Driving in two runs, Darrell Evans sparked the Giants to a 4-3 decision over the Padres. A single by Roger Metzger, a sacrifice and a single by Bill North provided the Giants with their first run in the third. San Francisco Giants 4, San Diego Padres 3Game Played on Thursday, April 12, 1979 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkPadres 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 3 6 0 Giants 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 x - 4 8 2 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .219 North cf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .179 Smith ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Herndon cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perkins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Whitfield lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .259 Hargrove 1b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .269 Madlock 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .103 Winfield rf 3 1 2 2 2 0 .520 Clark rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .292 Turner lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .286 Evans 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .321 Tenace c 2 0 1 0 2 0 .294 Ivie 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .400 Gonzalez 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .214 Hill c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .130 Evans 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .111 Metzger ss 3 1 2 1 0 1 .286 Rasmussen p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knepper p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Almon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lolich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bevacqua ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 6 2 7 7 Totals 29 4 8 4 1 6 Time of Game: 2:46 Attendance: 14,082 Left on Base: Padres 11, Giants 4 DP: Padres 0, Giants 1 Errors: Knepper 2 Doubles: Hargrove (3), Whitfield (2) Home Runs: Winfield (2), Evans (1) Stolen Bases: Ivie (1) Sacrifice Hits: Turner (1), Knepper 2 (2) GIDP: Evans (1) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rasmussen L(0-2) 3.1 6 4 4 1 2 1 17 7.45 Lee 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.45 Mura 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Lolich 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 1.42 D'Acquisto 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 16.20 Totals 8 8 4 4 1 6 1 32 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knepper W(1-0) 7.2 6 3 2 6 7 1 36 2.51 Roberts SV(2) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0.00 Totals 9 6 3 2 7 7 1 41 Umpires: HP - Fred Brocklander, 1B - Tony Patch, 2B - Jim Cuneo, 3B - Roy Roth PADRES 1ST: Richards was called out on strikes; Smith grounded out (third to first); Hargrove was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: North was called out on strikes; Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); Madlock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. PADRES 2ND: Winfield walked; Turner reached on an error by Knepper on a sacrifice bunt [Winfield to second]; Tenace popped to second; Gonzalez grounded out (third to first) [Winfield to third, Turner to second]; Evans walked; Rasmussen grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Clark grounded out (third to first); Evans popped to third; Ivie flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. PADRES 3RD: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith flied out to left; Hargrove doubled; Winfield singled [Hargrove to third]; Turner grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Hill grounded out (third to first); Metzger singled; Knepper out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Metzger to second]; North singled [Metzger scored]; Whitfield walked [North to second]; Madlock flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 1. PADRES 4TH: Tenace singled; Gonzalez popped to third; Evans grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Tenace out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 1. GIANTS 4TH: Clark singled; Evans homered [Clark scored]; Ivie singled to shortstop; Ivie stole second; Hill grounded out (second to first); Metzger singled [Ivie scored]; LEE REPLACED RASMUSSEN (PITCHING); Knepper out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Metzger to second]; North struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 4. PADRES 5TH: ALMON BATTED FOR LEE; Almon grounded out (third to first); Richards singled; Smith reached on a fielder's choice [Richards scored (error by Knepper) (unearned) (no RBI), Smith to second]; Hargrove flied out to left; Winfield flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Giants 4. GIANTS 5TH: MURA REPLACED ALMON (PITCHING); Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Clark grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Giants 4. PADRES 6TH: Turner struck out; Tenace walked; Gonzalez singled [Tenace to second]; Evans was called out on strikes; REYNOLDS BATTED FOR MURA; Reynolds flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Giants 4. GIANTS 6TH: LOLICH REPLACED REYNOLDS (PITCHING); Evans grounded out (second to first); Ivie lined to shortstop; Hill singled; Metzger struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Giants 4. PADRES 7TH: Richards flied out to center; Smith grounded out (third to first); Hargrove walked; Winfield homered [Hargrove scored]; Turner struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 4. GIANTS 7TH: Knepper struck out (catcher to first); North grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitfield doubled to center [Whitfield out at third (center to second to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 4. PADRES 8TH: Tenace walked; Gonzalez struck out; Evans struck out; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR LOLICH; Bevacqua walked [Tenace to second]; ROBERTS REPLACED KNEPPER (PITCHING); Richards popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 4. GIANTS 8TH: D'ACQUISTO REPLACED BEVACQUA (PITCHING); Madlock lined to left; Clark flied out to center; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 4. PADRES 9TH: HERNDON REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING CF); PERKINS BATTED FOR SMITH; Perkins grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove grounded out (third to first); Winfield walked; Turner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 4. |
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