Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
May 9, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1971 at Candlestick Park. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 6, San Francisco Giants 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 4 1 0 0
Garr lf 5 2 4 0
Millan 2b 3 1 2 0
Cepeda 1b 4 2 2 5
Williams 3b 5 0 1 1
Lum rf 2 0 0 0
  Priddy p 1 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
Didier c 3 0 0 0
  Aaron ph 1 0 0 0
  King c 1 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 0 0 0
Niekro p 1 0 0 0
  Herbel p 2 0 0 0
  Baker rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 9 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 5 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 1 0 0
Henderson cf 4 1 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 4 3
  Heise pr 0 0 0 0
  Lanier 3b 0 0 0 0
  Dietz ph 1 0 0 0
Foster lf 5 1 2 0
Gallagher 3b 3 0 2 0
  Mays ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 4 1 1 0
Gibson c 4 0 1 2
Robertson p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson F. ph 1 0 0 0
  Cumberland p 0 0 0 0
  Rosario ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Perry ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 10 5
Atlanta 004 001 000 1691
San Francisco 000 500 000 05100
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   3.1 6 5 4 0 2
  Herbel   4.0 4 0 0 0 1
  Priddy  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Upshaw  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
5
4
1
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson   4.0 3 4 4 2 0
  Cumberland   3.0 2 1 1 1 3
  McMahon   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Johnson  L (4-1) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
9
6
6
4
5

  E–Perez (8).  DP–Atlanta 2.  2B–Atlanta Millan (5,off Robertson); Garr (5,off Robertson), San Francisco Foster (5,off Niekro).  3B–San Francisco Gibson (1,off Niekro).  HR–Atlanta Cepeda 2 (9,3rd inning off Robertson 3 on, 2 out,6th inning off Cumberland 0 on, 1 out), San Francisco McCovey (6,4th inning off Niekro 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Millan (3,off McMahon).  HBP–Lum (3,by McMahon); Speier (1,by Niekro).  IBB–Cepeda (2,by McMahon).  CS–Garr (6,2nd base by Cumberland/Gibson).  SB–Fuentes (1,2nd base off Herbel/Didier).  WP–Niekro (2).  HBP–Niekro (1,Speier); McMahon (2,Lum).  IBB–McMahon (3,Cepeda).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–3:04.  A–28,744.
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