Unbeaten since an opening-day loss, Vida Blue won his fifth straight game, pitching the Giants to a 9-3 victory over the Cardinals. Bill Madlock, Terry Whitfield and Tom Heintzelman hit homers in support of Blue. Ted Simmons homered for the Cardinals. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 9, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Game Played on Friday, May 12, 1978 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 3 10 1 Giants 1 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 x - 9 12 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Templeton ss 2 1 1 0 0 1 .226 Madlock 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .243 Phillips ss 2 1 2 0 0 0 .353 Whitfield lf 4 3 3 1 0 0 .277 Scott rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Evans 3b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .250 Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .308 Heintzelman 3b 1 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Simmons c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .321 McCovey 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .223 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 James 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Morales cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .216 Clark rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .252 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .279 Herndon cf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .253 Tyson 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .275 Hill c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .192 Mumphrey lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .145 LeMaster ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .204 Urrea p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Blue p 3 1 1 0 1 1 .222 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sutherland ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Swisher c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Totals 34 3 10 3 1 5 Totals 35 9 12 9 1 4 Time of Game: 1:56 Attendance: 16,788 Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Giants 3 DP: Cardinals 1, Giants 2 Errors: Morales Doubles: Clark (9) Home Runs: Simmons (3), Madlock (3), Whitfield (3), Heintzelman (2) Stolen Bases: Whitfield (2) Sacrifice Flies: Morales (2) GIDP: Simmons (4), Mumphrey (4), Madlock (1) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Urrea L(2-4) 3.1 9 7 7 1 0 1 19 4.43 Hamilton 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 7.94 Schultz 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 11 5.02 Vuckovich 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2.75 Totals 8 12 9 9 1 4 3 36 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue W(5-1) 9 10 3 3 1 5 1 36 2.77 Totals 9 10 3 3 1 5 1 36 Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Satch Davidson CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton singled to left; Scott singled to center [Templeton to third]; Hernandez singled to left [Templeton scored, Scott to second]; Simmons grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Scott to third, Hernandez out at second]; Morales popped to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Madlock flied out to right; Whitfield singled to center; Evans singled to right [Whitfield to third]; McCovey forced Evans (second to shortstop) [Whitfield scored]; Clark popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz struck out; Tyson was called out on strikes; Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 2ND: Herndon grounded out (second to first); Hill grounded out (shortstop to first); LeMaster grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Urrea grounded out (second to first); Templeton struck out; Scott grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 3RD: Blue walked; Madlock grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Blue out at second]; Whitfield singled to shortstop; Whitfield stole second; Evans singled to center [Whitfield scored]; McCovey singled to right [Evans to third]; Clark doubled to right [Evans scored, McCovey to third]; Herndon singled to center [McCovey scored, Clark scored, Herndon to second (error by Morales)]; Hill flied out to right; 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 5. CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez grounded out (second to pitcher); Simmons flied out to left; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 5. GIANTS 4TH: LeMaster flied out to right; Blue singled to center; Madlock homered [Blue scored]; HAMILTON REPLACED URREA (PITCHING); Whitfield homered; Evans popped to third in foul territory; McCovey flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 8. CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz struck out; Tyson popped to catcher in foul territory; Mumphrey singled to second; SUTHERLAND BATTED FOR HAMILTON; Sutherland forced Mumphrey (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 8. GIANTS 5TH: SCHULTZ REPLACED SUTHERLAND (PITCHING); PHILLIPS REPLACED TEMPLETON (PLAYING SS); Clark lined to shortstop; Herndon grounded out (second to first); Hill flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Giants 8. CARDINALS 6TH: HEINTZELMAN REPLACED EVANS (PLAYING 3B); Phillips singled to center; Scott popped to second; Hernandez singled to right [Phillips to second]; Simmons singled to center [Phillips to third, Hernandez to second]; Morales hit a sacrifice fly to left [Phillips scored]; Reitz flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 8. GIANTS 6TH: LeMaster struck out; Blue grounded out (second to first); Madlock singled to center; Whitfield forced Madlock (first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 8. CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson singled to center; Mumphrey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Tyson out at second]; Schultz walked; Phillips singled to third [Schultz to second]; Scott forced Phillips (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 8. GIANTS 7TH: Heintzelman homered; McCovey popped to third in foul territory; Clark flied out to right; Herndon was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 9. CARDINALS 8TH: JAMES REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING 1B); Hernandez struck out; Simmons homered; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Giants 9. GIANTS 8TH: VUCKOVICH REPLACED SIMMONS (PITCHING); SWISHER REPLACED SCHULTZ (PLAYING C ); Hill struck out; LeMaster grounded out (third to first); Blue was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Giants 9. CARDINALS 9TH: Tyson grounded out (third to first); Mumphrey grounded out (third to first); Swisher flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Giants 9.

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