The fourth shutout of year by Ed Halicki enabled the Giants to beat the Expos, 3-0. Jack Clark hit a solo homer in the fourth inning and the Giants added a pair in the sixth on singles by Clark, Mike lvie, Willie McCovey, Johnnie LeMaster and Rob Andrews. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 3, Montreal Expos 0

Game Played on Thursday, August 17, 1978 (Night game) at Stade Olympique

Giants 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 Expos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Herndon cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Cash 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .255 Evans 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .257 Dawson cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .253 Clark rf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .297 Valentine rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .295 Ivie lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .312 Perez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .285 Whitfield lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Cromartie lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .297 McCovey 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .226 Parrish 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Hill c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Carter c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .246 LeMaster ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .226 Speier ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .252 Andrews 2b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .248 Grimsley p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .169 Halicki p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .116 Twitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Unser ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Totals 31 3 9 3 3 2 Totals 29 0 4 0 1 4 Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 20,019 Left on Base: Giants 6, Expos 5 DP: Giants 1, Expos 3 Doubles: Hill (10) Home Runs: Clark (20) Caught Stealing: Dawson (7) Sacrifice Hits: Halicki (8), Andrews (4) GIDP: McCovey 2 (9), Clark (9), Perez (9) Hit by Pitch: Valentine (2,by Halicki), Carter (5,by Halicki) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Halicki W(6-6) 9 4 0 0 1 4 0 32 2.73 Totals 9 4 0 0 1 4 0 32 Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Grimsley L(14-9) 5.2 9 3 3 1 1 1 26 3.35 Twitchell 2.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 5.67 Bahnsen 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4.14 Totals 9 9 3 3 3 2 1 36 Hit by Pitch: Halicki 2 (5) Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Terry Tata GIANTS 1ST: On a bunt Herndon grounded out (pitcher to first); Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); Clark lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Expos 0. EXPOS 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Dawson singled to left; Valentine was hit by a pitch [Dawson to second]; Perez grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Valentine out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Expos 0. GIANTS 2ND: Ivie flied out to left; McCovey grounded out (first to pitcher); Hill doubled to left; LeMaster grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Expos 0. EXPOS 2ND: Cromartie singled to right; Parrish flied out to left; Carter was hit by a pitch [Cromartie to second]; Speier struck out; Grimsley forced Cromartie (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Expos 0. GIANTS 3RD: Andrews singled to center; Halicki out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Andrews to second]; Herndon flied out to right; Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Expos 0. EXPOS 3RD: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Dawson singled to shortstop; Valentine singled to left [Dawson to second]; Dawson was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Expos 0. GIANTS 4TH: Clark homered; Ivie singled to center; McCovey grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Ivie out at second]; Hill flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Expos 0. EXPOS 4TH: Cromartie grounded out (first unassisted); Parrish made an out to shortstop; Carter made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Expos 0. GIANTS 5TH: LeMaster walked; Andrews out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [LeMaster to second]; Halicki grounded out (shortstop to first); Herndon grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Expos 0. EXPOS 5TH: Speier grounded out (third to first); Grimsley flied out to left; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Expos 0. GIANTS 6TH: Evans flied out to left; Clark singled to right; Ivie singled to left [Clark to second]; McCovey singled to left [Clark scored, Ivie to second]; Hill flied out to left; LeMaster singled to shortstop [Ivie to third, McCovey to second]; Andrews singled to left [Ivie scored, McCovey to third, LeMaster to second]; TWITCHELL REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); Halicki forced Andrews (third to second); 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 3, Expos 0. EXPOS 6TH: Dawson flied out to left; Valentine struck out; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Expos 0. GIANTS 7TH: Herndon grounded out (second to first); Evans walked; Clark grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Expos 0. EXPOS 7TH: Cromartie flied out to right; Parrish made an out to first; Carter flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Expos 0. GIANTS 8TH: Ivie walked; McCovey grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Ivie out at second]; Hill popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Expos 0. EXPOS 8TH: WHITFIELD REPLACED IVIE (PLAYING LF); Speier was called out on strikes; UNSER BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Unser flied out to left; Cash walked; Dawson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Expos 0. GIANTS 9TH: BAHNSEN REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); LeMaster struck out; Andrews grounded out (second to first); Halicki made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Expos 0. EXPOS 9TH: Valentine flied out to center; Perez struck out; Cromartie grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Expos 0.

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