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Padres
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
September 26, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres, played on September 26, 1978 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
Date | September 26, 1978 |
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Visiting Team |
San Diego Padres
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Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 26, 1978 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | San Diego Padres |
Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gaylord Perry |
Home Starting Pitcher | John Montefusco |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
City | San Francisco |
State | CA |
Attendance | 6,227 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jerry Dale 1B: John McSherry 2B: Paul Runge 3B: Bob Engel |
San Diego Padres Lineup
Name | Position |
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Gene Richards | Left Fielder |
Ozzie Smith | Shortstop |
Broderick Perkins | First Baseman |
Dave Winfield | Center Fielder |
Jerry Turner | Right Fielder |
Barry Evans | Third Baseman |
Gene Tenace | Catcher |
Bill Almon | Second Baseman |
Gaylord Perry | Pitcher |
Roger Craig | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Terry Whitfield | Left Fielder |
Jim Dwyer | First Baseman |
Jack Clark | Right Fielder |
Darrell Evans | Third Baseman |
Hector Cruz | Center Fielder |
John Tamargo | Catcher |
Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
Rob Andrews | Second Baseman |
John Montefusco | Pitcher |
Joe Altobelli | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Padres
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
September 26, 1978
Top 1
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Padres, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richards vs. Montefusco
Richards hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark who is chasing the ball. Richards reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Montefusco
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Richards scores. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perkins vs. Montefusco
Perkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Winfield vs. Montefusco
Winfield bunts towards third. Evans fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Turner vs. Montefusco
There goes Winfield. The throw from Tamargo and he is safe. Winfield steals second. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Turner vs. Montefusco
Turner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Evans vs. Montefusco
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Perry
Whitfield hits a line drive into center field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dwyer vs. Perry
Dwyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Perry
Clark hits a fly ball into right field. Turner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Perry
There goes Dwyer. The throw from Tenace and he is safe. Dwyer steals second. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Perry
Evans hits a line drive into left field. Richards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Montefusco
Tenace hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Montefusco
Almon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Montefusco
Perry is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Perry
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tamargo vs. Perry
Tamargo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Almon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Perry
Metzger hits a line drive into left field. Richards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richards vs. Montefusco
Richards hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark who is chasing the ball. Richards reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Montefusco
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Montefusco fields it and throws to first for the out. Richards scores. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perkins vs. Montefusco
Perkins hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark. Perkins reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Winfield vs. Montefusco
Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Perkins moves to third. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Turner vs. Montefusco
Turner is walked intentionally. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Evans vs. Montefusco
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Perry
Andrews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Montefusco vs. Perry
Montefusco bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitfield vs. Perry
Whitfield hits a fly ball into center field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dwyer vs. Perry
Dwyer strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Montefusco
Tenace takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Almon vs. Montefusco
There goes Tenace. The throw from Tamargo and he is safe. Tenace steals second. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Almon vs. Montefusco
Almon hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Andrews reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perry vs. Montefusco
Perry strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Richards vs. Montefusco
Richards is walked intentionally. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Montefusco
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Perry
Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Perry
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perkins scoops it up and throws to first, with Perry covering, for the out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Perry
Cruz hits a popup towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perkins vs. Montefusco
Perkins is called out on strikes. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Winfield vs. Montefusco
Winfield hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Turner vs. Montefusco
Turner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dwyer juggles the ball. That's an error on Dwyer. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Montefusco
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tamargo vs. Perry
Tamargo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tamargo for the out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Perry
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Metzger for the out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Perry
Andrews strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Montefusco
Tenace hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Montefusco
Almon is called out on strikes. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Montefusco
Perry strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Madlock vs. Perry
Bill Madlock pinch hits for John Montefusco.
Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Perry
Whitfield hits a fly ball into center field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dwyer vs. Perry
Dwyer hits a fly ball into left field. Richards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richards vs. Lavelle
Gary Lavelle now pitching.
