San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres
June 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 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 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Dwyer rf 4 0 1 0
Whitfield lf 5 0 1 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0
Harris 2b 4 1 3 0
Herndon cf 3 0 1 0
  Cruz ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Metzger ss 2 0 1 1
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  LeMaster ss 0 0 0 0
Sadek c 4 0 0 0
Williams p 2 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Madlock ph 1 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 4 0 1 0
Thomas 3b,cf 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 1 0 0
Winfield cf,rf 3 1 1 2
Gamble rf 4 1 4 0
  Smith ss 0 0 0 0
Tenace 1b 4 1 2 0
Almon ss,3b 2 0 0 0
Roberts c 2 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 1 2
  Sweet c 1 0 0 0
Rasmussen p 2 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
San Francisco 010 000 000170
San Diego 200 002 00x490
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (1-1) 5.1 7 4 4 2 0
  Moffitt   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Curtis   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
3
0
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  W (5-7) 5.1 5 1 1 0 2
  D'Acquisto  SV (5) 3.2 2 0 0 4 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
5

  E–None.  2B–San Francisco Harris (2,off Rasmussen), San Diego Gamble (11,off Williams); Tenace (10,off Williams).  HR–San Diego Winfield (14,1st inning off Williams 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Metzger (2,off Rasmussen).  IBB–Almon (6,by Williams).  IBB–Williams (2,Almon).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:31.  A–29,827.
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