Giants @ Reds
July 7, 1978

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

Dan Driessen Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .291
OBP .250 .377
At Bats 4 275
Hits 1 80
• Singles 1 53
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 0 38
RBI’s 0 43

Gary Lavelle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 7 9
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Riverfront Stadium - July 7, 1978
Out
Gary Lavelle
Marc Hill
Willie McCovey
Rob Andrews
Hector Cruz
Roger Metzger
Terry Whitfield
Larry Herndon
Jack Clark
Dan Driessen

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
San Francisco Giants 7 11 0 7
Cincinnati Reds 6 13 2 9
Winning Pitcher Vida Blue
Losing Pitcher Tom Seaver
Save Gary Lavelle
Game Winning RBI Willie McCovey
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 38 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Gary Lavelle now pitching. Hector Cruz now playing third base. Driessen hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bench hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
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.