Wednesday April 11, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
With Randy Jones and Rollie Fingers combining on a five-hitter, the Padres defeated the Giants, 4-1. The first Padre run came in the second inning on a single by Jerry Turner, a walk and a double by Fernando Gonzalez, who also drove in another run with a single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 4, San Francisco Giants 1

Game Played on Wednesday, April 11, 1979 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Padres 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 4 10 0 Giants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .222 North cf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .167 Smith ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Hargrove 1b 3 1 0 0 2 0 .273 Madlock 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .120 Winfield rf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .500 Clark rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .300 Turner lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .333 Ivie 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .409 Tenace c 1 1 1 1 2 0 .267 Evans 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hill c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .100 Gonzalez 2b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .208 Venable pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Evans 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Sadek c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Jones p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Tamargo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Fahey c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .667 LeMaster ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Metzger ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Montefusco p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andrews ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 4 10 4 4 2 Totals 31 1 5 1 3 5 Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 17,778 Left on Base: Padres 8, Giants 7 DP: Padres 0, Giants 1 Doubles: Gonzalez (1), Winfield (2), Richards (2), Fahey (1) Triples: Tenace (1) Caught Stealing: Tenace (1), Winfield (1) Sacrifice Hits: Montefusco (1) Sacrifice Flies: Tenace (1) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jones W(1-1) 7 4 1 1 3 3 0 28 7.84 Fingers SV(2) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 5 0 35 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Montefusco L(1-1) 7 6 3 3 4 1 0 30 3.55 Griffin 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 9 2.70 Totals 9 10 4 4 4 2 0 39 Umpires: HP - Tony Patch, 1B - Fred Brocklander, 2B - Jim Cuneo, 3B - Roy Roth PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove walked; Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: North walked; Whitfield was called out on strikes; Madlock flied out to center; Clark walked [North to second]; Ivie forced Clark (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Giants 0. PADRES 2ND: Turner singled; Tenace walked [Turner to second]; Gonzalez doubled [Turner scored, Tenace to third]; Evans popped to second; Jones was called out on strikes while Tenace was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Evans grounded out (second to first); Hill popped to first in foul territory; LeMaster singled; Montefusco made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Giants 0. PADRES 3RD: Richards grounded out (first unassisted); Smith grounded out (second to first); Hargrove walked; Winfield doubled [Hargrove scored]; Turner grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: North flied out to left; Whitfield grounded out (first to pitcher); Madlock made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Giants 0. PADRES 4TH: Tenace walked; Gonzalez forced Tenace (second to shortstop); Evans grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gonzalez to second]; Jones made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Clark flied out to right; Ivie struck out; Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Giants 0. PADRES 5TH: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Hill walked; VENABLE RAN FOR HILL; LeMaster singled [Venable to second]; Montefusco out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Venable to third, LeMaster to second]; North grounded out (shortstop to first) [Venable scored]; Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Giants 1. PADRES 6TH: SADEK REPLACED VENABLE (PLAYING C ); Winfield singled; Turner singled [Winfield to third]; Tenace hit a sacrifice fly to center [Winfield scored, Turner to second]; Gonzalez popped to catcher in foul territory; Evans flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 1. GIANTS 6TH: Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Clark singled; Ivie forced Clark (third to second); Evans grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 1. PADRES 7TH: Jones grounded out (first unassisted); Richards doubled; Smith flied out to left; Hargrove grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 1. GIANTS 7TH: Sadek was called out on strikes; LeMaster made an out to first; ANDREWS BATTED FOR MONTEFUSCO; Andrews singled; North forced Andrews (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Giants 1. PADRES 8TH: GRIFFIN REPLACED ANDREWS (PITCHING); Winfield singled; Turner flied out to center; Winfield was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Tenace tripled; Gonzalez singled [Tenace scored]; Evans made an out to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 1. GIANTS 8TH: FAHEY REPLACED JONES (PLAYING C ); FINGERS REPLACED TENACE (PITCHING); Whitfield grounded out (pitcher to first); Madlock struck out; Clark grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 1. PADRES 9TH: Fahey doubled; Richards struck out; Smith grounded out (second to first) [Fahey to third]; Hargrove made an out to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 1. GIANTS 9TH: Ivie was called out on strikes; Evans singled; TAMARGO BATTED FOR SADEK; Tamargo grounded out (third to first) [Evans to second]; METZGER BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Metzger flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Giants 1.

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