The slugging of Bill Madlock, who drove in two runs with a pair of homers and two more with a single, paced the Giants to an 8-5 victory over the Braves. Facing Braves' starter Eddie Solomon, Madlock hit the first pitch of the game over the left-center field fence. After two out, Darrell Evans also hit for the circuit, his first ever against his former Atlanta club.

Madlock rapped his two-run single in the fourth and capped his big night with a homer in the seventh. The Braves' scoring included a two-run homer by Joe Nolan. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 8, Atlanta Braves 5

Game Played on Friday, September 8, 1978 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Giants 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 - 8 12 0 Braves 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 - 5 7 1 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Madlock 2b 4 3 3 4 1 0 .311 Gilbreath 2b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .245 Whitfield lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Office cf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .252 Heintzelman ph,1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .208 Matthews rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Clark rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .307 Burroughs lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .312 Evans 3b 4 1 1 2 1 0 .256 Bonnell pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Ivie 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .308 Horner 3b 2 2 0 0 1 0 .257 Barr p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .106 Nolan c 4 1 3 2 0 0 .250 Dwyer cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .234 Murphy 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .236 Cruz ph,cf,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Chaney ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Tamargo c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .260 Solomon p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .148 Herndon pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Beall ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .259 Metzger ss 4 2 1 0 0 0 .251 Skok p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Montefusco p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .063 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 James 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Easterly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Hill ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Royster ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Totals 36 8 12 8 3 2 Totals 32 5 7 5 4 4 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 6,063 Left on Base: Giants 6, Braves 5 DP: Giants 1, Braves 1 Errors: Gilbreath Doubles: Ivie (11), Nolan (7), Office (10) Home Runs: Madlock 2 (14), Evans (18), Nolan (4) Stolen Bases: Metzger (8) Sacrifice Hits: Montefusco 2 (9) GIDP: Clark (13), Solomon (2) Hit by Pitch: Horner (1,by Montefusco) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Montefusco W(11-6) 7 6 5 5 3 3 1 29 3.93 Barr SV(1) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 3.58 Totals 9 7 5 5 4 4 1 37 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Solomon L(4-5) 7 8 6 6 1 1 3 29 4.00 Skok 1.2 3 2 2 1 1 0 9 4.45 Campbell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.87 Easterly 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5.65 Totals 9 12 8 8 3 2 3 41 Hit by Pitch: Montefusco (3) Wild Pitches: Solomon (5) Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Eric Gregg, 3B - John Kibler GIANTS 1ST: Madlock homered; Whitfield singled; Clark grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Whitfield out at second]; Evans homered; Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Gilbreath grounded out (third to first); Office walked; Matthews struck out; Burroughs grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 0. GIANTS 2ND: Dwyer reached on an error by Gilbreath [Dwyer to first]; Tamargo singled [Dwyer to second]; Metzger forced Tamargo (second to shortstop) [Dwyer to third]; Montefusco out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Dwyer stayed at third, Metzger to second]; Madlock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Horner walked; Nolan doubled [Horner to third]; Murphy singled [Horner scored, Nolan to third]; Chaney popped to shortstop; Solomon grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Murphy out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 1. GIANTS 3RD: Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 1. BRAVES 3RD: Gilbreath flied out to center; Office grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 1. GIANTS 4TH: Ivie doubled; Solomon threw a wild pitch [Ivie to third]; Dwyer walked; Tamargo forced Dwyer (second to shortstop) [Ivie scored]; Metzger singled to right [Tamargo to third]; Montefusco out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Metzger to second]; Madlock singled to right [Tamargo scored, Metzger scored, Madlock out at second (right to first)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Braves 1. BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Horner was hit by a pitch; Nolan homered [Horner scored]; Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); Chaney flied out to left; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Braves 3. GIANTS 5TH: Whitfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Clark grounded out (third to first); Evans grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Braves 3. BRAVES 5TH: Solomon struck out; Gilbreath popped to second; Office flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Braves 3. GIANTS 6TH: Ivie flied out to left; Dwyer flied out to right; Tamargo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Braves 3. BRAVES 6TH: Matthews grounded out (first unassisted); Burroughs flied out to left; Horner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Braves 3. GIANTS 7TH: Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); Montefusco struck out; Madlock homered; Whitfield grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 6, Braves 3. BRAVES 7TH: Nolan flied out to left; Murphy singled; Chaney struck out; BEALL BATTED FOR SOLOMON; Beall walked [Murphy to second]; Gilbreath singled [Murphy scored, Beall to second]; Office doubled to center [Beall scored, Gilbreath out at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 6, Braves 5. GIANTS 8TH: SKOK REPLACED BEALL (PITCHING); Clark flied out to center; Evans flied out to right; Ivie singled to center; CRUZ BATTED FOR DWYER; Cruz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 6, Braves 5. BRAVES 8TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); JAMES REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PLAYING 1B); BARR REPLACED IVIE (PITCHING); Matthews flied out to right; Burroughs walked; BONNELL RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Horner flied out to center; Nolan singled to center [Bonnell to third]; Murphy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 6, Braves 5. GIANTS 9TH: BONNELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Tamargo singled to left; HERNDON RAN FOR TAMARGO; Metzger forced Herndon (pitcher to shortstop); HILL BATTED FOR JAMES; Metzger stole second; Hill lined to third; Madlock was walked intentionally; HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR WHITFIELD; Heintzelman singled [Metzger scored, Madlock to second]; CAMPBELL REPLACED SKOK (PITCHING); Clark singled [Madlock to third, Heintzelman to second]; EASTERLY REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Evans walked [Madlock scored, Heintzelman to third, Clark to second]; Barr flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 8, Braves 5. BRAVES 9TH: HEINTZELMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); HILL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); HERNDON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Chaney flied out to right; ROYSTER BATTED FOR EASTERLY; Royster flied out to center; Gilbreath flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 8, Braves 5.

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