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Giants
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
August 21, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants, played on August 21, 1979 at Three Rivers Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 21, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 21, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Knepper |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bruce Kison |
| Ballpark | Three Rivers Stadium |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 20,999 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 17 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bruce Froemming 1B: Joe West 2B: Steve Fields 3B: Jerry Dale |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill North | Center Fielder |
| Joe Strain | Second Baseman |
| Jack Clark | Right Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Mike Ivie | Left Fielder |
| Darrell Evans | Third Baseman |
| Johnnie LeMaster | Shortstop |
| Dennis Littlejohn | Catcher |
| Bob Knepper | Pitcher |
| Joe Altobelli | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Omar Moreno | Center Fielder |
| Tim Foli | Shortstop |
| Dave Parker | Right Fielder |
| Bill Robinson | First Baseman |
| Lee Lacy | Left Fielder |
| Bill Madlock | Third Baseman |
| Phil Garner | Second Baseman |
| Steve Nicosia | Catcher |
| Bruce Kison | Pitcher |
| Chuck Tanner | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
August 21, 1979
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
North vs. Kison
North hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strain vs. Kison
Strain hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Kison
Clark hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moreno vs. Knepper
Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Foli vs. Knepper
Foli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Knepper
Parker hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Knepper
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Lacy vs. Knepper
Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Kison
McCovey hits a fly ball into left field. Lacy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ivie vs. Kison
Ivie hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lacy. Ivie reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Kison
Evans hits a popup towards short. Foli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
LeMaster vs. Kison
LeMaster strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Madlock vs. Knepper
Madlock hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Littlejohn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Knepper
Garner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Nicosia vs. Knepper
Nicosia hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Littlejohn vs. Kison
Littlejohn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Knepper vs. Kison
Knepper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
North vs. Kison
North hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strain vs. Kison
There goes North. The throw from Nicosia and he is out, Foli applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kison vs. Knepper
Kison hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of North. Kison reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Moreno vs. Knepper
Littlejohn fires to second and picks off Kison for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Moreno vs. Knepper
Moreno strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Foli vs. Knepper
Foli hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strain vs. Kison
Strain hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Kison
Clark hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Kison
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first, with Kison covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Knepper
Parker hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Knepper
Robinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Lacy vs. Knepper
Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ivie vs. Kison
Ivie hits a line drive towards short. Foli reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Kison
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeMaster vs. Kison
LeMaster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Madlock vs. Knepper
Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Knepper
Garner hits a popup towards short. LeMaster settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Nicosia vs. Knepper
Nicosia hits a line drive into left field. Ivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Littlejohn vs. Kison
Littlejohn strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knepper vs. Kison
Knepper hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
North vs. Kison
North hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lacy. North reaches second base with a double. Knepper moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Strain vs. Kison
Strain hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock juggles the ball. That's an error on Madlock. Knepper scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Kison
Clark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Kison
McCovey strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ivie vs. Kison
Ivie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Kison
Evans takes first base on ball four. Ivie moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
LeMaster vs. Romo
Enrique Romo now pitching. Manny Sanguillen now catching.
LeMaster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ivie moves to third. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Littlejohn vs. Romo
Littlejohn hits a popup towards short. Foli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Knepper
Sanguillen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Strain settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Moreno vs. Knepper
Moreno hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Foli vs. Knepper
Foli hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Strain reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parker vs. Knepper
Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Knepper vs. Romo
Knepper strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
North vs. Romo
North hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strain vs. Romo
Strain hits a line drive towards third. Madlock catches it and throws to first to double up North. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Knepper
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lacy vs. Knepper
Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Madlock vs. Knepper
Madlock strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Romo
Clark hits a popup, foul, towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Romo
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Ivie vs. Romo
Ivie takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Romo
Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Lacy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Knepper
Larry Herndon now playing left field. Mike Ivie now playing first base.
Garner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stennett vs. Knepper
Rennie Stennett pinch hits for Enrique Romo.
Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Knepper
Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeMaster vs. Jackson
Grant Jackson now pitching.
LeMaster hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lacy. LeMaster reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Littlejohn vs. Jackson
Littlejohn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Knepper vs. Jackson
Knepper strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
North vs. Jackson
North strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strain vs. Jackson
Strain hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Moreno vs. Knepper
Moreno hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Foli vs. Knepper
Foli hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Parker vs. Knepper
Parker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie juggles the ball. That's an error on Ivie. Foli moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Knepper
Robinson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Littlejohn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Lacy vs. Knepper
Lacy takes first base on ball four. Foli moves to third. Parker moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Madlock vs. Knepper
Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/21/1979 -- San Francisco at Pittsburgh (N)
San Francisco AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
North B, cf 5 1 2 0 Moreno O, cf 4 0 2 0
Strain J, 2b 5 1 0 0 Foli T, ss 4 0 0 0
Clark J, rf 4 1 1 3 Parker D, rf 4 1 1 1
McCovey W, 1b 4 0 0 0 Robinson B, 1b 3 0 1 0
Herndon L, lf 0 0 0 0 Lacy L, lf 3 0 0 0
Ivie M, lf-1b 3 0 2 0 Madlock B, 3b 4 0 0 0
Evans D, 3b 3 0 0 0 Garner P, 2b 2 0 1 0
LeMaster J, ss 4 1 2 0 Nicosia S, c 2 0 0 0
Littlejohn D, c 4 1 1 2 Romo E, p 0 0 0 0
Knepper B, p 3 1 1 0 Stennett R, ph 1 0 0 0
Jackson G, p 0 0 0 0
Kison B, p 1 0 1 0
Sanguillen M, c 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 9 5 30 1 6 1
San Francisco 000 004 002 -- 6
Pittsburgh 100 000 000 -- 1
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper B (W) 9.0 6 1 1 3 2
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Kison B (L) 5.2 5 4 3 2 3
Romo E 2.1 2 0 0 1 1
Jackson G 1.0 2 2 2 0 2
E -- Madlock B, Ivie M
DP -- San Francisco 3, Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- San Francisco 5, Pittsburgh 5
2B -- Ivie M, Kison B, North B, LeMaster J
HR -- Parker D, Clark J, Littlejohn D
CS -- North B
T -- 2:17
A -- 20999
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