After Dave Winfield homered in the eighth inning to tie the score, a walk with the bases loaded gave the Padres a 3-2 victory over the Giants before an opening-day crowd of 36,131. Gaylord Perry, Mickey Lolich and Rollie Fingers pitched for the Padres to make a success of Roger Craig's debut as manager. Perry struck out eight in six innings and moved into a tie with Jim Bunning for third place on the all-time list with a career total of 2,855. Lolich was the winner in relief with the save going to Fingers.

After Winfield's homer off Gary Lavelle, George Hendrick singled and Gene Tenace walked. Billl Almon forced Hendrick, but Don Reynolds and Mike Champion then drew passes to force in the Padres' winning run. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 3, San Francisco Giants 2

Game Played on Friday, April 7, 1978 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Padres 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 3 10 0 Giants 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards 1b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Herndon cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250 Thomas 2b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .500 Andrews 2b 4 1 3 1 0 1 .750 Gamble lf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .000 Evans 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Winfield rf 5 1 3 1 0 1 .600 McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hendrick cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tenace c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .333 Ivie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Almon 3b,ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Clark rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Smith ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Whitfield lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Turner ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hill c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Baker ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Reynolds ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Montefusco p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perry p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 James 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lolich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Champion ph,3b 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 Totals 34 3 10 3 5 5 Totals 32 2 5 2 0 10 Time of Game: 2:49 Attendance: 36,131 Left on Base: Padres 10, Giants 3 DP: Padres 0, Giants 1 Doubles: Winfield (1), Tenace (1), Andrews (1), Herndon (1) Home Runs: Winfield (1) Stolen Bases: Andrews (1) Caught Stealing: Thomas (1) Sacrifice Flies: Gamble (1) GIDP: Richards (1) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry 6 4 2 2 0 8 0 22 3.00 Lolich W(1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 Fingers SV(1) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 5 2 2 0 10 0 32 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Montefusco 5.1 6 0 0 2 2 0 24 0.00 Moffitt 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 5 9.00 Lavelle L(0-1) 2.2 2 2 2 3 1 1 11 6.75 Totals 9 10 3 3 5 5 1 40 Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Ed Montague PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to left; Thomas flied out to left; Gamble flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews doubled to center; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first) [Andrews to third]; McCovey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. PADRES 2ND: Winfield singled; Hendrick singled [Winfield to second]; Tenace struck out; Almon forced Hendrick (third to second) [Winfield to third]; Smith forced Almon (shortstop to second); Debut game for Ozzie Smith; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Clark struck out; Whitfield flied out to center; Hill was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. PADRES 3RD: Perry made an out to second; Richards grounded out (second to first); Thomas singled to left; Gamble was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: LeMaster flied out to right; Montefusco was called out on strikes; Herndon doubled to left; Andrews singled to right [Herndon scored]; Andrews stole second; Evans singled to center [Andrews scored]; McCovey flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 2. PADRES 4TH: Winfield doubled to left; Hendrick popped to third in foul territory; Tenace grounded out (third to first); Almon singled [Winfield to third]; Smith walked [Almon to second]; Perry forced Smith (second unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 2. GIANTS 4TH: Clark struck out; Whitfield struck out; Hill flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 2. PADRES 5TH: Richards flied out to left; Thomas walked; Gamble popped to third in foul territory; Winfield popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 2. GIANTS 5TH: LeMaster struck out; Montefusco was called out on strikes; Herndon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 2. PADRES 6TH: Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); Tenace doubled to center; MOFFITT REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); Almon was called out on strikes; TURNER BATTED FOR SMITH; Turner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 2. GIANTS 6TH: BAKER REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING SS); Andrews struck out; Debut game for Chuck Baker; Evans flied out to center; McCovey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 2. PADRES 7TH: DAVIS BATTED FOR PERRY; Davis grounded out (second to first); Richards singled to right; Thomas singled to center [Richards to third]; LAVELLE REPLACED MCCOVEY (PITCHING); JAMES REPLACED MOFFITT (PLAYING 1B); Gamble hit a sacrifice fly to right [Richards scored]; Thomas was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Giants 2. GIANTS 7TH: LOLICH REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Clark flied out to center; Whitfield struck out; Hill grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Giants 2. PADRES 8TH: Winfield homered; Hendrick singled; Tenace walked [Hendrick to second]; Almon forced Hendrick (catcher to third) [Tenace to second]; REYNOLDS BATTED FOR BAKER; Reynolds walked [Tenace to third, Almon to second]; Debut game for Don Reynolds; CHAMPION BATTED FOR LOLICH; Champion walked [Tenace scored, Almon to third, Reynolds to second]; Richards grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Champion out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 2. GIANTS 8TH: CHAMPION STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); ALMON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); FINGERS REPLACED REYNOLDS (PITCHING); LeMaster grounded out (catcher to first); James flied out to left; Herndon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 2. PADRES 9TH: Thomas popped to third in foul territory; Gamble grounded out (third to first); Winfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 2. GIANTS 9TH: Andrews singled to right; Evans forced Andrews (catcher to shortstop); IVIE BATTED FOR LAVELLE; Ivie popped to catcher in foul territory; Clark forced Evans (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 2.

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