Opening Day Boxscore

In 1971, the Cubs and Cardinals opened the season with a game at Wrigley Field. Over 39,000 fans packed Wrigley Field to see Bob Gibson vs. Feguson Jenkins. The two future Hall of Famers would have many duels in their careers. The bullpens would take this Opening Day off. This ballgame would be decided in the tenth inning by another future Hall of Famer. Sweet Swinging Billy Williams homerun sent the Wrigley Field crowd home happy on that April afternoon:


Chicago Cubs 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1
DayGame
Played on Tuesday, April 6, 1971 (D)
at Wrigley Field

STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 3 0
CHI N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 0

BATTING
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Alou cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Sizemore ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 2
Brock lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Torre 3b 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 2
Cardenal rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Hague 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Simmons c 3 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
Gibson p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 32 1 3 1 0 7 28 9

BATTING -
HR: Torre (1,7th inning off Jenkins 0 on, 2 out).
Team LOB: 1.
BASERUNNING -
CS: Sizemore (1,2nd base by Jenkins/Rudolph).

Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Beckert 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Williams lf 4 1 2 1 1 0 4 0
Santo 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 4
Pepitone 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 10 1
Callison rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
Ortiz cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Rudolph c 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 1
Jenkins p 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 3
Totals 33 2 7 2 4 5 30 12

FIELDING -
DP: 1.
BATTING -
2B: Callison (1,off Gibson); Pepitone (1,off Gibson).
HR: Williams (1,10th inning off Gibson 0 on, 1 out).
SH: Jenkins (1,off Gibson); Rudolph (1,off Gibson).
IBB: Kessinger (1,by Gibson); Callison (1,by Gibson).
Team LOB: 9.

PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gibson L(0-1) 9.1 7 2 2 4 5 1

Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jenkins W(1-0) 10 3 1 1 0 7 1

WP: Gibson (1).
IBB: Gibson 2 (2,Kessinger,Callison).
Umpires: Ken Burkhart, Ed Sudol, Lee Weyer, Nick Colosi
Time of Game: 1:58 Attendance: 39,079

Thanks, as always, to retrosheet.org for this Opening Day Boxscore.