San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres
September 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1979 at San Diego Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, San Diego Padres 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Venable rf 3 0 1 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 2 2
Evans 3b 4 0 0 0
Ivie 1b 4 1 2 0
Herndon cf 3 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 4 1 1 0
Littlejohn c 3 0 0 0
Curtis p 3 1 0 0
  Halicki p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 2
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Dade 3b 4 0 1 0
Flannery 2b 3 1 0 0
Tenace 1b 4 0 2 0
Winfield rf 2 0 0 0
Bevacqua lf 3 0 0 1
Fahey c 3 0 0 0
  Richards pr 0 0 0 0
Greer cf 3 0 0 0
  Briggs ph 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
Almon ss 3 0 0 0
  Mura p 0 0 0 0
Shirley p 2 0 1 0
  Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
San Francisco 010 000 200360
San Diego 100 000 000142
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  W (10-9) 8.0 4 1 1 3 8
  Halicki   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Lavelle  SV (16) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
8
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  L (6-14) 6.2 6 3 0 2 1
  Lolich   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mura   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
0
2
3

  E–Dade (6), Tenace (7).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Francisco Ivie (16,off Shirley), San Diego Tenace (15,off Curtis).  SH–Littlejohn (5,off Shirley).  HBP–Curtis (1,by Shirley).  IBB–Herndon (4,by Shirley); Winfield (22,by Curtis).  SF–Bevacqua (5,off Curtis).  CS–LeMaster (4,2nd base by Shirley/Fahey); Dade (5,2nd base by Curtis/Littlejohn).  HBP–Shirley (5,Curtis).  IBB–Curtis (7,Winfield); Shirley (8,Herndon).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:52.  A–7,128.
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