Bill Madlock homered with a man on base in the fourth inning, breaking a 1-1 tie, to provide the Giants' deciding blow in a 4-2 victory over the Phillies. Richie Hebner hit his first homer for the Phillies in their half of the fourth. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Game Played on Wednesday, May       11, 1977 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Giants       0  1  0    2  0  1    0  0  0  -   4  6  2
Phillies     1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  3


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Foli ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Maddox cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .241
Andrews 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .243      Bowa ss               4   0   2   0     0   0   .263
Clark rf              4   2   1   0     0   0   .218      Johnstone rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .324
Madlock 3b            4   1   1   2     0   1   .281      Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .289
McCovey 1b            2   1   2   1     2   0   .307      Hebner 1b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .293
  LeMaster pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .118      Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .226
  Evans 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .313      Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .304
xHerndon cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sizemore 2b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .324
Elliott lf            2   0   0   1     0   0   .176      Lerch p               1   0   0   0     1   0   .231
  Thomasson ph,lf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .239        McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .360
Hill c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .233        Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McGlothen p           3   0   0   0     0   2   .083        Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .214

Totals               31   4   6   4     2   4             Totals               32   2   6   1     4   4

Time of Game: 1:58   Attendance: 18,482
Left on Base: Giants 4, Phillies 7
DP: Giants 1, Phillies 2
Errors: Andrews, Elliott, Luzinski, Boone 2
Doubles: McCovey (7), Foli (9), Maddox (7)
Home Runs: Madlock (3), Hebner (1)
Stolen Bases: Clark (3)
Caught Stealing: Sizemore (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Elliott (1)
GIDP: Herndon (3), Thomasson (2), Luzinski (4)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen W(2-3)        9     6   2   2   4   4   1  36   4.57
Totals                  9     6   2   2   4   4   1  36

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lerch L(4-2)            7     6   4   3   1   4   1  28   2.89
Reed                    2     0   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.00
Totals                  9     6   4   3   2   4   1  35

Wild Pitches: Lerch (4)

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Art Williams


GIANTS 1ST: Foli popped to first in foul territory; Andrews
singled to second; Lerch threw a wild pitch [Andrews to second];
Clark reached on a fielder's choice [Andrews out at third
(shortstop unassisted)]; Clark stole second [Clark to third
(error by Boone)]; Madlock struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox doubled to left; Bowa singled to pitcher
[Maddox to third]; Johnstone walked [Bowa to second]; Luzinski
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Maddox scored (no RBI), Bowa to third, Johnstone out at
second]; Hebner walked; Schmidt flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Phillies 1.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey doubled to center; Herndon grounded out
(pitcher to first) [McCovey to third]; Elliott hit a sacrifice
fly to center [McCovey scored]; Hill grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone grounded out (third to first); Sizemore
walked; Sizemore was caught stealing second but was safe at
second (error by Andrews; assist by Hill); Lerch flied out to
center; Maddox grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 1, Phillies 1.

GIANTS 3RD: McGlothen struck out; Foli grounded out (shortstop
to first); Andrews made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa flied out to center; Johnstone grounded out
(second to first); Luzinski flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 1, Phillies 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Clark singled to center; Madlock homered [Clark
scored]; McCovey walked; Herndon grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [McCovey out at second]; Elliott
flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Hebner homered; Schmidt flied out to center; Boone
grounded out (third to first); Sizemore singled to center; Lerch
walked [Sizemore to second]; Maddox flied out to center; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Phillies 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Hill grounded out (third to first); McGlothen
grounded out (first to pitcher); Foli doubled to left; Andrews
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa flied out to center; Johnstone grounded out
(second to first); Luzinski flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 3, Phillies 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Clark reached on an error by Luzinski [Clark to
second]; Madlock flied out to center [Clark to third]; McCovey
singled to center [Clark scored (unearned)]; Herndon popped to
catcher in foul territory; Elliott forced McCovey (third to
second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 6TH: Hebner grounded out (second to first); Schmidt
grounded out (third to first); Boone grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Phillies 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Hill struck out; McGlothen struck out; Foli grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Phillies
2.

PHILLIES 7TH: Sizemore flied out to left; MCCARVER BATTED FOR
LERCH; McCarver popped to shortstop; Maddox singled to left
[Maddox to second (error by Elliott)]; Bowa singled to second
[Maddox to third]; Johnstone flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 4, Phillies 2.

GIANTS 8TH: REED REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Andrews grounded
out (third to first); Clark grounded out (shortstop to first);
Madlock flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4,
Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: Luzinski struck out; Hebner flied out to left;
Schmidt was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
4, Phillies 2.

GIANTS 9TH: McCovey walked; LEMASTER RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Herndon
reached on catcher's interference by Boone [LeMaster to second];
THOMASSON BATTED FOR ELLIOTT; Thomasson grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [LeMaster to third, Herndon
out at second]; Hill grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: THOMASSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); EVANS
REPLACED LEMASTER (PLAYING 1B); Boone struck out; Sizemore
grounded out (pitcher to first); HUTTON BATTED FOR REED; Hutton
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4,
Phillies 2.