Giants @ Reds
September 10, 1978

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Bottom 8 R H E
Giants 1 7 2
Reds 5 6 0
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Giants 1 7 2
Reds 8 7 0

Johnny Bench Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .251
OBP .333 .334
At Bats 2 338
Hits 0 85
• Singles 0 50
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 1 44
RBI’s 0 55

Ed Plank Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Riverfront Stadium - September 10, 1978
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Home Run
Ed Plank
Marc Hill
Mike Ivie
Bill Madlock
Darrell Evans
Roger Metzger
Terry Whitfield
Jim Dwyer
Jack Clark
Johnny Bench
Dan Driessen
Ken Griffey
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Ed Plank now pitching. Bench hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Driessen takes first base on ball four. Griffey moves to second.
Bottom 8 Foster hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Collins tags and scores.
Bottom 8 Dave Collins pinch runs for Joe Morgan. Griffey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose scores. Collins moves to third.
Bottom 8 Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose moves to third.
Bottom 8 John Curtis now pitching. Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Evans hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Clark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Clark reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Whitfield strikes out.
Top 8 Doug Bair now pitching. Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ken Henderson pinch hits for Tom Seaver. Henderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Madlock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Geronimo is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Concepcion hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Whitfield. Concepcion reaches second base with a double. Bench scores.
Bottom 7 There goes Bench. The throw from Hill and he is safe. Bench steals second.
Bottom 7 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Driessen for the out.
Bottom 7 Foster hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Halicki hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Metzger hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hill for the out.
Bottom 6 Griffey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ivie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rose hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dwyer is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Ivie strikes out.
Top 6 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops it up and throws to first, with Seaver covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Seaver strikes out.
Bottom 5 Geronimo strikes out.
Bottom 5 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Clark hits a popup towards first. Driessen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Whitfield hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Madlock hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Halicki is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Driessen strikes out.
Bottom 4 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Dwyer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Griffey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Madlock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Morgan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ivie hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Evans hits a popup into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Clark hits a popup towards third. Rose settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Whitfield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Madlock moves to second.
Top 3 Madlock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Seaver hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie scoops it up and throws to first, with Halicki covering, for the out. Concepcion moves to third.
Bottom 2 Halicki fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Halicki. Driessen scores. Concepcion moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Foster scores. Driessen moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Bench is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 There goes Driessen. The throw from Hill and he is safe. Driessen steals second.
Bottom 2 Driessen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Foster moves to third.
Bottom 2 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger misplays the ball. That's an error on Metzger.
Top 2 Halicki strikes out.
Top 2 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hill moves to third.
Top 2 Hill hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Geronimo. Hill reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Dwyer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Griffey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Madlock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a line drive towards first. Ivie reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clark moves to third.
Top 1 Clark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Madlock hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.