Mike Ivie celebrated his 27th birthday by hitting two homers as the Giants beat the Padres, 10-7. Ivie's circuit blows came with the bases empty in the second and eighth innings.

Winning pitcher John Curtis drove in a run with a fourth-inning single and then singled home two more tallies to key a five-run fifth inning. San Diego reliever Rollie Fingers walked four consecutive batters in the fifth and gave up five runs in one-third inning. [The Sporting News]
San Francisco Giants 10, San Diego Padres 7

Game Played on Wednesday, August 8, 1979 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Padres       0  0  0    0  0  3    0  2  2  -   7  9  0
Giants       0  1  0    2  5  1    0  1  x  -  10 14  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards cf           4   1   0   0     1   0   .275      North cf              4   0   2   1     0   1   .277
Smith ss              5   2   2   0     0   0   .203        Herndon cf          0   0   0   0     1   0   .272
Dade 3b               3   1   1   0     2   0   .281      Strain 2b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .284
Winfield rf           5   2   1   4     0   0   .339      Clark rf              4   1   0   0     1   1   .275
Tenace 1b,c           3   1   2   1     2   0   .258        Johnston rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Turner lf             5   0   3   1     0   0   .255      McCovey 1b            1   0   0   0     2   0   .257
Kendall c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .163        Whitfield pr,lf     2   2   1   0     0   1   .291
  Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Ivie lf,1b            3   3   2   2     2   1   .313
  Bevacqua ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .249      Evans 3b              4   2   1   2     1   0   .253
  Lolich p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      LeMaster ss           4   2   3   2     1   0   .272
Almon 2b              2   0   0   0     1   1   .201      Littlejohn c          4   0   1   0     1   1   .197
  Gonzalez ph,2b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Curtis p              5   0   2   3     0   1   .154
Shirley p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .088        Minton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wilhelm ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Johnstone 1b        1   0   0   0     1   0   .270

Totals               34   7   9   7     7   3             Totals               36  10  14  10     9   6

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance:  8,894
Left on Base: Padres 8, Giants 11
DP: Padres 2, Giants 2
Errors: McCovey
Doubles: Turner (21), Smith (12), Strain (8)
Home Runs: Winfield (26), Ivie 2 (19), Evans (15)
Stolen Bases: Turner (2), North (48), LeMaster (7), Clark (9)
Caught Stealing: McCovey (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Bevacqua (4)
GIDP: Kendall (3), Turner (9), Strain (3)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shirley L(5-12)         4     6   3   3   2   3   2  19   2.96
Fingers                 0.1   1   5   5   4   0   0   6   4.58
Lee                     0.2   4   1   1   1   1   0   7   4.81
Owchinko                2     1   0   0   1   0   0   7   4.18
Lolich                  1     2   1   1   1   2   1   6   4.35
Totals                  8    14  10  10   9   6   3  45

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis W(7-7)           8.1   8   7   7   6   3   1  38   4.57
Minton                  0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.24
Lavelle SV(15)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.19
Totals                  9     9   7   7   7   3   1  42

Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Bruce Froemming


PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (first unassisted); Smith
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dade reached on an error by
McCovey [Dade to first]; Winfield forced Dade (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: North was called out on strikes; Strain doubled to
left; Clark struck out; McCovey grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 0.

PADRES 2ND: Tenace made an out to second; Turner singled to
right; Turner stole second; Kendall struck out; Almon was walked
intentionally; Shirley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Ivie homered; Evans grounded out (first unassisted);
LeMaster flied out to center; Littlejohn grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

PADRES 3RD: Richards lined to shortstop; Smith flied out to
left; Dade grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Curtis made an out to pitcher; North singled to
center; Strain grounded out (second to first) [North to second];
North stole third; Clark flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

PADRES 4TH: Winfield flied out to right; Tenace walked; Turner
singled to right [Tenace to third]; Kendall grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Turner out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: McCovey walked; Ivie struck out while McCovey was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Evans homered;
LeMaster singled to shortstop; LeMaster stole second; Littlejohn
was walked intentionally; Curtis singled to center [LeMaster
scored, Littlejohn to second]; North forced Curtis (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 3.

PADRES 5TH: Almon was called out on strikes; WILHELM BATTED FOR
SHIRLEY; Wilhelm flied out to center; Richards grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 5TH: FINGERS REPLACED WILHELM (PITCHING); Strain made an
out to first; Clark walked; Clark stole second; McCovey walked;
WHITFIELD RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Ivie walked [Clark to third,
Whitfield to second]; Evans walked [Clark scored, Whitfield to
third, Ivie to second]; LeMaster singled to left [Whitfield
scored, Ivie to third, Evans to second]; LEE REPLACED FINGERS
(PITCHING); Littlejohn struck out; Curtis singled to center
[Ivie scored, Evans scored, LeMaster to second]; North singled
to left [LeMaster scored, Curtis to second]; Strain singled to
shortstop [Curtis to third, North to second]; Clark flied out to
center; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 0, Giants 8.

PADRES 6TH: WHITFIELD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); IVIE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); HERNDON REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING CF);
Smith singled to shortstop; Dade walked [Smith to second];
Winfield homered [Smith scored, Dade scored]; Tenace singled to
left; Turner grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Tenace out at second]; Kendall flied out to center; 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Giants 8.

GIANTS 6TH: Whitfield singled to center; Ivie walked [Whitfield
to second]; OWCHINKO REPLACED KENDALL (PITCHING); JOHNSTONE
REPLACED LEE (PLAYING 1B); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C
); Evans forced Ivie (second to shortstop) [Whitfield to third];
LeMaster singled to right [Whitfield scored, Evans to second];
Littlejohn forced LeMaster (shortstop to second); Curtis
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
3, Giants 9.

PADRES 7TH: Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnstone
walked; Richards popped to third in foul territory; Smith
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
3, Giants 9.

GIANTS 7TH: Herndon walked; Strain grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Herndon out at second]; Clark flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Giants 9.

PADRES 8TH: JOHNSTON REPLACED CLARK (PLAYING RF); Dade singled
to left; Winfield forced Dade (shortstop to second); Tenace
walked [Winfield to second]; Turner doubled to center [Winfield
scored, Tenace to third]; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR OWCHINKO; Bevacqua
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Tenace scored, Turner to third];
GONZALEZ BATTED FOR ALMON; Gonzalez flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 5, Giants 9.

GIANTS 8TH: GONZALEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); LOLICH
REPLACED BEVACQUA (PITCHING); Whitfield struck out; Ivie
homered; Evans popped to catcher in foul territory; LeMaster
walked; Littlejohn singled to left [LeMaster to third]; Curtis
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 5, Giants 10.

PADRES 9TH: Johnstone grounded out (shortstop to first);
Richards walked; Smith doubled to right [Richards to third];
MINTON REPLACED CURTIS (PITCHING); Dade walked; Winfield forced
Dade (shortstop to second) [Richards scored, Smith to third];
Tenace singled to left [Smith scored, Winfield to second];
LAVELLE REPLACED MINTON (PITCHING); Turner forced Tenace
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 7, Giants
10.
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