Giants @ Phillies
July 8, 1979

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Top 9 R H E
Giants 3 9 1
Phillies 5 8 0
Top 9 R H E
Giants 3 9 1
Phillies 5 8 0

Joe Strain Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .250
OBP .750 .302
At Bats 3 40
Hits 2 10
• Singles 1 7
• Doubles 1 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 2
RBI’s 0 1

Steve Carlton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 8 0
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Veterans Stadium - July 8, 1979
Steve Carlton
Bob Boone
Pete Rose
Manny Trillo
Mike Schmidt
Larry Bowa
Greg Gross
Garry Maddox
Mike Anderson
Joe Strain
Bill North

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
San Francisco Giants 3 9 1 8
Philadelphia Phillies 5 8 0 8
Winning Pitcher Steve Carlton
Losing Pitcher Bob Knepper
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Pete Rose
Attendance 41,387
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Strain strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 North takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Rob Andrews pinch hits for Gary Lavelle. Andrews hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sadek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gary Lavelle now pitching. Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Carlton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Trillo moves to third. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 8 Boone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Trillo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Herndon. Trillo reaches second base with a double. Anderson scores.
Bottom 8 There goes Anderson. The throw from Sadek and he is safe. Anderson steals second.
Bottom 8 Anderson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Roger Metzger now playing shortstop. Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Griffin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Willie McCovey pinch hits for Johnnie LeMaster. McCovey strikes out.
Top 8 Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Evans strikes out.
Top 8 Greg Gross now playing left field. Ivie strikes out.
Bottom 7 Tom Griffin now pitching. Schmidt hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boone scores. Carlton moves to third. Bowa moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bowa takes first base on ball four. Boone moves to third. Carlton moves to second.
Bottom 7 Luzinski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ivie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Carlton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 7 Boone hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Trillo strikes out.
Top 7 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Strain takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 North hits a fly ball into right field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Knepper strikes out.
Bottom 6 Anderson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Maddox strikes out.
Bottom 6 Schmidt hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans juggles the ball. That's an error on Evans.
Bottom 6 Bowa strikes out.
Top 6 Sadek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 LeMaster hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Herndon hits a line drive into right field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Greg Luzinski now playing left field. Mike Anderson now playing right field. Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Greg Luzinski pinch hits for Bake McBride. Luzinski strikes out.
Bottom 5 Carlton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Trillo moves to second.
Bottom 5 Trillo is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 5 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Clark strikes out.
Top 5 Strain hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Maddox. The throw from Sadek and he is out, LeMaster applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 North hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Knepper strikes out.
Top 4 Sadek strikes out.
Top 4 LeMaster hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson who is chasing the ball. LeMaster reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Bowa hits a popup towards first. Ivie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McBride strikes out.
Bottom 3 Carlton hits a popup towards short. LeMaster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Boone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Herndon strikes out.
Top 3 Evans hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Ivie strikes out.
Top 3 Clark hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. North tags and scores. Strain tags and moves to third.
Top 3 Strain hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Strain reaches second base with a double. North moves to third.
Top 3 North hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Trillo hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Strain reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Knepper strikes out.
Top 2 Sadek strikes out. There goes LeMaster. The throw from Boone to Trillo, and back to Rose, who tags LeMaster out.
Top 2 LeMaster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 McBride strikes out.
Top 1 Herndon hits a line drive towards first. Rose reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Evans strikes out.
Top 1 Ivie is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Clark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Clark reaches second base with a double. Strain moves to third.
Top 1 Strain hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carlton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 North strikes out.