After no-decisions in his first three starts, Tom Seaver was pinned with a loss when Bob Knepper outdueled the Reds' ace and pitched the Giants to a 3-0 victory. Knepper hurled a three-hitter. Seaver, who worked the first seven innings, yielded only two hits but gave up a run in the sixth on a double by Darrell Evans, sacrifice by Bill Madlock and sacrifice fly by Jack Clark. The Giants added their last two tallies off Dale Murray in the eighth.

Joe Morgan, the Reds' All-Star second baseman, played in his 90th consecutive game without an error, breaking the major league record for his position. Jerry Adair set the former mark of 89 games with the Orioles in 1964-65. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 3, Cincinnati Reds 0
Game Played on Friday, April     21, 1978 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  x  -   3  4  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .279      Herndon cf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .261
Griffey rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .339      Evans 3b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .190
Morgan 2b             2   0   0   0     2   1   .327      Madlock 2b            2   0   0   0     1   0   .200
Foster lf             3   0   0   0     0   3   .293      McCovey 1b            2   0   1   0     1   0   .194
Bench 1b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .365        James 1b            1   1   0   1     0   0   .143
Concepcion ss         3   0   1   0     0   0   .313      Clark rf              3   0   1   2     0   2   .267
Werner c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Whitfield lf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .268
Geronimo cf           2   0   1   0     0   1   .304      Hill c                2   0   0   0     1   1   .231
  Collins ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .333      LeMaster ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .135
Seaver p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Knepper p             3   0   0   0     0   3   .000
  Kennedy ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   0   3   0     2  10             Totals               26   3   4   3     5   7

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance: 26,576
Left on Base: Reds 3, Giants 6
DP: Reds 0, Giants 0
Errors: Concepcion
Doubles: Evans (2)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (3), Concepcion (2), Geronimo (1)
Caught Stealing: Griffey (1), Morgan (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Madlock (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Clark (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver L(0-1)           7     2   1   1   4   7   0  27   3.91
Murray                  1     2   2   1   1   0   0   6   3.95
Totals                  8     4   3   2   5   7   0  33

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knepper W(2-0)          9     3   0   0   2  10   0  30   1.64
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2  10   0  30

Wild Pitches: Murray (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Eric Gregg


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey grounded
out (pitcher to first); Morgan walked; Morgan stole second;
Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon flied out to center; Evans popped to first;
Madlock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench struck out; Concepcion singled to right;
Concepcion stole second; Werner lined to center; Geronimo
singled to first [Concepcion to third]; Geronimo stole second;
Seaver struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey singled to right; Clark struck out;
Whitfield walked [McCovey to second]; Hill walked [McCovey to
third, Whitfield to second]; LeMaster struck out; Knepper struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffey grounded
out (pitcher to first); Morgan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Herndon popped to catcher in foul territory; Evans
grounded out (first to pitcher); Madlock walked; McCovey
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 0.

REDS 4TH: Foster struck out; Bench struck out; Concepcion
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Clark struck out; Whitfield grounded out (second to
first); Hill struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 5TH: Werner grounded out (second to first); Geronimo struck
out; Seaver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: LeMaster made an out to second; Knepper struck out;
Herndon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 0.

REDS 6TH: Rose singled to left; On a bunt Griffey forced Rose
(third to shortstop); Griffey was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Morgan walked; Morgan was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Evans doubled; Madlock out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Evans to third]; McCovey was walked
intentionally; Clark hit a sacrifice fly to right [Evans
scored]; Whitfield grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 7TH: Foster struck out; Bench popped to first in foul
territory; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Hill flied out to left; LeMaster grounded out
(shortstop to first); Knepper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 8TH: JAMES REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING 1B); Werner popped to
first in foul territory; COLLINS BATTED FOR GERONIMO; Collins
was called out on strikes; KENNEDY BATTED FOR SEAVER; Kennedy
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants
1.

GIANTS 8TH: COLLINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MURRAY REPLACED
KENNEDY (PITCHING); Herndon singled to third; Murray threw a
wild pitch [Herndon to second]; Evans walked; Madlock flied out
to right [Herndon to third]; James forced Evans (second to
shortstop) [Herndon scored, James to second (error by
Concepcion)]; Clark singled to right [James scored (unearned),
Clark to second (on throw to home)]; Whitfield reached on a
fielder's choice [Clark out at third (third unassisted)]; 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 3.

REDS 9TH: Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffey grounded
out (second to first); Morgan grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 3.