The third shutout of the season by lefty Bob Knepper carried the Giants to a 4-0 victory over the Pirates. The Giants scored twice in the second inning on successive two-out singles by Larry Herndon, Johnnie LeMaster, Marc Hill and Knepper and added two more runs in the fourth on a leadoff homer by Mike Ivie and singles by Herndon, LeMaster and Hill. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

Game Played on Thursday, July 13, 1978 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Giants 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 0 Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Madlock 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .309 Taveras ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .274 Evans 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .247 Moreno cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .224 Clark rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .308 Garner 3b,2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .244 McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .234 B. Robinson lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .242 Ivie lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .331 Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .289 Whitfield lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Stennett 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Herndon cf 4 2 2 0 0 2 .295 Macha pr,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205 LeMaster ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .224 Brye rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Hill c 3 0 2 2 0 0 .233 Dyer c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .255 Knepper p 3 0 1 1 0 2 .085 Candelaria p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .139 Whitson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Nicosia ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Kison p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mendoza ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .282 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Totals 33 4 10 4 1 10 Totals 31 0 5 0 3 8 Time of Game: 2:11 Attendance: 13,984 Left on Base: Giants 3, Pirates 7 DP: Giants 0, Pirates 2 Home Runs: Ivie (6) Caught Stealing: Clark 2 (5), Moreno (10) GIDP: Madlock (4), McCovey (6) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knepper W(11-5) 9 5 0 0 3 8 0 34 2.41 Totals 9 5 0 0 3 8 0 34 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Candelaria L(8-9) 3 8 4 4 0 4 1 16 3.14 Whitson 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 9 1.90 Kison 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.97 Tekulve 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.24 Totals 9 10 4 4 1 10 1 34 Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Paul Runge GIANTS 1ST: Madlock flied out to right; Evans singled to center; Clark forced Evans (shortstop to second); Clark was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Moreno singled to center; Moreno was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Garner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Pirates 0. GIANTS 2ND: McCovey struck out; Ivie grounded out (second to first); Herndon singled to center; LeMaster singled to right [Herndon to second]; Hill singled to right [Herndon scored, LeMaster to second]; Knepper singled to right [LeMaster scored, Hill to second]; Madlock struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: B. Robinson flied out to right; Stargell was called out on strikes; Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Pirates 0. GIANTS 3RD: Evans was called out on strikes; Clark flied out to left; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Brye flied out to right; Dyer grounded out (shortstop to first); Candelaria struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Pirates 0. GIANTS 4TH: Ivie homered; Herndon singled to center; LeMaster singled to center [Herndon to third]; WHITSON REPLACED CANDELARIA (PITCHING); Hill singled to center [Herndon scored, LeMaster to third]; Knepper struck out; Madlock grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hill out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: Taveras popped to second in foul territory; On a bunt Moreno popped to catcher in foul territory; Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 0. GIANTS 5TH: Evans walked; Clark forced Evans (second to shortstop); McCovey lined to left; Clark was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 0. PIRATES 5TH: B. Robinson singled to left; Stargell grounded out (second to first) [B. Robinson to second]; Stennett grounded out (second to first); Brye popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 0. GIANTS 6TH: Ivie struck out; Herndon was called out on strikes; LeMaster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 0. PIRATES 6TH: Dyer struck out; NICOSIA BATTED FOR WHITSON; Nicosia walked; Taveras walked [Nicosia to second]; Moreno struck out; Garner grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 0. GIANTS 7TH: KISON REPLACED NICOSIA (PITCHING); Hill grounded out (pitcher to first); Knepper struck out; Madlock flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 0. PIRATES 7TH: B. Robinson popped to second; Stargell singled to first; Stennett forced Stargell (shortstop to second); MACHA RAN FOR STENNETT; Brye popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 0. GIANTS 8TH: MACHA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); GARNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Evans grounded out (second to first); Clark singled to center; McCovey grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Clark out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 0. PIRATES 8TH: Dyer was called out on strikes; MENDOZA BATTED FOR KISON; Mendoza singled to right; Taveras struck out; Moreno flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 0. GIANTS 9TH: TEKULVE REPLACED MENDOZA (PITCHING); Ivie grounded out (pitcher to first); Herndon struck out; LeMaster grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 0. PIRATES 9TH: WHITFIELD REPLACED IVIE (PLAYING LF); Garner walked; B. Robinson singled to center [Garner to second]; Stargell struck out; Macha flied out to center; Brye flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Pirates 0.

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