Richards hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Lavelle
Smith bunts towards the mound. Lavelle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Richards moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perkins vs. Lavelle
Perkins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lavelle fields it and throws to third for the out. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Winfield vs. Lavelle
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Winfield vs. Lavelle
Winfield is walked intentionally. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Turner vs. Lavelle
Turner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lavelle fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Perry
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Perry
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Perry
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tamargo vs. Perry
Tamargo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Almon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Lavelle
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lavelle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tenace vs. Lavelle
Tenace strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Lavelle
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Perry
Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Andrews vs. Perry
The ball gets by Tenace for a passed ball. Metzger moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Andrews vs. Perry
Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ivie vs. Perry
Mike Ivie pinch hits for Gary Lavelle.
Perry spins and fires to second, with Smith covering, and Metzger is picked off. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ivie vs. Perry
Ivie hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Richards. Ivie reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitfield vs. Perry
Whitfield hits a line drive into center field. Winfield picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Winfield. Ivie scores. Whitfield moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heintzelman vs. Shirley
Bob Shirley now pitching. Fernando Gonzalez now playing second base. Tom Heintzelman pinch hits for Jim Dwyer.
Heintzelman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Fingers
Vic Harris pinch runs for Tom Heintzelman. Rollie Fingers now pitching.
Clark hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tenace settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Padres, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Moffitt
Mike Ivie now playing first base. Randy Moffitt now pitching.
Gonzalez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Richards vs. Moffitt
Richards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Moffitt
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans juggles the ball. That's an error on Evans. View Play -
Padres, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perkins vs. Moffitt
Perkins hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Padres, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Winfield vs. Moffitt
Winfield hits a popup towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Padres, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Fingers
Derrel Thomas now playing center field. Dave Winfield now playing right field. Jerry Turner now playing left field.
Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Fingers
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tamargo vs. Fingers
Tamargo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Fingers
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/26/1978 -- San Diego at San Francisco (N) San Diego AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI Richards G, lf 4 2 3 0 Whitfield T, lf 4 0 1 1 Thomas D, cf 0 0 0 0 Dwyer J, 1b 3 0 1 0 Smith O, ss 5 1 1 2 Heintzelman T, ph 0 0 0 0 Perkins B, 1b 5 1 2 2 Harris V, pr 0 0 0 0 Winfield D, cf-rf 4 0 1 0 Moffitt R, p 0 0 0 0 Turner J, rf-lf 2 0 0 0 Clark J, rf 4 0 0 0 Evans B, 3b 4 0 0 0 Evans D, 3b 3 0 0 0 Tenace G, c 3 0 0 0 Cruz H, cf 4 0 0 0 Almon B, 2b 4 0 0 0 Tamargo J, c 4 0 1 0 Shirley B, p 0 0 0 0 Metzger R, ss 4 0 1 0 Fingers R, p 0 0 0 0 Andrews R, 2b 3 0 1 0 Perry G, p 3 0 0 0 Montefusco J, p 1 0 0 0 Gonzalez F, 2b 0 0 0 0 Madlock B, ph 1 0 0 0 Lavelle G, p 0 0 0 0 Ivie M, ph-1b 1 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 4 7 4 32 1 6 1 San Diego 101 000 002 -- 4 San Francisco 000 000 010 -- 1 San Diego IP H R ER BB SO Perry G (W) 7.2 5 1 1 1 5 Shirley B* 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 Fingers R (S) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Montefusco J (L) 6.0 4 2 2 4 5 Lavelle G 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 Moffitt R 1.0 1 2 0 1 0 * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th E -- Dwyer J, Winfield D, Evans D DP -- San Francisco 2 LOB -- San Diego 9, San Francisco 6 2B -- Perkins B, Ivie M 3B -- Richards G 2 HR -- Perkins B SB -- Winfield D, Dwyer J, Tenace G, Perkins B, Smith O PB -- Tenace G T -- 2:38 A -- 6227
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