The hitting of Richie Hebner highlighted the Phillies' 5-3 triumph over the Giants. The first baseman tripled home one run in the third inning and then scored on a sacrifice fly by Bake McBride. In the sixth stanza, a double by Mike Schmidt, intentional walk to Greg Luzinski and single by Hebner produced the game-winning tally. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 5, San Francisco Giants 3

Game Played on Sunday, August 20, 1978 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Giants 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 1 Phillies 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 x - 5 14 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Madlock 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .307 Schmidt 3b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .242 Andrews pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Bowa ss 5 1 3 0 0 1 .308 Dwyer cf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .236 Maddox cf 5 0 2 0 0 3 .273 Clark rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .300 Luzinski lf 1 1 0 0 4 1 .258 McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .230 Martin pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Evans 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .260 Hebner 1b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .298 Whitfield lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .301 McBride rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .257 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Boone c 4 1 3 0 0 1 .276 Tamargo ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Metzger ss 3 0 0 1 1 1 .247 Ruthven p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .189 Hill c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .234 McCarver ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Barr p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .128 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Morrison ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .158 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 6 3 3 6 Totals 37 5 14 4 4 7 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 51,088 Left on Base: Giants 4, Phillies 13 DP: Giants 0, Phillies 1 Errors: Evans Doubles: Madlock 2 (23), McCovey (18), Boone (14), Schmidt (18), Bowa (25) Triples: Hebner (2) Home Runs: Dwyer (2) Stolen Bases: Bowa (21), Martin (8) Sacrifice Flies: McBride (2) GIDP: Hill (9) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barr L(6-10) 5 11 5 4 2 3 0 28 3.60 Curtis 3 3 0 0 2 4 0 14 2.67 Totals 8 14 5 4 4 7 0 42 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruthven W(11-9) 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 21 3.33 McGraw 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.83 Reed SV(10) 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 7 2.21 Totals 9 6 3 3 3 6 1 34 Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt GIANTS 1ST: Madlock doubled to right; Dwyer homered [Madlock scored]; Clark grounded out (third to first); McCovey flied out to center; Evans popped to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Schmidt singled to third; Bowa popped to second; Maddox singled to right [Schmidt to second]; Luzinski was called out on strikes; Hebner flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 2, Phillies 0. GIANTS 2ND: Whitfield grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger struck out; Hill was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: McBride flied out to right; Boone singled to left; Sizemore grounded out (third to first) [Boone to second]; Ruthven singled to third [Boone to third]; Schmidt singled to right [Boone scored, Ruthven to second]; Bowa singled to catcher [Ruthven to third, Schmidt to second]; Maddox struck out; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 2, Phillies 1. GIANTS 3RD: Barr grounded out (shortstop to first); Madlock grounded out (first unassisted); Dwyer lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 3RD: Luzinski walked; Hebner tripled to right [Luzinski scored]; McBride hit a sacrifice fly to shortstop [Hebner scored]; Boone was called out on strikes; Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Phillies 3. GIANTS 4TH: Clark singled to shortstop; McCovey doubled to right [Clark to third]; Evans walked; Whitfield lined to second; Metzger walked [Clark scored, McCovey to third, Evans to second]; Hill grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Metzger out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 4TH: Ruthven grounded out (third to first); Schmidt popped to shortstop; Bowa singled to center; Maddox singled to third [Bowa scored (error by Evans) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Luzinski walked [Maddox to second]; Hebner grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Phillies 4. GIANTS 5TH: Barr grounded out (pitcher to first); Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Dwyer walked; Clark flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 5TH: McBride flied out to right; Boone doubled to center; Sizemore flied out to right [Boone to third]; MCCARVER BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; McCarver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Phillies 4. GIANTS 6TH: MCGRAW REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); McCovey grounded out (second to first); Evans grounded out (first unassisted); Whitfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt doubled to left; CURTIS REPLACED WHITFIELD (PITCHING); CRUZ REPLACED BARR (PLAYING LF); Bowa struck out; Maddox struck out; Luzinski was walked intentionally; Hebner singled to right [Schmidt scored, Luzinski to second]; McBride grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Phillies 5. GIANTS 7TH: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Hill grounded out (second to first); Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Phillies 5. PHILLIES 7TH: Boone singled to right; Sizemore popped to first; MORRISON BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Morrison struck out; Schmidt flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Phillies 5. GIANTS 8TH: REED REPLACED MORRISON (PITCHING); Madlock doubled to center; ANDREWS RAN FOR MADLOCK; Dwyer struck out; Clark singled to right [Andrews to third, Clark out at second (right to first)]; McCovey flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Phillies 5. PHILLIES 8TH: ANDREWS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Bowa doubled to left; Bowa stole third; Maddox struck out; Luzinski was walked intentionally; MARTIN RAN FOR LUZINSKI; Martin stole second; Hebner popped to second; McBride grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Phillies 5. GIANTS 9TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Evans was called out on strikes; TAMARGO BATTED FOR CURTIS; Tamargo struck out; Metzger grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Phillies 5.

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