San Francisco Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 5, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1978 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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, Philadelphia Phillies 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 5 0 1 0
Evans 3b 4 1 1 1
Clark rf 3 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 1 1 1
  Whitfield lf 0 0 0 0
Ivie lf,1b 4 0 1 0
Herndon cf 4 1 3 0
Hill c 4 0 1 0
  Sadek pr 0 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 1
Blue p 3 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Martin rf 4 0 1 0
Bowa ss 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 2 0 0 0
Cardenal 1b 3 1 1 1
Maddox cf 3 0 0 0
McCarver c 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 0
  Harrelson pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Morrison 2b 3 1 1 2
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
  Boone ph,c 1 1 1 1
Totals 28 4 5 4
San Francisco 000 110 001380
Philadelphia 000 000 13x450
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (6-4) 7.0 5 4 4 2 7
  Moffitt   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
2
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (6-5) 8.0 6 2 2 2 6
  Reed  SV (3) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
6

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1, Philadelphia 1.  2B–San Francisco Madlock (8,off Carlton); Hill (6,off Reed).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (5,4th inning off Carlton 0 on, 1 out); Evans (5,5th inning off Carlton 0 on, 2 out), Philadelphia Cardenal (1,7th inning off Blue 0 on, 2 out); Morrison (2,8th inning off Blue 1 on, 0 out); Boone (6,8th inning off Blue 0 on, 0 out).  SB–McCovey (1,2nd base off Carlton/McCarver); Luzinski (4,2nd base off Blue/Hill).  T–1:58.  A–37,684.
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