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San Francisco Giants @ Atlanta Braves

1978-07-01 · Night game · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Att: 34654 · night · 3:01

San Francisco Giants defeated Atlanta Braves 15–4. San Francisco Giants put up 8 in the 5th. Bob Knepper earned the win. Jack Clark went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SFN	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	5	0	15	16
ATL	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	10

W: Bob Knepper L: Adrian Devine SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Nick Colosi · 1B: Satch Davidson · 2B: Joe West · 3B: John Kibler · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Bill Madlock	2	0	0	0	0
Terry Whitfield	3	2	2	3	2
Darrell Evans	6	2	2	1	0
Willie McCovey	4	1	1	2	0
Jack Clark	5	2	2	4	0
Mike Ivie	5	1	2	1	0
Roger Metzger	5	1	2	1	0
Marc Hill	3	1	1	0	2
Bob Knepper	4	1	0	0	1
Vic Harris	3	3	3	1	1
Larry Herndon	2	1	1	2	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rod Gilbreath	5	1	1	0	0	0
Barry Bonnell	5	1	1	0	0	0
Gary Matthews	3	1	2	0	2	1
Jeff Burroughs	5	0	3	2	0	0
Bob Horner	4	0	2	1	1	0
Biff Pocoroba	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Murphy	2	0	1	0	2	1
Pat Rockett	4	1	0	0	0	0
Adrian Devine	1	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Skok	2	0	0	0	0	1
Preston Hanna	1	0	0	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Knepper	9.0	10	5	4

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Adrian Devine	4.2	9	2
Eddie Solomon	0.0	1	3
Craig Skok	2.1	3	1
Preston Hanna	2.0	3	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Madlock: 1/P
Terry Whitfield: W
Darrell Evans: 5
Willie McCovey: HR/9.1-H
Jack Clark: 53

Bot 1

Rod Gilbreath: 8
Barry Bonnell: S8
Gary Matthews: S8.1-2#
Jeff Burroughs: S8.2-H;1-2
Bob Horner: 7
Biff Pocoroba: 9

Top 2

Mike Ivie: 53
Roger Metzger: 3/G
Marc Hill: 4

Bot 2

Dale Murphy: W
Pat Rockett: 13.1X3(3E6)
Adrian Devine: 63
Rod Gilbreath: 63

Top 3

Bob Knepper: 1/L
Bill Madlock: 2/G/BINT
Terry Whitfield: S
Darrell Evans: 3/G

Bot 3

Barry Bonnell: 5
Gary Matthews: K
Jeff Burroughs: 53

Top 4

Willie McCovey: 31
Jack Clark: 63
Mike Ivie: S
Roger Metzger: S.1-2
Marc Hill: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Knepper: 7

Bot 4

Bob Horner: 5
Biff Pocoroba: 53
Dale Murphy: K

Top 5

Vic Harris: S/BG
Terry Whitfield: 13/SH.1-2
Darrell Evans: S9.2-H;B-2(E9)
Willie McCovey: 7
Jack Clark: S.2-H
Mike Ivie: SB2
Mike Ivie: D7.2-H;B-3(E7)
Roger Metzger: S.3-H
Marc Hill: W.1-2
Bob Knepper: W.2-3;1-2
Vic Harris: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Terry Whitfield: D7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Darrell Evans: 4

Bot 5

Pat Rockett: E6.B-1
Craig Skok: 8
Rod Gilbreath: S7.1-H(E7)(NR)(UR);B-3#
Barry Bonnell: 4
Gary Matthews: W
Jeff Burroughs: S8.3-H(UR);1-3
Bob Horner: D8.3-H(UR);1-3
Biff Pocoroba: 3

Top 6

Willie McCovey: 3/G
Jack Clark: 7
Mike Ivie: 8

Bot 6

Dale Murphy: S
Pat Rockett: 46(1)3/GDP
Craig Skok: K/C

Top 7

Roger Metzger: 43
Marc Hill: 9
Bob Knepper: 3/G

Bot 7

Rod Gilbreath: 53
Barry Bonnell: 9
Gary Matthews: W
Jeff Burroughs: S.1-2#
Bob Horner: W.2-3;1-2
Biff Pocoroba: 5

Top 8

Vic Harris: S8
Terry Whitfield: W.1-2
Darrell Evans: S8.2-3;1-2
Larry Herndon: D8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Jack Clark: HR/7.3-H;2-H
Mike Ivie: 63
Roger Metzger: 43
Marc Hill: S9
Bob Knepper: 7

Bot 8

Dale Murphy: W
Pat Rockett: 5
Preston Hanna: K
Rod Gilbreath: 7

Top 9

Vic Harris: S7
Terry Whitfield: 5
Darrell Evans: 8
Larry Herndon: 64(1)/FO

Bot 9

Barry Bonnell: 63
Gary Matthews: S9
Jeff Burroughs: 54(1)/FO
Bob Horner: S7.1-3
Biff Pocoroba: 7

Notes & reviews

Bill Madlock ejected by HP umpire Nick Colosi arguing the interference call

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