Giants @ Phillies
August 18, 1978

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Giants 3 5 1
Phillies 2 5 0
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Giants 4 6 1
Phillies 2 5 0

Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .228
OBP .500 .302
At Bats 2 316
Hits 1 72
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 1 17
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 34
RBI’s 1 61

Larry Christenson Season Stats

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8 12 0
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Veterans Stadium - August 18, 1978
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Home Run
Larry Christenson
Bob Boone
Jose Cardenal
Ted Sizemore
Mike Schmidt
Larry Bowa
Greg Luzinski
Garry Maddox
Jerry Martin
Willie McCovey
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

McCovey hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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Top 6 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Luzinski strikes out.
Bottom 5 Maddox takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Dwyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cardenal fields the ball and throws to Christenson covering. Safe.
Top 5 Knepper strikes out.
Top 5 Andrews hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Christenson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger misplays the ball. That's an error on Metzger.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Boone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Metzger hits a fly ball into right field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCovey scores. There goes Evans trying to get to third. Martin throws the ball in to Schmidt, who tags Evans for the out.
Top 4 Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clark scores. McCovey moves to third.
Top 4 McCovey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Martin. McCovey reaches second base with a double. Dwyer scores. Clark moves to third.
Top 4 Clark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dwyer moves to second.
Top 4 Dwyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Whitfield hits a popup in front of the plate. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Luzinski takes first base on ball four. Maddox moves to second.
Bottom 3 Maddox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bowa moves to third.
Bottom 3 Bowa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Schmidt hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Christenson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Sizemore strikes out.
Bottom 3 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Knepper is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Christenson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Metzger hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Boone. The throw from Hill and he is out, Andrews applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Luzinski strikes out.
Top 2 Hill hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McCovey is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dwyer strikes out.
Top 1 Whitfield strikes out.