Bob Knepper allowed only five hits in eight innings and Randy Moffitt pitched a hitless ninth as the Giants ended their eight-game losing streak by defeating the Padres, 5-1. Gary Thomasson batted for Knepper in the eighth and singled to drive in the Giants' last two runs. The Padres' lone run came in the fifth when Gene Tenace doubled, took third on a short single by Bill Almon and scored as Mike Champion grounded into a double play. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 5, San Diego Padres 1
Game Played on Thursday, July      7, 1977 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Padres       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Giants       1  0  1    1  0  0    0  2  x  -   5  7  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hendrick cf           3   0   1   0     1   1   .286      Madlock 3b            3   2   1   0     2   0   .300
Ashford 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .235      Thomas cf             2   0   2   1     0   0   .252
Ivie 1b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .281      Evans lf              4   0   1   1     0   2   .275
Winfield rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Clark rf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .245
Kingman lf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .214      McCovey 1b            3   1   0   0     1   1   .284
Tenace c              2   1   1   0     1   0   .233        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Almon ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .245      Harris 2b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .286
Champion 2b           3   0   2   0     0   0   .238      Hill c                3   0   0   1     0   0   .241
Owchinko p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .125      LeMaster ss           3   1   0   0     1   0   .106
  Rettenmund ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .329      Knepper p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .158
  Sawyer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Thomasson ph,1b     1   0   1   2     0   0   .271

Totals               28   1   5   0     3   4             Totals               29   5   7   5     5   5

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance:  3,181
Left on Base: Padres 4, Giants 8
DP: Padres 0, Giants 3
Errors: Champion
Doubles: Tenace (13), Harris 2 (9), Thomas (6)
Triples: Evans (2)
Stolen Bases: Madlock (6), LeMaster (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Owchinko (4), Thomas 2 (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Hill (4)
GIDP: Champion (6), Rettenmund (2)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Owchinko L(2-4)         7     5   3   3   4   5   0  31   5.28
Sawyer                  1     2   2   2   1   0   0   6   5.67
Totals                  8     7   5   5   5   5   0  37

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knepper W(2-3)          8     5   1   1   2   4   0  29   3.81
Moffitt                 1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.42
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3   4   0  32

Wild Pitches: Owchinko (3)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Ed Montague


PADRES 1ST: Hendrick flied out to right; Ashford struck out;
Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Madlock walked; Madlock stole second; Owchinko threw
a wild pitch [Madlock to third]; Thomas singled to center
[Madlock scored]; Evans struck out; Clark flied out to left;
McCovey grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Padres 0, Giants 1.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield made an out to first; Kingman struck out;
Tenace grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Harris grounded out (second to first); Hill grounded
out (shortstop to first); LeMaster made an out to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

PADRES 3RD: Almon grounded out (third to first); Champion
singled to right; Owchinko out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Champion to second]; Hendrick walked; Ashford grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Knepper struck out; Madlock singled to center;
Thomas out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Madlock to
second]; Evans tripled to right [Madlock scored]; Clark struck
out (catcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants
2.

PADRES 4TH: Ivie flied out to center; Winfield flied out to
right; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: McCovey walked; Harris doubled to left [McCovey to
third]; Hill hit a sacrifice fly to right [McCovey scored,
Harris to third]; LeMaster popped to third in foul territory;
Knepper flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Giants 3.

PADRES 5TH: Tenace doubled to left; Almon singled to right
[Tenace to third]; Champion grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Tenace scored (no RBI), Almon out at
second]; Owchinko flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Thomas
doubled to center; Evans struck out; Clark walked; McCovey
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 3.

PADRES 6TH: Hendrick struck out; Ashford made an out to second;
Ivie flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1,
Giants 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Harris popped to catcher in foul territory; Hill
flied out to right; LeMaster reached on an error by Champion
[LeMaster to second]; Knepper grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 3.

PADRES 7TH: Winfield grounded out (second to first); Kingman
made an out to shortstop; Tenace walked; Almon grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Madlock walked; Thomas out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Madlock to second]; Evans grounded out
(second to first) [Madlock to third]; Clark flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 3.

PADRES 8TH: Champion singled to center; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR
OWCHINKO; Rettenmund grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Champion out at second]; Hendrick singled to
right; Ashford grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: SAWYER REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); McCovey flied
out to center; Harris doubled to right; Hill grounded out
(second to first) [Harris to third]; LeMaster walked; THOMASSON
BATTED FOR KNEPPER; LeMaster stole second; Thomasson singled to
center [Harris scored, LeMaster scored]; Madlock forced
Thomasson (shortstop unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
1, Giants 5.

PADRES 9TH: THOMASSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MOFFITT
REPLACED MCCOVEY (PITCHING); Ivie walked; Winfield flied out to
left; Kingman lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Ivie
out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 5.