The Pirates defeated the Giants, 5-1, as Bert Blyleven struck out 12 batters in gaining his second victory. The Pirates scored a pair of runs in the second inning on a single by Rennie Stennett, triple by Phil Garner and double by Duffy Dyer. Pittsburgh Pirates 5, San Francisco Giants 1Game Played on Wednesday, May 10, 1978 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkPirates 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 5 10 0 Giants 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Taveras ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .248 Madlock 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .227 Moreno cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .264 Whitfield lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .253 Parker rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .321 Evans 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .227 Milner lf 1 0 0 1 1 0 .120 McCovey 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .216 Brye lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .318 Clark rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .243 Stargell 1b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .213 Herndon cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .239 Stennett 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .294 Hill c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .211 Garner 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .220 LeMaster ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .221 Dyer c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .250 Barr p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Blyleven p 4 0 0 0 0 0 .063 Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Minton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ivie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 10 5 3 2 Totals 33 1 6 1 2 12 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 4,766 Left on Base: Pirates 7, Giants 7 DP: Pirates 0, Giants 0 Errors: LeMaster Doubles: Dyer (3), Stargell (2), Parker (4) Triples: Garner (4) Stolen Bases: Moreno 2 (19), Taveras (9), Garner (4), Dyer (1) Sacrifice Flies: Milner (1) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven W(2-3) 9 6 1 1 2 12 0 35 4.27 Totals 9 6 1 1 2 12 0 35 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barr L(2-4) 5 7 5 5 3 0 0 24 3.18 Minton 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.00 Curtis 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 4.26 Totals 9 10 5 5 3 2 0 39 Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey PIRATES 1ST: Taveras popped to catcher in foul territory; Moreno singled to center; Moreno was picked off first (pitcher to first); Parker flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Madlock flied out to right; Whitfield grounded out (second to first); Evans walked; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Giants 0. PIRATES 2ND: Milner grounded out (first unassisted); Stargell grounded out (second to first); Stennett singled to center; Garner tripled to left [Stennett scored]; Dyer doubled to right [Garner scored]; Blyleven grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Clark grounded out (third to first); Herndon popped to first; Hill struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Giants 0. PIRATES 3RD: Taveras flied out to right; Moreno singled to center; Moreno stole second; Parker made an out to shortstop; Milner walked; Stargell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: LeMaster struck out; Barr was called out on strikes; Madlock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Giants 0. PIRATES 4TH: Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); Garner flied out to left; Dyer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Whitfield singled to left; Evans singled to right [Whitfield to third, Evans to second (on throw to 3b)]; McCovey grounded out (second to first) [Whitfield scored, Evans to third]; Clark was called out on strikes; Herndon struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Giants 1. PIRATES 5TH: Blyleven grounded out (pitcher to first); Taveras singled to center; Taveras stole second [Taveras to third (error by LeMaster)]; Moreno walked; Moreno stole second; Parker was walked intentionally; Milner popped out on a sacrifice fly to shortstop [Taveras scored]; Stargell doubled to center [Moreno scored, Parker scored]; Stennett grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Giants 1. GIANTS 5TH: Hill grounded out (third to first); LeMaster was called out on strikes; HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR BARR; Heintzelman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Giants 1. PIRATES 6TH: MINTON REPLACED HEINTZELMAN (PITCHING); Garner grounded out (first unassisted); Dyer flied out to left; Blyleven grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Giants 1. GIANTS 6TH: BRYE REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING LF); Madlock singled to center; Whitfield flied out to center; Evans flied out to center; McCovey singled to right [Madlock to second]; Clark walked [Madlock to third, McCovey to second]; Herndon struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Pirates 5, Giants 1. PIRATES 7TH: Taveras struck out; Moreno grounded out (second to first); Parker doubled to center; Brye flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Giants 1. GIANTS 7TH: Hill flied out to right; LeMaster was called out on strikes; IVIE BATTED FOR MINTON; Ivie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Giants 1. PIRATES 8TH: CURTIS REPLACED IVIE (PITCHING); Stargell popped to third in foul territory; Stennett grounded out (first to pitcher); Garner singled to left; Dyer singled to center [Garner to second]; Garner stole third and Dyer stole second; Blyleven grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 5, Giants 1. GIANTS 8TH: Madlock flied out to center; Whitfield was called out on strikes; Evans was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Giants 1. PIRATES 9TH: Taveras grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Moreno grounded out (pitcher to first); Omar Moreno called for interference for running out of baseline; Parker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Giants 1. GIANTS 9TH: McCovey flied out to left; Clark singled to left; Herndon singled to pitcher [Clark to second]; Hill struck out; LeMaster popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 5, Giants 1. |
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