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St. Louis Cardinals @ San Diego Padres

1971-04-16 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 6782 · 1:58

St. Louis Cardinals defeated San Diego Padres 7–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 3rd. Bob Gibson earned the win. Bob Gibson went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10
SDN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7

W: Bob Gibson L: Danny Coombs SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Augie Donatelli · 1B: Bill Williams · 2B: Dick Stello · 3B: Andy Olsen · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matty Alou	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Beauchamp	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ted Simmons	3	1	0	0	1	2
Joe Torre	4	1	2	0	0	1
Jose Cardenal	3	1	1	1	1	1
Luis Melendez	4	1	2	2	0	0
Ted Sizemore	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dal Maxvill	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Gibson	4	1	2	3	0	0
Joe Hague	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Campbell	4	0	1	0	0	1
Don Mason	4	0	1	0	0	1
Cito Gaston	4	0	0	0	0	1
Nate Colbert	3	0	2	0	1	1
Ollie Brown	4	0	1	0	0	1
Larry Stahl	4	1	1	0	0	0
Chris Cannizzaro	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Slocum	3	0	0	0	0	3
Danny Coombs	1	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ivan Murrell	1	0	0	0	0	1
Al Ferrara	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Gibson	9.0	7	1	9

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Coombs	2.2	6	2	2
Al Santorini	2.1	3	0	2
Bill Laxton	2.0	1	0	1
Gary Ross	2.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matty Alou: D/89
Jim Beauchamp: K
Ted Simmons: E5.2-3
Joe Torre: K
Jose Cardenal: S7.1-3;3-H(UR)
Luis Melendez: CSH(242)

Bot 1

Dave Campbell: 8
Don Mason: S8
Cito Gaston: K
Nate Colbert: S7.1-3
Ollie Brown: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Luis Melendez: S7
Ted Sizemore: SB2#
Ted Sizemore: 9
Dal Maxvill: 63
Bob Gibson: HR/7.2-H
Matty Alou: 13

Bot 2

Larry Stahl: S7.B-2(E7)
Chris Cannizzaro: 9
Ron Slocum: K/C
Danny Coombs: D8.2-H
Dave Campbell: S7.2-3
Don Mason: 3/G

Top 3

Jim Beauchamp: 63
Ted Simmons: W
Joe Torre: D7.1-3
Jose Cardenal: IW
Luis Melendez: D9.3-H;2-H;1-H(E4/TH3)(UR)(NR);BXH(12)
Ted Sizemore: S9
Dal Maxvill: S8.1-2
Bob Gibson: S8.1-3;2-H
Matty Alou: 4/P

Bot 3

Cito Gaston: 63
Nate Colbert: K
Ollie Brown: K/C

Top 4

Jim Beauchamp: 9
Ted Simmons: K/C
Joe Torre: 63

Bot 4

Larry Stahl: 43
Chris Cannizzaro: 8
Ron Slocum: K/C

Top 5

Jose Cardenal: K
Luis Melendez: 8
Ted Sizemore: 4/L

Bot 5

Dave Robinson: 6/P
Dave Campbell: K
Don Mason: 7

Top 6

Dal Maxvill: 9
Bob Gibson: 9
Matty Alou: 63

Bot 6

Cito Gaston: 63
Nate Colbert: S7
Ollie Brown: S7.1-2
Larry Stahl: 8
Chris Cannizzaro: 6/P

Top 7

Jim Beauchamp: 9
Ted Simmons: K
Joe Torre: S7
Jose Cardenal: 7

Bot 7

Ron Slocum: HP
Ivan Murrell: K
Dave Campbell: 8
Don Mason: K23

Top 8

Luis Melendez: 9
Ted Sizemore: 63
Dal Maxvill: K

Bot 8

Cito Gaston: 9
Nate Colbert: W
Ollie Brown: WP.1-2#
Ollie Brown: 3/FL
Larry Stahl: 13

Top 9

Bob Gibson: 8
Matty Alou: 63
Joe Hague: 31

Bot 9

Chris Cannizzaro: 53
Ron Slocum: K
Al Ferrara: 7