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Los Angeles Dodgers @ San Diego Padres

1971-09-09 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 7627 · night · 2:31

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated San Diego Padres 3–2. Los Angeles Dodgers put up 3 in the 6th. Al Downing earned the win and Hoyt Wilhelm picked up the save. Ivan Murrell went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAN	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	9
SDN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	12

W: Al Downing L: Fred Norman SV: Hoyt Wilhelm

Umpires — HP: Augie Donatelli · 1B: Ed Vargo · 2B: Doug Harvey · 3B: Jerry Dale · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Maury Wills	3	1	1	0	2	0
Bobby Valentine	4	1	0	0	1	0
Willie Davis	5	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Allen	5	1	2	1	0	1
Manny Mota	2	0	2	0	2	0
Wes Parker	3	0	0	1	0	1
Steve Garvey	4	0	2	1	0	1
Tom Haller	3	0	1	0	1	1
Al Downing	3	0	0	0	0	1
Hoyt Wilhelm	1	0	0	0	0	1

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Enzo Hernandez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Don Mason	5	1	2	0	0	1
Cito Gaston	4	0	1	0	1	0
Nate Colbert	4	1	2	1	0	0
Ollie Brown	5	0	2	0	0	1
Ivan Murrell	4	0	3	1	0	0
Garry Jestadt	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Barton	3	0	1	0	1	0
Fred Norman	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rod Gaspar	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Jeter	1	0	0	0	0	0
Leron Lee	1	0	0	0	0	0

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Downing	7.1	11	2	3
Hoyt Wilhelm	1.2	1	0	0

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Norman	6.0	5	6	3
Mike Corkins	1.2	2	0	1
Mike Caldwell	0.1	0	0	1
Al Severinsen	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Maury Wills: W
Bobby Valentine: 46(1)3/GDP
Willie Davis: 3/G

Bot 1

Enzo Hernandez: 3/FL
Don Mason: S9
Cito Gaston: S9.1-3
Nate Colbert: 4
Ollie Brown: K

Top 2

Dick Allen: 9
Manny Mota: S8
Wes Parker: 7
Steve Garvey: K/C

Bot 2

Ivan Murrell: S7
Garry Jestadt: 3/FL
Bob Barton: W.1-2
Fred Norman: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Enzo Hernandez: 63

Top 3

Tom Haller: S9
Al Downing: CS2(26)
Al Downing: 43
Maury Wills: 13

Bot 3

Don Mason: K
Cito Gaston: 43
Nate Colbert: S7
Ollie Brown: S8.1-2
Ivan Murrell: 4

Top 4

Bobby Valentine: 53
Willie Davis: 43
Dick Allen: D9
Manny Mota: IW
Wes Parker: K

Bot 4

Garry Jestadt: 2/FL
Bob Barton: 13
Fred Norman: S8
Enzo Hernandez: 53

Top 5

Steve Garvey: 53
Tom Haller: 43
Al Downing: K

Bot 5

Don Mason: 63
Cito Gaston: 63
Nate Colbert: S1
Ollie Brown: S6.1-2
Ivan Murrell: S8.2-H;1-3
Garry Jestadt: 53

Top 6

Maury Wills: W
Bobby Valentine: W.1-2
Willie Davis: 7
Dick Allen: D7.2-H;1-3
Manny Mota: IW
Wes Parker: 9/SF.3-H
Steve Garvey: D7.2-H;1-3
Tom Haller: IW
Al Downing: 9

Bot 6

Bob Barton: 63
Rod Gaspar: 9
Enzo Hernandez: K

Top 7

Maury Wills: 63
Bobby Valentine: 8
Willie Davis: 1/L

Bot 7

Don Mason: 8
Cito Gaston: W
Nate Colbert: 8
Ollie Brown: 54(1)/FO

Top 8

Dick Allen: K
Manny Mota: S9
Wes Parker: SB2
Wes Parker: E7/F.2XH(75);B-2#
Steve Garvey: S4.2-3
Tom Haller: K

Bot 8

Ivan Murrell: S7
Garry Jestadt: 8
Bob Barton: S8.1-2
Johnny Jeter: 7
Leron Lee: 6

Top 9

Hoyt Wilhelm: K/C
Maury Wills: S4
Bobby Valentine: 16(1)/FO
Willie Davis: S9.1-3
Dick Allen: 43

Bot 9

Don Mason: D8
Cito Gaston: 63.2-3
Nate Colbert: 8/SF.3-H
Ollie Brown: 63