San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres
April 18, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1979 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres 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 6, San Diego Padres 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 2 2 1 0
  Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 4 0 1 1
Madlock 2b 4 1 0 1
  Andrews 2b 0 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 0 1
Ivie 1b 4 0 1 1
Evans 3b 4 1 1 0
Hill c 4 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 1 1 1
Halicki p 1 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Herndon ph,cf 2 1 2 1
Totals 34 6 7 6
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 5 2 2 0
Smith ss 3 1 0 0
  Tenace ph 0 0 0 0
  Almon pr 0 1 0 0
Turner lf 4 0 0 1
Winfield rf 4 1 2 3
Hargrove 1b 3 1 1 1
Evans 3b 4 0 2 1
Fahey c 4 0 1 1
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0
  Perkins ph 1 0 0 0
Shirley p 3 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Mura p 0 0 0 0
  Briggs ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 7 9 7
San Francisco 000 100 500671
San Diego 301 000 003790
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Halicki   4.0 7 4 4 2 0
  Roberts   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Griffin  L (1-2) 2.2 1 3 0 1 1
  Lavelle   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Coleman   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
9
7
4
5
2
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley   6.1 5 4 4 3 2
  D'Acquisto   0.0 0 2 2 3 0
  Mura  W (1-0) 2.2 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
6
6

  E–LeMaster (2).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Evans (2,off Shirley), San Diego Evans (3,off Halicki); Winfield (5,off Roberts).  3B–San Francisco Whitfield (1,off Shirley); Herndon (1,off Shirley), San Diego Winfield (2,off Halicki).  HBP–Turner (1,by Lavelle).  IBB–Hargrove (1,by Halicki).  BK–Mura (1).  HBP–Lavelle (1,Turner).  IBB–Halicki (1,Hargrove).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–Frank Campagna, 2B–Frank Fisher, 3B–Terry Bovey.  T–2:46.  A–18,811.
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