A throwing error by Barry Evans in the sixth inning allowed the Padres to cap a four-run rally and gain a 4-3 victory over the Giants. Randy Jones, who won for the first time since June 2, ending his personal four-game losing streak, doubled off Jim Barr to start the Padres' rally and scored on a triple by Gene Richards. Ozzie Smith singled to drive in Richards.

Barr retired the next two batters before giving an intentional pass to Oscar Gamble. Rick Sweet upset the move with a single, scoring Smith. Gene Tenace then grounded to Evans and when the third baseman made a wild throw, Gamble scored what proved to be the winning run. Jack Clark hit his 15th homer for the Giants and his sixth over a stretch of five consecutive games. Rollie Fingers pitched the last two innings in relief of Jones and gained his 19th save. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 4, San Francisco Giants 3

Game Played on Monday, July 3, 1978 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Padres 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 - 4 7 1 Giants 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 1 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards lf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .297 Madlock 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .316 Smith ss 5 1 2 1 0 1 .262 Evans 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .251 Gonzalez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Clark rf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .309 Winfield cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .301 xMcCovey 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gamble rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .261 Ivie lf 4 2 1 0 0 0 .331 Thomas 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Herndon cf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .295 Sweet c 2 0 1 1 0 0 .222 LeMaster ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .223 Ashford ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .305 Tenace c,1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .225 Hill c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .219 Almon 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Barr p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Turner ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .270 Cruz ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .242 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Jones p 3 1 1 0 0 1 .159 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Roberts ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .209 Totals 33 4 7 3 5 5 Totals 30 3 8 3 2 3 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 22,447 Left on Base: Padres 8, Giants 4 DP: Padres 4, Giants 0 Errors: Sweet, Evans Doubles: Jones (1) Triples: Richards (8), Ivie (2), Herndon (8) Home Runs: Clark (15) Stolen Bases: Winfield (11) Caught Stealing: Richards (11) Sacrifice Hits: Gonzalez (4), Barr (3) GIDP: LeMaster (2), Ivie (3), Madlock (3), McCovey (5) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jones W(6-7) 7 8 3 2 1 2 1 28 2.86 Fingers SV(19) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3.04 Totals 9 8 3 2 2 3 1 34 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barr L(4-5) 7 6 4 3 3 2 0 30 2.48 Lavelle 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.97 Moffitt 1.1 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 4.14 Totals 9 7 4 3 5 5 0 39 Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Charlie Williams, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Jim Quick PADRES 1ST: Richards walked; Richards was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Smith singled to left; Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Smith to second]; Winfield singled [Smith to third]; Gamble flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Evans singled to center; Clark forced Evans (third to second); McCovey made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. PADRES 2ND: Thomas flied out to center; Tenace struck out; Almon grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: SWEET REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING C ); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Ivie grounded out (third to first); Herndon singled; LeMaster grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Herndon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. PADRES 3RD: Jones flied out to left; Richards made an out to shortstop; Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Hill singled; Barr out on a sacrifice bunt (second to first) [Hill to second]; Madlock struck out; Evans grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. PADRES 4TH: Gonzalez flied out to right; Winfield made an out to shortstop; Gamble made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Clark homered; McCovey made an out to shortstop; Ivie tripled to right; Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt LeMaster singled [Ivie scored]; Hill forced LeMaster (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 2. PADRES 5TH: Sweet grounded out (first to pitcher); Tenace popped to first in foul territory; Almon made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 2. GIANTS 5TH: Barr grounded out (shortstop to first); Madlock struck out; Evans made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 2. PADRES 6TH: Jones doubled to right; Richards tripled to center [Jones scored]; Smith singled to right [Richards scored]; Gonzalez out on a sacrifice bunt (second to first) [Smith to second]; Winfield flied out to center; Gamble was walked intentionally; Sweet singled to right [Smith scored, Gamble to second]; Tenace reached on an error by Evans [Gamble scored (unearned) (no RBI), Sweet to third, Tenace to second]; Almon was walked intentionally; Jones struck out; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 2. GIANTS 6TH: Clark singled; McCovey reached on catcher's interference by Sweet [Clark to second]; Ivie grounded into a double play (third to second) [Ivie to first, Clark out at third, McCovey out at second]; Herndon tripled to center [Ivie scored (unearned)]; LeMaster grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 3. PADRES 7TH: Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith flied out to center; Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 3. GIANTS 7TH: Hill grounded out (third to first); CRUZ BATTED FOR BARR; Cruz walked; Madlock grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cruz out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 3. PADRES 8TH: LAVELLE REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Winfield singled to center; Winfield stole second; Gamble grounded out (second to first) [Winfield to third]; ASHFORD BATTED FOR SWEET; Ashford struck out; MOFFITT REPLACED LAVELLE (PITCHING); Tenace walked; TURNER BATTED FOR ALMON; Turner was walked intentionally [Tenace to second]; ROBERTS BATTED FOR JONES; Roberts was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 3. GIANTS 8TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ASHFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); FINGERS REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); Evans flied out to left; Clark walked; McCovey grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Clark out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 3. PADRES 9TH: Richards flied out to right; Smith was called out on strikes; Gonzalez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 3. GIANTS 9TH: Ivie flied out to center; Herndon struck out; WHITFIELD BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Whitfield grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 3.

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