The Giants beat the Padres, 6-3, as Vida Blue got credit for his first victory since August 4. The Giants scored two runs in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Jack Clark and RBI single by Mike Ivie and added another in the third on a single by Clark and double by Darrell Evans. A triple by Marc Hill produced another tally in the fourth and the final pair came in the seventh on RBI singles by Hector Cruz and Roger Metzger. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 6, San Diego Padres 3

Game Played on Wednesday, September 20, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Giants 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 - 6 12 0 Padres 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 3 11 1 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Madlock 2b 5 1 2 0 1 1 .313 Smith ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Whitfield lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .297 Evans 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .296 Clark rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .305 D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Evans 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .249 Richards ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .296 Ivie 1b 4 1 2 1 1 1 .310 Turner lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .284 Dwyer cf 1 1 0 0 1 0 .226 Winfield rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .302 Cruz ph,cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .237 Tenace c 4 0 2 1 0 1 .224 Herndon pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Gonzalez 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .242 Metzger ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .236 Perkins 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .253 Hill c 3 0 2 1 2 0 .234 Wilhelm cf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .357 Blue p 4 0 0 0 0 3 .081 Rasmussen p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .145 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Shirley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .128 James ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .095 Ashford ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reynolds ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .244 Almon 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Totals 36 6 12 6 7 7 Totals 37 3 11 3 1 6 Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 13,123 Left on Base: Giants 13, Padres 8 DP: Giants 0, Padres 1 Errors: Almon Doubles: Whitfield (19), Evans (23) Triples: Hill (1) Stolen Bases: Clark (14) Sacrifice Hits: Metzger (8), Whitfield (17) Sacrifice Flies: Clark (9) GIDP: Cruz (10) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue W(17-9) 7 11 3 2 1 4 0 32 2.81 Moffitt 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.24 Lavelle SV(14) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.28 Totals 9 11 3 2 1 6 0 38 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rasmussen L(14-14) 3.1 6 4 4 1 2 0 17 4.21 Shirley 1.2 1 0 0 2 1 0 7 3.87 Lee 1.2 4 2 2 1 2 0 10 3.21 Mura 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 11.57 D'Acquisto 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 10 2.27 Totals 9 12 6 6 7 7 0 46 Passed Balls: Hill (2) Balks: Rasmussen (6) Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey GIANTS 1ST: Madlock singled to center; Whitfield doubled to center [Madlock to third]; Clark hit a sacrifice fly to left [Madlock scored]; Evans flied out to right [Whitfield to third]; Ivie singled to left [Whitfield scored]; Rasmussen balked [Ivie to second]; Dwyer made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Smith flied out to right; Evans flied out to right; Turner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Padres 0. GIANTS 2ND: Metzger struck out; Hill grounded out (first unassisted); Blue struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Winfield made an out to second; Tenace struck out; Gonzalez popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Padres 0. GIANTS 3RD: Madlock flied out to right; Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); Clark singled to third; Evans doubled to right [Clark scored]; Ivie made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Padres 0. PADRES 3RD: Perkins lined to third; Wilhelm struck out; Rasmussen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Padres 0. GIANTS 4TH: Dwyer walked; Metzger out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Dwyer to second]; Hill tripled to center [Dwyer scored]; SHIRLEY REPLACED RASMUSSEN (PITCHING); Blue flied out to center; Madlock was walked intentionally; Whitfield struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Padres 0. PADRES 4TH: Smith flied out to center; Evans singled to right; Turner singled to left [Evans to second]; Winfield forced Turner (shortstop to second) [Evans to third]; Tenace singled to third [Evans scored, Winfield to second]; Gonzalez singled to right [Winfield out at home (right to catcher), Tenace to second]; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Padres 1. GIANTS 5TH: Clark singled to right; Clark stole second; Evans lined to second; Ivie was walked intentionally; CRUZ BATTED FOR DWYER; Cruz grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ivie out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Padres 1. PADRES 5TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Perkins struck out; Wilhelm singled to right; ASHFORD BATTED FOR SHIRLEY; Ashford singled to left [Wilhelm to second]; Smith flied out to right; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Padres 1. GIANTS 6TH: LEE REPLACED ASHFORD (PITCHING); Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); Hill singled to right; On a bunt Blue struck out; Madlock struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Padres 1. PADRES 6TH: Turner grounded out (second to first); Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Padres 1. GIANTS 7TH: Whitfield grounded out (pitcher to first); Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans walked; Ivie singled to center [Evans to second]; Cruz singled to left [Evans scored, Ivie to third]; Metzger singled to center [Ivie scored, Cruz to second]; MURA REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Hill walked [Cruz to third, Metzger to second]; Blue struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 6, Padres 1. PADRES 7TH: Gonzalez singled to right; Perkins singled to right [Gonzalez to third]; Wilhelm grounded out (second to first) [Gonzalez scored, Perkins to second]; REYNOLDS BATTED FOR MURA; Reynolds walked; Smith flied out to left; Evans singled to left [Perkins to third, Reynolds to second]; Turner made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 6, Padres 2. GIANTS 8TH: ALMON REPLACED REYNOLDS (PLAYING 3B); D'ACQUISTO REPLACED EVANS (PITCHING); Madlock singled to center; Whitfield out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Madlock to second]; Clark flied out to left; Evans popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 6, Padres 2. PADRES 8TH: Winfield singled to right; Hill allowed a passed ball [Winfield to second]; Tenace singled to left [Winfield to third]; MOFFITT REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Gonzalez popped to third in foul territory; Perkins forced Tenace (shortstop to second) [Winfield scored (unearned)]; Wilhelm struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 6, Padres 3. GIANTS 9TH: Ivie struck out; Cruz reached on an error by Almon [Cruz to second]; HERNDON RAN FOR CRUZ; Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first) [Herndon to third]; Hill was walked intentionally; JAMES BATTED FOR MOFFITT; James walked [Hill to second]; Madlock flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Giants 6, Padres 3. PADRES 9TH: LAVELLE REPLACED JAMES (PITCHING); HERNDON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Almon flied out to center; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); RICHARDS BATTED FOR D'ACQUISTO; Richards struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 6, Padres 3.

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