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Game Log for 1978
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Apr 10 W, 5-2 at Astros Start 6.0 5 23 1 1 1 0 0 5 1.50 W (1-0) LAD Apr 20 W, 5-1 vs Astros Start 1 9.0 8 35 1 1 0 1 0 3 1.20 W (2-0) LAD Apr 26 W, 14-4 at Reds Start 2 9.0 10 43 4 4 1 6 0 5 2.25 W (3-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD May 03 W, 9-5 at Cubs Start 5.0 9 24 4 4 1 3 0 3 3.10 W (4-0) LAD May 09 W, 3-1 vs Cardinals Start 7.1 7 29 1 1 1 0 0 4 2.72 W (5-0) LAD May 14 L, 7-10 vs Cubs Start 6.0 6 25 2 2 1 2 0 1 2.76 LAD May 20 W, 3-2 vs Giants Start 7.0 9 31 2 2 1 1 0 3 2.74 LAD May 26 L, 1-6 at Giants Start 4.0 6 22 6 6 1 5 0 2 3.54 L (5-1) LAD May 31 L, 1-3 vs Padres Start 7.0 6 26 3 3 0 1 0 2 3.58 L (5-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jun 06 W, 8-2 at Mets Start 3 9.0 11 39 2 2 1 1 0 8 3.38 W (6-2) LAD Jun 11 W, 11-4 at Expos Start 3.2 9 22 4 4 0 2 0 2 3.70 LAD Jun 16 W, 2-1 vs Expos Start 4 9.0 9 35 1 1 0 3 0 3 3.40 W (7-2) LAD Jun 22 L, 3-4 vs Astros Start 5 9.0 12 39 4 4 1 2 1 3 3.46 L (7-3) LAD Jun 27 W, 3-0 at Braves Start 6 1 9.0 7 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.15 W (8-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jul 02 L, 6-7 at Reds Start 6.1 9 30 6 6 1 3 0 7 3.47 L (8-4) LAD Jul 07 W, 7-4 at Astros Start 7.0 6 26 4 4 1 0 0 3 3.57 W (9-4) LAD Jul 15 W, 2-1 at Cardinals Start 6.2 6 27 1 0 0 3 0 2 3.38 W (10-4) LAD Jul 19 L, 3-6 at Pirates Start 5.0 9 25 6 6 1 3 0 0 3.67 L (10-5) LAD Jul 30 L, 3-5 vs Pirates Start 1.2 5 10 4 4 0 0 0 1 3.91 L (10-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Aug 04 L, 1-2 at Giants Start 7.0 6 32 2 1 1 3 2 4 3.77 L (10-7) LAD Aug 09 W, 3-0 vs Padres Start 7 2 9.0 5 34 0 0 0 2 0 7 3.53 W (11-7) LAD Aug 15 W, 5-4 at Phillies Start 8.0 4 32 4 0 0 3 0 4 3.35 W (12-7) LAD Aug 20 W, 5-4 at Mets Start 5.0 5 23 2 2 0 3 1 1 3.35 LAD Aug 26 L, 1-3 vs Phillies Start 3.2 6 18 3 3 0 1 0 0 3.45 L (12-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Sep 01 W, 4-3 vs Mets Start 8.0 7 33 3 3 0 2 1 7 3.44 LAD Sep 06 W, 9-2 vs Giants Start 7.0 5 32 2 2 2 5 0 2 3.41 W (13-8) LAD Sep 11 W, 7-2 at Giants Start 6.0 7 29 2 1 1 4 0 3 3.34 W (14-8) LAD Sep 16 W, 2-0 vs Braves Start 7.0 4 25 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.22 W (15-8) LAD Sep 22 L, 3-12 vs Padres Start 4.0 11 23 6 4 1 1 0 3 3.34 L (15-9) LAD Sep 28 L, 7-8 at Reds Start 7.2 10 35 2 1 0 2 0 2 3.26

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      15   9   3.26   30  30   7   0   0   2  199.0  219   859   82   72  17   63   5   95   19-11  4.77 runs/start

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              145   24   54   86   9   1   7   23   1   2   16   0   1   15   4  .372  .593  .438 1.031
vs RHB              625   53  165  234  29   5  10   48   5   8   47   5   1   80  16  .264  .374  .319  .694

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             6   5   2.85   14  14   4   0   0   1   94.2  100   395   32   30   7   22   2   42    8-6   3.50 runs/start
Road             9   4   3.62   16  16   3   0   0   1  104.1  119   464   50   42  10   41   3   53   11-5   5.88 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              2   3   5.77    8   8   1   0   0   0   43.2   60   205   28   28   6   20   2   20    4-4   6.62 runs/start
Night           13   6   2.55   22  22   6   0   0   2  155.1  159   654   54   44  11   43   3   75   15-7   4.09 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            3   0   2.25    3   3   2   0   0   0   24.0   23   101    6    6   2    7   0   13    3-0   8.00 runs/start
May              2   2   4.46    6   6   0   0   0   0   36.1   43   157   18   18   5   12   0   15    3-3   4.00 runs/start
June             3   1   2.50    5   5   4   0   0   1   39.2   48   167   11   11   2    8   1   18    4-1   5.40 runs/start
July             2   3   6.75    5   5   0   0   0   0   26.2   35   118   21   20   3    9   0   13    2-3   4.20 runs/start
August           2   2   1.65    5   5   1   0   0   1   32.2   26   139   11    6   1   12   3   16    3-2   3.00 runs/start
September        3   1   2.50    6   6   0   0   0   0   39.2   44   177   15   11   4   15   1   20    4-2   5.33 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           3   1   2.90    4   4   2   0   0   0   31.0   31   123   10   10   3    3   1   14    3-1   5.00 runs/start
Braves           2   0   0.00    2   2   1   0   0   1   16.0   11    57    0    0   0    1   0    5    2-0   2.50 runs/start
Cardinals        2   0   0.64    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   13    56    2    1   1    3   0    6    2-0   2.50 runs/start
Cubs             1   0   4.91    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.0   15    49    6    6   2    5   0    4    1-1   8.00 runs/start
Expos            1   0   3.55    2   2   1   0   0   0   12.2   18    57    5    5   0    5   0    5    2-0   6.50 runs/start
Giants           2   2   3.48    5   5   0   0   0   0   31.0   33   146   14   12   6   18   2   14    3-2   4.20 runs/start
Mets             1   0   2.86    3   3   1   0   0   0   22.0   23    95    7    7   1    6   2   16    3-0   5.67 runs/start
Padres           1   2   3.15    3   3   1   0   0   1   20.0   22    83    9    7   1    4   0   12    1-2   2.33 runs/start
Phillies         1   1   2.31    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.2   10    50    7    3   0    4   0    4    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Pirates          0   2  13.50    2   2   0   0   0   0    6.2   14    35   10   10   1    3   0    1    0-2   3.00 runs/start
Reds             1   1   4.30    3   3   1   0   0   0   23.0   29   108   12   11   2   11   0   14    1-2   9.00 runs/start

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