Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants
August 3, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1978 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco Giants 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 0 3 0
Russell ss 5 0 2 0
Smith rf 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 1 2 0
Baker lf 4 0 0 1
Cey 3b 4 1 2 0
Monday cf 4 1 1 1
Ferguson c 4 0 0 0
Sutton p 1 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 1 1
  Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Lacy ph 1 1 1 1
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 5 2 2 0
Whitfield lf 3 1 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 1 1
  Cruz rf 0 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 2
  Ivie 1b 0 0 0 0
Evans 3b 4 1 2 1
Herndon cf 4 0 3 0
Metzger ss 3 0 1 0
Hill c 3 0 1 1
Barr p 3 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 5
Los Angeles 000 300 0014120
San Francisco 310 000 0015111
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   3.0 9 4 4 1 3
  Rautzhan   3.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Hough   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Forster  L (3-4) 0.1 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.1
11
5
5
6
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barr   8.2 12 4 4 0 3
  Moffitt  W (7-4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
0
3

  E–Evans (11).  DP–Los Angeles 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Los Angeles Russell (19,off Barr); Cey (25,off Barr), San Francisco Madlock 2 (21,off Sutton 2).  3B–Los Angeles Garvey (5,off Barr).  HR–Los Angeles Lacy (8,9th inning off Barr 0 on, 2 out), San Francisco McCovey (11,1st inning off Sutton 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Barr (5,off Sutton); Cruz (2,off Forster).  IBB–Hill (5,by Rautzhan); Ivie (2,by Forster).  SB–Lopes (31,2nd base off Moffitt/Hill); Evans (4,2nd base off Sutton/Ferguson).  IBB–Rautzhan (3,Hill); Forster (3,Ivie).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:28.  A–42,084.
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