A record Bay Area crowd of 50,510 on Bat Day went home disappointed when the Reds squeaked by the Giants, 2-1, in 10 innings. George Foster's single to deep short was the winning hit.

The decisive stanza began when Pete Rose singled to center after two were out. Ken Griffey followed with a double and Joe Morgan drew an intentional walk to set the stage for Foster. The Giants' run came in the fourth on a walk, two infield outs and a dropped throw at first by pitcher Fred Norman. The Reds tied the game in the sixth on a walk to Foster and triple by Dan Driessen. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 2, San Francisco Giants 1

Game Played on Sunday, April 23, 1978 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Reds 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 2 Giants 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 1 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .286 Herndon cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .226 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Evans 3b 3 0 0 0 2 1 .204 Griffey rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .324 Madlock 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .182 Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .283 Clark rf 3 1 0 0 2 0 .245 Foster lf 4 1 2 1 1 2 .303 Ivie 1b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .357 Driessen 1b 5 0 1 1 0 3 .283 Hill c 4 0 0 0 1 1 .191 Bench c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .311 Sadek pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .315 Whitfield lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .229 Auerbach ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .250 LeMaster ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .163 Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Harris ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Kennedy 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Montefusco p 0 0 0 0 2 0 .167 Norman p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 McCovey ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andrews pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Concepcion ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 James ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Totals 36 2 6 2 4 10 Totals 31 1 2 0 12 9 Time of Game: 3:05 Attendance: 50,510 Left on Base: Reds 9, Giants 14 DP: Reds 0, Giants 0 Errors: Morgan, Norman, Madlock Doubles: Geronimo (4), Griffey (5), LeMaster (1) Triples: Driessen (1) Stolen Bases: Whitfield (1) Sacrifice Hits: Auerbach (1), Herndon (2), Whitfield (1) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Norman 6 1 1 0 7 4 0 27 2.77 Murray W(1-0) 3 1 0 0 4 4 0 14 3.24 Bair SV(2) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0.00 Totals 10 2 1 0 12 9 0 45 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Montefusco 7 3 1 1 3 5 0 28 1.37 Lavelle 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.75 Moffitt L(1-1) 1.2 3 1 1 1 3 0 9 3.86 Curtis 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7.50 Totals 10 6 2 2 4 10 0 41 Wild Pitches: Murray (2) Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Eric Gregg, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello REDS 1ST: Rose reached on an error by Madlock [Rose to second]; Griffey walked; Morgan grounded out (first unassisted) [Rose to third, Griffey to second]; Foster struck out; Driessen popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Herndon popped to catcher in foul territory; Evans popped to catcher in foul territory; Madlock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Giants 0. REDS 2ND: Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Geronimo grounded out (second to first); Auerbach was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Clark walked; Ivie flied out to center; Clark was picked off first but was safe on an error by Morgan [Clark to second]; Hill struck out; Whitfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Giants 0. REDS 3RD: Norman was called out on strikes; Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: LeMaster grounded out (third to first); Montefusco walked; Herndon walked [Montefusco to second]; Evans struck out; Madlock popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0, Giants 0. REDS 4TH: Morgan flied out to left; Foster singled to center; Driessen struck out; Bench popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Clark walked; Ivie grounded out (first unassisted) [Clark to second]; Hill grounded out (third to first) [Clark to third]; Whitfield reached on an error by Norman [Clark scored (unearned) (no RBI), Whitfield to first]; Whitfield stole second; LeMaster walked; Montefusco walked [Whitfield to third, LeMaster to second]; Herndon flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Reds 0, Giants 1. REDS 5TH: Geronimo doubled to center; Auerbach out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Geronimo to third]; Norman grounded out (second to first); Rose walked; Griffey flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0, Giants 1. GIANTS 5TH: Evans grounded out (pitcher to first); Madlock popped to second; Clark popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Giants 1. REDS 6TH: Morgan flied out to right; Foster walked; Driessen tripled to right [Foster scored]; Bench reached on a fielder's choice [Driessen out at home (third to catcher)]; Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 6TH: Ivie struck out; Hill grounded out (pitcher to first); Whitfield walked; LeMaster popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 1. REDS 7TH: Auerbach was called out on strikes; Norman grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 7TH: MCCOVEY BATTED FOR MONTEFUSCO; McCovey singled to right; ANDREWS RAN FOR MCCOVEY; MURRAY REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Herndon out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Andrews to second]; Evans walked; Madlock lined to center; Clark flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 1. REDS 8TH: LAVELLE REPLACED ANDREWS (PITCHING); Griffey flied out to left; Morgan flied out to right; Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 8TH: Ivie struck out; Hill flied out to center; Whitfield walked; LeMaster doubled to center [Whitfield to third]; JAMES BATTED FOR LAVELLE; James struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 1. REDS 9TH: MOFFITT REPLACED JAMES (PITCHING); Driessen struck out; Bench struck out; Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 9TH: Herndon struck out; Evans walked; Murray threw a wild pitch [Evans to second]; Madlock was walked intentionally; Clark popped to first in foul territory; Ivie struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Giants 1. REDS 10TH: COLLINS BATTED FOR AUERBACH; Collins was called out on strikes; CONCEPCION BATTED FOR MURRAY; Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Rose singled to left; Griffey doubled to center [Rose to third]; Morgan was walked intentionally; Foster singled to shortstop [Rose scored, Griffey to third, Morgan to second]; CURTIS REPLACED MOFFITT (PITCHING); Driessen struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Reds 2, Giants 1. GIANTS 10TH: CONCEPCION STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); KENNEDY REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING 3B); BAIR REPLACED ROSE (PITCHING); Hill walked; SADEK RAN FOR HILL; Whitfield out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Sadek to second]; HARRIS BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Harris struck out; HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR CURTIS; Heintzelman lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Giants 1.

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