San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
September 26, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1971 at Riverfront Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 12, Cincinnati Reds 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 1 0
Fuentes 2b 5 2 3 1
Mays cf 4 2 1 2
McCovey 1b 4 1 2 0
  Kingman pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Bonds rf 5 2 3 3
Dietz c 5 1 3 5
Gallagher 3b 3 0 1 0
  Lanier 3b 2 0 1 0
Speier ss 4 1 1 0
Marichal p 4 1 1 1
Totals 41 12 17 12
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 2 4 1
Helms 2b 4 0 1 0
  Plummer c 1 0 0 0
May 1b 4 2 2 0
Perez 3b 4 1 2 3
Bench c 4 0 0 0
  Concepcion 2b 0 0 0 0
Carbo lf 4 0 0 0
Foster cf 3 0 0 0
Woodward ss 4 0 0 0
Nolan p 1 0 0 0
  Merritt p 0 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Cline ph 1 0 0 0
  Blateric p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Chaney ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 9 4
San Francisco 000 074 00112172
Cincinnati 101 030 000590
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  W (17-11) 9.0 9 5 4 1 5
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
1
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nolan  L (12-15) 4.0 8 5 5 2 4
  Merritt   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Granger   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Blateric   0.2 4 4 4 0 0
  Borbon   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wilcox   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
17
12
12
2
7

  E–McCovey (15), Speier (34).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–San Francisco Fuentes 2 (27,off Nolan 2); Dietz (19,off Nolan); Speier (16,off Nolan); Marichal (5,off Nolan); McCovey (12,off Wilcox), Cincinnati May (18,off Marichal).  3B–San Francisco Fuentes (6,off Blateric).  HR–San Francisco Dietz (19,5th inning off Granger 3 on, 1 out); Mays (18,6th inning off Blateric 1 on, 2 out); Bonds (33,6th inning off Blateric 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Rose (13,3rd inning off Marichal 0 on, 2 out); Perez (24,5th inning off Marichal 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Speier (5,off Nolan).  IBB–McCovey (18,by Nolan); Foster (3,by Marichal).  SB–Perez (4,2nd base off Marichal/Dietz).  WP–Marichal 2 (6).  IBB–Marichal (6,Foster); Nolan (9,McCovey).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:35.  A–45,072.
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