San Francisco Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 20, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 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."

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San Francisco Giants 3, Philadelphia Phillies 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 4 1 2 0
  Andrews pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Dwyer cf 3 1 1 2
Clark rf 4 1 2 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 3 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Tamargo ph 1 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 1
Hill c 3 0 0 0
Barr p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Schmidt 3b 5 1 3 1
Bowa ss 5 1 3 0
Maddox cf 5 0 2 0
Luzinski lf 1 1 0 0
  Martin pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Hebner 1b 5 1 2 2
McBride rf 4 0 0 1
Boone c 4 1 3 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Ruthven p 2 0 1 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Morrison ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 14 4
San Francisco 200 100 000361
Philadelphia 012 101 00x5140
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barr  L (6-10) 5.0 11 5 4 2 3
  Curtis   3.0 3 0 0 2 4
Totals
8.0
14
5
4
4
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  W (11-9) 5.0 4 3 3 3 2
  McGraw   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Reed  SV (10) 2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
6

  E–Evans (18).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–San Francisco Madlock 2 (23,off Ruthven,off Reed); McCovey (18,off Ruthven), Philadelphia Boone (14,off Barr); Schmidt (18,off Barr); Bowa (25,off Curtis).  3B–Philadelphia Hebner (2,off Barr).  HR–San Francisco Dwyer (2,1st inning off Ruthven 1 on, 0 out).  SF–McBride (2,off Barr).  IBB–Luzinski 2 (13,by Curtis 2).  SB–Bowa (21,3rd base off Curtis/Hill); Martin (8,2nd base off Curtis/Hill).  IBB–Curtis 2 (7,Luzinski 2).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:22.  A–51,088.
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