Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
September 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 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 7, Cincinnati Reds 8

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 1 0 0
  Martinez 2b 1 0 0 0
North cf 3 1 0 0
Garvey 1b 3 1 2 1
  Guerrero 1b 2 1 1 0
Cey 3b 2 0 0 0
  Grote 3b 1 0 0 0
Monday rf 3 2 1 1
  Simpson rf 1 1 1 0
  Mota ph 0 0 0 1
  White pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Russell ss 5 0 2 1
Law lf 5 0 3 1
Yeager c 3 0 0 0
Rau p 3 0 0 0
  Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 6 1 4 1
Concepcion ss 5 2 3 0
Griffey cf 4 2 3 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 1
Bench c 4 0 1 1
  Werner c 1 0 0 1
Driessen 1b 5 1 1 2
Henderson rf 4 0 0 0
  Collins pr 0 1 0 0
Kennedy 2b 4 1 2 1
LaCoss p 2 0 0 0
  DeFreitas ph 1 0 1 0
  Dumoulin p 0 0 0 0
  Knight ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 42 8 16 8
Los Angeles 011 101 0127101
Cincinnati 000 000 0268161
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Rau   7.2 10 2 1 2 2
  Rautzhan  L (2-1) 1.0 5 6 6 2 0
  Castillo   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
16
8
7
4
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss   7.0 7 4 3 3 1
  Dumoulin   1.0 2 1 1 2 0
  Tomlin  W (9-1) 1.0 1 2 2 3 2
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
8
3

  E–Grote (3), Concepcion (23).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Cincinnati Griffey (33,off Rau); Concepcion (33,off Rau).  HR–Los Angeles Monday (19,4th inning off LaCoss 0 on, 0 out).  SH–North (5,off LaCoss).  IBB–Yeager 2 (11,by LaCoss,by Dumoulin).  SB–Law (2,2nd base off Dumoulin/Bench).  WP–Dumoulin (1).  IBB–LaCoss (9,Yeager); Dumoulin (1,Yeager).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:49.  A–25,314.
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