Reds @ Giants
September 17, 1979

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Top 8 R H E
Reds 3 11 3
Giants 7 13 0
Top 8 R H E
Reds 4 12 3
Giants 7 13 0

Ray Knight Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .316
OBP .333 .360
At Bats 3 509
Hits 1 161
• Singles 1 114
• Doubles 0 34
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 36
RBI’s 0 74

Greg Minton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 2
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Candlestick Park - September 17, 1979
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Single
Greg Minton
Dennis Littlejohn
Mike Ivie
Joe Strain
Darrell Evans
Johnnie LeMaster
Larry Herndon
Bill North
Max Venable
Ray Knight
George Foster
Dave Concepcion
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Knight hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Concepcion scores. Foster moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Greg Minton now pitching. Johnnie LeMaster now playing shortstop. Bench hits a popup towards short. LeMaster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Foster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Concepcion moves to second.
Top 8 Concepcion hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Littlejohn strikes out.
Bottom 7 Metzger hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Herndon strikes out.
Bottom 7 Venable hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Strain scores. Ivie moves to third. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 7 Evans bunts towards third. Knight fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Strain moves to third. Ivie moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ivie takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There goes Strain. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Strain steals second.
Bottom 7 Doug Bair now pitching. Strain hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Morgan strikes out.
Top 7 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cruz moves to third.
Top 7 Rick Auerbach pinch hits for Dave Tomlin. Auerbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Driessen scores.
Top 7 Cruz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Herndon. Cruz reaches second base with a double. Driessen moves to third.
Top 7 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain fields it and throws to second for the out. Bench scores.
Top 7 Knight hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bench moves to third.
Top 7 Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 North hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Foster throws the ball in to Morgan who tags North, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 6 Blue hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Littlejohn strikes out. Bench drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Littlejohn out.
Top 6 Foster hits a fly ball into right field. Venable settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Collins moves to second.
Top 6 Collins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Herndon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Dave Tomlin now pitching. Venable strikes out.
Top 5 Paul Blair pinch hits for Charlie Leibrandt. Blair strikes out.
Top 5 Cruz hits a fly ball towards left. Herndon catches it and throws to home to double up Driessen.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Driessen moves to third.
Top 5 Driessen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of North. Driessen reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Leibrandt covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 4 Ivie hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Morgan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Strain hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Knight hits a fly ball into right field. Venable settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Foster hits a popup towards first. Ivie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 North hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Blue hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Littlejohn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields the ball and throws to second. Morgan drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Morgan. Herndon scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Metzger takes first base on ball four. Herndon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Charlie Leibrandt now pitching. Herndon takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Collins hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ivie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rafael Santo Domingo pinch hits for Manny Sarmiento. Santo Domingo strikes out.
Bottom 2 Venable strikes out.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ivie moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ivie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Strain hits a popup, foul, towards first. Driessen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes North. The throw from Bench and he is out, Concepcion applying the tag.
Bottom 2 North hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blue fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Knight hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bench hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Blue strikes out.
Bottom 1 Manny Sarmiento now pitching. Littlejohn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Metzger hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cruz who is chasing the ball. Metzger reaches third base with a triple. Evans scores. Herndon scores.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Ivie scores. Evans moves to third. Herndon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Herndon is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Venable hits a fly ball towards center field. Cruz fields the ball and throws to third. Knight drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Knight. Ivie moves to third. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 1 Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Strain scores. Ivie moves to second.
Bottom 1 Ivie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. North scores. Strain moves to third.
Bottom 1 Strain hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 LaCoss spins and fires to second and Concepcion drops the ball. That's an error on Concepcion. North moves to third.
Bottom 1 The umpire calls a balk on LaCoss North moves to second.
Bottom 1 North hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 There goes Concepcion. The throw from Littlejohn and he is out, Strain applying the tag.
Top 1 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Collins hits a fly ball into right field. Venable settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.