Rich Murray drove in two runs with a pair of singles and Gary Lavelle pitched three scoreless innings in relief to lead the Giants to a 7-3 victory over the Reds. Murray delivered a run-scoring single in the first inning when the Giants took a 3-0 lead.

The other two runs came on an error and a passed ball. After the Reds tied the game in the top of the fifth, the Giants came back in the bottom of the frame on a single by Terry Whitfield, a walk and RBI single by Murray. The Giants tallied three more runs in the eighth on RBI singles by Larry Herndon, Milt May and Whitfield. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 7, Cincinnati Reds 3
Game Played on Monday, September 22, 1980 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  1
Giants       3  0  0    0  1  0    0  3  x  -   7 15  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Collins cf            5   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Venable cf            4   2   3   0     1   0   .293
Griffey rf            3   1   1   2     0   0   .295      Herndon rf            5   1   1   1     0   1   .254
Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   3   .262      Evans 3b              5   0   1   1     0   1   .261
Foster lf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .278      May c                 5   1   4   1     0   0   .265
Driessen 1b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .268      Whitfield lf          3   2   3   1     2   0   .301
Bench c               3   0   0   0     1   2   .259      Stennett 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Correll c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .444        Sularz 2b           1   0   0   0     1   1   .206
Knight 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Murray 1b             4   0   2   2     0   1   .213
Oester 2b             4   2   3   0     0   0   .286      Pettini ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .230
LaCoss p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .091      Ripley p              3   0   0   0     0   3   .139
  Spilman ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .274        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Milner pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Combe p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Leibrandt p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Mejias ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .274

Totals               32   3   8   2     2   8             Totals               36   7  15   6     4   7

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance:  3,003
Left on Base: Reds 7, Giants 10
DP: Reds 1, Giants 1
Errors: Bench, Sularz, Ripley
Doubles: Venable 2 (5)
Home Runs: Griffey (12)
Stolen Bases: Venable (6)
Sacrifice Hits: LaCoss 2 (6), Lavelle (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Griffey (4)
GIDP: Collins (5), Stennett (10)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaCoss L(9-12)          6    10   4   3   2   4   0  29   4.63
Combe                   1.1   3   3   3   2   3   0   9  10.80
Leibrandt               0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.25
Totals                  8    15   7   6   4   7   0  41

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ripley W(8-9)           6     7   3   2   1   6   1  27   4.05
Lavelle SV(7)           3     1   0   0   1   2   0  10   3.05
Totals                  9     8   3   2   2   8   1  37

Passed Balls: Bench (6), May (2)
Wild Pitches: Ripley (4)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey


REDS 1ST: Collins flied out to right; Griffey grounded out
(pitcher to second to first); Concepcion was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Venable singled to center; Venable stole second
[Venable to third (error by Bench)]; Herndon was called out on
strikes; Evans singled to first [Venable scored]; May singled to
center [Evans to third]; Whitfield walked [May to second];
Stennett forced Evans (first to catcher) [May to third,
Whitfield to second]; Bench allowed a passed ball [May scored,
Whitfield to third, Stennett to second]; Murray singled to
pitcher [Whitfield scored (unearned), Stennett stayed at
second]; Pettini popped to shortstop; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 3.

REDS 2ND: Foster was called out on strikes; Driessen singled to
center; Bench struck out; Knight grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 2ND: Ripley struck out; Venable doubled to right; Herndon
grounded out (second to first) [Venable to third]; Evans popped
to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Giants 3.

REDS 3RD: On a bunt Oester singled to third; LaCoss out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Oester to second]; Collins
grounded out (first unassisted) [Oester to third]; Ripley threw
a wild pitch [Oester scored]; Griffey homered; Concepcion struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 3.

GIANTS 3RD: May singled to left; Whitfield singled to left [May
to second]; Stennett grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [May to third, Whitfield out at second]; Murray
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Giants 3.

REDS 4TH: Foster grounded out (third to first); Driessen
grounded out (first unassisted); Bench walked; Knight grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Pettini grounded out (second to first); Ripley
struck out; Venable doubled to center; Herndon grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 3.

REDS 5TH: SULARZ REPLACED STENNETT (PLAYING 2B); Oester singled
to second [Oester to second (error by Sularz)]; LaCoss reached
on an error by Ripley on a sacrifice bunt [Oester to third,
LaCoss to first]; Collins lined to pitcher; Griffey hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Oester scored (unearned)]; Concepcion
grounded out (second to pitcher); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 3, Giants 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Evans popped to third; May popped to shortstop;
Whitfield singled to left; Sularz walked [Whitfield to second];
Murray singled to center [Whitfield scored, Sularz to third];
Pettini popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3,
Giants 4.

REDS 6TH: Foster singled to center; Driessen singled to center
[Foster to second]; Bench was called out on strikes; Knight was
called out on strikes; Oester flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Ripley was called out on strikes; Venable flied out
to center; Herndon popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 4.

REDS 7TH: SPILMAN BATTED FOR LACOSS; Spilman singled to right;
LAVELLE REPLACED RIPLEY (PITCHING); MILNER RAN FOR SPILMAN;
Collins grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Milner out at second]; Griffey flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 4.

GIANTS 7TH: COMBE REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); Evans struck out;
May singled to right; Whitfield walked [May to second]; Sularz
was called out on strikes; Murray struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 4.

REDS 8TH: Concepcion struck out; Foster walked; Driessen was
called out on strikes; Bench grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: CORRELL REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C ); On a bunt
Pettini singled to pitcher; Lavelle out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Pettini to second]; Venable walked; Herndon
singled to center [Pettini scored, Venable to third]; LEIBRANDT
REPLACED COMBE (PITCHING); Evans popped to pitcher; May singled
to pitcher [Venable scored, Herndon to second]; Whitfield
singled to left [Herndon scored, May to third, Whitfield out at
second (left to shortstop to second)]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 3, Giants 7.

REDS 9TH: Knight flied out to center; Oester singled to center;
May allowed a passed ball [Oester to second]; MEJIAS BATTED FOR
LEIBRANDT; Mejias grounded out (third to first); Collins flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 7.