San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
September 10, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds 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)
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San Francisco Giants 1, Cincinnati Reds 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 4 1 2 1
Whitfield lf 4 0 1 0
Clark rf 4 0 2 0
Evans 3b 4 0 1 0
Ivie 1b 4 0 0 0
Dwyer cf 3 0 0 0
Hill c 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Halicki p 3 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Plank p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 1 1 0
  Kennedy 2b 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
  Collins pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Griffey rf 4 1 1 1
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 1 0 1
Driessen 1b 3 2 1 0
Bench c 3 2 1 3
  Correll c 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 2 2
  Oester ss 0 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 7 7
San Francisco 000 010 000172
Cincinnati 020 000 15x870
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Halicki  L (8-8) 7.0 3 3 1 2 4
  Curtis   0.1 3 4 4 1 0
  Plank   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
8
6
3
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (13-14) 7.0 6 1 1 1 5
  Bair  SV (26) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
7

  E–Metzger (13), Halicki (3).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–San Francisco Hill (12,off Seaver); Clark (41,off Bair), Cincinnati Concepcion (29,off Halicki).  HR–San Francisco Madlock (15,5th inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Bench (22,8th inning off Plank 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Foster (6,off Curtis).  IBB–Geronimo (10,by Halicki).  SB–Driessen (27,2nd base off Halicki/Hill); Bench (3,2nd base off Halicki/Hill).  IBB–Halicki (8,Geronimo).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:17.  A–43,779.
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