Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
September 27, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Cincinnati Reds 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 1 0
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
  Law lf 1 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0
Cey 3b 2 0 0 0
  Simpson cf 0 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
Monday cf 2 1 1 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0
Lacy rf 4 0 0 0
Ferguson c 3 1 0 0
  Yeager c 0 0 0 0
Martinez ss 2 1 2 3
Sutton p 3 0 0 0
  Grote 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 1 1
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0
Griffey cf 2 1 1 0
Foster lf 4 1 2 2
Bench c 3 1 0 0
Driessen 1b 3 1 1 0
Summers rf 4 0 1 1
Kennedy 2b 2 1 1 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Auerbach 2b 0 0 0 0
Soto p 1 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 0 0 0 0
  DeFreitas ph 0 0 0 1
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 7 5
Los Angeles 000 300 000352
Cincinnati 000 010 04x571
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   6.0 4 1 1 3 5
  Hough  L (5-5) 1.1 3 4 4 3 1
  Rautzhan   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
6
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Soto   7.0 4 3 3 7 8
  Borbon  W (8-2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Bair  SV (28) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
8
9

  E–Yeager (5), Martinez (4), Bench (9).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Monday (14,off Soto), Cincinnati Kennedy (2,off Sutton).  HR–Los Angeles Martinez (1,4th inning off Soto 2 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Foster (37,8th inning off Hough 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Martinez (1,by Soto); Cey (9,by Soto).  SH–Soto (1,off Sutton).  SF–Rose (7,off Sutton); DeFreites (1,off Rautzhan).  SB–Lopes (45,2nd base off Soto/Bench); Martinez (3,2nd base off Borbon/Bench); Driessen (28,2nd base off Sutton/Ferguson); Concepcion (23,2nd base off Sutton/Ferguson); Griffey (23,2nd base off Hough/Yeager); Summers (2,2nd base off Hough/Yeager).  IBB–Soto 2 (3,Martinez,Cey).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:23.  A–26,028.
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