Winning his fifth straight game and the Giants' sixth in a row, John Montefusco struck out 11 batters while defeating the Phillies, 6-1. The Giants scored four runs in their first turn at bat. With one out, Darrell Evans singled, Jack Clark walked and Mike Ivie hit an RBI single. A triple by Larry Herndon made it 3-0 and a single by Terry Whitfield capped the inning. With one out in the second Rob Andrews singled, Evans walked and Clark drove both runners home with a double. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 6, Philadelphia Phillies 1

Game Played on Thursday, June 15, 1978 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Phillies 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 1 Giants 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 6 12 1 Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McBride rf 4 0 2 0 1 1 .285 Andrews 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .242 Bowa ss 5 0 3 0 0 0 .313 Evans 3b 3 2 2 0 1 0 .275 Schmidt 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .267 Clark rf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .309 Luzinski lf 5 0 0 0 0 3 .240 Ivie 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .358 Hebner 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .272 James 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Maddox cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .299 Herndon cf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .257 Boone c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .266 Whitfield lf 4 0 3 1 0 0 .291 Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .154 LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .206 Kaat p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Sadek c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Montefusco p 4 0 1 0 0 0 .088 Morrison ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .161 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martin ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .290 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCarver ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Totals 37 1 9 0 2 11 Totals 34 6 12 6 2 5 Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 14,754 Left on Base: Phillies 12, Giants 7 DP: Phillies 1, Giants 0 Errors: Schmidt, Evans Doubles: Hebner (8), Maddox (12), Clark (19) Triples: Herndon (4) Stolen Bases: McBride (15), Schmidt (8), Clark (7) Caught Stealing: Whitfield (6) Sacrifice Hits: LeMaster (9) Hit by Pitch: Johnson (2,by Montefusco) Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kaat L(3-1) 1.1 5 6 6 2 0 0 11 3.54 Reed 1.2 4 0 0 0 2 0 8 2.68 Garber 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 1.40 McGraw 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 2.30 Totals 8 12 6 6 2 5 0 37 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Montefusco W(6-2) 9 9 1 0 2 11 0 40 3.34 Totals 9 9 1 0 2 11 0 40 Hit by Pitch: Montefusco (2) Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Satch Davidson PHILLIES 1ST: McBride singled to left; McBride stole second; Bowa singled to shortstop [McBride stayed at second]; Schmidt forced Bowa (shortstop to second) [McBride to third]; Luzinski struck out; Hebner flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Andrews grounded out (pitcher to first); Evans singled to center; Clark walked [Evans to second]; Ivie singled to center [Evans scored, Clark to second]; Herndon tripled to center [Clark scored, Ivie scored]; Whitfield singled to center [Herndon scored]; LeMaster reached on an error by Schmidt [Whitfield out at third (third to second to shortstop), LeMaster to first]; Sadek grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Giants 4. PHILLIES 2ND: Maddox grounded out (second to first); Boone singled to right; Johnson was hit by a pitch [Boone to second]; Kaat struck out; McBride walked [Boone to third, Johnson to second]; Bowa reached on an error by Evans [Boone scored (unearned) (no RBI), Johnson to third, McBride to second, Bowa to first]; Schmidt struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 4. GIANTS 2ND: Montefusco popped to second; Andrews singled to left; Evans walked [Andrews to second]; REED REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Clark doubled to left [Andrews scored, Evans scored]; Clark stole third; Ivie struck out; Herndon popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 6. PHILLIES 3RD: Luzinski struck out; Hebner doubled to center; Maddox struck out; Boone flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 6. GIANTS 3RD: Whitfield singled to second; LeMaster struck out while Whitfield was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); On a bunt Sadek singled to third; Montefusco singled to center [Sadek to second]; Andrews flied out to center; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 6. PHILLIES 4TH: Johnson flied out to center; MORRISON BATTED FOR REED; Morrison struck out; McBride singled to first; Bowa singled to pitcher [McBride to second]; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 6. GIANTS 4TH: GARBER REPLACED MORRISON (PITCHING); Evans flied out to left; Clark struck out; Ivie singled to left; Herndon popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 6. PHILLIES 5TH: Luzinski popped to second; Hebner grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox doubled to right; Boone grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 6. GIANTS 5TH: Whitfield singled to first; LeMaster out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Whitfield to second]; Sadek grounded out (shortstop to first) [Whitfield to third]; Montefusco popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 6. PHILLIES 6TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); MARTIN BATTED FOR GARBER; Martin struck out; McBride struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 6. GIANTS 6TH: MCGRAW REPLACED MARTIN (PITCHING); Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans singled to right; Clark grounded out (shortstop to first) [Evans to second]; Ivie grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 6. PHILLIES 7TH: JAMES REPLACED IVIE (PLAYING 1B); Bowa flied out to left; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Luzinski flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 6. GIANTS 7TH: Herndon flied out to left; Whitfield grounded out (second to first); LeMaster was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 6. PHILLIES 8TH: Hebner struck out; Maddox grounded out (second to first); Boone walked; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 6. GIANTS 8TH: Sadek grounded out (shortstop to first); Montefusco flied out to left; Andrews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 6. PHILLIES 9TH: MCCARVER BATTED FOR MCGRAW; McCarver grounded out (first unassisted); McBride grounded out (first unassisted); Bowa singled to center; Schmidt singled to center [Bowa to third]; Schmidt stole second; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 1, Giants 6.

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