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Friday April 14, 1978
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Speed paid off for the Giants when Jack Clark scored from second base on a long sacrifice fly to cap a two-run, ninth-inning rally and beat the Padres, 3-2. George Hendrick homered in the sixth to give the Padres a 2-1 lead before their home opening crowd of 45,901.

With one out in the Giants' ninth, Willie McCovey was safe on an error by first baseman Gene Richards. Skip James ran for McCovey and scored the tying run on a double by Clark. Terry Whitfield then hit a fly to deep center field and Clark, after tagging up, raced home to score the winning run. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 3, San Diego Padres 2

Game Played on Friday, April 14, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Giants       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   3  9  0
Padres       0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  9  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Herndon cf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .250      Richards 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Andrews 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Thomas 2b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .350
  Heintzelman 2b      3   0   1   0     0   1   .400      Gamble lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .227
Evans 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .222      Winfield rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .346
McCovey 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .190      Hendrick cf           3   1   1   1     1   0   .261
  James pr,1b         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Tenace c              1   1   0   0     1   0   .154
Clark rf              3   1   2   1     1   1   .310        Davis c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Whitfield lf          3   0   1   1     0   1   .304      Almon 3b              4   0   3   0     0   0   .286
LeMaster ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .087      Smith ss              2   0   1   1     0   0   .267
  Moffitt p           1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000        Reynolds ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Sadek c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Jones p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Barr p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .167        Freisleben p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Champion ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Harris ph,ss        2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               34   3   9   3     1   5             Totals               33   2   9   2     2   0

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 45,901
Left on Base: Giants 6, Padres 7
DP: Giants 2, Padres 2
Errors: Richards, Freisleben
Doubles: Clark 2 (3)
Triples: Herndon (1)
Home Runs: Hendrick (1)
Stolen Bases: Almon (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Smith (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Whitfield (2)
GIDP: Evans (2), Smith (2), Richards (2)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr                    6     9   2   2   1   0   1  27   1.20
Curtis                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   7.94
Moffitt W(1-0)          2     0   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.60
Totals                  9     9   2   2   2   0   1  36

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones                   5.2   5   1   1   1   3   0  22   4.66
Freisleben              1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.76
Fingers L(1-2)          2     3   2   0   0   1   0  10   2.25
Totals                  9     9   3   1   1   5   0  36

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Paul Pryor


GIANTS 1ST: Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews
grounded out (third to first); Evans lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards made an out to shortstop; Thomas singled to
second; HEINTZELMAN REPLACED ANDREWS (PLAYING 2B); Gamble flied
out to left; Winfield made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); Clark
doubled to right; Whitfield flied out to right [Clark to third];
LeMaster grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace
grounded out (third to first); Almon singled; Smith singled
[Almon to third]; Jones lined to pitcher; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 0, Padres 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Sadek grounded out (third to first); Barr struck
out; Herndon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Richards grounded out (second to first); Thomas
grounded out (pitcher to first); Gamble singled; Winfield
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
0, Padres 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Heintzelman singled; Evans grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Heintzelman out at second];
McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Hendrick made an out to first; Tenace walked; Almon
singled [Tenace to third]; Almon stole second; Smith out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Tenace scored, Almon to
third]; Jones grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 1.

GIANTS 5TH: DAVIS REPLACED TENACE (PLAYING C ); Clark walked;
Whitfield struck out; LeMaster grounded out (third to first)
[Clark to second]; Sadek grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: Richards grounded out (second to first); Thomas
singled; Gamble made an out to second; Winfield grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Padres 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Barr grounded out (third to first); Herndon tripled
to right; Heintzelman struck out; Evans singled to right
[Herndon scored]; McCovey singled [Evans to third]; FREISLEBEN
REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Clark struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: Hendrick homered; Davis flied out to left; Almon
singled; Smith grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Almon out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Whitfield singled; Whitfield was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Freisleben [Whitfield to second];
LeMaster grounded out (third to first); Sadek hit into a double
play (shortstop to first to third) [Whitfield out at third]; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 7TH: CHAMPION BATTED FOR FREISLEBEN; Champion singled;
CURTIS REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); Richards grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Champion out at second];
Thomas flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1,
Padres 2.

GIANTS 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED CHAMPION (PITCHING); HARRIS BATTED
FOR CURTIS; Harris grounded out (shortstop to first); Herndon
was called out on strikes; Heintzelman flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 8TH: HARRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); MOFFITT REPLACED
LEMASTER (PITCHING); Gamble grounded out (second to first);
Winfield flied out to center; Hendrick walked; Davis forced
Hendrick (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1,
Padres 2.

GIANTS 9TH: Evans flied out to left; McCovey reached on an error
by Richards [McCovey to first]; JAMES RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Clark
doubled to left [James scored (unearned), Clark to third (on
throw to home)]; Whitfield hit a sacrifice fly to center [Clark
scored (unearned)]; Moffitt singled; Sadek singled [Moffitt to
third]; Harris flied out to right; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 3, Padres 2.

PADRES 9TH: JAMES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Almon grounded
out (third to first); REYNOLDS BATTED FOR SMITH; Reynolds made
an out to third; TURNER BATTED FOR FINGERS; Turner flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Padres 2.



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