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Expos
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
August 27, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Montreal Expos, played on August 27, 1978 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 27, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Montreal Expos
|
| Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 27, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Montreal Expos |
| Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Scott Sanderson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ed Halicki |
| Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 28,633 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Pulli 1B: Charlie Williams 2B: John Kibler 3B: Nick Colosi |
Montreal Expos Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dave Cash | Second Baseman |
| Tom Hutton | First Baseman |
| Andre Dawson | Center Fielder |
| Ellis Valentine | Right Fielder |
| Warren Cromartie | Left Fielder |
| Stan Papi | Third Baseman |
| Ed Herrmann | Catcher |
| Chris Speier | Shortstop |
| Scott Sanderson | Pitcher |
| Dick Williams | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Madlock | Second Baseman |
| Jim Dwyer | Center Fielder |
| Jack Clark | Right Fielder |
| Darrell Evans | Third Baseman |
| Mike Ivie | First Baseman |
| Terry Whitfield | Left Fielder |
| John Tamargo | Catcher |
| Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
| Ed Halicki | Pitcher |
| Joe Altobelli | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Expos
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
August 27, 1978
Top 1
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Halicki
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hutton vs. Halicki
Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hutton for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dawson vs. Halicki
Dawson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Halicki fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Madlock vs. Sanderson
Madlock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dwyer vs. Sanderson
Dwyer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Sanderson
Clark hits a popup, foul, towards third. Papi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Sanderson
Evans hits a popup towards third. Papi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ivie vs. Sanderson
Ivie hits a popup towards first. Hutton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valentine vs. Halicki
Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cromartie vs. Halicki
Cromartie hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Papi vs. Halicki
Papi strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Sanderson
Whitfield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Valentine throws the ball in to Speier who tags Whitfield trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tamargo vs. Sanderson
Tamargo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Sanderson
Metzger hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Halicki vs. Sanderson
Halicki hits a ball on the ground towards third. Papi fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Tamargo moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Madlock vs. Sanderson
Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Papi fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herrmann vs. Halicki
Herrmann strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Halicki
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Speier for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanderson vs. Halicki
Sanderson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Halicki
Cash hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Madlock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dwyer vs. Sanderson
Dwyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Sanderson
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dwyer moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Sanderson
There goes Dwyer. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Dwyer steals third. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Evans vs. Sanderson
Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ivie vs. Sanderson
Ivie takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Whitfield vs. Sanderson
Whitfield hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Valentine. Whitfield reaches second base with a double. Dwyer scores. Ivie goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tamargo vs. Sanderson
Tamargo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hutton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hutton vs. Halicki
Hutton hits a fly ball into center field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dawson vs. Halicki
Dawson hits a fly ball into center field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valentine vs. Halicki
Valentine hits a popup towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Sanderson
Metzger strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Halicki vs. Sanderson
Halicki hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Madlock vs. Sanderson
Madlock hits a popup towards first. Hutton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dwyer vs. Sanderson
Dwyer is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cromartie vs. Halicki
Cromartie hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Papi vs. Halicki
Papi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herrmann vs. Halicki
Herrmann hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Sanderson
Clark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cromartie. Clark reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Sanderson
Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Cromartie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ivie vs. Sanderson
Ivie hits a fly ball into right field. Valentine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitfield vs. Sanderson
Whitfield hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Halicki
Speier hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Halicki
Del Unser pinch hits for Scott Sanderson.
Unser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Halicki fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Halicki
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tamargo vs. Pirtle
Gerry Pirtle now pitching.
