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.

In the second game, Greg Minton and Lavelle yielded just one hit in seven innings as Evans paced the Frisco attack with a triple, single and sacrifice fly. The eventual winning run scored in the sixth inning when a groundout by Larry Herndon drove home Mike Sadek, who had doubled. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 2, Cincinnati Reds 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      1, 1979 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         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.