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Willie McCovey hit his second homer of the game and 515th of his career, connecting with two men on base and two out in the 13th inning to power the Giants to a 9-6 victory over the Cardinals. McCovey's first homer came in the fourth inning. [The Sporting News] San Francisco Giants 9, St. Louis Cardinals 6Game Played on Friday, June 15, 1979 (Night game) at Candlestick ParkCardinals 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 1 Giants 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 9 14 4 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Templeton ss 5 1 0 0 1 3 .325 North cf 1 2 1 1 3 0 .262 Brock lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .372 Herndon cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .324 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andrews 2b 7 0 3 0 0 0 .318 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clark rf 3 1 1 2 3 1 .295 Freed ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 McCovey 1b 6 3 2 4 1 1 .276 Bruno p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Evans 3b 6 0 0 0 0 4 .246 McEnaney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Whitfield lf 6 1 3 0 0 1 .311 Carbo ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .111 LeMaster ss 5 0 2 1 1 1 .293 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hill c 2 1 1 1 0 0 .192 Hernandez 1b 6 1 3 1 0 1 .325 Ivie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Simmons c 6 2 1 2 0 1 .311 Sadek c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Hendrick rf 5 0 1 0 1 0 .338 Nastu p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .053 Scott cf 6 0 1 0 0 1 .291 Griffin p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reitz 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .278 Madlock ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Oberkfell pr,3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .312 Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .236 Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Iorg ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Phillips 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vuckovich p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .171 Venable ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .385 Mumphrey ph,lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Totals 48 6 10 4 3 12 Totals 47 9 14 9 8 9 Time of Game: 3:54 Attendance: 12,770 Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Giants 11 DP: Cardinals 2, Giants 3 Errors: Templeton, Andrews, Evans 2, LeMaster Doubles: Hernandez (16), Simmons (14), Hill (2), Whitfield (11) Home Runs: McCovey 2 (10) Stolen Bases: Scott (22), North (22) Caught Stealing: Scott (6), Oberkfell (1), North (11) Sacrifice Hits: Phillips (1), Nastu (3) Sacrifice Flies: Hill (3), Clark (5) GIDP: Hendrick (6), Cruz (2) Hit by Pitch: Reitz (4,by Moffitt) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Vuckovich 6 7 5 5 3 7 1 27 3.25 Schultz 1.2 1 1 1 2 1 0 8 4.11 Littell 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.45 Bruno 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4.03 McEnaney 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.45 Knowles L(2-3) 2.2 4 3 3 2 1 1 13 3.74 Totals 12.2 14 9 9 8 9 2 58 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nastu 5.2 7 4 3 1 6 0 25 3.72 Griffin 2.1 0 2 0 1 1 0 10 4.11 Roberts 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.83 Moffitt 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7.06 Lavelle W(5-3) 2.1 2 0 0 0 3 0 7 2.38 Totals 13 10 6 3 3 12 0 53 Passed Balls: Simmons (7) Hit by Pitch: Moffitt (2) Wild Pitches: Vuckovich 2 (4), Nastu (2) Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dave Pallone, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton struck out; Brock grounded out (third to first); Hernandez struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: North walked; Andrews forced North (third to second); Vuckovich threw a wild pitch [Andrews to second]; Clark struck out; McCovey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to right; Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott singled to center; Scott was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to first to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Evans grounded out (second to first); Whitfield grounded out (second to first); LeMaster lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz struck out; Tyson flied out to center; Vuckovich was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Hill doubled to left; Nastu out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hill to third]; North singled to right [Hill scored]; North was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Andrews reached on an error by Templeton [Andrews to second]; Vuckovich threw a wild pitch [Andrews to third]; Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Templeton struck out; Brock singled to center; Hernandez doubled to left [Brock scored]; Nastu threw a wild pitch [Hernandez to third]; Simmons was called out on strikes; Hendrick grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 4TH: McCovey homered; Evans struck out; Whitfield struck out; LeMaster struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson walked; Vuckovich flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 