| The largest opening-night crowd in San Diego history, 46,375, saw Doug Rader hit a three-run homer to enable the Padres to defeat the Giants, 4-3. The Padres scored in the first inning on a walk to Gene Richards, single by Mike Champion and infield out by Dave Winfield before adding their other runs in the fourth when Rader hit his homer following a pass to Gene Tenace and single by Mike Ivie. Randy Jones gained the decision but gave way to Rollie Fingers in the ninth after Willie McCovey hit a two-run homer for the Giants. [The Sporting News] |
San Diego Padres 4, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Tuesday, April 12, 1977 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Giants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 9 1 Padres 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x - 4 5 1 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Herndon cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Richards lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .211 Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .188 Champion 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Madlock 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Winfield rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .381 Clark rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .250 Hendrick cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .400 McCovey 1b 4 2 3 2 0 0 .313 Tenace c 2 1 0 0 1 0 .368 Elliott lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ivie 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .429 Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .111 Rader 3b 2 1 2 3 1 0 .353 Speier ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Almon ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Sadek c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .333 Jones p 3 0 1 0 0 2 .250 Evans ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGlothen p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thomas ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cornutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 3 9 3 0 3 Totals 28 4 5 4 3 5 Time of Game: 1:44 Attendance: 45,375 Left on Base: Giants 5, Padres 3 DP: Giants 0, Padres 2 Errors: Speier, Rader Doubles: Clark (1), McCovey (2) Home Runs: McCovey (1), Rader (1) GIDP: Clark (1), Madlock (2) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGlothen L(0-1) 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 17 9.00 Williams 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 5.40 Cornutt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13.50 Totals 8 5 4 4 3 5 1 31 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jones W(1-1) 8 9 3 3 0 1 1 32 4.85 Fingers SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 9 3 3 0 3 1 35 Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Paul Runge GIANTS 1ST: Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews grounded out (pitcher to first); Madlock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Richards walked; Champion singled to left [Richards to third]; Winfield forced Champion (shortstop to second) [Richards scored]; Hendrick hit into a double play (first unassisted) [Winfield out at third (left to third) (error by Speier)]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Padres 1. GIANTS 2ND: Clark doubled to center; McCovey lined to first; Elliott flied out to center; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Padres 1. PADRES 2ND: Tenace popped to catcher in foul territory; Ivie grounded out (third to first); Rader singled to center; Almon flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Padres 1. GIANTS 3RD: Sadek lined to left; McGlothen lined to shortstop; Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Padres 1. PADRES 3RD: Jones struck out; Richards was called out on strikes; Champion was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Padres 1. GIANTS 4TH: Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); Madlock grounded out (third to first); Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Padres 1. PADRES 4TH: Winfield flied out to center; Hendrick made an out to second; Tenace walked; Ivie singled to left [Tenace to second]; Rader homered [Tenace scored, Ivie scored]; Almon was called out on strikes; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Padres 4. GIANTS 5TH: McCovey doubled to right; Elliott flied out to left; Speier singled to left [McCovey to third]; Sadek singled to left [McCovey scored, Speier to second]; THOMAS BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN; Thomas struck out; Herndon forced Sadek (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Padres 4. PADRES 5TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Jones was called out on strikes; Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); Champion grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Padres 4. GIANTS 6TH: Andrews grounded out (second to first); Madlock reached on an error by Rader [Madlock to first]; Clark grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Madlock out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Padres 4. PADRES 6TH: Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick flied out to center; Tenace flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Padres 4. GIANTS 7TH: McCovey singled to right; Elliott flied out to center; Speier forced McCovey (third to second); Sadek flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Padres 4. PADRES 7TH: Ivie made an out to second; Rader walked; Almon flied out to right; Jones singled to left [Rader to second]; Richards grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Padres 4. GIANTS 8TH: HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Heintzelman flied out to right; Herndon singled to right; Andrews singled to right [Herndon to second]; Madlock grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Andrews out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Padres 4. PADRES 8TH: CORNUTT REPLACED HEINTZELMAN (PITCHING); Champion grounded out (third to first); Winfield popped to catcher in foul territory; Hendrick grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Padres 4. GIANTS 9TH: Clark singled to right; McCovey homered [Clark scored]; FINGERS REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); THOMASSON BATTED FOR ELLIOTT; Thomasson struck out; Speier grounded out (third to first); EVANS BATTED FOR SADEK; Evans was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Padres 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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