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Saturday April 8, 1978
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Jim Barr showed his determination to keep his place in the Giants' starting rotation by pitching a seven-hitter and shutting out the Padres, 6-0. Rob Andrews, filling in for the injured Bill Madlock, tripled with the bases loaded after getting three hits in the previous day's opener. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 6, San Diego Padres 0

Game Played on Saturday, April 8, 1978 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0
Giants       0  4  1    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   6  9  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Herndon cf            3   1   1   0     2   1   .286
Thomas 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .375      Andrews 2b            3   1   1   3     2   0   .571
Gamble lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .125      Clark rf              5   0   2   1     0   2   .222
Winfield rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .444      McCovey 1b            2   0   0   0     2   1   .000
Hendrick cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .250        James pr,1b         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Tenace c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Hill c                4   1   2   0     0   0   .286
Almon 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Evans 3b              3   0   2   1     1   0   .429
Smith ss              3   0   2   0     0   0   .500      Whitfield lf          3   0   0   1     0   0   .000
Shirley p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      LeMaster ss           4   1   0   0     0   2   .000
  Baker ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Barr p                4   1   1   0     0   0   .250
  Wehrmeister p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sweet ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  D'Acquisto p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   7   0     0   1             Totals               31   6   9   6     7   6

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance: 10,726
Left on Base: Padres 5, Giants 9
DP: Padres 0, Giants 2
Errors: Evans
Doubles: Almon (1), Hill (1), Evans (1), Clark (1)
Triples: Andrews (1)
Stolen Bases: Thomas (1)
Caught Stealing: Herndon (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Whitfield (1)
GIDP: Thomas (1), Winfield (1)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shirley L(0-1)          2     4   4   4   3   2   0  13  18.00
Wehrmeister             2     3   1   1   1   1   0  10   4.50
Spillner                3     1   1   1   2   2   0  12   3.00
D'Acquisto              1     1   0   0   1   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                  8     9   6   6   7   6   0  39

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr W(1-0)             9     7   0   0   0   1   0  32   0.00
Totals                  9     7   0   0   0   1   0  32

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer


PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (second to first); Thomas
singled to left; Thomas stole second; Gamble flied out to left;
Winfield made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon walked; Andrews walked [Herndon to second];
Clark was called out on strikes; McCovey struck out; Hill flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

PADRES 2ND: Hendrick popped to first in foul territory; Tenace
flied out to center; Almon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Evans singled to center; Whitfield forced Evans
(second unassisted); LeMaster forced Whitfield (shortstop to
second); Barr singled [LeMaster to second]; Herndon walked
[LeMaster to third, Barr to second]; Andrews tripled to center
[LeMaster scored, Barr scored, Herndon scored]; Clark singled to
center [Andrews scored]; McCovey grounded out (shortstop to
first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 4.

PADRES 3RD: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); BAKER
BATTED FOR SHIRLEY; Baker grounded out (pitcher to first);
Richards grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Giants 4.

GIANTS 3RD: WEHRMEISTER REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Hill doubled
to center; Evans doubled to center [Hill scored]; Whitfield
grounded out (first unassisted) [Evans to third]; LeMaster
popped to first in foul territory; Barr flied out to center; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 5.

PADRES 4TH: Thomas flied out to center; Gamble grounded out
(shortstop to first); Winfield singled to center; Hendrick
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
0, Giants 5.

GIANTS 4TH: Herndon struck out; Andrews flied out to left; Clark
doubled to center; McCovey was walked intentionally; Hill forced
McCovey (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0,
Giants 5.

PADRES 5TH: Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon
flied out to left; Smith singled to left; SWEET BATTED FOR
WEHRMEISTER; Sweet grounded out (second to first); Debut game
for Rick Sweet; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 5.

GIANTS 5TH: SPILLNER REPLACED SWEET (PITCHING); Evans flied out
to center; Whitfield made an out to shortstop; LeMaster struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 5.

PADRES 6TH: Richards singled to right; Thomas grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Richards out at second];
Gamble popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Giants 5.

GIANTS 6TH: Barr grounded out (second to first); Herndon
grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 5.

PADRES 7TH: Winfield grounded out (second to first); Hendrick
was called out on strikes; Tenace grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 5.

GIANTS 7TH: Clark flied out to center; McCovey walked; JAMES RAN
FOR MCCOVEY; Hill singled [James to second]; Evans walked [James
to third, Hill to second]; Whitfield hit a sacrifice fly to left
[James scored]; LeMaster struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 0, Giants 6.

PADRES 8TH: JAMES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Almon doubled to
left; Smith singled [Almon stayed at second]; TURNER BATTED FOR
SPILLNER; Turner flied out to left; Evans dropped a foul fly hit
by Richards for an error; Richards flied out to center; Thomas
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0,
Giants 6.

GIANTS 8TH: D'ACQUISTO REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); Barr made an
out to first; Herndon singled; Andrews walked [Herndon to
second]; Clark struck out; Herndon was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 6.

PADRES 9TH: Gamble singled; Winfield grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Gamble out at second]; Hendrick
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 6.



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