San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres
June 26, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1978 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 1, San Diego Padres 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 3 0 1 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 1
Clark rf 3 0 2 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Herndon cf 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Hill c 2 1 1 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 0
  Ivie ph 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 5 1 3 0
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 5 0 1 0
Winfield cf 3 1 2 1
Gamble rf 4 0 1 0
Ashford 1b 4 0 1 1
Almon 3b 2 0 0 0
Sweet c 3 0 0 0
  Tenace ph,c 0 0 0 0
Owchinko p 3 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
San Francisco 000 001 000 0151
San Diego 000 001 000 1281
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   7.0 6 1 1 3 3
  Lavelle  L (5-6) 2.2 2 1 1 3 1
Totals
9.2
8
2
2
6
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Owchinko   9.0 5 1 1 2 0
  Fingers  W (4-7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
5
1
1
2
1

  E–Metzger (7), Richards (13).  DP–San Francisco 1, San Diego 3.  2B–San Diego Gamble (10,off Knepper); Ashford (5,off Knepper); Richards (10,off Knepper).  HR–San Diego Winfield (13,6th inning off Knepper 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Knepper (3,off Owchinko); Madlock (6,off Owchinko); Smith 2 (17,off Knepper,off Lavelle).  SF–Evans (5,off Owchinko).  IBB–Clark (5,by Owchinko); Winfield 2 (6,by Knepper,by Lavelle); Almon 2 (5,by Knepper 2).  HBP–Gamble (3,by Lavelle).  CS–Madlock (4,2nd base by Owchinko/Sweet); Winfield (6,2nd base by Lavelle/Hill).  WP–Knepper (2).  HBP–Lavelle (1,Gamble).  IBB–Knepper 3 (7,Winfield,Almon 2); Lavelle (4,Winfield); Owchinko (5,Clark).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:20.  A–28,186.
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