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Cincinnati Reds @ San Francisco Giants

1978-09-16 · Day game · Candlestick Park · Att: 29557 · 2:35

San Francisco Giants defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–2. San Francisco Giants put up 2 in the 4th. Gary Lavelle earned the win. George Foster went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8
SFN	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	9

W: Gary Lavelle L: Doug Bair SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Quick · 1B: Jerry Crawford · 2B: Doug Harvey · 3B: Andy Olsen · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	3	0	2	0	0	0
Joe Morgan	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ken Griffey	4	0	2	0	0	1
George Foster	4	1	1	1	0	2
Dan Driessen	3	1	0	0	1	2
Champ Summers	2	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Concepcion	4	0	2	1	0	0
Vic Correll	2	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Hume	2	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Lum	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Henderson	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Collins	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Bench	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Terry Whitfield	5	0	3	1	0	2
Jim Dwyer	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jack Clark	4	1	1	0	0	0
Darrell Evans	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Ivie	4	1	2	1	0	0
Roger Metzger	3	0	1	1	0	0
Rob Andrews	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Sadek	3	0	0	0	0	0
John Montefusco	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Madlock	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Tamargo	0	0	0	0	1	0
Skip James	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Hume	6.0	5	0	5
Pedro Borbon	1.1	1	1	0
Doug Bair	1.1	3	1	1

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Montefusco	8.0	8	3	10
Gary Lavelle	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Rose: HP
Joe Morgan: K+CS2(26)/DP
Ken Griffey: S9.BX2(96)

Bot 1

Terry Whitfield: K
Jim Dwyer: S9
Jack Clark: 54(1)/FO
Darrell Evans: SB2
Darrell Evans: K

Top 2

George Foster: K
Dan Driessen: W
Champ Summers: W.1-2
Dave Concepcion: D9.2-H;1-3
Vic Correll: CSH(25)
Vic Correll: S/BG.2-3
Tom Hume: K

Bot 2

Mike Ivie: 63
Roger Metzger: 43
Rob Andrews: 9

Top 3

Pete Rose: S4
Joe Morgan: 7
Ken Griffey: K
George Foster: 3/FL

Bot 3

Mike Sadek: 2/FL
John Montefusco: K
Terry Whitfield: K

Top 4

Dan Driessen: 8
Champ Summers: 43
Dave Concepcion: 3/G

Bot 4

Jim Dwyer: 3/G
Jack Clark: S7
Darrell Evans: 43.1-2
Mike Ivie: S8.2-H;B-2(E8)
Roger Metzger: S8.2-H(UR)
Rob Andrews: 7

Top 5

Vic Correll: 5/L
Tom Hume: K
Pete Rose: S7.B-2(E7)
Joe Morgan: K

Bot 5

Mike Sadek: 7
John Montefusco: 3/BP
Terry Whitfield: D9
Jim Dwyer: 7

Top 6

Ken Griffey: S7
George Foster: PO1(23)#
George Foster: K
Dan Driessen: K

Bot 6

Jack Clark: 9
Darrell Evans: K23
Mike Ivie: 63

Top 7

Champ Summers: 43
Dave Concepcion: S8
Mike Lum: K
Ken Henderson: W.1-2
Pete Rose: 9

Bot 7

Roger Metzger: 31
Rob Andrews: 8
Mike Sadek: 63

Top 8

Joe Morgan: 9
Ken Griffey: 6/L
George Foster: HR/8
Dan Driessen: K

Bot 8

Bill Madlock: 8
Terry Whitfield: S8
Jim Dwyer: SB2
Jim Dwyer: IW
Jack Clark: 6/P
Darrell Evans: 3/G

Top 9

Dave Collins: 4/L
Dave Concepcion: 7
Johnny Bench: 53

Bot 9

Mike Ivie: S8
Roger Metzger: 54/SH.1-2
Rob Andrews: S3.2-3
John Tamargo: IW.1-2
Skip James: K
Terry Whitfield: S9.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

missed squeze
John Montefusco thought he had struck out George Foster on a pitch called a ball
John Montefusco yelled as he left the field; Montefusco, Giants Manager Joe Altobelli, Giants Coach Dave Bristol and Giants Coach Jim Davenport ejected by HP umpire Jim Quick
Reds Manager Sparky Anderson ejected by 2B umpire Doug Harvey

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