San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
April 12, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 3, Cincinnati Reds 12

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 4 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 1 1 0
Evans 3b 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 2 1
Clark rf 4 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 4 1 2 2
Hill c 3 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 1 0 0 0
  Harris ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Blue p 2 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 0 2 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 5 4 3 1
Morgan 2b 4 2 3 4
  Kennedy 2b 0 0 0 0
Foster lf 5 1 2 0
  Lum lf 0 0 0 0
Bench c 4 3 3 2
  Werner c 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 2 2
  Auerbach ss 0 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 2 1
Geronimo cf 4 0 2 1
Bonham p 4 1 1 0
Totals 40 12 20 11
San Francisco 020 001 000352
Cincinnati 210 032 13x12200
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (0-1) 5.0 10 6 5 1 1
  McGlothen   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Curtis   2.0 7 4 4 2 1
Totals
8.0
20
12
11
3
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  W (2-0) 9.0 5 3 3 1 7
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
1
7

  E–LeMaster 2 (2).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco McCovey (1,off Bonham); Andrews (2,off Bonham), Cincinnati Rose (3,off Blue); Morgan 2 (5,off Blue,off McGlothen); Concepcion (2,off Blue); Bonham (1,off McGlothen); Griffey 2 (2,off McGlothen,off Curtis); Bench (1,off Curtis).  3B–San Francisco Whitfield (1,off Bonham), Cincinnati Griffey (1,off Blue).  HR–San Francisco Whitfield (2,2nd inning off Bonham 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Bonham (1,off Blue).  SF–Morgan (1,off Blue).  SB–Driessen (3,2nd base off Blue/Hill).  CS–Geronimo (1,2nd base by Blue/Hill).  WP–Curtis 2 (2).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Joe West.  T–1:55.  A–17,123.
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