Philadelphia Phillies vs San Francisco Giants
May 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 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)
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Philadelphia Phillies 1, San Francisco Giants 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 3 1 0 0
Bowa ss 4 0 0 0
Rose 1b 4 0 0 0
Unser lf 4 0 2 1
Schmidt 3b 2 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
Meoli 2b 3 0 0 0
Lerch p 2 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Christenson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 2 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 2 0 0 0
  Herndon cf 1 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 3 0 0 1
Clark rf 3 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Madlock 2b 4 0 1 0
Evans 3b 3 2 1 0
Hill c 2 0 1 1
  Venable pr 0 1 0 0
  Sadek c 0 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 1 3 1
Halicki p 3 0 1 1
Totals 28 4 8 4
Philadelphia 000 001 000121
San Francisco 000 020 20x481
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch  L (2-2) 4.1 6 2 1 0 4
  Bird   2.0 2 2 2 3 2
  McGraw   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Christenson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
3
3
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Halicki  W (3-3) 9.0 2 1 0 3 8
Totals
9.0
2
1
0
3
8

  E–McBride (1), LeMaster (4).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  PB–Boone (1).  2B–San Francisco Madlock (4,off Lerch).  3B–San Francisco Evans (1,off Lerch).  SF–Hill (1,off Lerch); Whitfield (2,off McGraw).  IBB–Herndon (2,by Bird).  SB–Maddox (6,2nd base off Halicki/Hill); Unser (1,2nd base off Halicki/Hill); LeMaster (1,2nd base off Lerch/Boone).  IBB–Bird (1,Herndon).  U-HP–Steve Fields, 1B–Roy Roth, 2B–Tony Patch, 3B–Jim Cuneo.  T–2:08.  A–23,836.
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