A bases-loaded triple by Bill Madlock in the seventh inning brought the Giants a 5-4 triumph over the Padres. The Padres were ahead, 4-2, going into the seventh when Randy Jones, making his first relief appearance of the season, issued walks to Marc Hill and Terry Whitfield to open the inning.

Both runners advanced on a sacrifice by Johnnie LeMaster and pinch-hitter Willie McCovey drew a walk. McCovey was replaced by pinch-runner Rob Andrews. Madlock then hit a line drive to the right-center fence to clear the bases. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 5, San Diego Padres 4

Game Played on Thursday, July 6, 1978 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Padres 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0 Giants 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 x - 5 5 1 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards lf,1b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .293 Madlock 2b 4 0 1 3 0 0 .314 Smith ss 4 0 1 0 1 0 .261 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Gonzalez 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .226 Herndon cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .292 Winfield cf 3 1 1 0 2 1 .303 Clark rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .308 Gamble rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .274 Ivie 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .333 Ashford 3b 3 1 2 2 0 0 .261 Cruz 3b 3 1 0 0 1 2 .234 Tenace 1b,c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .220 Hill c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .216 Roberts c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Sadek pr,c 0 1 0 0 1 0 .244 Turner ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Whitfield lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .305 Owchinko p 1 0 1 1 0 0 .194 LeMaster ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .221 Lee p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Knepper p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .068 Baker ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 McCovey ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .235 Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .159 Andrews pr,2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .242 D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Wiley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kinney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 4 9 4 4 8 Totals 26 5 5 5 7 5 Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 12,797 Left on Base: Padres 9, Giants 6 DP: Padres 0, Giants 0 Errors: LeMaster Doubles: Ashford (7), Ivie (6) Triples: Madlock (2) Caught Stealing: Clark (3) Sacrifice Hits: Roberts (2), Baker (5), Knepper (4), LeMaster (12) Sacrifice Flies: Ashford (2) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Owchinko 1.1 2 2 2 2 0 0 7 3.31 Lee 3.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 13 3.73 Jones L(6-8) 1.1 1 3 3 3 2 0 8 3.03 D'Acquisto 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.68 Wiley 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1.29 Kinney 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4.85 Totals 8 5 5 5 7 5 0 35 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knepper W(10-5) 7 9 4 4 3 6 0 33 2.57 Moffitt SV(6) 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 3.83 Totals 9 9 4 4 4 8 0 40 Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Charlie Williams, 3B - Terry Tata PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith singled; Smith was out trying to advance to second (catcher to shortstop); Gonzalez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Madlock popped to shortstop; Herndon grounded out (second to first); Clark singled to center; Clark was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. PADRES 2ND: Winfield walked; Gamble walked [Winfield to second]; Ashford doubled to left [Winfield scored, Gamble to third]; Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts grounded out (third to first); Owchinko singled to center [Gamble scored, Ashford to third]; Richards singled [Ashford scored, Owchinko to second]; Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Ivie walked; Cruz walked [Ivie to second]; Hill popped to shortstop; Whitfield singled to right [Ivie scored, Cruz to third]; LEE REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING); LeMaster singled [Cruz scored, Whitfield to second]; Knepper out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Whitfield to third, LeMaster to second]; Madlock grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 2. PADRES 3RD: Gonzalez singled to center; Winfield walked [Gonzalez to second]; Gamble flied out to center [Gonzalez to third]; Ashford hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gonzalez scored, Winfield to second]; Tenace struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 2. GIANTS 3RD: Herndon walked; Clark grounded out (third to first) [Herndon to second]; Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 2. PADRES 4TH: Roberts struck out; Lee struck out; Richards was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 2. GIANTS 4TH: Hill grounded out (pitcher to first); Whitfield grounded out (shortstop to first); LeMaster grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 2. PADRES 5TH: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Gonzalez flied out to right; Winfield singled to right; Gamble singled [Winfield to second]; Ashford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 2. GIANTS 5TH: Knepper grounded out (second to first); Madlock flied out to center; Herndon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 2. PADRES 6TH: Tenace singled to left; Roberts reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Tenace to second]; BAKER BATTED FOR LEE; Baker out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Tenace to third, Roberts to second]; Richards was called out on strikes; Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 2. GIANTS 6TH: JONES REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Clark struck out; Ivie flied out to right; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 2. PADRES 7TH: Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); Winfield grounded out (third to first); Gamble reached on an error by LeMaster [Gamble to second]; Ashford singled to second [Gamble out at home (second to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 2. GIANTS 7TH: Hill walked; SADEK RAN FOR HILL; Whitfield walked [Sadek to second]; LeMaster out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Sadek to third, Whitfield to second]; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR KNEPPER; McCovey walked; ANDREWS RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Madlock tripled to center [Sadek scored, Whitfield scored, Andrews scored]; D'ACQUISTO REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Herndon reached on a fielder's choice [Madlock out at home (first to catcher)]; Clark popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 5. PADRES 8TH: MOFFITT REPLACED MADLOCK (PITCHING); ANDREWS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SADEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Tenace flied out to center; TURNER BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Turner grounded out (shortstop to first); REYNOLDS BATTED FOR D'ACQUISTO; Reynolds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 5. GIANTS 8TH: TURNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); RICHARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); WILEY REPLACED REYNOLDS (PITCHING); Ivie doubled to left; Cruz grounded out (second to first) [Ivie to third]; Sadek walked; KINNEY REPLACED WILEY (PITCHING); Whitfield flied out to left; LeMaster struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 5. PADRES 9TH: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith walked; Gonzalez flied out to center; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 5.

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