San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 20, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1978 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 5 1 3 0
Evans 3b 4 1 1 1
Clark rf 5 0 2 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 1
  Whitfield lf 0 0 0 0
Ivie lf,1b 4 0 1 0
Herndon cf 3 0 0 0
Hill c 4 0 2 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 2 0
Halicki p 3 0 0 0
  Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 11 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 0 0 0
  Martinez 2b 0 0 0 0
  Lacy ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 0 0 1
Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 1 2 1
Baker lf 4 0 1 0
Monday cf 3 0 2 0
  North pr,cf 1 2 1 0
Oates c 3 0 0 0
  Yeager c 0 0 0 0
Rau p 2 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 2
San Francisco 101 000 0002113
Los Angeles 000 001 101370
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Halicki   7.0 5 2 1 0 1
  Lavelle  L (3-3) 1.1 2 1 1 2 0
  Moffitt   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
7
3
2
2
1
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Rau   7.0 9 2 2 1 3
  Forster  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
1
4

  E–Whitfield (1), LeMaster (6), Halicki (1).  2B–San Francisco Hill (3,off Rau); LeMaster (3,off Rau), Los Angeles Monday (10,off Halicki); North (1,off Lavelle).  HR–San Francisco Evans (4,3rd inning off Rau 0 on, 0 out), Los Angeles Garvey (5,6th inning off Halicki 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Evans (3,off Rau); Herndon (5,off Forster); Mota (1,off Lavelle).  HBP–Russell (2,by Moffitt).  IBB–Yeager (3,by Lavelle); Lacy (1,by Lavelle).  SB–Clark (3,2nd base off Rau/Oates); Lacy (2,2nd base off Halicki/Hill).  HBP–Moffitt (1,Russell).  IBB–Lavelle 2 (2,Yeager,Lacy).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:27.  A–51,370.
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