Dick Dietz hit a grand slam and Bobby Bonds and Willie Mays each homered with a man on base as the Giants beat the Reds, 12-5, to maintain their one-game lead over the Dodgers in the West division race. The Giants exploded for seven runs in the fifth inning, starting with doubles by Chris Speier and Juan Marichal. Ken Henderson beat out a bunt and Tito Fuentes drove in the second run of the stanza with a double.

After a pass to Mays, loading the bases, Willie McCovey popped up, but Bonds singled, scoring Henderson, and Dietz followed with his grand slam. Mays and Bonds hit their homers in the sixth. Mays' run was the 2,000th of his major league career. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 12, Cincinnati Reds 5
Game Played on Sunday, September 26, 1971 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  7  4    0  0  1  -  12 17  2
Reds         1  0  1    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   5  9  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          5   1   1   0     0   1   .263      Rose rf               5   2   4   1     0   0   .306
Fuentes 2b            5   2   3   1     0   1   .269      Helms 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .260
Mays cf               4   2   1   2     1   2   .274        Plummer c           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
McCovey 1b            4   1   2   0     1   1   .272      May 1b                4   2   2   0     0   1   .282
  Kingman pr,1b       0   1   0   0     0   0   .275      Perez 3b              4   1   2   3     0   1   .269
Bonds rf              5   2   3   3     0   0   .290      Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Dietz c               5   1   3   5     0   1   .256        Concepcion 2b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .204
Gallagher 3b          3   0   1   0     0   1   .279      Carbo lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .218
  Lanier 3b           2   0   1   0     0   0   .230      Foster cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .245
Speier ss             4   1   1   0     0   0   .235      Woodward ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Marichal p            4   1   1   1     0   0   .137      Nolan p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .147
                                                            Merritt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .138
                                                            Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Cline ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .196
                                                            Blateric p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Chaney ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Wilcox p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Smith ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .167

Totals               41  12  17  12     2   7             Totals               37   5   9   4     1   5

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 45,072
Left on Base: Giants 5, Reds 6
DP: Giants 0, Reds 2
Errors: McCovey, Speier
Doubles: Fuentes 2 (27), Dietz (19), Speier (16), Marichal (5), McCovey (12)
Triples: Fuentes (6)
Home Runs: Dietz (19), Mays (18), Bonds (33), Rose (13), Perez (24)
Stolen Bases: Perez (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Speier (5)
GIDP: Dietz (8), Speier (15)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal W(17-11)       9     9   5   4   1   5   2  38   3.03
Totals                  9     9   5   4   1   5   2  38

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan L(12-15)          4     8   5   5   2   4   0  21   3.16
Merritt                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.37
Granger                 0.2   2   2   2   0   0   1   4   3.33
Blateric                0.2   4   4   4   0   0   2   6  13.50
Borbon                  1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.40
Wilcox                  2     3   1   1   0   2   0   8   3.72
Totals                  9    17  12  12   2   7   3  44

Wild Pitches: Marichal 2 (6)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Augie Donatelli


GIANTS 1ST: Henderson flied out to right; Fuentes doubled; Mays
struck out; McCovey was walked intentionally; Bonds flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Helms grounded
out (pitcher to first); May singled to first [May to second
(error by McCovey)]; Marichal threw a wild pitch [May to third];
Marichal threw a wild pitch [May scored (unearned)]; Perez
struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Dietz doubled; Gallagher singled to third [Dietz
stayed at second]; Speier out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Gallagher to second, Dietz to third]; Marichal reached
on a fielder's choice [Dietz out at home (shortstop to catcher
to third), Gallagher to third]; Henderson grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Carbo struck
out; Foster flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0,
Reds 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); Mays was
called out on strikes; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 0, Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Woodward grounded out (shortstop to first); Nolan
grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose homered; Helms singled to
right; May flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0,
Reds 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Bonds singled; Dietz grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Bonds out at second]; Gallagher
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds
2.

REDS 4TH: Perez singled to center; Perez stole second; Bench
grounded out (third to first); Carbo made an out to third;
Foster was walked intentionally; Woodward flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier doubled to left; Marichal doubled [Speier
scored]; On a bunt Henderson singled [Marichal to third];
Fuentes doubled to right [Henderson to third, Marichal scored];
Mays walked; MERRITT REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); McCovey made an
out to second; GRANGER REPLACED MERRITT (PITCHING); Bonds
singled to left [Mays to second, Fuentes to third, Henderson
scored]; Dietz homered [Fuentes scored, Mays scored, Bonds
scored]; Gallagher grounded out (first unassisted); Speier
grounded out (third to first); 7 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 7,
Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: CLINE BATTED FOR GRANGER; Cline made an out to third;
Rose singled to center; Helms flied out to right; May singled to
left [Rose to third, May to second (on throw to 3b)]; Perez
homered [Rose scored, May scored]; Bench grounded out (shortstop
to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 7, Reds 5.

GIANTS 6TH: BLATERIC REPLACED CLINE (PITCHING); Marichal popped
to third in foul territory; Henderson made an out to first;
Fuentes tripled to right; Mays homered [Fuentes scored]; McCovey
singled to right; Bonds homered [McCovey scored]; BORBON
REPLACED BLATERIC (PITCHING); Dietz struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 11, Reds 5.

REDS 6TH: LANIER REPLACED GALLAGHER (PLAYING 3B); Carbo popped
to third in foul territory; Foster grounded out (shortstop to
first); Woodward popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 11, Reds 5.

GIANTS 7TH: Lanier popped to third in foul territory; Speier
grounded out (second to first); Marichal grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 11, Reds 5.

REDS 7TH: CHANEY BATTED FOR BORBON; Chaney grounded out (third
to first); Rose singled to right; Helms flied out to center; May
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 11,
Reds 5.

GIANTS 8TH: WILCOX REPLACED CHANEY (PITCHING); Henderson was
called out on strikes; Fuentes struck out; Mays flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 11, Reds 5.

REDS 8TH: Perez flied out to center; Bench reached on an error
by Speier [Bench to second]; Carbo made an out to shortstop;
Foster made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
11, Reds 5.

GIANTS 9TH: CONCEPCION REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING 2B); PLUMMER
REPLACED HELMS (PLAYING C ); McCovey doubled to left; KINGMAN
RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Bonds grounded out (first unassisted) [Kingman
to third]; Dietz singled to left [Kingman scored]; Lanier
singled to left [Dietz to second]; Speier grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Lanier out at second]; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 12, Reds 5.

REDS 9TH: KINGMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Woodward flied
out to right; SMITH BATTED FOR WILCOX; Smith struck out; Rose
singled to center; Plummer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 12, Reds 5.