San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1978 at Three Rivers Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 5 1 1 0
Whitfield lf 4 2 2 0
Evans 3b 4 1 1 1
McCovey 1b 3 0 2 2
  James pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Clark rf 2 1 1 1
Herndon cf 4 0 0 0
Hill c 4 2 2 2
LeMaster ss 4 0 1 0
Knepper p 3 0 1 1
Totals 34 7 11 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Garner 3b,ss 5 0 0 0
Moreno cf 3 1 1 0
Parker rf 4 0 1 0
Robinson lf,3b 3 0 1 1
Stennett 2b 4 1 1 0
Sanguillen 1b 4 1 1 1
Dyer c 4 0 1 1
Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Brye ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Blyleven p 2 0 1 0
  Kison p 0 0 0 0
  Ott ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Fregosi ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
San Francisco 200 102 1017111
Pittsburgh 110 000 001371
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (3-1) 9.0 7 3 3 2 6
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (1-2) 5.1 8 5 5 1 1
  Kison   1.2 1 1 0 1 0
  Tekulve   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
2
1

  E–LeMaster (4), Parker (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–San Francisco McCovey (5,off Blyleven); Knepper (1,off Blyleven); Clark (5,off Blyleven), Pittsburgh Dyer (2,off Knepper).  HR–San Francisco Hill (1,6th inning off Blyleven 1 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Sanguillen (1,2nd inning off Knepper 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Knepper (1,off Kison); Whitfield (2,off Jackson).  SF–Clark (2,off Kison); B Robinson (1,off Knepper).  HBP–Clark (1,by Blyleven).  CS–Whitfield (2,2nd base by Blyleven/Dyer).  SB–Moreno (11,2nd base off Knepper/Hill).  WP–Blyleven (1).  HBP–Blyleven (2,Clark).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:21.  A–7,929.
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