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July 15, 1978

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Giants 5 12 0
Pirates 5 8 1
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Giants 5 12 0
Pirates 5 8 1

Roger Metzger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .284
OBP .750 .332
At Bats 4 183
Hits 3 52
• Singles 3 43
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 14

Ed Whitson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 3
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Three Rivers Stadium - July 15, 1978
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Strikeout
Ed Whitson
Duffy Dyer
Manny Sanguillen
Mario Mendoza
Phil Garner
Frank Taveras
Bill Robinson
Omar Moreno
Steve Brye
Roger Metzger
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Ed Whitson now pitching. Metzger is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Gary Lavelle now pitching. Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Jim Rooker pinch runs for Willie Stargell. Taveras hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Willie Stargell pinch hits for Kent Tekulve. Stargell is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Dyer bunts towards first. Madlock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dyer for the out. Brye moves to second.
Bottom 9 Rob Andrews now playing second base. Bill Madlock now playing first base. Brye takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 There goes Evans. The throw from Dyer and he is safe. Evans steals second.
Top 9 Rob Andrews pinch runs for Willie McCovey. Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clark scores. Andrews moves to third.
Top 9 McCovey takes first base on ball four. Clark moves to second.
Top 9 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tekulve fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Herndon strikes out.
Top 9 Mario Mendoza now playing second base. Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Garner strikes out.
Bottom 8 Stennett hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Randy Moffitt now pitching. Hector Cruz now playing left field. Robinson strikes out.
Top 8 Mike Ivie pinch hits for Vida Blue. Kent Tekulve now pitching. Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Metzger moves to third.
Top 8 Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Hector Cruz pinch hits for Terry Whitfield. Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Evans strikes out.
Bottom 7 Sanguillen hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Moreno hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Larry Herndon now playing center field. Taveras hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McCovey strikes out.
Top 7 Clark hits a line drive into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Larry Herndon pinch hits for Jim Dwyer. Herndon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Herndon reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Madlock hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dyer hits a fly ball into center field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brye hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Garner tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Garner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dwyer who is chasing the ball. Garner reaches third base with a triple. Stennett goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Stennett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Blue is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Grant Jackson now pitching. Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Whitfield scores.
Top 6 Metzger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whitfield moves to third.
Top 6 Whitfield hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Whitfield reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Evans hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 McCovey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sanguillen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Madlock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Moreno strikes out.
Top 5 Clark strikes out.
Top 5 Dwyer bunts towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Madlock hits a fly ball into right field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Taveras 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 4 Blyleven hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stennett moves to third. Dyer moves to second.
Bottom 4 Dyer is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Garner bunts towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Madlock covering, for the out. Stennett moves to second.
Bottom 4 Stennett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Blue strikes out.
Top 4 Hill takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There goes Metzger. The throw from Dyer, and Stennett drops the ball. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 4 Metzger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Whitfield hits a line drive into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Evans strikes out.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sanguillen hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Moreno. The throw from Hill and he is out, Metzger applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Moreno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Clark is hit by the pitch. Hill moves to third. Madlock moves to second.
Top 3 Dwyer hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Madlock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Blue bunts towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out. Hill moves to second.
Top 3 Hill takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Taveras hits a line drive into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blyleven for the out.
Bottom 2 Dyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Evans hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brye is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Garner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dwyer. Garner reaches second base with a double. Robinson scores.
Bottom 1 Stennett hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. Moreno scores.
Bottom 1 Sanguillen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taveras scores. Moreno moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Moreno. The throw from Hill and he is safe. Moreno steals second.
Bottom 1 Moreno takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Taveras hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark who is chasing the ball. Taveras reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Clark is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Dwyer hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Madlock hits a fly ball into right field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.