Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants
September 11, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1978 at Candlestick Park. 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 1 2 3
North cf 3 0 0 0
Smith rf 3 0 0 1
  Monday rf 2 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0
Cey 3b 3 2 3 2
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Ferguson c 4 0 0 0
  Yeager c 0 0 0 0
Russell ss 3 2 2 0
Rau p 2 1 0 0
  Forster p 1 1 1 1
Totals 34 7 9 7
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 5 1 1 0
Evans 3b 2 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 1
Ivie 1b 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Herndon cf 4 0 1 0
Hill c 3 0 1 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 2 0
Blue p 1 0 0 0
  Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0
  Barr p 0 0 0 0
  Tamargo ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 1
Los Angeles 003 100 003792
San Francisco 000 010 100271
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Rau  W (14-8) 6.0 7 2 1 4 3
  Forster  SV (19) 3.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
5
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (16-8) 4.0 4 4 4 3 3
  Barr   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Williams   2.2 3 3 3 2 1
  Curtis   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
5
6

  E–Lopes (17), Russell (28), Evans (22).  DP–Los Angeles 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Los Angeles Russell (28,off Blue); Lopes (23,off Blue).  3B–Los Angeles Lopes (4,off Williams).  HR–Los Angeles Cey 2 (20,4th inning off Blue 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Williams 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Clark (24,5th inning off Rau 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Russell (9,2nd base off Williams/Hill).  WP–Blue (5), Williams (3).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:30.  A–35,965.
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