A throwing error by Barry Evans in the sixth inning allowed the Padres to cap a four-run rally and gain a 4-3 victory over the Giants. Randy Jones, who won for the first time since June 2, ending his personal four-game losing streak, doubled off Jim Barr to start the Padres' rally and scored on a triple by Gene Richards. Ozzie Smith singled to drive in Richards.

Barr retired the next two batters before giving an intentional pass to Oscar Gamble. Rick Sweet upset the move with a single, scoring Smith. Gene Tenace then grounded to Evans and when the third baseman made a wild throw, Gamble scored what proved to be the winning run. Jack Clark hit his 15th homer for the Giants and his sixth over a stretch of five consecutive games. Rollie Fingers pitched the last two innings in relief of Jones and gained his 19th save. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 4, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Monday, July      3, 1978 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   4  7  1
Giants       0  0  0    2  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  8  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           4   1   1   1     1   0   .297      Madlock 2b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .316
Smith ss              5   1   2   1     0   1   .262      Evans 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .251
Gonzalez 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Clark rf              3   1   2   1     1   0   .309
Winfield cf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .301      xMcCovey 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gamble rf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .261      Ivie lf               4   2   1   0     0   0   .331
Thomas 1b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Herndon cf            4   0   2   1     0   1   .295
  Sweet c             2   0   1   1     0   0   .222      LeMaster ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .223
  Ashford ph,3b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .238        Whitfield ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .305
Tenace c,1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .225      Hill c                3   0   1   0     0   0   .219
Almon 3b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .269      Barr p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Turner ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .270        Cruz ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .242
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .400        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Jones p               3   1   1   0     0   1   .159        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Roberts ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   1   .209

Totals               33   4   7   3     5   5             Totals               30   3   8   3     2   3

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 22,447
Left on Base: Padres 8, Giants 4
DP: Padres 4, Giants 0
Errors: Sweet, Evans
Doubles: Jones (1)
Triples: Richards (8), Ivie (2), Herndon (8)
Home Runs: Clark (15)
Stolen Bases: Winfield (11)
Caught Stealing: Richards (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Gonzalez (4), Barr (3)
GIDP: LeMaster (2), Ivie (3), Madlock (3), McCovey (5)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones W(6-7)            7     8   3   2   1   2   1  28   2.86
Fingers SV(19)          2     0   0   0   1   1   0   6   3.04
Totals                  9     8   3   2   2   3   1  34

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr L(4-5)             7     6   4   3   3   2   0  30   2.48
Lavelle                 0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.97
Moffitt                 1.1   0   0   0   2   2   0   6   4.14
Totals                  9     7   4   3   5   5   0  39

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Charlie Williams, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Jim Quick


PADRES 1ST: Richards walked; Richards was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Smith singled to left; Gonzalez grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Smith to second]; Winfield singled
[Smith to third]; Gamble flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Evans singled
to center; Clark forced Evans (third to second); McCovey made an
out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

PADRES 2ND: Thomas flied out to center; Tenace struck out; Almon
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: SWEET REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING C ); TENACE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Ivie grounded out (third to first);
Herndon singled; LeMaster grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Herndon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

PADRES 3RD: Jones flied out to left; Richards made an out to
shortstop; Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Hill singled; Barr out on a sacrifice bunt (second
to first) [Hill to second]; Madlock struck out; Evans grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

PADRES 4TH: Gonzalez flied out to right; Winfield made an out to
shortstop; Gamble made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Clark homered; McCovey made an out to shortstop;
Ivie tripled to right; Herndon grounded out (shortstop to
first); On a bunt LeMaster singled [Ivie scored]; Hill forced
LeMaster (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Giants 2.

PADRES 5TH: Sweet grounded out (first to pitcher); Tenace popped
to first in foul territory; Almon made an out to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Barr grounded out (shortstop to first); Madlock
struck out; Evans made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 2.

PADRES 6TH: Jones doubled to right; Richards tripled to center
[Jones scored]; Smith singled to right [Richards scored];
Gonzalez out on a sacrifice bunt (second to first) [Smith to
second]; Winfield flied out to center; Gamble was walked
intentionally; Sweet singled to right [Smith scored, Gamble to
second]; Tenace reached on an error by Evans [Gamble scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Sweet to third, Tenace to second]; Almon
was walked intentionally; Jones struck out; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1
E, 3 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Clark singled; McCovey reached on catcher's
interference by Sweet [Clark to second]; Ivie grounded into a
double play (third to second) [Ivie to first, Clark out at
third, McCovey out at second]; Herndon tripled to center [Ivie
scored (unearned)]; LeMaster grounded out (shortstop to first);
1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 3.

PADRES 7TH: Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
flied out to center; Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Hill grounded out (third to first); CRUZ BATTED FOR
BARR; Cruz walked; Madlock grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Cruz out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 3.

PADRES 8TH: LAVELLE REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Winfield singled
to center; Winfield stole second; Gamble grounded out (second to
first) [Winfield to third]; ASHFORD BATTED FOR SWEET; Ashford
struck out; MOFFITT REPLACED LAVELLE (PITCHING); Tenace walked;
TURNER BATTED FOR ALMON; Turner was walked intentionally [Tenace
to second]; ROBERTS BATTED FOR JONES; Roberts was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ASHFORD STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); FINGERS REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); Evans
flied out to left; Clark walked; McCovey grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Clark out at second]; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 3.

PADRES 9TH: Richards flied out to right; Smith was called out on
strikes; Gonzalez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 9TH: Ivie flied out to center; Herndon struck out;
WHITFIELD BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Whitfield grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 3.