Philadelphia Phillies vs San Francisco Giants
July 20, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1979 at Candlestick Park. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 6, San Francisco Giants 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 5 1 2 0
Bowa ss 5 1 1 1
Rose 1b 4 0 2 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 1
Boone c 4 1 2 1
Maddox cf 5 1 1 0
Gross lf 3 0 2 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 0 1
Lerch p 2 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 1 1 0
  Reed p 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 6 13 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 1 1 0
Strain 2b 3 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 1
Ivie 1b 4 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 1 1 1
Herndon lf 3 0 0 1
LeMaster ss 4 0 0 0
Littlejohn c 3 0 0 0
Montefusco p 1 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 1 1 1 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 4 3
Philadelphia 000 300 3006133
San Francisco 000 013 000441
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch  W (6-8) 6.0 3 4 2 2 3
  Reed  SV (3) 3.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
4
4
2
2
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco   6.0 9 3 3 3 1
  Griffin  L (4-5) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Minton   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Lavelle   2.0 1 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
6
4

  E–Rose (6), Schmidt 2 (16), LeMaster (11).  DP–Philadelphia 1, San Francisco 1.  2B–Philadelphia Bowa (10,off Griffin).  3B–San Francisco North (4,off Lerch).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (32,4th inning off Montefusco 0 on, 0 out); Boone (8,4th inning off Montefusco 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Evans (10,5th inning off Lerch 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Trillo (2,off Montefusco); Herndon (2,off Lerch).  SH–Strain (1,off Lerch).  IBB–Evans (10,by Lerch).  SB–Maddox (18,2nd base off Montefusco/Littlejohn); Schmidt (7,2nd base off Lavelle/Littlejohn).  CS–Bowa (5,2nd base by Montefusco/Littlejohn); Rose (6,2nd base by Montefusco/Littlejohn); Maddox (9,2nd base by Montefusco/Littlejohn).  WP–Minton 3 (5).  IBB–Lerch (4,Evans).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:32.  A–21,110.
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