Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
September 15, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1978 at Candlestick Park. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 6, San Francisco Giants 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 1 1 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 2 4 2
Griffey rf 5 1 2 1
Foster lf 4 1 1 0
Bench c 3 0 1 2
Henderson cf 4 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 3 0 1 0
Kennedy 2b 4 1 2 0
Seaver p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 4 0 1 0
Whitfield lf 3 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 0 0
Evans 3b 2 1 1 1
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0
  Nastu p 0 0 0 0
Cruz cf 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 2 0 0 0
Sadek c 2 0 0 0
  Tamargo ph,c 0 0 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner ph 1 0 0 0
  Cornutt p 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
  Barr p 0 0 0 0
  James 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 2 1
Cincinnati 203 000 1006120
San Francisco 000 100 000122
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (14-14) 9.0 2 1 1 4 9
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
4
9
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (16-9) 3.0 7 5 4 0 2
  Cornutt   3.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Barr   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Nastu   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
5
1
4

  E–McCovey (10), Cruz (2).  DP–Cincinnati 3.  PB–Bench (12).  2B–Cincinnati Griffey (32,off Blue).  HR–San Francisco Evans (19,4th inning off Seaver 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Bench (5,off Blue).  SB–Griffey (21,3rd base off Blue/Sadek); Kennedy (4,2nd base off Barr/Sadek).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:03.  A–22,726.
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