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Phillies
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
July 20, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on July 20, 1979 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
Date | July 20, 1979 |
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Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 20, 1979 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Randy Lerch |
Home Starting Pitcher | John Montefusco |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
City | San Francisco |
State | CA |
Attendance | 21,110 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 32 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Eric Gregg 1B: Doug Harvey 2B: Frank Pulli 3B: Andy Olsen |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bake McBride | Right Fielder |
Larry Bowa | Shortstop |
Pete Rose | First Baseman |
Mike Schmidt | Third Baseman |
Bob Boone | Catcher |
Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
Greg Gross | Left Fielder |
Manny Trillo | Second Baseman |
Randy Lerch | Pitcher |
Danny Ozark | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bill North | Center Fielder |
Joe Strain | Second Baseman |
Jack Clark | Right Fielder |
Mike Ivie | First Baseman |
Darrell Evans | Third Baseman |
Larry Herndon | Left Fielder |
Johnnie LeMaster | Shortstop |
Dennis Littlejohn | Catcher |
John Montefusco | Pitcher |
Joe Altobelli | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Phillies
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
July 20, 1979
Top 1
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Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Montefusco
McBride hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bowa vs. Montefusco
Bowa strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Montefusco
Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Montefusco
Schmidt takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Boone vs. Montefusco
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
North vs. Lerch
North hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Strain vs. Lerch
Strain hits a fly ball into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Lerch
Clark hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Montefusco
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Montefusco
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Montefusco
Trillo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Strain settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Lerch vs. Montefusco
Lerch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie scoops it up and throws to first, with Montefusco covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ivie vs. Lerch
Ivie hits a line drive towards third. Schmidt reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Lerch
Evans strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Lerch
Herndon hits a line drive into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Montefusco
McBride hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Bowa vs. Montefusco
Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Montefusco
There goes Bowa. The throw from Littlejohn and he is out, LeMaster applying the tag. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Montefusco
Rose takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Montefusco
There goes Rose. The throw from Littlejohn and he is out, Strain applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 3
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Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
LeMaster vs. Lerch
LeMaster strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Littlejohn vs. Lerch
Littlejohn hits a line drive towards third. Schmidt reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montefusco vs. Lerch
Montefusco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Montefusco
Schmidt hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Montefusco
Boone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Montefusco
Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Montefusco
There goes Maddox. The throw from Littlejohn and he is safe. Maddox steals second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Montefusco
Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maddox moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Trillo vs. Montefusco
Trillo hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Maddox tags and scores. Gross tags and moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Lerch vs. Montefusco
Lerch hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
McBride vs. Montefusco
McBride hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie scoops it up and throws to first, with Montefusco covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
North vs. Lerch
North hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gross who is chasing the ball. North reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Strain vs. Lerch
Strain hits a popup towards third. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Clark vs. Lerch
Clark hits a popup towards first. Rose settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ivie vs. Lerch
Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bowa vs. Montefusco
Bowa hits a fly ball into left field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Montefusco
Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Montefusco
Schmidt hits a fly ball towards center. North catches it and throws to first to double up Rose. View Play
Bottom 5
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Lerch
Evans hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Lerch
Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
LeMaster vs. Lerch
LeMaster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Littlejohn vs. Lerch
Littlejohn hits a popup, foul, towards first. Rose settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Rose. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Littlejohn vs. Lerch
Littlejohn strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Montefusco
Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Montefusco
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Montefusco
There goes Maddox. The throw from Littlejohn and he is out, LeMaster applying the tag. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Montefusco
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Montefusco
Trillo hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Lerch
Rob Andrews pinch hits for John Montefusco.
