San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 21, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 3 0 1 0
Whitfield lf 4 0 2 0
Evans 3b 4 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 2 1
Herndon cf 4 0 2 0
Hill c 4 0 0 0
Harris ss 4 0 0 0
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 0 0 0 0
  Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 0 2 0
Russell ss 5 0 2 0
Smith rf 4 1 1 0
Cey 3b 3 1 1 1
Garvey 1b 3 1 1 0
Baker lf 3 0 2 1
  Davalillo lf 0 0 0 0
Lacy 2b 4 1 2 2
Yeager c 4 0 0 0
Hooton p 2 0 0 0
  Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 4
San Francisco 000 000 100181
Los Angeles 102 010 00x4110
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (5-2) 5.0 8 4 4 3 2
  McGlothen   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Moffitt   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
3
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton  W (3-4) 6.2 7 1 1 0 4
  Rautzhan   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Forster  SV (7) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
5

  E–Harris (2).  2B–San Francisco Whitfield (4,off Hooton), Los Angeles Baker (7,off Moffitt).  HR–San Francisco Clark (5,7th inning off Hooton 0 on, 0 out), Los Angeles Lacy (4,3rd inning off Knepper 1 on, 2 out); Cey (4,5th inning off Knepper 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Hooton (7,off McGlothen).  CS–Herndon (4,2nd base by Hooton/Yeager); North (1,2nd base by Knepper/Hill).  SB–Garvey (4,2nd base off Knepper/Hill).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:10.  A–49,354.
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