San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 15, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 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 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b,1b 6 0 2 0
Dwyer cf 3 0 0 0
  Herndon ph,cf 3 1 2 0
Clark rf 5 1 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 0
  Andrews pr,2b 1 0 1 1
Evans 3b 6 2 3 4
Whitfield lf 3 1 1 0
  Cruz ph,lf 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 5 0 3 0
Hill c 3 0 1 0
Blue p 2 0 0 0
  Ivie ph 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 1 0 0 0
Totals 46 6 15 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 6 1 1 0
Moreno cf 4 1 1 0
Sanguillen 1b 5 0 1 1
Robinson lf 5 1 1 1
Stennett 2b 4 1 2 0
  Mendoza 2b 1 0 0 0
Garner 3b 3 1 2 2
Brye rf 3 0 0 1
Dyer c 3 0 0 0
Blyleven p 2 0 1 0
  Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 0 0 0 0
  Rooker pr 0 0 0 0
  Whitson p 0 0 0 0
  Macha ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 9 5
San Francisco 010 003 001 016150
Pittsburgh 300 002 000 00591
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue   7.0 8 5 5 2 2
  Moffitt   1.2 0 0 0 2 2
  Lavelle  W (7-7) 2.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
9
5
5
5
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   5.0 7 4 4 2 4
  Jackson   2.2 3 0 0 0 3
  Tekulve   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Whitson  L (2-3) 2.0 3 1 1 0 5
Totals
11.0
15
6
6
3
13

  E–Stennett (10).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–San Francisco Whitfield (12,off Blyleven); Herndon (11,off Jackson), Pittsburgh Garner (13,off Blue).  3B–Pittsburgh Taveras (3,off Blue); Garner (5,off Blue).  HR–San Francisco Evans 2 (10,2nd inning off Blyleven 0 on, 1 out,6th inning off Blyleven 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Blue (4,off Blyleven); Garner (2,off Blue); Dyer (1,off Moffitt).  HBP–Clark (3,by Blyleven).  SF–Brye (1,off Blue).  IBB–Dyer (3,by Blue); Stargell (5,by Moffitt).  SB–Metzger (2,2nd base off Blyleven/Dyer); Evans (3,2nd base off Tekulve/Dyer); Clark (10,3rd base off Whitson/Dyer); Andrews (4,2nd base off Whitson/Dyer); Moreno (40,2nd base off Blue/Hill); B Robinson (10,2nd base off Lavelle/Hill).  CS–Moreno (11,2nd base by Blue/Hill).  WP–Blue (3).  HBP–Blyleven (4,Clark).  IBB–Blue (1,Dyer); Moffitt (10,Stargell).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–3:19.  A–16,174.
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