Andrews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
North vs. Lerch
North takes first base on ball four. Andrews moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Strain vs. Lerch
Strain bunts towards the mound. Lerch fields it and throws to first for the out. Andrews moves to third. North moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Clark vs. Lerch
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt juggles the ball. That's an error on Schmidt. Andrews scores. North moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Ivie vs. Lerch
Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt juggles the ball. That's an error on Schmidt. North scores. Clark moves to third. Ivie moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Evans vs. Lerch
Evans is walked intentionally. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Herndon vs. Lerch
Herndon hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clark tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play
Top 7
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarver vs. Griffin
Tom Griffin now pitching. Tim McCarver pinch hits for Randy Lerch.
McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McBride vs. Griffin
McBride hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCarver moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bowa vs. Griffin
Bowa hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark. Bowa reaches second base with a double. McCarver scores. McBride moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rose vs. Minton
Greg Minton now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. McBride scores. Bowa scores. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Minton
Rose hits a popup, foul, towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Minton
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster misplays the ball. That's an error on LeMaster. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Minton
There's a wild pitch. Schmidt moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Boone vs. Minton
Boone strikes out. Littlejohn drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Boone out. There goes Schmidt. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maddox vs. Minton
Maddox hits a popup towards first. Ivie settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
LeMaster vs. Reed
Ron Reed now pitching.
LeMaster strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Littlejohn vs. Reed
Littlejohn strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Reed
Terry Whitfield pinch hits for Greg Minton.
Whitfield hits a line drive into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Lavelle
Gary Lavelle now pitching.
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Lavelle
Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Lavelle
Reed hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Trillo moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
McBride vs. Lavelle
McBride strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bowa vs. Lavelle
Bowa hits a line drive towards third. Evans reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
North vs. Reed
North strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strain vs. Reed
Strain hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Reed
Clark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ivie vs. Reed
Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Lavelle
Rose hits a line drive towards short. LeMaster reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Lavelle
Schmidt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Lavelle
There goes Schmidt. The throw from Littlejohn and he is safe. Schmidt steals second. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Boone vs. Lavelle
Boone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Maddox vs. Lavelle
Maddox strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gross vs. Lavelle
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lavelle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Reed
Evans strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Reed
Herndon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Trillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 6 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeMaster vs. Reed
LeMaster hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/20/1979 -- Philadelphia at San Francisco (N) Philadelphia AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI McBride B, rf 5 1 2 0 North B, cf 3 1 1 0 Bowa L, ss 5 1 1 1 Strain J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Rose P, 1b 4 0 2 0 Clark J, rf 4 1 1 1 Schmidt M, 3b 3 1 1 1 Ivie M, 1b 4 0 0 0 Boone B, c 4 1 2 1 Evans D, 3b 3 1 1 1 Maddox G, cf 5 1 1 0 Herndon L, lf 3 0 0 1 Gross G, lf 3 0 2 0 LeMaster J, ss 4 0 0 0 Trillo M, 2b 3 0 0 1 Littlejohn D, c 3 0 0 0 Lerch R, p 2 0 0 0 Montefusco J, p 1 0 0 0 McCarver T, ph 1 1 1 0 Andrews R, ph 1 1 1 0 Reed R, p 1 0 1 0 Griffin T, p 0 0 0 0 Minton G, p 0 0 0 0 Whitfield T, ph 1 0 0 0 Lavelle G, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 6 13 4 30 4 4 3 Philadelphia 000 300 300 -- 6 San Francisco 000 013 000 -- 4 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Lerch R (W) 6.0 3 4 2 2 3 Reed R (S) 3.0 1 0 0 0 4 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Montefusco J 6.0 9 3 3 3 1 Griffin T (L)* 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 Minton G 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Lavelle G 2.0 1 0 0 3 2 * Pitched to 3 batters in 7th E -- Rose P, Schmidt M 2, LeMaster J DP -- San Francisco 1 LOB -- Philadelphia 10, San Francisco 3 2B -- Bowa L 3B -- North B HR -- Schmidt M, Boone B, Evans D SB -- Maddox G, Schmidt M CS -- Bowa L, Rose P, Maddox G SH -- Strain J SF -- Trillo M, Herndon L WP -- Minton G 3 T -- 2:32 A -- 21110
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