San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants
April 9, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1978 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 5, San Francisco Giants 7

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards 1b 5 1 1 0
Thomas 2b,lf,2b 3 1 2 0
Gamble lf 3 1 2 1
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Sweet ph 1 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 1 1 3
Hendrick cf 4 0 1 0
Tenace c 2 0 1 0
Almon 3b,ss 4 0 1 0
Smith ss 3 0 1 0
  Reynolds ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Jones p 1 1 1 0
  Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Champion 2b,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 5 0 2 1
Andrews 2b 3 1 0 0
Clark rf 4 3 2 0
McCovey 1b 3 1 1 2
Hill c 3 0 2 1
Evans 3b 3 1 1 1
Whitfield lf 4 1 1 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0
  Harris ph,ss 0 0 0 0
McGlothen p 1 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Ivie ph 0 0 0 1
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 9 6
San Diego 104 000 0005111
San Francisco 102 020 02x791
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   4.0 6 5 4 5 0
  Lolich   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Fingers  L (0-1) 2.0 3 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
6
7
1
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen   3.2 7 5 4 1 2
  Curtis   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Williams   2.2 1 0 0 2 2
  Lavelle  W (1-1) 1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Moffitt  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
4
5

  E–Almon (1), Evans (2).  DP–San Diego 2, San Francisco 1.  2B–San Diego Richards (1,off McGlothen); Thomas (1,off Moffitt), San Francisco Herndon (2,off Jones).  3B–San Diego Winfield (1,off McGlothen).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (1,5th inning off Jones 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Thomas (1,off McGlothen); Jones (1,off McGlothen).  SF–Ivie (1,off Fingers).  IBB–Harris (1,by Fingers).  CS–Almon (1,2nd base by McGlothen/Hill); Hill (1,2nd base by Lolich/Tenace).  WP–McGlothen (1).  IBB–Fingers (1,Harris).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:32.  A–33,722.
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