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Saturday July 21, 1979
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Consecutive homers by Jack Clark and Mike Ivie capped a four-run outburst in the third inning as the Giants defeated the Phillies, 4-1. Marc Hill walked, Bob Knepper sacrificed and Joe Strain singled for the first run before Clark and Ivie followed with their homers off Steve Carlton. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1

Game Played on Saturday, July 21, 1979 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  8  1
Giants       0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  6  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf            4   1   1   0     0   2   .267      North cf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .263
Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .261        Whitfield ph,lf     1   0   1   0     0   0   .295
Rose 1b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .305      Strain 2b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .307
Schmidt 3b            4   0   2   0     0   1   .272      Clark rf              4   1   1   2     0   0   .267
Boone c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .318      Ivie 1b               4   1   2   1     0   0   .285
Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Evans 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .254
Trillo 2b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .264      Herndon lf,cf         3   0   0   0     0   1   .289
Anderson lf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .243      LeMaster ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Carlton p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Hill c                1   1   0   0     2   0   .190
  Luzinski ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .257      Knepper p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .176
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cardenal ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .174
  Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   8   1     1   6             Totals               27   4   6   4     4   3

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 25,386
Left on Base: Phillies 6, Giants 4
DP: Phillies 1, Giants 2
Errors: Bowa
Doubles: Rose (26), Boone (19), Whitfield (17)
Home Runs: Clark (19), Ivie (14)
Caught Stealing: North (14), Ivie (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Knepper (7)
GIDP: Rose (15), Cardenal (3), Ivie (4)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(11-9)         4     5   4   4   3   2   2  18   3.64
Eastwick                2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   5.49
Brusstar                2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   4.85
Totals                  8     6   4   4   4   3   2  32

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knepper W(7-4)          9     8   1   1   1   6   0  34   4.27
Totals                  9     8   1   1   1   6   0  34

Balks: Carlton (8)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Eric Gregg


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride struck out; Bowa flied out to center; Rose
doubled to center; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: North singled to center; Carlton balked [North to
second]; North was caught stealing third (catcher to third);
Strain grounded out (third to first); Clark grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants
0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone grounded out (third to first); Maddox
grounded out (second to first); Trillo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Ivie singled to left; Ivie was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Evans walked;
Herndon flied out to center; LeMaster grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Anderson flied out to left; Carlton grounded out
(second to first); McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Hill walked; Knepper out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Hill to second]; North struck out; Strain singled to
right [Hill scored]; Clark homered [Strain scored]; Ivie
homered; Evans grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 4.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa singled to center; Rose grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Bowa out at
second]; Schmidt singled to center; Boone popped to shortstop; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 4.

GIANTS 4TH: Herndon flied out to center; LeMaster grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hill walked; Knepper struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Trillo
singled to center; Anderson forced Trillo (shortstop to second);
LUZINSKI BATTED FOR CARLTON; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Giants 4.

GIANTS 5TH: EASTWICK REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); North
grounded out (second to first); Strain walked; Clark popped to
shortstop; Ivie popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Giants 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: McBride singled to center; Bowa flied out to
center; Rose lined to center; Schmidt singled to left [McBride
to second]; Boone doubled to left [McBride scored, Schmidt to
third]; Maddox flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 1, Giants 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Evans flied out to center; Herndon struck out;
LeMaster grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Giants 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Trillo flied out to right; Anderson walked;
CARDENAL BATTED FOR EASTWICK; Cardenal grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Anderson out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Giants 4.

GIANTS 7TH: BRUSSTAR REPLACED CARDENAL (PITCHING); Hill grounded
out (third to first); Knepper grounded out (pitcher to first);
WHITFIELD BATTED FOR NORTH; Whitfield doubled to center; Strain
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 1, Giants 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: WHITFIELD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HERNDON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); McBride struck out; Bowa flied
out to center; Rose singled to right; Schmidt lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: Clark reached on an error by Bowa [Clark to first];
Ivie grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Clark out at second]; Evans flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Giants 4.

PHILLIES 9TH: Boone lined to center; Maddox flied out to center;
Trillo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Giants 4.



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