Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
April 23, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1978 at Candlestick Park. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 2, San Francisco Giants 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 1 1 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 1 2 1
Driessen 1b 5 0 1 1
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0
Auerbach ss 2 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy 3b 0 0 0 0
Norman p 3 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Concepcion ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 6 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 3 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
Madlock 2b 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 3 1 0 0
Ivie 1b 5 0 0 0
Hill c 4 0 0 0
  Sadek pr 0 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 2 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 1 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
Montefusco p 0 0 0 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 1 0
  Andrews pr 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 2 0
Cincinnati 000 001 000 1262
San Francisco 000 100 000 0121
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   6.0 1 1 0 7 4
  Murray  W (1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 4 4
  Bair  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
2
1
0
12
9
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco   7.0 3 1 1 3 5
  Lavelle   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Moffitt  L (1-1) 1.2 3 1 1 1 3
  Curtis   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
6
2
2
4
10

  E–Morgan (1), Norman (1), Madlock (1).  2B–Cincinnati Geronimo (4,off Montefusco); Griffey (5,off Moffitt), San Francisco LeMaster (1,off Murray).  3B–Cincinnati Driessen (1,off Montefusco).  SH–Auerbach (1,off Montefusco); Herndon (2,off Murray); Whitfield (1,off Bair).  IBB–Morgan (1,by Moffitt); Madlock (1,by Murray).  SB–Whitfield (1,2nd base off Norman/Bench).  WP–Murray (2).  IBB–Murray (1,Madlock); Moffitt (1,Morgan).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–3:05.  A–50,510.
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