Friday April 16, 1971
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Continuing his mastery of the Padres, Bob Gibson pitched the Cardinals to a 7-1 victory and also drove in three runs, two of them with a homer. The ace righthander's triumph was his seventh straight over the Padres without a loss in three seasons. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 7, San Diego Padres 1

Game Played on Friday, April 16, 1971 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Cardinals 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 10 1 Padres 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 2 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alou cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .217 Campbell ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .289 Beauchamp 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Mason 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .273 Hague 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Gaston cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Simmons c 3 1 0 0 1 2 .444 Colbert 1b 3 0 2 0 1 1 .406 Torre 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .317 Brown rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .194 Cardenal rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .265 Stahl lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .323 Melendez lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .400 Cannizzaro c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Sizemore 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .194 Slocum 3b 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Maxvill ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .111 Coombs p 1 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Gibson p 4 1 2 3 0 0 .333 Santorini p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Laxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murrell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Ross p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ferrara ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 7 10 6 2 6 Totals 34 1 7 1 1 9 Time of Game: 1:58 Attendance: 6,782 Left on Base: Cardinals 4, Padres 8 DP: Cardinals 0, Padres 0 Errors: Melendez, Mason, Slocum Doubles: Alou (3), Torre (2), Melendez (1), Coombs (1) Home Runs: Gibson (1) Stolen Bases: Melendez (1) Caught Stealing: Simmons (1) Hit by Pitch: Slocum (1,by Gibson) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gibson W(2-1) 9 7 1 1 1 9 0 36 1.65 Totals 9 7 1 1 1 9 0 36 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coombs L(1-1) 2.2 6 6 4 2 2 1 15 6.52 Santorini 2.1 3 1 1 0 2 0 10 2.89 Laxton 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.00 Ross 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1.74 Totals 9 10 7 5 2 6 1 38 Hit by Pitch: Gibson (1) Wild Pitches: Gibson (2) Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Andy Olsen CARDINALS 1ST: Alou doubled; Beauchamp struck out; Simmons reached on an error by Slocum [Alou to third]; Torre struck out; Cardenal singled to left [Simmons to third, Alou scored (unearned)]; Simmons was caught stealing home (catcher to second to catcher); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Campbell flied out to center; Mason singled to center; Gaston struck out; Colbert singled to left [Mason to third]; Brown forced Colbert (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Padres 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Melendez singled to left; Melendez stole second; Sizemore flied out to right; Maxvill grounded out (shortstop to first); Gibson homered [Melendez scored]; Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Stahl singled to left [Stahl to second (error by Melendez)]; Cannizzaro flied out to right; Slocum was called out on strikes; Coombs doubled to center [Stahl scored]; Campbell singled to left [Coombs to third]; Mason grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Beauchamp grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons walked; Torre doubled to left [Simmons to third]; Cardenal was walked intentionally; Melendez doubled to right [Simmons scored, Torre scored, Cardenal scored (error by Mason) (unearned) (no RBI), Melendez out at home (pitcher to catcher)]; SANTORINI REPLACED COOMBS (PITCHING); Sizemore singled to right; Maxvill singled to center [Sizemore to second]; Gibson singled to center [Maxvill to third, Sizemore scored]; Alou popped to second; 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1. PADRES 3RD: Gaston grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert struck out; Brown was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Beauchamp flied out to right; Simmons was called out on strikes; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1. PADRES 4TH: Stahl grounded out (second to first); Cannizzaro flied out to center; Slocum was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Cardenal struck out; Melendez flied out to center; Sizemore lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1. PADRES 5TH: ROBINSON BATTED FOR SANTORINI; Robinson popped to shortstop; Campbell struck out; Mason flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1. CARDINALS 6TH: LAXTON REPLACED ROBINSON (PITCHING); Maxvill flied out to right; Gibson flied out to right; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1. PADRES 6TH: Gaston grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert singled to left; Brown singled to left [Colbert to second]; Stahl flied out to center; Cannizzaro popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Beauchamp flied out to right; Simmons struck out; Torre singled to left; Cardenal flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1. PADRES 7TH: HAGUE REPLACED BEAUCHAMP (PLAYING 1B); Slocum was hit by a pitch; MURRELL BATTED FOR LAXTON; Murrell struck out; Campbell flied out to center; Mason struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1. CARDINALS 8TH: ROSS REPLACED MURRELL (PITCHING); Melendez flied out to right; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Maxvill struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1. PADRES 8TH: Gaston flied out to right; Colbert walked; Gibson threw a wild pitch [Colbert to second]; Brown popped to first in foul territory; Stahl grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Gibson flied out to center; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Hague grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1. PADRES 9TH: Cannizzaro grounded out (third to first); Slocum struck out; FERRARA BATTED FOR ROSS; Ferrara flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1.

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