Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
September 17, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 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 7, San Francisco Giants 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 1 2 2
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
  Kennedy 2b 1 0 1 0
Griffey cf 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 2 1 0 0
Bench c 3 0 1 1
Concepcion ss 3 2 2 0
Henderson rf 3 1 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Moskau p 4 2 2 4
Totals 31 7 8 7
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Whitfield lf 4 1 1 1
Dwyer cf 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 2 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
  Nastu p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner ph 1 0 0 0
Ivie 1b 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 2 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 0 0 0 0
  Heintzelman ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Sadek c 3 0 0 0
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Cincinnati 100 000 402780
San Francisco 000 000 001140
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Moskau  W (6-4) 9.0 4 1 1 2 8
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (15-11) 7.0 5 5 5 5 4
  Nastu   2.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
6
5

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1.  PB–Sadek (4).  2B–Cincinnati Moskau (3,off Knepper); Rose (48,off Nastu), San Francisco Heintzelman (1,off Moskau); Clark (42,off Moskau).  3B–San Francisco Clark (7,off Moskau).  HR–San Francisco Whitfield (10,9th inning off Moskau 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bench (6,off Knepper).  IBB–Foster (14,by Knepper); Henderson (4,by Knepper).  SB–Concepcion 2 (20,2nd base off Knepper/Sadek,2nd base off Nastu/Sadek).  WP–Knepper (6).  IBB–Knepper 2 (11,Foster,Henderson).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:17.  A–31,469.
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