Philadelphia Phillies vs San Francisco Giants
May 11, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1979 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Phillies 1, San Francisco Giants 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Schmidt 3b 4 0 3 1
Bowa ss 4 0 0 0
Rose 1b 3 0 2 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Anderson rf,lf 3 0 0 0
  Unser ph 1 0 1 0
Maddox cf 4 0 2 0
Boone c 3 1 1 0
Aviles 2b 3 0 1 0
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph 1 0 1 0
  McBride rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 11 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 0 0 0
  Herndon cf 0 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 4 0 1 0
Clark rf 3 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Madlock 2b 4 0 1 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 1 1 1
Hill c 3 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 1 2 0
Knepper p 3 0 1 1
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Philadelphia 000 000 0101111
San Francisco 000 101 00x260
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  L (3-5) 7.0 6 2 2 2 6
  Reed   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
2
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (3-2) 7.2 9 1 1 1 1
  Moffitt   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Lavelle  SV (4) 1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
1
1
2
2

  E–Schmidt (4).  DP–Philadelphia 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Philadelphia Schmidt (5,off Knepper), San Francisco Knepper (2,off Carlton).  HR–San Francisco Evans (4,6th inning off Carlton 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Boone (3,off Lavelle).  IBB–Aviles (1,by Lavelle).  CS–Schmidt (2,2nd base by Knepper/Hill).  IBB–Lavelle (4,Aviles).  U-HP–Roy Roth, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Jim Cuneo, 3B–Tony Patch.  T–2:05.  A–22,860.
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