The pitching and batting of Paul Moskau carried the Reds to a 7-1 victory over the Giants, lifting Cincinnati to second place in the West division, one-half game ahead of San Francisco. The Reds' righthander unfurled a four-hitter and had the big blow of the game, hitting a double with the bases loaded and two out in the seventh inning. He also had an RBI single in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 7, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Sunday, September 17, 1978 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         1  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  2  -   7  8  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  4  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   1   2   2     1   0   .302      Whitfield lf          4   1   1   1     0   0   .296
Morgan 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .243      Dwyer cf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .228
  Kennedy 2b          1   0   1   0     0   0   .246      Clark rf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .305
Griffey cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .288      Evans 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Foster lf             2   1   0   0     2   0   .278        Nastu p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bench c               3   0   1   1     0   1   .253        Gardner ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Concepcion ss         3   2   2   0     1   0   .301      Ivie 1b               4   0   0   0     0   2   .305
Henderson rf          3   1   0   0     1   1   .186      Metzger ss            2   0   0   0     1   0   .235
Driessen 1b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .255      Andrews 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Moskau p              4   2   2   4     0   0   .196        Heintzelman ph,2b   2   0   1   0     1   0   .214
                                                          Sadek c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .245
                                                          Knepper p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .053
                                                            Cruz 3b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .235

Totals               31   7   8   7     6   5             Totals               30   1   4   1     2   8

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 31,469
Left on Base: Reds 4, Giants 4
DP: Reds 1, Giants 0
Doubles: Moskau (3), Rose (48), Heintzelman (1), Clark (42)
Triples: Clark (7)
Home Runs: Whitfield (10)
Stolen Bases: Concepcion 2 (20)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (6)
GIDP: Sadek (2)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moskau W(6-4)           9     4   1   1   2   8   1  32   3.86
Totals                  9     4   1   1   2   8   1  32

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knepper L(15-11)        7     5   5   5   5   4   0  29   2.83
Nastu                   2     3   2   2   1   1   0   9   4.50
Totals                  9     8   7   7   6   5   0  38

Passed Balls: Sadek (4)
Wild Pitches: Knepper (6)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Jim Quick


REDS 1ST: Rose walked; Sadek allowed a passed ball [Rose to
second]; Morgan walked; Knepper threw a wild pitch [Rose to
third, Morgan to second]; Griffey grounded out (first
unassisted); Foster was walked intentionally; Bench hit a
sacrifice fly to shortstop [Rose scored]; Concepcion singled to
left [Morgan out at home (left to catcher to shortstop), Foster
to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Whitfield flied out to center; Dwyer flied out to
right; Clark was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 1, Giants 0.

REDS 2ND: Henderson flied out to left; Driessen struck out;
Moskau grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Evans flied out to right; Ivie grounded out (third
to first); Metzger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (third to first); Morgan flied out
to left; Griffey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR ANDREWS; Heintzelman walked;
Sadek grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Heintzelman out at second]; Knepper was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

REDS 4TH: HEINTZELMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Foster
grounded out (third to first); Bench struck out; Concepcion
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Whitfield flied out to right; Dwyer flied out to
right; Clark tripled to right; Evans popped to second; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

REDS 5TH: Henderson flied out to left; Driessen grounded out
(second to first); Moskau grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Ivie struck out; Metzger walked; Heintzelman popped
to shortstop; Sadek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 1, Giants 0.

REDS 6TH: Rose grounded out (second to first); Morgan grounded
out (second to first); Griffey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Knepper was called out on strikes; Whitfield
grounded out (second to first); Dwyer was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 0.

REDS 7TH: Foster walked; Bench singled to center [Foster to
second]; Concepcion singled to right [Foster to third, Bench out
at third (right to shortstop)]; Johnny Bench rounded 2B too
far; Concepcion stole second; Henderson was walked
intentionally; Driessen struck out; Moskau doubled [Foster
scored, Concepcion scored, Henderson scored]; Rose singled to
center [Moskau scored, Rose to second (on throw to home)];
Morgan flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Clark flied out to left; Evans popped to second;
Ivie grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
5, Giants 0.

REDS 8TH: NASTU REPLACED EVANS (PITCHING); CRUZ REPLACED KNEPPER
(PLAYING 3B); Griffey grounded out (second to first); Foster
flied out to center; Bench grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 0.

GIANTS 8TH: KENNEDY REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); Metzger flied
out to center; Heintzelman doubled to left; Sadek struck out;
Cruz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
5, Giants 0.

REDS 9TH: Concepcion walked; Concepcion stole second; Henderson
struck out; Driessen grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Concepcion to third]; Moskau singled to left [Concepcion
scored]; Rose doubled [Moskau scored]; Kennedy was credited with
a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball to shortstop
[Rose out at third (shortstop unassisted)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 7, Giants 0.

GIANTS 9TH: Whitfield homered; Dwyer struck out; Clark doubled
to left; GARDNER BATTED FOR NASTU; Gardner popped to catcher in
foul territory; Ivie was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 7, Giants 1.