Mike Ivie, batting for the first time against his former teammates, hit a sacrifice fly to break a 5-5 tie and Larry Herndon drove in an insurance marker with a single to give the Giants a 7-5 triumph over the Padres. The winning rally started when Darrell Evans singled and moved to third on Terry Whitfield's single. Whitfield took second on the throw and Vic Harris received an intentional walk.

Ivie then hit a fly to left to snap the deadlock and Herndon's single added the seventh Giants' run. The Giants had trailed, 5-1, but eventually tied the game in the fifth on Willie McCovey's 494th career homer with a man on base. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 7, San Diego Padres 5
Game Played on Sunday, April     9, 1978 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Padres       1  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  1
Giants       1  0  2    0  2  0    0  2  x  -   7  9  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards 1b           5   1   1   0     0   3   .214      Herndon cf            5   0   2   1     0   0   .333
Thomas 2b,lf,2b       3   1   2   0     1   0   .455      Andrews 2b            3   1   0   0     2   0   .400
Gamble lf             3   1   2   1     1   0   .273      Clark rf              4   3   2   0     1   0   .308
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McCovey 1b            3   1   1   2     1   0   .125
  Sweet ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hill c                3   0   2   1     1   0   .400
Winfield rf           4   1   1   3     0   1   .385      Evans 3b              3   1   1   1     1   1   .400
Hendrick cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Whitfield lf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .100
Tenace c              2   0   1   0     2   0   .250      LeMaster ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Almon 3b,ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .273        Harris ph,ss        0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Smith ss              3   0   1   0     0   1   .429      McGlothen p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reynolds ph,lf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jones p               1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000        Heintzelman ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lolich p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Williams p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Champion 2b,3b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ivie ph             0   0   0   1     0   0   .000
                                                            Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5  11   4     4   5             Totals               31   7   9   6     7   1

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 33,722
Left on Base: Padres 7, Giants 8
DP: Padres 2, Giants 1
Errors: Almon, Evans
Doubles: Richards (1), Thomas (1), Herndon (2)
Triples: Winfield (1)
Home Runs: McCovey (1)
Caught Stealing: Almon (1), Hill (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Thomas (1), Jones (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Ivie (1)
GIDP: Smith (1), Evans (1)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones                   4     6   5   4   5   0   1  23   9.00
Lolich                  2     0   0   0   0   1   0   5   0.00
Fingers L(0-1)          2     3   2   2   2   0   0  11   4.50
Totals                  8     9   7   6   7   1   1  39

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen               3.2   7   5   4   1   2   0  18   9.82
Curtis                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Williams                2.2   1   0   0   2   2   0  10   0.00
Lavelle W(1-1)          1.1   2   0   0   1   0   0   6   4.50
Moffitt SV(1)           1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.50
Totals                  9    11   5   4   4   5   0  39

Wild Pitches: McGlothen (1)

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


PADRES 1ST: Richards doubled to left; Thomas out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Richards to third]; Gamble singled to
right [Richards scored]; Winfield flied out to right; Hendrick
forced Gamble (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews
made an out to second; Clark singled to third; McCovey reached
on an error by Almon [Clark to second, McCovey to first]; Hill
walked [Clark to third, McCovey to second]; Evans walked [Clark
scored (unearned), McCovey to third, Hill to second]; Whitfield
forced Evans (shortstop unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 1.

PADRES 2ND: Tenace singled to right; Almon forced Tenace
(shortstop to second); Almon was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); Smith was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: LeMaster grounded out (shortstop to first);
McGlothen grounded out (pitcher to first); Herndon grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 1.

PADRES 3RD: Jones singled; Richards struck out; Thomas singled
[Jones to second]; McGlothen threw a wild pitch [Jones to third,
Thomas to second]; Gamble walked; Winfield tripled [Jones
scored, Thomas scored, Gamble scored]; Hendrick reached on a
fielder's choice [Winfield scored (error by Evans; assist by
LeMaster) (unearned), Hendrick out at second (third to second)];
Tenace popped to first in foul territory; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 5, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Andrews walked; Clark walked [Andrews to second];
McCovey walked [Andrews to third, Clark to second]; Hill singled
[Andrews scored, Clark to third, McCovey to second]; Evans
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Clark scored,
McCovey to third, Hill out at second]; Whitfield grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 5, Giants 3.

PADRES 4TH: Almon flied out to center; Smith singled to left;
Jones out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Smith to
second]; CURTIS REPLACED MCGLOTHEN (PITCHING); Richards flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 5, Giants 3.

GIANTS 4TH: LeMaster flied out to center; HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR
CURTIS; Heintzelman grounded out (shortstop to first); Herndon
doubled to center; Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 5, Giants 3.

PADRES 5TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED HEINTZELMAN (PITCHING); Thomas
popped to shortstop; Gamble made an out to first; Winfield
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 5, Giants 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Clark singled; McCovey homered [Clark scored]; Hill
singled to right; LOLICH REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Evans struck
out while Hill was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Whitfield popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 5, Giants 5.

PADRES 6TH: Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Tenace
walked; Almon singled to right [Tenace to second]; Smith
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Almon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 5, Giants 5.

GIANTS 6TH: LeMaster grounded out (third to first); Williams
flied out to right; Herndon grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 5, Giants 5.

PADRES 7TH: TURNER BATTED FOR LOLICH; Turner grounded out (first
to pitcher); Richards struck out; Thomas walked; LAVELLE
REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Gamble singled [Thomas out at
third (third to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 5,
Giants 5.

GIANTS 7TH: FINGERS REPLACED GAMBLE (PITCHING); THOMAS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); CHAMPION REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING 2B);
Andrews flied out to right; Clark made an out to shortstop;
McCovey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 5, Giants 5.

PADRES 8TH: Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick
singled; Tenace walked [Hendrick to second]; Almon forced Tenace
(shortstop to second) [Hendrick to third]; REYNOLDS BATTED FOR
SMITH; Reynolds flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 5, Giants 5.

GIANTS 8TH: REYNOLDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); THOMAS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); CHAMPION CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
ALMON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Hill flied out to center;
Evans singled; Whitfield singled [Evans to third]; HARRIS BATTED
FOR LEMASTER; Harris was walked intentionally [Whitfield to
second]; IVIE BATTED FOR LAVELLE; Ivie hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Evans scored]; Herndon singled to right [Whitfield scored,
Harris to second]; Andrews walked [Harris to third, Herndon to
second]; Clark grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Padres 5, Giants 7.

PADRES 9TH: HARRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); MOFFITT REPLACED
IVIE (PITCHING); Champion grounded out (second to first);
Richards struck out; Thomas doubled; SWEET BATTED FOR FINGERS;
Sweet popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 5, Giants 7.