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Cincinnati Reds @ San Francisco Giants

1978-09-17 · Day game · Candlestick Park · Att: 31469 · 2:17

Cincinnati Reds defeated San Francisco Giants 7–1. Cincinnati Reds put up 4 in the 7th. Paul Moskau earned the win. Terry Whitfield 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	7	8
SFN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4

W: Paul Moskau L: Bob Knepper SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	4	1	2	2	1	0
Joe Morgan	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Griffey	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Foster	2	1	0	0	2	0
Johnny Bench	3	0	1	1	0	1
Dave Concepcion	3	2	2	0	1	0
Ken Henderson	3	1	0	0	1	1
Dan Driessen	4	0	0	0	0	2
Paul Moskau	4	2	2	4	0	0
Junior Kennedy	1	0	1	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Terry Whitfield	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jim Dwyer	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jack Clark	4	0	2	0	0	1
Darrell Evans	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Ivie	4	0	0	0	0	2
Roger Metzger	2	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Heintzelman	2	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Sadek	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Knepper	2	0	0	0	0	2
Hector Cruz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Art Gardner	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Moskau	9.0	4	2	8

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Knepper	7.0	5	5	4
Phil Nastu	2.0	3	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Rose: W
Joe Morgan: PB.1-2
Joe Morgan: W
Ken Griffey: WP.2-3;1-2
Ken Griffey: 3/G
George Foster: IW
Johnny Bench: 6/SF.3-H
Dave Concepcion: S7.2XH(726);1-2

Bot 1

Terry Whitfield: 8
Jim Dwyer: 9
Jack Clark: K/C

Top 2

Ken Henderson: 7
Dan Driessen: K
Paul Moskau: 43

Bot 2

Darrell Evans: 9
Mike Ivie: 53
Roger Metzger: 43

Top 3

Pete Rose: 53
Joe Morgan: 7
Ken Griffey: K

Bot 3

Tom Heintzelman: W
Mike Sadek: 64(1)3/GDP
Bob Knepper: K/C

Top 4

George Foster: 53
Johnny Bench: K
Dave Concepcion: 43

Bot 4

Terry Whitfield: 9
Jim Dwyer: 9
Jack Clark: T9
Darrell Evans: 4/P

Top 5

Ken Henderson: 7
Dan Driessen: 43
Paul Moskau: 43

Bot 5

Mike Ivie: K
Roger Metzger: W
Tom Heintzelman: 6/P
Mike Sadek: 8

Top 6

Pete Rose: 43
Joe Morgan: 43
Ken Griffey: 7

Bot 6

Bob Knepper: K/C
Terry Whitfield: 43
Jim Dwyer: K/C

Top 7

George Foster: W
Johnny Bench: S8.1-2
Dave Concepcion: S9.2-3;1X3(96)
Ken Henderson: SB2
Ken Henderson: IW
Dan Driessen: K
Paul Moskau: D/89.3-H;2-H;1-H
Pete Rose: S8.2-H;B-2(THH)
Joe Morgan: 8

Bot 7

Jack Clark: 7
Darrell Evans: 4/P
Mike Ivie: 53

Top 8

Ken Griffey: 43
George Foster: 8
Johnny Bench: 53

Bot 8

Roger Metzger: 8
Tom Heintzelman: D7
Mike Sadek: K
Hector Cruz: 53

Top 9

Dave Concepcion: W
Ken Henderson: SB2#
Ken Henderson: K
Dan Driessen: 63.2-3
Paul Moskau: S7.3-H
Pete Rose: D/89.1-H
Junior Kennedy: S6/BR.2X3(6)

Bot 9

Terry Whitfield: HR/9
Jim Dwyer: K
Jack Clark: D7
Art Gardner: 2/FL
Mike Ivie: K/C

Notes & reviews

Johnny Bench rounded 2B too far

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