Saturday July 21, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
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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