Willie McCovey made his initial start of the season at first base for the Giants and drove in a run with a single in the ninth inning to beat the Dodgers, 3-2. Jack Clark grounded to Bill Russell to open the Giants' ninth and reached second on the shortstop's wild throw.

McCovey, who had singled earlier in the game, came up with orders to bunt. But after Jerry Reuss' first two pitches were wide of the plate, Manager Joe Altobelli switched signals. McCovey then swung away at Reuss' next delivery and lined his game-winning single. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Game Played on Friday, April 20, 1979 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Dodgers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  8  3
Giants       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  5  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .186      North cf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .224
Russell ss            4   1   2   0     0   0   .333        Herndon cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .375
Thomasson cf,rf       2   0   2   1     2   0   .290      Whitfield lf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .345
Garvey 1b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .279      Madlock 2b            3   1   0   0     1   0   .125
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .218      Clark rf              4   1   1   1     0   1   .278
Baker lf              4   1   2   0     0   2   .296      McCovey 1b            4   0   2   1     0   1   .538
Monday rf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .281      Evans 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Sutcliffe p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Hill c                3   0   1   0     0   0   .163
  Mota ph             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Metzger ss            2   0   0   0     1   0   .189
  Reuss p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Montefusco p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ferguson c            3   0   0   1     0   1   .206        Venable ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Welch p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Joshua ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Thomas ph,cf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               31   2   8   2     3   4             Totals               30   3   5   2     2   4

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 39,906
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Giants 5
DP: Dodgers 1, Giants 2
Errors: Russell 2, Monday
Doubles: Baker (3), Whitfield (6)
Stolen Bases: Madlock (2), Clark (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Mota (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Ferguson (1)
GIDP: Garvey (2), Cey (3), Montefusco (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Welch                   6     4   2   2   2   4   0  24   2.37
Sutcliffe               2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0.75
Reuss L(1-1)            0     1   1   0   0   0   0   2   3.60
Totals                  8     5   3   2   2   4   0  32

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco              7     6   1   1   2   4   0  27   3.38
Lavelle W(1-0)          2     2   1   1   1   0   0   9   0.87
Totals                  9     8   2   2   3   4   0  36

Wild Pitches: Montefusco (1)

Umpires: HP - Roy Roth, 1B - Dave Pallone, 2B - Jim Cuneo, 3B - Tony Patch


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
singled to left; Montefusco threw a wild pitch [Russell to
second]; Thomasson singled to center [Russell scored]; Garvey
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Thomasson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: North grounded out (third to first); Whitfield
doubled to center; Madlock walked; Clark singled to right
[Whitfield scored, Madlock to third]; McCovey struck out;
Madlock stole home and Clark stole second; Evans made an out to
shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker struck
out; Monday walked; Ferguson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Hill singled to third; Metzger forced Hill (pitcher
to shortstop); Montefusco grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to first) [Metzger out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Welch grounded out (second to first); Lopes
grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: North was called out on strikes; Whitfield reached
on an error by Russell [Whitfield to second]; Madlock grounded
out (second to first) [Whitfield to third]; Clark popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Giants 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Thomasson singled to center; Garvey singled to
right [Thomasson to third]; Cey struck out; Baker was called out
on strikes; Monday flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: McCovey singled to right [McCovey to third (error by
Monday)]; Evans made an out to shortstop; Hill lined to
shortstop; Metzger was walked intentionally; Montefusco popped
to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Giants 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Ferguson was called out on strikes; Welch grounded
out (third to first); Lopes flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: North struck out; Whitfield made an out to first;
Madlock made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Giants 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Russell grounded out (third to first); Thomasson
walked; Garvey singled to center [Thomasson to second]; Cey
grounded into a double play (third to first) [Thomasson out at
third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Clark was called out on strikes; McCovey flied out
to center; Evans made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Baker singled to shortstop; Monday made an out to
shortstop; Ferguson flied out to left; JOSHUA BATTED FOR WELCH;
Joshua grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: JOSHUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SUTCLIFFE
REPLACED MONDAY (PITCHING); Hill popped to first in foul
territory; Metzger grounded out (second to first); VENABLE
BATTED FOR MONTEFUSCO; Venable popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

DODGERS 8TH: LAVELLE REPLACED VENABLE (PITCHING); Lopes flied
out to left; Russell singled to left; Thomasson walked [Russell
to second]; Garvey flied out to right [Russell to third]; Cey
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 8TH: North grounded out (second to first); Whitfield
grounded out (pitcher to first); Madlock grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

DODGERS 9TH: HERNDON REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING CF); Baker doubled
to left; MOTA BATTED FOR SUTCLIFFE; Mota out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Baker to third]; Ferguson hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Baker scored]; THOMAS BATTED FOR JOSHUA; Thomas flied
out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 9TH: REUSS REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); THOMAS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); THOMASSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF);
Clark reached on an error by Russell [Clark to second]; McCovey
singled to right [Clark scored (unearned)]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 3.

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