Giants @ Reds
July 7, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 7 11 0
Reds 4 12 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 7 11 0
Reds 6 13 2

Johnny Bench Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .223
OBP .250 .288
At Bats 3 188
Hits 0 42
• Singles 0 24
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 1 18
RBI’s 0 28

Randy Moffitt Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 4 6
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Riverfront Stadium - July 7, 1978
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Home Run
Randy Moffitt
Marc Hill
Willie McCovey
Rob Andrews
Darrell Evans
Roger Metzger
Terry Whitfield
Larry Herndon
Jack Clark
Johnny Bench
Ken Griffey
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Bench hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rose scores.
Bottom 9 Randy Moffitt now pitching. Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. Rose moves to third. Griffey moves to second.
Bottom 9 Griffey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 9 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Evans hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rose settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 McCovey hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Clark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Dave Tomlin now pitching. Mike Lum now playing center field. Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tomlin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ray Knight pinch hits for Manny Sarmiento. Knight hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey fields the ball and throws to Curtis covering. Safe.
Bottom 8 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Larry Herndon now playing center field. Rob Andrews now playing second base. John Curtis now pitching. Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Rob Andrews pinch runs for Mike Ivie. Dwyer hits a popup towards third. Rose settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mike Ivie pinch hits for Charlie Williams. Ivie hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Ivie reaches second base with a double. Hill scores.
Top 8 Hill hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Geronimo. Hill reaches second base with a double. Metzger goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Metzger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops it up and throws to first, with Sarmiento covering, for the out.
Top 8 Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bench is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Concepcion scores. Foster moves to second.
Bottom 7 Foster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Concepcion moves to third.
Bottom 7 Concepcion takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rose for the out.
Top 7 McCovey hits a popup towards third. Rose settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Clark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Manny Sarmiento now pitching. Joe Morgan now playing second base. Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sarmiento fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ken Henderson pinch hits for Pedro Borbon. Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to home to get Bench. Driessen moves to third. Morgan moves to second.
Bottom 6 Charlie Williams now pitching. Joe Morgan pinch hits for Junior Kennedy. Morgan takes first base on ball four. Bench moves to third. Driessen moves to second.
Bottom 6 Driessen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bench moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Dwyer hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Blue takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Hill hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Metzger is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Concepcion takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 5 Griffey hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Collins tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Geronimo scores. Collins moves to third.
Bottom 5 Dave Collins pinch hits for Tom Seaver. Collins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Geronimo moves to second.
Bottom 5 Geronimo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Harris strikes out.
Top 5 Evans hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Clark moves to third.
Top 5 Clark hits a line drive into left field. Foster picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Foster. Whitfield goes all the way around to score. Clark moves to second.
Top 5 Whitfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Dwyer strikes out.
Bottom 4 There goes Driessen. The throw from Hill and he is out, Metzger applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Bench hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Foster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Blue strikes out.
Top 4 Hill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Metzger moves to second.
Top 4 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Seaver fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Harris is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Concepcion hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Griffey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Rose trying to get to third. Dwyer throws the ball in to Evans, who tags Rose for the out. Griffey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Seaver strikes out.
Top 3 McCovey strikes out.
Top 3 Clark hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Whitfield strikes out.
Bottom 2 Geronimo hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kennedy for the out.
Bottom 2 Driessen strikes out.
Top 2 Dwyer hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Blue takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hill strikes out.
Top 2 Metzger hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Metzger reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Harris hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Evans tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Evans hits a fly ball towards center. Geronimo settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Geronimo. Evans moves to third.
Top 2 McCovey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Bench hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Foster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Concepcion moves to third.
Bottom 1 Concepcion takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Rose strikes out.
Top 1 Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Whitfield hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dwyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dwyer for the out.