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September 16, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 2 8 1
Giants 2 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 2 8 1
Giants 3 9 1

Terry Whitfield Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .295
OBP .500 .343
At Bats 4 444
Hits 2 131
• Singles 1 102
• Doubles 1 18
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 32
RBI’s 0 29

Doug Bair Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 5 26
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Candlestick Park - September 16, 1978
Doug Bair
Johnny Bench
Dan Driessen
Joe Morgan
Pete Rose
Dave Concepcion
George Foster
Dave Collins
Ken Griffey
Terry Whitfield
John Tamargo
Rob Andrews
Art Gardner

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 2 8 1 6
San Francisco Giants 3 9 1 8
Winning Pitcher Gary Lavelle
Losing Pitcher Doug Bair
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Terry Whitfield
Attendance 29,557
Time of Game 2 hours 35 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Whitfield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gardner scores. Andrews moves to third. Tamargo moves to second.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Skip James pinch hits for Gary Lavelle. James strikes out.
Bottom 9 John Tamargo pinch hits for Mike Sadek. Tamargo is walked intentionally. Andrews moves to second.
Bottom 9 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen fields the ball and throws to Bair covering. Safe. Gardner moves to third.
Bottom 9 Art Gardner pinch runs for Mike Ivie. Metzger bunts towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out. Gardner moves to second.
Bottom 9 Dave Collins now playing center field. Ken Griffey now playing right field. Johnny Bench now catching. Ivie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Johnny Bench pinch hits for Don Werner. Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Concepcion hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Larry Herndon now playing center field. Gary Lavelle now pitching. Dave Collins pinch hits for Champ Summers. Collins hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Andrews reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Evans for the out.
Bottom 8 Larry Herndon pinch runs for Jim Dwyer. Doug Bair now pitching. Clark hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dwyer is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 There goes Whitfield. The throw from Werner and he is safe. Whitfield steals second.
Bottom 8 Whitfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Bill Madlock pinch hits for John Montefusco. Madlock hits a fly ball into center field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Driessen strikes out.
Top 8 Foster hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Griffey hits a line drive towards short. Metzger reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sadek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Andrews hits a fly ball into center field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Don Werner now catching. Pedro Borbon now pitching. Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops it up and throws to first, with Borbon covering, for the out.
Top 7 Rose hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ken Henderson pinch hits for Tom Hume. Henderson takes first base on ball four. Concepcion moves to second.
Top 7 Mike Lum pinch hits for Vic Correll. Lum strikes out.
Top 7 Concepcion hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Summers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Evans strikes out. Correll drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Evans out.
Bottom 6 Clark hits a fly ball into right field. Summers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Driessen strikes out.
Top 6 Foster strikes out.
Top 6 Sadek fires to first and picks off Griffey.
Top 6 Griffey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Dwyer hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Whitfield hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Summers. Whitfield reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Montefusco bunts towards first. Driessen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sadek hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Morgan strikes out.
Top 5 Rose hits a line drive into left field. Whitfield picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Whitfield. Rose moves to second.
Top 5 Hume strikes out.
Top 5 Correll hits a line drive towards third. Evans reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Andrews hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Metzger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ivie scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Ivie hits a line drive into center field. Griffey picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Griffey. Clark scores. Ivie moves to second.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Clark moves to second.
Bottom 4 Clark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Dwyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dwyer for the out.
Top 4 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Concepcion for the out.
Top 4 Summers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Driessen hits a fly ball into center field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Whitfield strikes out.
Bottom 3 Montefusco strikes out.
Bottom 3 Sadek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Correll settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Foster hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ivie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Griffey strikes out.
Top 3 Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Andrews hits a fly ball into right field. Summers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hume strikes out.
Top 2 Correll bunts towards the mound. Montefusco fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Concepcion moves to third.
Top 2 There go the runners. The throw from Sadek to Evans. The throw back to home, and Summers is out at the plate.
Top 2 Concepcion hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark. Concepcion reaches second base with a double. Driessen scores. Summers moves to third.
Top 2 Summers takes first base on ball four. Driessen moves to second.
Top 2 Driessen takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Foster strikes out.
Bottom 1 Evans strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Clark. The throw from Correll and he is safe. Clark steals second.
Bottom 1 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Dwyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Whitfield strikes out.
Top 1 Griffey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clark throws the ball in to Metzger who tags Griffey trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 1 Morgan strikes out. There goes Rose. The throw from Sadek to Metzger, and Rose is out.
Top 1 Rose is hit by the pitch.