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Wednesday April 11, 1979
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With Randy Jones and Rollie Fingers combining on a five-hitter, the Padres defeated the Giants, 4-1. The first Padre run came in the second inning on a single by Jerry Turner, a walk and a double by Fernando Gonzalez, who also drove in another run with a single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]


San Diego Padres 4, San Francisco Giants 1

Game Played on Wednesday, April 11, 1979 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Padres       0  1  1    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   4 10  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards cf           5   0   1   0     0   1   .222      North cf              3   0   0   1     1   0   .167
Smith ss              5   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Whitfield lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Hargrove 1b           3   1   0   0     2   0   .273      Madlock 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .120
Winfield rf           4   1   3   1     0   0   .500      Clark rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .300
Turner lf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .333      Ivie 1b               4   0   0   0     0   2   .409
Tenace c              1   1   1   1     2   0   .267      Evans 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hill c                1   0   0   0     1   0   .100
Gonzalez 2b           4   0   2   2     0   0   .208        Venable pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Evans 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Sadek c             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Jones p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Tamargo ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Fahey c             1   0   1   0     0   0   .667      LeMaster ss           3   0   2   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Metzger ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
                                                          Montefusco p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Andrews ph          1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Griffin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4  10   4     4   2             Totals               31   1   5   1     3   5

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 17,778
Left on Base: Padres 8, Giants 7
DP: Padres 0, Giants 1
Doubles: Gonzalez (1), Winfield (2), Richards (2), Fahey (1)
Triples: Tenace (1)
Caught Stealing: Tenace (1), Winfield (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Montefusco (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Tenace (1)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones W(1-1)            7     4   1   1   3   3   0  28   7.84
Fingers SV(2)           2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3   5   0  35

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco L(1-1)       7     6   3   3   4   1   0  30   3.55
Griffin                 2     4   1   1   0   1   0   9   2.70
Totals                  9    10   4   4   4   2   0  39

Umpires: HP - Tony Patch, 1B - Fred Brocklander, 2B - Jim Cuneo, 3B - Roy Roth


PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove walked; Winfield
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: North walked; Whitfield was called out on strikes;
Madlock flied out to center; Clark walked [North to second];
Ivie forced Clark (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 0, Giants 0.

PADRES 2ND: Turner singled; Tenace walked [Turner to second];
Gonzalez doubled [Turner scored, Tenace to third]; Evans popped
to second; Jones was called out on strikes while Tenace was
caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Padres 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Evans grounded out (second to first); Hill popped to
first in foul territory; LeMaster singled; Montefusco made an
out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Giants 0.

PADRES 3RD: Richards grounded out (first unassisted); Smith
grounded out (second to first); Hargrove walked; Winfield
doubled [Hargrove scored]; Turner grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: North flied out to left; Whitfield grounded out
(first to pitcher); Madlock made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 0.

PADRES 4TH: Tenace walked; Gonzalez forced Tenace (second to
shortstop); Evans grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gonzalez to
second]; Jones made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Clark flied out to right; Ivie struck out; Evans
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 0.

PADRES 5TH: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Hill walked; VENABLE RAN FOR HILL; LeMaster singled
[Venable to second]; Montefusco out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to second) [Venable to third, LeMaster to second]; North
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Venable scored]; Whitfield
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
2, Giants 1.

PADRES 6TH: SADEK REPLACED VENABLE (PLAYING C ); Winfield
singled; Turner singled [Winfield to third]; Tenace hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Winfield scored, Turner to second];
Gonzalez popped to catcher in foul territory; Evans flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Clark
singled; Ivie forced Clark (third to second); Evans grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Giants 1.

PADRES 7TH: Jones grounded out (first unassisted); Richards
doubled; Smith flied out to left; Hargrove grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Sadek was called out on strikes; LeMaster made an
out to first; ANDREWS BATTED FOR MONTEFUSCO; Andrews singled;
North forced Andrews (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 3, Giants 1.

PADRES 8TH: GRIFFIN REPLACED ANDREWS (PITCHING); Winfield
singled; Turner flied out to center; Winfield was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Tenace tripled; Gonzalez
singled [Tenace scored]; Evans made an out to second; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: FAHEY REPLACED JONES (PLAYING C ); FINGERS REPLACED
TENACE (PITCHING); Whitfield grounded out (pitcher to first);
Madlock struck out; Clark grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 1.

PADRES 9TH: Fahey doubled; Richards struck out; Smith grounded
out (second to first) [Fahey to third]; Hargrove made an out to
pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: Ivie was called out on strikes; Evans singled;
TAMARGO BATTED FOR SADEK; Tamargo grounded out (third to first)
[Evans to second]; METZGER BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Metzger flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4, Giants 1.



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