A five-run explosion in the third inning carried the Giants to a 7-4 victory over the Mets. The big inning began with two out and nobody on base. Singles by Jack Clark and Willie McCovey and a homer by Darrell Evans produced three runs.

John Tamargo followed Evans' blast with his first major league round-tripper and the fifth run came on a double by Roger Metzger and a single by winning pitcher Ed Halicki. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 7, New York Mets 4

Game Played on Tuesday, August 22, 1978 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Giants 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 7 13 1 Mets 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 12 1 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Whitfield lf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .300 Mazzilli cf 4 2 1 0 1 1 .259 Dwyer cf,1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .241 Foli ss 5 1 3 0 0 0 .260 Clark rf 4 1 3 0 1 0 .307 S. Henderson lf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .275 McCovey 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .234 Montanez 1b 5 0 2 3 0 1 .261 Herndon cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Stearns c 5 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Evans 3b 3 1 2 4 1 0 .261 Boisclair rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .232 Tamargo c 5 1 1 1 0 0 .239 Randle 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Metzger ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .246 Flynn 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .235 Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .243 Espinosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Halicki p 5 0 1 1 0 0 .125 Bernard p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grieve ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .209 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Kobel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Totals 38 7 13 7 5 2 Totals 38 4 12 4 2 5 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 15,937 Left on Base: Giants 11, Mets 10 DP: Giants 1, Mets 1 Errors: Halicki, S. Henderson Doubles: Metzger (9), Evans (21), Foli (20) Triples: Dwyer (2), S. Henderson (7) Home Runs: Evans (12), Tamargo (1) Stolen Bases: Stearns (20), Randle (12) Sacrifice Hits: Espinosa (4) Sacrifice Flies: Evans (8), McCovey (2) GIDP: Clark (10), Montanez (8) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Halicki W(7-6) 8.2 11 4 4 2 5 0 39 2.81 Curtis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.67 Moffitt SV(11) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.38 Totals 9 12 4 4 2 5 0 41 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Espinosa L(9-12) 2.2 7 6 6 2 0 2 17 4.79 Bernard 3.1 3 0 0 2 1 0 14 3.25 Kobel 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 14 2.45 Totals 9 13 7 7 5 2 2 45 Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - John Kibler GIANTS 1ST: On a bunt Whitfield singled to first; Dwyer flied out to right; Clark singled to right [Whitfield to second]; McCovey walked [Whitfield to third, Clark to second]; Evans hit a sacrifice fly to right [Whitfield scored]; Tamargo lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Mazzilli walked; Foli grounded out (shortstop to first) [Mazzilli to second]; S. Henderson tripled to right [Mazzilli scored]; Montanez grounded out (second to first) [S. Henderson scored]; On a bunt Stearns singled to pitcher; Stearns stole second; Boisclair made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 2. GIANTS 2ND: Metzger flied out to center; Andrews grounded out (second to first); Halicki grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 2. METS 2ND: Randle flied out to right; Flynn singled to left; Espinosa out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Flynn to second]; Mazzilli flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 2. GIANTS 3RD: Whitfield flied out to center; Dwyer flied out to right; Clark singled to right; McCovey singled to right [Clark to third]; Evans homered [Clark scored, McCovey scored]; Tamargo homered; Metzger doubled to left; Andrews walked; BERNARD REPLACED ESPINOSA (PITCHING); Halicki singled to center [Metzger scored, Andrews to second]; Whitfield walked [Andrews to third, Halicki to second]; Dwyer flied out to right; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 6, Mets 2. METS 3RD: Foli made an out to second; S. Henderson flied to right in foul territory; Montanez singled to left; Stearns flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 6, Mets 2. GIANTS 4TH: Clark singled to center; McCovey flied out to center; Evans walked [Clark to second]; Tamargo flied out to left; Metzger flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 6, Mets 2. METS 4TH: Boisclair was called out on strikes; Randle flied out to center; Flynn singled to left; Bernard singled to right [Flynn to second]; Mazzilli struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 6, Mets 2. GIANTS 5TH: Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); Halicki popped to second; Whitfield grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 6, Mets 2. METS 5TH: Foli doubled to left; S. Henderson flied out to center [Foli to third]; Montanez was called out on strikes; Stearns grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 6, Mets 2. GIANTS 6TH: Dwyer singled to right; Clark grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Dwyer out at second]; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 6, Mets 2. METS 6TH: Boisclair grounded out (second to first); Randle singled to right; Randle stole second; Flynn grounded out (third to first); GRIEVE BATTED FOR BERNARD; Grieve was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 6, Mets 2. GIANTS 7TH: KOBEL REPLACED GRIEVE (PITCHING); Evans doubled to right; Tamargo reached on a fielder's choice [Evans out at third (first to third)]; Metzger flied out to left; Andrews reached on an error by S. Henderson [Tamargo to third, Andrews to second]; Halicki grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 6, Mets 2. METS 7TH: Mazzilli reached on an error by Halicki [Mazzilli to first]; Foli singled to right [Mazzilli to second]; S. Henderson popped to second; Montanez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Foli out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 6, Mets 2. GIANTS 8TH: Whitfield struck out; Dwyer tripled to right; Clark was walked intentionally; McCovey hit a sacrifice fly to center [Dwyer scored]; Evans forced Clark (second to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 7, Mets 2. METS 8TH: HERNDON REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING CF); DWYER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Stearns grounded out (third to first); Boisclair flied out to left; Randle flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 7, Mets 2. GIANTS 9TH: Tamargo grounded out (second to first); Metzger flied out to center; Andrews singled to right; Halicki flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 7, Mets 2. METS 9TH: Flynn lined to second; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR KOBEL; Kranepool struck out; Mazzilli singled to right; Foli singled to center [Mazzilli to second]; S. Henderson walked [Mazzilli to third, Foli to second]; CURTIS REPLACED HALICKI (PITCHING); Montanez singled to left [Mazzilli scored, Foli scored, S. Henderson to second]; MOFFITT REPLACED CURTIS (PITCHING); Stearns flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 7, Mets 4.

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