Wednesday April 7, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Homers by Willie Mays, Ken Henderson and Dick Dietz featured the Giants' support of Gaylord Perry, who pitched a four-hitter and beat the Padres, 7-3. Mays' homer was his second of the season and 630th of his career. Nate Colbert hit two homers for the Padres. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 7, San Diego Padres 3

Game Played on Wednesday, April 7, 1971 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Giants 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 - 7 10 0 Padres 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 3 4 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bonds rf 5 2 2 0 0 2 .300 Campbell 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Speier ss 4 1 2 2 1 0 .500 Stahl lf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .286 Mays cf 4 1 2 1 1 0 .444 Gaston cf 4 1 0 0 0 1 .125 McCovey 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Colbert 1b 3 2 2 3 1 0 .429 Henderson lf 2 2 1 2 2 0 .600 Brown rf 2 0 0 0 2 2 .000 Dietz c 4 1 2 2 1 0 .429 Spiezio 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Gallagher 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .111 Cannizzaro c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Lanier 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .286 Dean ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Perry p 4 0 0 0 0 4 .000 Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kirby p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Severinsen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murrell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Santorini p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mason ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Laxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ferrara ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 36 7 10 7 6 9 Totals 30 3 4 3 5 6 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 6,790 Left on Base: Giants 9, Padres 6 DP: Giants 1, Padres 0 Doubles: Speier (1) Triples: Bonds (1) Home Runs: Henderson (1), Dietz (1), Mays (2), Colbert 2 (2) Sacrifice Flies: Henderson (1) GIDP: Gaston (1) Hit by Pitch: Cannizzaro (1,by Perry) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry W(1-0) 9 4 3 3 5 6 2 36 3.00 Totals 9 4 3 3 5 6 2 36 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kirby L(0-1) 4 4 4 4 4 5 2 20 9.00 Severinsen 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.00 Santorini 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 8 4.50 Laxton 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 7 18.00 Roberts 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.00 Totals 9 10 7 7 6 9 3 43 Hit by Pitch: Perry (1) Wild Pitches: Kirby (1) Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Tom Gorman GIANTS 1ST: Bonds was called out on strikes; Speier grounded out (second to first); Debut game for Chris Speier; Mays walked; McCovey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Campbell flied out to center; Stahl walked; Gaston struck out; Colbert forced Stahl (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Padres 0. GIANTS 2ND: Henderson homered; Dietz walked; Gallagher flied out to center; Lanier lined to third; Perry struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Brown was called out on strikes; Spiezio grounded out (third to first); Cannizzaro was hit by a pitch; Dean forced Cannizzaro (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Padres 0. GIANTS 3RD: Bonds struck out; Speier walked; Kirby threw a wild pitch [Speier to second]; Mays grounded out (shortstop to first); McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Padres 0. PADRES 3RD: Kirby struck out (catcher to first); Campbell grounded out (shortstop to first); Stahl grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Padres 0. GIANTS 4TH: Henderson walked; Dietz homered [Henderson scored]; Gallagher grounded out (third to first); Lanier struck out; Perry struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Padres 0. PADRES 4TH: Gaston grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert walked; Brown was called out on strikes; Spiezio forced Colbert (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Padres 0. GIANTS 5TH: Bonds singled to center; Speier doubled to right [Bonds scored]; SEVERINSEN REPLACED KIRBY (PITCHING); Mays grounded out (third to first); McCovey flied out to right; Henderson was walked intentionally; Dietz flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Padres 0. PADRES 5TH: Cannizzaro was called out on strikes; Dean walked; MURRELL BATTED FOR SEVERINSEN; Murrell grounded out (pitcher to first) [Dean to second]; Campbell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Padres 0. GIANTS 6TH: SANTORINI REPLACED MURRELL (PITCHING); Gallagher singled to third; Lanier flied out to left; On a bunt Perry struck out; Bonds flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Padres 0. PADRES 6TH: Stahl singled to second; Gaston grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Stahl out at second]; Colbert homered; Brown walked; Spiezio grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Padres 1. GIANTS 7TH: Speier made an out to second; Mays homered; McCovey flied out to center; Henderson flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Padres 1. PADRES 7TH: Cannizzaro grounded out (first unassisted); Dean flied out to right; MASON BATTED FOR SANTORINI; Mason grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Padres 1. GIANTS 8TH: LAXTON REPLACED MASON (PITCHING); Dietz grounded out (shortstop to first); Gallagher struck out; Lanier walked; Perry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Padres 1. PADRES 8TH: Campbell grounded out (shortstop to first); Stahl singled to right; Gaston forced Stahl (third to second); Colbert homered [Gaston scored]; Brown walked; Spiezio forced Brown (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Padres 3. GIANTS 9TH: Bonds tripled; Speier singled to right [Bonds scored]; Mays singled to right [Speier to second]; ROBERTS REPLACED LAXTON (PITCHING); McCovey forced Mays (first to shortstop) [Speier to third]; Henderson hit a sacrifice fly to left [Speier scored]; Dietz singled to center [McCovey to second]; Gallagher struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 7, Padres 3. PADRES 9TH: Cannizzaro grounded out (shortstop to first); ROBINSON BATTED FOR DEAN; Robinson flied out to left; FERRARA BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Ferrara struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 7, Padres 3.

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