| The Giants went down to their fifth straight defeat, losing to the Dodgers, 6-5. Ted Martinez stroked a single in the eighth and scored the winning run on a double by Dusty Baker. The Giants had taken a 5-4 lead in the top of the seventh with a homer by Bill Madlock, but the Dodgers tied it in the bottom of the frame when Davey Lopes hit for the circuit. [The Sporting News] |
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, San Francisco Giants 5
Game Played on Wednesday, May 30, 1979 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Giants 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 11 2 Dodgers 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 x - 6 9 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 5 0 1 2 0 1 .233 Lopes 2b 4 2 2 1 0 1 .240 Herndon lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .355 Russell ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .306 Clark rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Smith rf 3 0 0 1 0 2 .266 Evans 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .264 Garvey 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .309 Madlock 2b 3 2 2 1 1 0 .223 Cey 3b 3 1 2 3 0 0 .295 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martinez pr,3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .471 Ivie 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Baker lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .311 Metzger ss 3 1 1 1 0 1 .200 Ferguson c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .191 McCovey ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .278 Thomas cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .275 LeMaster pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Sutcliffe p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .150 Hill c 3 1 2 0 1 0 .173 Guerrero ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Venable pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Reuss p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Curtis p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andrews 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Totals 35 5 11 5 2 5 Totals 34 6 9 6 1 6 Time of Game: 2:09 Attendance: 42,819 Left on Base: Giants 5, Dodgers 6 DP: Giants 0, Dodgers 2 Errors: Herndon, Metzger Doubles: Lopes (10), Baker (13) Home Runs: Madlock (5), Cey (9), Lopes (10) Caught Stealing: Venable (1) Sacrifice Flies: Smith (2) GIDP: Evans (2) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Curtis 7 7 5 5 0 6 2 30 9.00 Lavelle L(3-2) 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 2.45 Totals 8 9 6 6 1 6 2 36 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sutcliffe 7 9 5 5 2 3 1 30 4.04 Reuss W(2-4) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 4.15 LaGrow SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7.01 Totals 9 11 5 5 2 5 1 37 Wild Pitches: Curtis (2) Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Ed Vargo GIANTS 1ST: North lined to third; Herndon grounded out (third to first); Clark popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; Russell singled to left; Smith struck out; Garvey singled to left [Russell to second]; Cey homered [Russell scored, Garvey scored]; Baker struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 3. GIANTS 2ND: Evans singled to right; Madlock singled to left [Evans to third]; Ivie was called out on strikes; Metzger singled to left [Evans scored, Madlock to second]; Hill walked [Madlock to third, Metzger to second]; Curtis struck out; North singled to left [Madlock scored, Metzger scored, Hill to second]; Herndon singled to center [Hill scored, North out at home (center to pitcher to catcher)]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 2ND: Ferguson grounded out (third to first); Thomas flied out to right; Sutcliffe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Dodgers 3. GIANTS 3RD: Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans flied out to right; Madlock walked; Ivie popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 3RD: Lopes doubled to left; Russell flied to right in foul territory [Lopes to third]; Smith hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lopes scored]; Garvey grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Dodgers 4. GIANTS 4TH: Metzger struck out; Hill singled to left; Curtis popped to first in foul territory; North popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 4TH: Cey grounded out (third to first); Baker reached on an error by Metzger [Baker to first]; Ferguson singled to center [Baker to second]; Thomas flied out to right; Sutcliffe grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Dodgers 4. GIANTS 5TH: Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Clark singled to left; Evans grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Clark out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 5TH: Lopes flied out to center; Russell flied out to left; Smith flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Dodgers 4. GIANTS 6TH: Madlock homered; Ivie grounded out (second to first); Metzger flied out to center; Hill singled to left; Curtis grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 6TH: Garvey flied out to center; Cey singled to center; MARTINEZ RAN FOR CEY; Baker forced Martinez (second to shortstop); Curtis threw a wild pitch [Baker to second]; Ferguson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Dodgers 4. GIANTS 7TH: MARTINEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); North grounded out (second to first); Herndon flied to right in foul territory; Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 7TH: Thomas flied out to center; GUERRERO BATTED FOR SUTCLIFFE; Guerrero was called out on strikes; Lopes homered; Russell reached on an error by Herndon [Russell to second]; Smith struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Dodgers 5. GIANTS 8TH: REUSS REPLACED GUERRERO (PITCHING); Evans struck out; Madlock grounded out (third to first); Ivie made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Dodgers 5. DODGERS 8TH: ANDREWS REPLACED CURTIS (PLAYING 2B); LAVELLE REPLACED MADLOCK (PITCHING); Garvey flied out to center; Martinez singled to shortstop; Baker doubled to right [Martinez scored]; Ferguson flied out to left; Thomas was walked intentionally; Reuss grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 5, Dodgers 6. GIANTS 9TH: MCCOVEY BATTED FOR METZGER; McCovey singled to center; LEMASTER RAN FOR MCCOVEY; On a bunt Hill forced LeMaster (pitcher to shortstop); VENABLE RAN FOR HILL; Andrews singled to center [Venable to second]; LAGROW REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); North struck out while Venable was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Dodgers 6.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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