San Francisco Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1979 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 3, Philadelphia Phillies 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 1 1 0
Strain 2b 4 1 2 0
Clark rf 3 0 1 1
Ivie 1b 3 0 0 0
Evans 3b 4 1 2 2
Herndon lf 4 0 1 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 2 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 0 0
  Metzger ss 0 0 0 0
Sadek c 4 0 0 0
Knepper p 3 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 2 0 0 0
  Luzinski ph,lf 2 0 0 0
  Gross lf 1 0 0 0
Bowa ss 3 0 0 0
Rose 1b 4 1 1 1
Schmidt 3b 4 1 2 2
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
Anderson lf,rf 3 1 0 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 1 1
Boone c 3 2 2 1
Carlton p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
San Francisco 003 000 000391
Philadelphia 001 002 11x580
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (6-3) 6.2 7 4 3 2 7
  Griffin   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Lavelle   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
4
4
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (10-8) 9.0 9 3 3 3 14
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
14

  E–Evans (15).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–San Francisco Clark (17,off Carlton); Strain (3,off Carlton), Philadelphia Trillo (8,off Griffin).  3B–San Francisco LeMaster (2,off Carlton).  HR–San Francisco Evans (9,3rd inning off Carlton 1 on, 2 out), Philadelphia Boone (7,3rd inning off Knepper 0 on, 0 out); Schmidt (28,6th inning off Knepper 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Clark (6,off Carlton).  IBB–Ivie (3,by Carlton).  HBP–Trillo (3,by Knepper).  CS–LeMaster (1,2nd base by Carlton/Boone); Maddox (8,2nd base by Knepper/Sadek).  SB–Anderson (1,2nd base off Griffin/Sadek).  HBP–Knepper (3,Trillo).  IBB–Carlton (11,Ivie).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:30.  A–41,387.
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