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Sensational relief pitching enabled the Giants to win both ends of a doubleheader from the Reds, 2-1 and 7-3. Consecutive homers by Willie McCovey and Darrell Evans produced both Giants' runs in second inning of the first game. The Reds loaded the bases with none out in the eighth inning, but Gary Lavelle replaced starter John Curtis and struck out Ken Griffey. Pedro Borbon then relieved and retired George Foster and Johnny Bench. San Francisco Giants 2, Cincinnati Reds 1 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, July 1, 1979 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkReds 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Giants 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2 4 2 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Concepcion ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .290 North cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Morgan 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .274 Strain 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Griffey rf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .294 Clark rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Foster lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .333 McCovey 1b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .283 Bench c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .256 Evans 3b 2 1 1 1 1 1 .255 Driessen 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .263 Whitfield lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .304 Auerbach 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .189 Metzger ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .188 Spilman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Sadek c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .190 Blair cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .183 Curtis p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Geronimo ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaCoss p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .343 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .115 Totals 33 1 7 1 2 6 Totals 25 2 4 2 4 2 Time of Game: 2:15 Left on Base: Reds 8, Giants 4 DP: Reds 1, Giants 1 Errors: Metzger 2 Doubles: Concepcion (14) Home Runs: McCovey (13), Evans (7) Caught Stealing: Whitfield (3) Sacrifice Hits: Morgan (1), Curtis (3) GIDP: Blair (2), Whitfield (7) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA LaCoss L(8-3) 7 4 2 2 4 2 2 27 2.43 Bair 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.77 Totals 8 4 2 2 4 2 2 30 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Curtis W(4-4) 7 6 1 1 2 4 0 29 4.38 Lavelle 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.38 Borbon SV(3) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.23 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 6 0 36 Balks: LaCoss (1) Umpires: HP - Charlie Williams, 1B - Steve Fields, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - John Kibler REDS 1ST: Concepcion doubled to right; Morgan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Concepcion to third]; Griffey grounded out (second to first) [Concepcion scored]; Foster was called out on strikes (catcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: North grounded out (second to first); Strain grounded out (pitcher to first); Clark struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 0. REDS 2ND: Bench walked; Driessen singled to right [Bench to second]; Auerbach forced Driessen (pitcher to shortstop) [Bench to third]; Blair struck out; LaCoss grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: McCovey homered; Evans homered; Whitfield walked; Whitfield was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Metzger flied out to right; Sadek singled to pitcher; Curtis forced Sadek (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 2. REDS 3RD: Concepcion flied out to center; Morgan singled to center; Griffey made an out to shortstop; Foster singled to right [Morgan to second]; Bench forced Foster (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 2. GIANTS 3RD: North flied out to right; Strain grounded out (second to first); Clark flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 2. REDS 4TH: Driessen grounded out (second to first); Auerbach was called out on strikes; Blair made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 2. GIANTS 4TH: McCovey singled to center; Evans walked [McCovey to second]; Whitfield grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [McCovey to third, Evans out at second]; Metzger grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 2. REDS 5TH: LaCoss made an out to first; Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Morgan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 2. GIANTS 5TH: Sadek walked; Curtis out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Sadek to second]; North grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [Sadek to third]; Strain grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 2. REDS 6TH: Griffey grounded out (second to first); Foster struck out; Bench grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 2. GIANTS 6TH: Clark grounded out (third to first); McCovey flied out to right; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 2. REDS 7TH: Driessen singled to center; Auerbach forced Driessen (pitcher to shortstop); Blair grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Auerbach out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 2. GIANTS 7TH: Whitfield grounded out (second to first); Metzger walked; LaCoss balked [Metzger to second]; Sadek flied out to left; Curtis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 2. REDS 8TH: COLLINS BATTED FOR LACOSS; Collins reached on an error by Metzger [Collins to first]; Concepcion singled to shortstop [Collins to second]; Collins was picked off second but was safe on an error by Metzger [Collins to third, Concepcion to second]; Morgan walked; LAVELLE REPLACED CURTIS (PITCHING); Griffey struck out; BORBON REPLACED LAVELLE (PITCHING); Foster popped to first; Bench flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 2. GIANTS 8TH: BAIR REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); North grounded out (third to first); Strain flied out to left; Clark flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 2. REDS 9TH: Driessen was called out on strikes; SPILMAN BATTED FOR AUERBACH; Spilman flied out to left; GERONIMO BATTED FOR BLAIR; Geronimo singled to left; CRUZ BATTED FOR BAIR; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 2. |
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