San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres
April 12, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1977 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, San Diego Padres 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 4 0 1 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 2 0
McCovey 1b 4 2 3 2
Elliott lf 3 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 0 1 0
Sadek c 3 0 1 1
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
McGlothen p 1 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0
  Cornutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 3 1 0 0
Champion 2b 4 0 1 0
Winfield rf 4 0 0 1
Hendrick cf 4 0 0 0
Tenace c 2 1 0 0
Ivie 1b 3 1 1 0
Rader 3b 2 1 2 3
Almon ss 3 0 0 0
Jones p 3 0 1 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 5 4
San Francisco 000 010 002391
San Diego 100 300 00x451
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  L (0-1) 4.0 4 4 4 2 4
  Williams   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Cornutt   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
3
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (1-1) 8.0 9 3 3 0 1
  Fingers  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
3

  E–Speier (2), Rader (1).  DP–San Diego 2.  2B–San Francisco Clark (1,off Jones); McCovey (2,off Jones).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (1,9th inning off Jones 1 on, 0 out), San Diego Rader (1,4th inning off McGlothen 2 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Art Williams, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–1:44.  A–45,375.
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