With Willie McCovey as the batting star, the Giants swept a doubleheader with the Braves, winning the first game, 4-2, and going 11 innings to take the second game, 7-6. In the opener, McCovey batted in the Giants' first run with an infield out in the first inning and added another with a single in the fifth to tie the score at 2-2. Bill North doubled in the seventh, continued to third on a throwing error by right fielder Gary Matthews and scored on a sacrifice fly by Terry Whitfield to put the Giants ahead before Bill Madlock clinched the decision with a homer in the eighth. San Francisco Giants 4, Atlanta Braves 2 (Game 1)Game Played on Saturday, May 19, 1979 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumGiants 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 - 4 9 1 Braves 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .229 Royster 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .323 Herndon cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Matthews rf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .288 Whitfield lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .319 Burroughs lf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .238 Clark rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .268 Murphy c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .346 McCovey 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .254 Horner 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .385 Madlock 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .179 Bonnell cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .279 Evans 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .222 Tamargo c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .150 Frias ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Venable pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Brizzolara p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sadek c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Metzger ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .185 Skok p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nastu p 2 0 0 0 1 1 .111 Office ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Griffin p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spikes ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 9 4 3 4 Totals 35 2 8 2 4 6 Time of Game: 2:42 Left on Base: Giants 8, Braves 10 DP: Giants 1, Braves 1 Errors: McCovey, Matthews Doubles: North (3), Burroughs (6) Home Runs: Madlock (2) Stolen Bases: North (8), Venable (1) Sacrifice Flies: Whitfield (3) GIDP: Clark (2), Lum (3) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nastu 5 6 2 2 4 1 0 25 3.03 Griffin W(2-4) 3.1 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 4.37 Lavelle SV(5) 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.04 Totals 9 8 2 2 4 6 0 39 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Brizzolara 6 6 2 2 3 3 0 27 3.00 Skok L(0-1) 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 12 4.44 Totals 9 9 4 3 3 4 1 39 Wild Pitches: Brizzolara (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Joe West GIANTS 1ST: first game for staff umpires in 1979 after strike; North walked; Debut game for Tony Brizzolara; North stole second; Whitfield grounded out (third to first); Brizzolara threw a wild pitch [North to third]; Clark walked; McCovey reached on a fielder's choice [North scored, Clark to second]; Madlock forced McCovey (shortstop to second) [Clark to third]; Evans flied out to center; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (third to first); Matthews flied out to left; Burroughs walked; Murphy singled to center [Burroughs to second]; Horner walked [Burroughs to third, Murphy to second]; Bonnell forced Horner (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 0. GIANTS 2ND: Tamargo grounded out (second to first); Metzger struck out; Nastu walked; North forced Nastu (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Hubbard flied out to right; Frias flied out to left; Brizzolara grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 0. GIANTS 3RD: Whitfield singled to right; Clark grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Whitfield out at second]; McCovey singled to right; Madlock lined to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Royster singled to center; Matthews grounded out (second to first) [Royster to second]; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy walked; Horner singled to left [Royster scored, Murphy to second]; Bonnell singled to center [Murphy scored, Horner to third, Bonnell to second (on throw)]; Hubbard flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 2. GIANTS 4TH: Evans flied out to center; Tamargo popped to third in foul territory; Metzger lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 2. BRAVES 4TH: Frias grounded out (third to first); Brizzolara grounded out (second to first); Royster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 2. GIANTS 5TH: Nastu flied out to left; North singled to left; Whitfield forced North (first to shortstop); Clark singled to left [Whitfield to third]; McCovey singled to right [Whitfield scored, Clark to third]; Madlock forced McCovey (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 2. BRAVES 5TH: Matthews singled to left; Burroughs doubled to left [Matthews to third]; Murphy struck out; Horner lined to third; Bonnell flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 2. GIANTS 6TH: Evans flied out to right; Tamargo singled to third; VENABLE RAN FOR TAMARGO; Metzger struck out; Venable stole second; Nastu struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 2. BRAVES 6TH: SADEK REPLACED VENABLE (PLAYING C ); Hubbard walked; GRIFFIN REPLACED NASTU (PITCHING); Frias reached on an error by McCovey [Hubbard to second, Frias to first]; LUM BATTED FOR BRIZZOLARA; Lum grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hubbard to third, Frias out at second]; Royster was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 2. GIANTS 7TH: SKOK REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); North doubled to right [North to third (error by Matthews)]; Whitfield hit a sacrifice fly to left [North scored (unearned)]; Clark flied out to right; McCovey flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Braves 2. BRAVES 7TH: Matthews struck out; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Braves 2. GIANTS 8TH: Madlock homered; Evans struck out; Sadek grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger singled to right; Griffin grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Braves 2. BRAVES 8TH: Horner grounded out (third to first); Bonnell struck out; Hubbard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Braves 2. GIANTS 9TH: North grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Whitfield grounded out (pitcher to first); Clark flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Braves 2. BRAVES 9TH: HERNDON REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING CF); Frias grounded out (third to first); OFFICE BATTED FOR SKOK; LAVELLE REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); SPIKES BATTED FOR OFFICE; Spikes singled to right; Royster forced Spikes (third to second); Matthews singled to center [Royster to third]; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Braves 2. |
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