (1), Breining (1)
GIDP: Bass (7)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Mura                    6     4   1   0   5   3   0  28   4.28
Urrea                   1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.39
Show L(1-3)             0     3   3   3   1   0   0   4   3.13
Boone                   0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   2.84
Littlefield             0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.66
Totals                  8     7   4   3   7   5   0  39

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lavelle                 2.2   3   2   2   0   0   0  11   3.84
Breining W(5-2)         5.1   7   1   1   3   6   0  25   2.55
Minton SV(21)           1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.88
Totals                  9    12   3   3   3   6   0  41

Balks: Lavelle (2)

Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Fred Brocklander, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Doug Harvey


PADRES 1ST: Salazar grounded out (first unassisted); Bonilla
lined to first; Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Venable walked; Venable stole second; Pettini flied
out to center; Wohlford struck out; Martin reached on an error
by Smith [Venable scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Bergman grounded
out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Giants 1.

PADRES 2ND: Evans flied out to right; Edwards grounded out
(third to first); Jones grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Brenly flied out to center; Ransom doubled to left;
Sularz lined to right; Lavelle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

PADRES 3RD: Kennedy singled to left; Smith grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Kennedy to second]; Mura singled to right [Kennedy to
third]; Salazar singled to right [Kennedy scored, Mura to
second]; Bonilla forced Salazar (shortstop to second) [Mura to
third]; Lavelle balked [Mura scored, Bonilla to second]; Gary
Lavelle ejected by HP umpire Eric Gregg; BREINING REPLACED
LAVELLE (PITCHING); Richards walked; PERKINS BATTED FOR EVANS;
Perkins grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: PERKINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); RAMIREZ
REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING SS); Venable flied out to right; Pettini
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wohlford walked; Martin
walked [Wohlford to second]; Bergman grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 1.

PADRES 4TH: Edwards struck out; Jones singled to left [Jones out
at second (left to second)]; Kennedy singled to center; Ramirez
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: GWOSDZ REPLACED KENNEDY (PLAYING C ); Brenly flied
out to center; Ransom singled to right; Sularz walked [Ransom to
second]; Breining out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Ransom to third, Sularz to second]; Venable made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 1.

PADRES 5TH: Mura grounded out (third to first); Salazar grounded
out (second to first); Bonilla walked; Richards reached on an
error by Pettini [Bonilla to second]; Perkins made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: WIGGINS REPLACED RICHARDS (PLAYING LF); FLANNERY
REPLACED SALAZAR (PLAYING 3B); Pettini grounded out (first
unassisted); Wohlford doubled to left; Martin flied out to
center; Bergman singled to shortstop [Wohlford to third]; Brenly
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
2, Giants 1.

PADRES 6TH: Edwards singled to center; Edwards stole second;
Jones struck out; Gwosdz struck out (catcher to first); Ramirez
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Ransom flied out to center; Sularz struck out;
Breining walked; Venable grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 1.

PADRES 7TH: MORENO BATTED FOR MURA; Moreno struck out; Flannery
singled to left; Flannery stole second; Bonilla grounded out
(third to first); Wiggins singled to shortstop [Flannery out at
home (shortstop to first to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: URREA REPLACED MORENO (PITCHING); Pettini grounded
out (shortstop to first); Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to
first); Martin was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 2, Giants 1.

PADRES 8TH: Perkins doubled to right; Edwards out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Perkins to third]; Jones was walked
intentionally; Gwosdz singled to left [Perkins scored, Jones to
second]; Ramirez reached on an error by Brenly [Jones to third,
Gwosdz to second]; BASS BATTED FOR URREA; Bass grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Ramirez out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: SHOW REPLACED BASS (PITCHING); Bergman walked;
Brenly singled to left [Bergman to second]; Ransom singled to
left [Bergman scored (error by Wiggins) (no RBI), Brenly to
third, Ransom to second]; Sularz singled to center [Brenly
scored, Ransom to third, Sularz to second (on throw)]; EVANS
BATTED FOR BREINING; BOONE REPLACED SHOW (PITCHING); LEONARD
BATTED FOR EVANS; Leonard was walked intentionally; Venable
struck out; HERNDON BATTED FOR PETTINI; LITTLEFIELD REPLACED
BOONE (PITCHING); MAY BATTED FOR HERNDON; May grounded out
(first unassisted) [Ransom scored, Sularz to third, Leonard to
second]; Wohlford popped to third in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3, Giants 4.

PADRES 9TH: LEMASTER REPLACED LEONARD (PLAYING SS); MINTON
REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Flannery grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bonilla grounded out (second to first); Wiggins singled
to shortstop; Perkins singled to left [Wiggins to third];
Edwards flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3,
Giants 4.