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Wednesday June 7, 1978
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Completing the three-game series sweep, the Phillies edged the Giants, 5-4. The Phils trailed, 4-3, going into the bottom of the ninth but tied the score on singles by Bake McBride, Larry Bowa and Mike Schmidt. After an intentional walk to Greg Luzinski, pinch-hitter Jose Cardenal hit a long smash to left for a single to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]


Philadelphia Phillies 5, San Francisco Giants 4

Game Played on Wednesday, June 7, 1978 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Giants       0  0  0    0  3  0    0  1  0  -   4  9  1
Phillies     2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   5 11  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Madlock 2b            4   1   1   0     1   0   .314      McBride rf            4   2   2   0     1   0   .290
Whitfield lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .281      Bowa ss               5   2   3   0     0   0   .317
Evans 3b              2   2   2   0     2   0   .271      Schmidt 3b            5   0   2   2     0   2   .263
McCovey 1b            4   0   1   3     0   0   .224      Luzinski lf           4   1   1   2     1   2   .236
Clark rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .307      Hebner 1b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .269
Herndon cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .272        Cardenal ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .350
LeMaster ss           2   0   1   0     1   0   .197      Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .305
  Ivie ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .372      Boone c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .269
  Harris ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .066      Morrison 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .192
Sadek c               4   1   2   0     0   1   .262      Lonborg p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .200
Halicki p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Johnstone ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .185
  Moffitt p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .289

Totals               31   4   9   4     4   2             Totals               36   5  11   5     4   9

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 20,708
Left on Base: Giants 6, Phillies 11
DP: Giants 0, Phillies 0
Errors: McCovey, Schmidt
Doubles: Sadek (2), McCovey (9)
Triples: LeMaster (2)
Home Runs: Luzinski (10)
Stolen Bases: Madlock (8), Bowa (13)
Caught Stealing: LeMaster 2 (3), Madlock (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Halicki 2 (4), Morrison (3)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki                 6.1   7   3   2   3   8   1  30   2.32
Moffitt L(5-2)          2     3   2   2   1   1   0  10   2.56
Lavelle                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.69
Totals                  8.1  11   5   4   4   9   1  41

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg                 6     6   3   3   4   1   0  26   3.53
McGraw W(6-3)           3     3   1   1   0   1   0  11   2.54
Totals                  9     9   4   4   4   2   0  37

Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Satch Davidson


GIANTS 1ST: Madlock lined to left; Whitfield grounded out (first
to pitcher); Evans singled to center; McCovey lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: McBride reached on an error by McCovey (assist by
Evans) [McBride to first]; Bowa singled to center [McBride to
second]; Schmidt singled to center [McBride scored (unearned),
Bowa to third]; Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bowa
scored, Schmidt to second]; Hebner was walked intentionally;
Maddox struck out; Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R
(1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Phillies 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); Herndon
flied out to center; LeMaster walked; LeMaster was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 2ND: Morrison flied out to center; Lonborg was called
out on strikes; McBride popped to third in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Phillies 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Sadek singled to right; Halicki out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Sadek to second]; Madlock singled to
center [Sadek to third]; Whitfield popped to third in foul
territory; Evans walked [Madlock to second]; McCovey popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa flied out to right; Schmidt struck out;
Luzinski homered; Hebner grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Phillies 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Clark flied out to center; Herndon grounded out
(shortstop to first); LeMaster flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Maddox struck out; Boone grounded out (third to
first); On a bunt Morrison singled to third; Lonborg struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Phillies 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Sadek doubled to left; Halicki out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Sadek to third]; Madlock walked;
Madlock stole second; Whitfield struck out; Evans walked;
McCovey doubled to right [Sadek scored, Madlock scored, Evans
scored]; Clark flied out to left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
3, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 5TH: McBride singled to third; Bowa singled to right
[McBride to third]; Bowa stole second; Schmidt struck out;
Luzinski struck out; Hebner was walked intentionally; Maddox
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 3, Phillies 3.

GIANTS 6TH: Herndon grounded out (second to first); LeMaster
tripled to center; LeMaster was caught stealing home (catcher to
third); Sadek grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 3, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 6TH: On a bunt Boone singled to third; Morrison out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Boone to second];
JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR LONBORG; Johnstone popped to shortstop;
McBride walked; Bowa forced Boone (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Phillies 3.

GIANTS 7TH: MCGRAW REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Halicki flied
out to right; Rain delay; Madlock reached on an error by
Schmidt [Madlock to first]; Whitfield popped to third in foul
territory; Madlock was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); Rain
delay; MOFFITT REPLACED HALICKI (PITCHING); Luzinski struck
out; Hebner popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 3, Phillies 3.

GIANTS 8TH: Evans singled to left; McCovey flied out to right;
Clark singled to center [Evans to second]; Herndon popped to
first; IVIE BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Ivie singled to center [Evans
scored, Clark to third, Ivie out at second (center to catcher to
second)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 8TH: HARRIS REPLACED IVIE (PLAYING SS); Maddox grounded
out (shortstop to first); Boone grounded out (shortstop to
first); Morrison flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 4, Phillies 3.

GIANTS 9TH: Sadek was called out on strikes; Moffitt popped to
third; Madlock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 4, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 9TH: MCCARVER BATTED FOR MCGRAW; McCarver popped to
third; McBride singled to left; Bowa singled to right [McBride
to second]; Schmidt singled to left [McBride scored, Bowa to
third]; Luzinski was walked intentionally [Schmidt to second];
LAVELLE REPLACED MOFFITT (PITCHING); CARDENAL BATTED FOR HEBNER;
Cardenal singled to left [Bowa scored, Schmidt to third,
Luzinski to second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 4, Phillies 5.



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