Giants @ Braves
July 1, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 15 16 3
Braves 4 10 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 15 16 3
Braves 4 10 2

Biff Pocoroba Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .263
OBP .000 .338
At Bats 4 205
Hits 0 54
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 0 24

Bob Knepper Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 5 0
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - July 1, 1978
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Out
Bob Knepper
Marc Hill
Mike Ivie
Vic Harris
Darrell Evans
Roger Metzger
Terry Whitfield
Larry Herndon
Jim Dwyer
Biff Pocoroba
Bob Horner
Jeff Burroughs

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
San Francisco Giants 15 16 3 7
Atlanta Braves 4 10 2 11
Winning Pitcher Bob Knepper
Losing Pitcher Adrian Devine
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Willie McCovey
Attendance 34,654
Time of Game 3 hours 1 minute
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Pocoroba hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Horner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burroughs moves to third.
Bottom 9 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Matthews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Bonnell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rockett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Bonnell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Whitfield hits a popup towards third. Horner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Harris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Gilbreath hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hanna strikes out.
Bottom 8 Rockett hits a popup towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Dwyer now playing right field. Murphy takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Knepper hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rockett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Preston Hanna now pitching. Clark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Herndon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bonnell. Herndon reaches second base with a double. Harris scores. Whitfield scores. Evans moves to third.
Top 8 Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harris moves to third. Whitfield moves to second.
Top 8 Whitfield takes first base on ball four. Harris moves to second.
Top 8 Harris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Pocoroba hits a popup towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Horner takes first base on ball four. Matthews moves to third. Burroughs moves to second.
Bottom 7 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Matthews moves to second.
Bottom 7 Matthews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bonnell hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gilbreath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Knepper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murphy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Knepper for the out.
Top 7 Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Skok is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Rockett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Larry Herndon now playing center field. Terry Whitfield now playing left field. Mike Ivie now playing first base. Murphy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Ivie hits a fly ball into center field. Bonnell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Clark hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murphy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out.
Bottom 5 Pocoroba hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Horner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Whitfield. Horner reaches second base with a double. Matthews scores. Burroughs moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Burroughs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gilbreath scores. Matthews moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Matthews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Bonnell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gilbreath hits a line drive into left field. Ivie picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ivie. Rockett goes all the way around to score. Gilbreath moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Skok hits a fly ball into center field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rockett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger misplays the ball. That's an error on Metzger.
Top 5 Craig Skok now pitching. Evans hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Whitfield hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Whitfield reaches second base with a double. Hill scores. Knepper scores. Harris goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Harris takes first base on ball four. Metzger scores. Hill moves to third. Knepper moves to second.
Top 5 Knepper takes first base on ball four. Metzger moves to third. Hill moves to second.
Top 5 Eddie Solomon now pitching. Hill takes first base on ball four. Metzger moves to second.
Top 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ivie scores.
Top 5 Ivie hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Burroughs fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Burroughs. Clark scores. Ivie moves to third.
Top 5 There goes Clark. The throw from Pocoroba and he is safe. Clark steals second.
Top 5 Clark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Evans scores.
Top 5 McCovey hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Evans hits a line drive into right field. Matthews picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Matthews. Harris scores. Evans moves to second.
Top 5 Whitfield bunts towards the mound. Devine fields it and throws to first for the out. Harris moves to second.
Top 5 Harris bunts towards the mound. Devine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Murphy strikes out.
Bottom 4 Pocoroba hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Horner hits a popup towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Knepper hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hill takes first base on ball four. Ivie moves to third. Metzger moves to second.
Top 4 Metzger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ivie moves to second.
Top 4 Ivie hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rockett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murphy scoops it up and throws to first, with Devine covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Matthews strikes out.
Bottom 3 Vic Harris now playing second base. Bonnell hits a popup towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murphy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Evans for the out.
Top 3 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Madlock hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Pocoroba scoops up the ball and tags Madlock for the out.
Top 3 Knepper hits a line drive towards the mound. Devine reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gilbreath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Devine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rockett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Knepper throws to first for one, and McCovey throws to second, and Metzger drops the ball. Murphy moves to third.
Bottom 2 Murphy takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hill hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murphy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Metzger for the out.
Top 2 Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Horner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Pocoroba hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Horner hits a fly ball into left field. Ivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burroughs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bonnell scores. Matthews moves to second.
Bottom 1 Matthews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bonnell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bonnell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Gilbreath hits a fly ball into center field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Horner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 McCovey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Evans hits a popup towards third. Horner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Whitfield takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Madlock hits a popup towards the mound. Devine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.