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Saturday April 26, 1980
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Bob Knepper yielded only six hits, four of the infield variety, and pitched the Giants to a 3-1 victory over the Reds. An infield hit by Sam Mejias and double by Ken Griffey accounted for the Reds' run in the third inning and tied the score at 1-1. The Giants then got their winning run when Mike Ivie singled and Jack Clark tripled in the fourth. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 3, Cincinnati Reds 1

Game Played on Saturday, April 26, 1980 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Reds         0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  2
Giants       0  1  0    1  0  0    1  0  x  -   3  8  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mejias cf             3   1   1   0     0   1   .444      North cf              3   0   2   0     1   0   .345
Griffey rf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .259      Evans 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .238
Concepcion ss         4   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Herndon lf            3   0   0   1     0   0   .268
Foster lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Ivie 1b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .320
Knight 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .304      Clark rf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .204
Driessen 1b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .182      Stennett 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .241
Kennedy 2b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .296      May c                 3   0   0   1     1   0   .238
Werner c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .071      Metzger ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bench ph,c          2   0   0   0     0   0   .255        McCovey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
LaCoss p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .300        LeMaster ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .163
  Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Knepper p             3   1   2   0     0   0   .417
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   6   1     1   3             Totals               30   3   8   3     2   0

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 13,360
Left on Base: Reds 7, Giants 7
DP: Reds 1, Giants 0
Errors: Knight, Werner
Doubles: Griffey (3), Stennett (5)
Triples: Clark (1)
Stolen Bases: Driessen (4), Kennedy (1), North 2 (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Mejias (1), Evans (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Herndon (1)
Hit by Pitch: Driessen (1,by Knepper)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaCoss L(3-1)           6     6   2   2   2   0   0  26   2.70
Tomlin                  0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   5.40
Bair                    1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   1.35
Totals                  8     8   3   3   2   0   0  34

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knepper W(2-2)          9     6   1   1   1   3   0  35   3.75
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   3   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Knepper (1)
Balks: LaCoss (1)

Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Steve Fields


REDS 1ST: Mejias popped to catcher in foul territory; Griffey
flied out to left; Concepcion grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: North singled to first; North stole second; Evans
flied out to center; Herndon grounded out (third to first)
[North to third]; Ivie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster popped to first in foul territory; Knight
grounded out (shortstop to first); Driessen was hit by a pitch;
Driessen stole second; Kennedy walked; Werner grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); Stennett
doubled to right; LaCoss balked [Stennett to third]; May
grounded out (first unassisted) [Stennett scored]; Metzger
grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 1.

REDS 3RD: LaCoss popped to shortstop; Mejias singled to third;
Griffey doubled to center [Mejias scored]; Concepcion flied out
to right; Foster grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Knepper grounded out (shortstop to first); North
walked; North stole second [North to third (error by Werner)];
Evans flied out to right; Herndon grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 1.

REDS 4TH: Knight lined to left; Driessen grounded out (second to
first); Kennedy singled to right; Kennedy stole second; Werner
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Ivie singled to right; Clark tripled to right [Ivie
scored]; Stennett reached on a fielder's choice [Clark out at
home (shortstop to catcher)]; May grounded out (second to first)
[Stennett to second]; Metzger flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 2.

REDS 5TH: LaCoss singled to shortstop; Mejias out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [LaCoss to second]; Griffey flied out
to left; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Knepper singled to center; North forced Knepper
(pitcher to shortstop); Evans singled to right [North to third];
Herndon hit into a double play (right to catcher) [North out at
home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 2.

REDS 6TH: Foster lined to third; Knight flied out to right;
Driessen popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants
2.

GIANTS 6TH: Ivie reached on an error by Knight [Ivie to second];
Clark flied out to right; Stennett grounded out (second to
first); May walked; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR METZGER; McCovey flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 2.

REDS 7TH: LEMASTER REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING SS); Kennedy flied
out to right; BENCH BATTED FOR WERNER; Bench flied out to
center; CRUZ BATTED FOR LACOSS; Cruz popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: BENCH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); TOMLIN REPLACED
CRUZ (PITCHING); Knepper singled to right; North singled to
center [Knepper to second]; Evans out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Knepper to third, North to second]; BAIR
REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); Herndon hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Knepper scored, North to third]; Ivie made an out to shortstop;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 3.

REDS 8TH: Mejias struck out; Griffey struck out; Concepcion
singled to shortstop; Foster flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: Clark made an out to second; Stennett grounded out
(pitcher to second to first); May made an out to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 3.

REDS 9TH: Knight grounded out (third to first); Driessen struck
out; Kennedy singled to left; Bench grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 3.



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