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.

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