8/18/1978 Giants 6 Phillies 5 CD Willie McCovey Mike Ivie Mike Schmidt Bob Boone

Description

Original radio broadcast of the game played on August 18, 1978, between the San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies, at Veterans Stadium
.  The tie is broken in the 9th inning of this tense battle between the NL East and NL West division contenders.  Called by Joe Angel and Lon Simmons
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Box score below courtesy of Retrosheet.org:
San Francisco Giants 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5
Game Played on Friday, August 18, 1978 (N) at Veterans Stadium
SF N 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 - 6 9 3
PHI N 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 - 5 10 0
BATTING
San Francisco Giants
AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Whitfield lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 0
Dwyer cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
Herndon cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 2 2 2 0 1 11 0
LeMaster ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Evans 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 9
Hill c 4 1 1 1 0 0 8 1
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Ivie ph,1b 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
Knepper p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
34 6 9 6 1 9 27 14
FIELDING -
DP:
1. Evans-Andrews-McCovey.
E:
Evans 2 (17), Metzger (11).
BATTING -
2B:
McCovey (17,off Christenson); Clark (32,off Reed); Evans (20,off McGraw).
HR:
McCovey (12,6th inning off Christenson 0 on 1 out); Ivie (9,9th inning
off McGraw 1 on 2 out).
Team LOB:
2.
BASERUNNING -
CS:
Clark (7,3rd base by Reed/Boone).
Philadelphia Phillies
AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Schmidt 3b 5 2 1 2 0 0 2 0
Bowa ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 1
Maddox cf 4 0 2 1 1 1 3 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 0 0 1 4 2 0
Cardenal 1b 4 2 1 0 0 0 6 0
Boone c 3 0 3 0 0 0 10 1
Martin rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
McBride ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 2
Christenson p 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Morrison ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foote ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
35 5 10 5 3 7 27 7
BATTING -
2B:
Boone (13,off Knepper); Sizemore (8,off Lavelle); Maddox (23,off Lavelle).
HR:
Schmidt (15,3rd inning off Knepper 1 on 2 out).
SH:
Boone (3,off Moffitt).
SF:
Sizemore (2,off Knepper).
GDP:
Martin (2,off Knepper).
Team LOB:
8.
BASERUNNING -
SB:
Schmidt (10,2nd base off Lavelle/Hill); Maddox (27,3rd base off Lavelle/Hill).
CS:
Boone (5,2nd base by Knepper/Hill); Maddox (4,Home by Lavelle/Hill).
PITCHING
San Francisco Giants
IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Knepper 6 6 3 2 3 4 1 27
Moffitt 1.1 2 1 1 0 2 0 6
Lavelle W(10-9) 1.2 2 1 0 0 1 0 7
Totals
9 10 5 3 3 7 1 40
Inherited Runners - Scored:
Lavelle 1-1.
.
Philadelphia Phillies
IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Christenson 6 6 4 4 1 5 1 24
Reed 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 6
McGraw L(8-5) 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 5
Totals
9 9 6 6 1 9 2 35
Umpires:
HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Lee Weyer