New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
August 29, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1978 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 0, San Francisco Giants 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Maddox 3b 3 0 1 0
Valentine 2b 4 0 0 0
Henderson lf 3 0 1 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0
Stearns c 4 0 0 0
Grieve rf 2 0 1 0
Youngblood cf 3 0 0 0
Flynn ss 3 0 0 0
Hausman p 2 0 0 0
  Randle ph 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
  Bernard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 4 0 3 1
  Andrews pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Dwyer cf,1b 4 1 2 1
Clark rf 4 0 0 0
  Cruz pr,rf 0 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
  Herndon cf 0 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 1 1 0
Tamargo c 2 0 0 0
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
New York 000 000 000041
San Francisco 100 010 00x260
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hausman  L (2-3) 7.0 5 2 2 1 5
  Lockwood   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Bernard   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
1
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (14-9) 9.0 4 0 0 3 6
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
3
6

  E–Montanez (6).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–New York Montanez (25,off Knepper); S Henderson (26,off Knepper); Maddox (16,off Knepper), San Francisco Dwyer (9,off Hausman).  HR–San Francisco Dwyer (4,1st inning off Hausman 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Knepper (6,off Hausman).  CS–Maddox (10,2nd base by Knepper/Tamargo).  SB–Metzger (6,2nd base off Hausman/Stearns); Andrews (5,2nd base off Lockwood/Stearns).  WP–Knepper (5).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:18.  A–34,174.
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