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Giants 6 @ Reds 7
Riverfront Stadium
April 8, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants, played on April 8, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The home team Reds beat the visiting Giants with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateApril 8, 1979 
Visiting Team
San Francisco Giants
R: 6 H: 11 E: 3 LOB: 7
Runs: 6
Hits: 11
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 7 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 12
Runs: 7
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherDoug Bair  
Losing PitcherJohn Curtis  
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Game Winning RBIJoe Morgan 

Game Info

DateApril 8, 1979 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSan Francisco Giants 
Home TeamCincinnati Reds 
Visiting Starting PitcherEd Halicki  
Home Starting PitcherMike LaCoss  
BallparkRiverfront Stadium 
CityCincinnati 
StateOH 
Attendance30,196 
Time of Game3 hours 5 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dick Tremblay
1B: Mick Sharkey
2B: Les Treitel
3B: Roger Grooms

San Francisco Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill North  Center Fielder 
Terry Whitfield  Left Fielder 
Bill Madlock  Second Baseman 
Jack Clark  Right Fielder 
Darrell Evans  Third Baseman 
Mike Ivie  First Baseman 
Marc Hill  Catcher 
Roger Metzger  Shortstop 
Ed Halicki  Pitcher 
Joe Altobelli  Manager 

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ken Griffey  Right Fielder 
Dave Concepcion  Shortstop 
Joe Morgan  Second Baseman 
George Foster  Left Fielder 
Dan Driessen  First Baseman 
Johnny Bench  Catcher 
Ray Knight  Third Baseman 
Cesar Geronimo  Center Fielder 
Mike LaCoss  Pitcher 
John McNamara  Manager 

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Giants 6 @ Reds 7
Riverfront Stadium
April 8, 1979

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/8/1979 -- San Francisco at Cincinnati (D)

  San Francisco      AB  R  H RBI    Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI
North B, cf           5  1  0  0   Griffey K, rf-cf      6  0  1  0   
Herndon L, cf         0  0  0  0   Concepcion D, ss      6  2  1  0   
Whitfield T, lf       4  1  0  0   Morgan J, 2b          6  1  4  1   
Madlock B, 2b         5  0  0  0   Foster G, lf          4  1  2  4   
Clark J, rf           3  1  2  1   Driessen D, 1b        4  1  2  2   
Lavelle G, p          0  0  0  0   Bench J, c            4  0  0  0   
Griffin T, p          0  0  0  0   Knight R, 3b          2  0  0  0   
Roberts D, p          0  0  0  0   Geronimo C, cf        2  0  1  0   
McCovey W, ph         1  0  1  0   DeFreitas A, rf       1  0  0  0   
Venable M, pr         0  0  0  0   LaCoss M, p           0  0  0  0   
Curtis J, p           0  0  0  0   Moskau P, p           1  0  0  0   
Evans D, 3b           4  0  1  0   Capilla D, p          0  0  0  0   
Ivie M, 1b            5  2  4  1   Collins D, ph         1  1  0  0   
Hill M, c             4  1  1  1   Borbon P, p           0  0  0  0   
Metzger R, ss         4  0  2  3   Summers C, ph         1  0  0  0   
Halicki E, p          2  0  0  0   Bair D, p             1  0  0  0   
Tamargo J, ph         1  0  0  0   Auerbach R, ph        1  1  1  0   
Coleman J, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Cruz H, rf            1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  6 11  6                        40  7 12  7

San Francisco    500 001 000 0 --  6
Cincinnati       000 150 000 1 --  7
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  San Francisco        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Halicki E             5.0  7  6  0  2  1
Coleman J             1.1  0  0  0  1  0
Lavelle G             1.1  2  0  0  2  2
Griffin T             1.0  1  0  0  2  1
Roberts D             0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Curtis J (L)          0.2  2  1  1  0  0

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
LaCoss M              0.2  4  5  0  1  0
Moskau P              3.1  1  0  0  1  0
Capilla D             1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Borbon P              1.0  2  1  1  0  1
Bair D (W)            4.0  3  0  0  1  3

E -- LaCoss M, Metzger R, Evans D, Geronimo C, Madlock B
DP -- San Francisco 1
LOB -- San Francisco 7, Cincinnati 12
2B -- Griffey K, Morgan J, McCovey W, Auerbach R
3B -- Metzger R
HR -- Foster G, Driessen D
SB -- Morgan J
CS -- Evans D
SH -- Hill M, Geronimo C
T -- 3:05
A -- 30196

    

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