Tamargo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Pirtle
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pirtle fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Pirtle. Tamargo moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Halicki vs. Pirtle
Halicki bunts towards third. Papi fields it and has Tamargo trapped. There's the throw to Speier who tags Tamargo for the out. Metzger moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Madlock vs. Pirtle
Madlock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Metzger scores. Halicki moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dwyer vs. Pirtle
Dwyer hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Clark vs. Pirtle
Clark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Pirtle
Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ivie vs. Pirtle
Ivie hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Pirtle
Whitfield hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tamargo vs. Pirtle
Tamargo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dawson. Tamargo reaches second base with a double. Whitfield goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Metzger vs. Pirtle
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hutton vs. Halicki
Rob Andrews now playing second base. Larry Herndon now playing center field. Jim Dwyer now playing right field. Hector Cruz now playing third base
Hutton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dawson vs. Halicki
Dawson strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valentine vs. Halicki
Valentine is called out on strikes. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cromartie vs. Halicki
Cromartie hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hutton moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Papi vs. Halicki
Papi is hit by the pitch. Hutton moves to third. Cromartie moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Herrmann vs. Halicki
Herrmann hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tamargo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Halicki vs. Knowles
Sam Mejias now playing left field. Darold Knowles now pitching.
Halicki hits a ball on the ground towards third. Papi fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Knowles
Andrews hits a fly ball into right field. Valentine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dwyer vs. Knowles
Dwyer hits a fly ball into right field. Valentine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Halicki
Speier hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Halicki
Mejias strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Halicki
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Knowles
Pepe Frias now playing second base.
Herndon strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Knowles
Cruz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ivie vs. Knowles
Ivie takes first base on ball four. Cruz moves to second. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitfield vs. Knowles
Whitfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Cruz trying to get to home. Dawson throws the ball in to Herrmann who tags Cruz who's trying to score from second, for the out. Ivie moves to third. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Tamargo vs. Knowles
Tamargo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Papi fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hutton vs. Halicki
Hutton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dawson vs. Halicki
Dawson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Herndon. Dawson reaches second base with a double. Hutton moves to third. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Valentine vs. Halicki
Valentine strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Carter vs. Halicki
Gary Carter pinch hits for Darold Knowles.
Carter strikes out. View Play -
Expos, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Papi vs. Halicki
Papi hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Whitfield. Papi reaches second base with a double. Hutton scores. Dawson scores. View Play -
Expos, 2 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Herrmann vs. Halicki
Herrmann strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/27/1978, game 2 -- Montreal at San Francisco (D)
Montreal AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI
Cash D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Madlock B, 2b 3 2 1 1
Frias P, 2b 0 0 0 0 Andrews R, 2b 1 0 0 0
Hutton T, 1b 4 1 2 0 Dwyer J, cf-rf 4 2 1 2
Dawson A, cf 4 1 1 0 Clark J, rf 4 1 2 3
Valentine E, rf 4 0 0 0 Herndon L, cf 1 0 0 0
Cromartie W, lf 3 0 1 0 Evans D, 3b 4 1 1 0
Knowles D, p 0 0 0 0 Cruz H, 3b 0 0 0 0
Carter G, ph 1 0 0 0 Ivie M, 1b 3 2 1 2
Papi S, 3b 3 0 1 2 Whitfield T, lf 5 1 4 2
Herrmann E, c 4 0 0 0 Tamargo J, c 4 0 2 1
Speier C, ss 3 0 0 0 Metzger R, ss 4 1 0 0
Sanderson S, p 1 0 1 0 Halicki E, p 4 1 2 0
Unser D, ph 1 0 0 0
Pirtle G, p 0 0 0 0
Mejias S, lf 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 2 6 2 37 11 14 11
Montreal 000 000 002 -- 2
San Francisco 202 007 00x -- 11
Montreal IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson S (L) 5.0 6 4 4 4 2
Pirtle G 1.0 7 7 0 0 0
Knowles D 2.0 1 0 0 2 1
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Halicki E (W) 9.0 6 2 2 0 8
E -- Pirtle G
LOB -- Montreal 5, San Francisco 8
2B -- Whitfield T, Clark J, Tamargo J, Dawson A, Papi S
HR -- Dwyer J, Clark J, Ivie M
SB -- Dwyer J
HBP -- by Halicki E (Papi S)
T -- 2:29
A -- 28633
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