2. GIANTS 5TH: Hill popped to second; Nastu struck out; North walked; Andrews singled to right [North to second]; Clark singled to left [North scored, Andrews out at third (left to third to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 3. CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton popped to first in foul territory; Brock singled to center; Hernandez singled to center [Brock to third]; Simmons doubled to left [Brock scored, Hernandez scored]; Hendrick reached on an error by Evans [Simmons scored (unearned) (no RBI), Hendrick to first]; Scott flied out to left; Reitz singled to left [Hendrick to second]; GRIFFIN REPLACED NASTU (PITCHING); Tyson forced Reitz (shortstop unassisted); 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Giants 3. GIANTS 6TH: McCovey walked; Evans struck out; Whitfield singled to right [McCovey to second]; LeMaster singled to right [McCovey scored, Whitfield to third]; Hill hit a sacrifice fly to right [Whitfield scored]; Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Giants 5. CARDINALS 7TH: MUMPHREY BATTED FOR VUCKOVICH; Mumphrey reached on an error by Andrews [Mumphrey to first]; Templeton forced Mumphrey (second to shortstop); Brock reached on an error by LeMaster [Templeton scored (unearned) (no RBI), Brock to third]; Hernandez hit into a double play (right to catcher) [Brock out at home]; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Giants 5. GIANTS 7TH: MUMPHREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SCHULTZ REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); North walked; North stole second; Andrews grounded out (second to first) [North to third]; Clark hit a sacrifice fly to center [North scored]; McCovey grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Giants 6. CARDINALS 8TH: HERNDON REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING CF); Simmons reached on an error by Evans [Simmons to second]; Hendrick walked; Scott forced Hendrick (second unassisted) [Simmons to third]; Scott stole second; Reitz grounded out (first unassisted) [Simmons scored (unearned), Scott to third]; IORG BATTED FOR TYSON; Iorg struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 6. GIANTS 8TH: PHILLIPS REPLACED IORG (PLAYING 2B); Evans struck out; Whitfield doubled to left; LeMaster was walked intentionally; IVIE BATTED FOR HILL; Ivie flied out to center [Whitfield to third]; MADLOCK BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; LITTELL REPLACED SCHULTZ (PITCHING); Madlock made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 6. CARDINALS 9TH: SADEK REPLACED IVIE (PLAYING C ); ROBERTS REPLACED MADLOCK (PITCHING); Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Templeton struck out; FREED BATTED FOR LITTELL; Freed struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 6. GIANTS 9TH: BRUNO REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews singled to left; Clark walked [Andrews to second]; MCENANEY REPLACED BRUNO (PITCHING); McCovey forced Clark (first to shortstop) [Andrews to third]; Evans grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 6. CARDINALS 10TH: Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Simmons grounded out (second to first); Hendrick singled to left; Scott forced Hendrick (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 6. GIANTS 10TH: Whitfield singled to right; LeMaster forced Whitfield (shortstop to second); Sadek reached on a fielder's choice [LeMaster to second]; CRUZ BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Cruz grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Sadek out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 6. CARDINALS 11TH: MOFFITT REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Reitz was hit by a pitch; OBERKFELL RAN FOR REITZ; Phillips out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Oberkfell to second]; Mumphrey popped to shortstop; Templeton was walked intentionally; CARBO BATTED FOR MCENANEY; LAVELLE REPLACED MOFFITT (PITCHING); Carbo was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 6. GIANTS 11TH: OBERKFELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); KNOWLES REPLACED CARBO (PITCHING); Herndon made an out to second; Andrews singled to center; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Andrews to second]; Clark was walked intentionally; McCovey lined into a double play (right to second to shortstop) [Andrews out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 6. CARDINALS 12TH: Hernandez singled to left; Simmons flied out to center; Hendrick grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hernandez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 6. GIANTS 12TH: Evans struck out; Whitfield grounded out (second to first); LeMaster singled to left; Sadek flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 6. CARDINALS 13TH: Scott struck out; Oberkfell singled to left; Phillips struck out while Oberkfell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 6. GIANTS 13TH: VENABLE BATTED FOR LAVELLE; Venable grounded out (first unassisted); Herndon singled to center; Andrews grounded out (third to first) [Herndon to second]; Clark was walked intentionally; McCovey homered [Herndon scored, Clark scored]; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 9. |
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