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Thursday July 13, 1978
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The third shutout of the season by lefty Bob Knepper carried the Giants to a 4-0 victory over the Pirates. The Giants scored twice in the second inning on successive two-out singles by Larry Herndon, Johnnie LeMaster, Marc Hill and Knepper and added two more runs in the fourth on a leadoff homer by Mike Ivie and singles by Herndon, LeMaster and Hill. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

Game Played on Thursday, July 13, 1978 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Giants       0  2  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   4 10  0
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Madlock 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .309      Taveras ss            3   0   0   0     1   1   .274
Evans 3b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .247      Moreno cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .224
Clark rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .308      Garner 3b,2b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .244
McCovey 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .234      B. Robinson lf        4   0   2   0     0   0   .242
Ivie lf               4   1   1   1     0   1   .331      Stargell 1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .289
  Whitfield lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .301      Stennett 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .249
Herndon cf            4   2   2   0     0   2   .295        Macha pr,3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .205
LeMaster ss           4   1   2   0     0   1   .224      Brye rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Hill c                3   0   2   2     0   0   .233      Dyer c                3   0   0   0     0   2   .255
Knepper p             3   0   1   1     0   2   .085      Candelaria p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .139
                                                            Whitson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Nicosia ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
                                                            Kison p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mendoza ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .282
                                                            Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .182

Totals               33   4  10   4     1  10             Totals               31   0   5   0     3   8

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 13,984
Left on Base: Giants 3, Pirates 7
DP: Giants 0, Pirates 2
Home Runs: Ivie (6)
Caught Stealing: Clark 2 (5), Moreno (10)
GIDP: Madlock (4), McCovey (6)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knepper W(11-5)         9     5   0   0   3   8   0  34   2.41
Totals                  9     5   0   0   3   8   0  34

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Candelaria L(8-9)       3     8   4   4   0   4   1  16   3.14
Whitson                 3     1   0   0   1   4   0   9   1.90
Kison                   2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.97
Tekulve                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.24
Totals                  9    10   4   4   1  10   1  34

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Paul Runge


GIANTS 1ST: Madlock flied out to right; Evans singled to center;
Clark forced Evans (shortstop to second); Clark was picked off
and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Moreno
singled to center; Moreno was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Garner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey struck out; Ivie grounded out (second to
first); Herndon singled to center; LeMaster singled to right
[Herndon to second]; Hill singled to right [Herndon scored,
LeMaster to second]; Knepper singled to right [LeMaster scored,
Hill to second]; Madlock struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: B. Robinson flied out to right; Stargell was called
out on strikes; Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Evans was called out on strikes; Clark flied out to
left; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Brye flied out to right; Dyer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Candelaria struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 2, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Ivie homered; Herndon singled to center; LeMaster
singled to center [Herndon to third]; WHITSON REPLACED
CANDELARIA (PITCHING); Hill singled to center [Herndon scored,
LeMaster to third]; Knepper struck out; Madlock grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hill out at second];
2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Taveras popped to second in foul territory; On a
bunt Moreno popped to catcher in foul territory; Garner grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4,
Pirates 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Evans walked; Clark forced Evans (second to
shortstop); McCovey lined to left; Clark was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 5TH: B. Robinson singled to left; Stargell grounded out
(second to first) [B. Robinson to second]; Stennett grounded out
(second to first); Brye popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 4, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Ivie struck out; Herndon was called out on strikes;
LeMaster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Dyer struck out; NICOSIA BATTED FOR WHITSON;
Nicosia walked; Taveras walked [Nicosia to second]; Moreno
struck out; Garner grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 7TH: KISON REPLACED NICOSIA (PITCHING); Hill grounded out
(pitcher to first); Knepper struck out; Madlock flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 7TH: B. Robinson popped to second; Stargell singled to
first; Stennett forced Stargell (shortstop to second); MACHA RAN
FOR STENNETT; Brye popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 4, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 8TH: MACHA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); GARNER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Evans grounded out (second to first);
Clark singled to center; McCovey grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to first) [Clark out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 8TH: Dyer was called out on strikes; MENDOZA BATTED FOR
KISON; Mendoza singled to right; Taveras struck out; Moreno
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Pirates 0.

GIANTS 9TH: TEKULVE REPLACED MENDOZA (PITCHING); Ivie grounded
out (pitcher to first); Herndon struck out; LeMaster grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 9TH: WHITFIELD REPLACED IVIE (PLAYING LF); Garner
walked; B. Robinson singled to center [Garner to second];
Stargell struck out; Macha flied out to center; Brye flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4, Pirates 0.



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