Davey Lopes, Bill Russell and Ron Cey each collected a double and two singles as the Dodgers piled up 14 hits to defeat the Giants, 8-2. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 8, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Saturday, April     9, 1977 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   2  7  1
Dodgers      0  0  2    1  2  0    2  1  x  -   8 14  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Herndon cf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .250      Lopes 2b              5   1   3   0     0   0   .300
Andrews 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Russell ss            5   1   3   2     0   1   .444
  Cornutt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Martinez pr,ss      0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Smith rf              2   2   1   2     2   0   .400
Madlock 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .250        Lacy lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Clark rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Cey 3b                5   1   3   1     0   0   .500
Elliott lf            3   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Garvey 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .429
McCovey 1b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .125      Monday cf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .143
LeMaster ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Baker lf              2   0   1   2     1   0   .400
Hill c                4   1   3   0     0   0   .667        Hale lf,rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Barr p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Yeager c              3   1   1   0     1   1   .429
  Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rau p                 3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Thomas ph,2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hough p             0   0   0   1     1   0   .000

Totals               33   2   7   2     0   5             Totals               31   8  14   8     7   3

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 40,878
Left on Base: Giants 6, Dodgers 9
DP: Giants 1, Dodgers 0
Errors: Moffitt
Doubles: Madlock (1), Herndon (1), McCovey (1), Hill (1), Lopes (1), Monday (1), Russell (2), Cey (2)
Caught Stealing: Smith (1), Lopes (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Barr (1), Garvey (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Baker (1), Smith (1)
GIDP: Russell (1)
Hit by Pitch: Elliott (1,by Rau)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr L(0-1)             4.1  11   5   5   1   2   0  22  10.38
Curtis                  1.2   1   0   0   2   1   0   7   0.00
Cornutt                 0.1   1   2   2   2   0   0   4  54.00
Moffitt                 1.2   1   1   0   2   0   0   8   0.00
Totals                  8    14   8   7   7   3   0  41

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau W(1-0)              6     7   2   2   0   1   0  26   3.00
Hough SV(1)             3     0   0   0   0   4   0   9   0.00
Totals                  9     7   2   2   0   5   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Rau (1)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Bill Williams


GIANTS 1ST: Herndon grounded out (first unassisted); Andrews
grounded out (third to first); Madlock singled to left; Clark
forced Madlock (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes lined to right; Russell struck out; Smith
walked; Smith was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Dodgers 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Elliott grounded out (third to first); McCovey flied
out to right; LeMaster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey singled to third; Garvey popped to second;
Monday flied out to center; Baker grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Dodgers 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Hill singled to center; Barr was called out on
strikes; Herndon popped to second; Andrews flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager singled to center; On a bunt Rau struck out;
Lopes doubled to right [Yeager to third]; Russell singled to
right [Yeager scored, Lopes scored, Russell to second (on throw
to home)]; Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); Cey grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0,
Dodgers 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Madlock doubled to center; Clark grounded out
(shortstop to first); Elliott grounded out (third to first);
McCovey popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0,
Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey singled to second; Monday doubled to left
[Garvey to third]; Garvey was out trying to advance to home
(catcher to pitcher); Baker singled to right [Monday scored];
Yeager forced Baker (shortstop to second); Rau grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Dodgers 3.

GIANTS 5TH: LeMaster grounded out (second to first); Hill
singled to left; Barr out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Hill to second]; Herndon doubled to center [Hill scored];
Andrews grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 5TH: On a bunt Lopes singled to first; Lopes was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Russell doubled to left;
Smith singled to center [Russell scored]; Cey doubled to right
[Smith scored]; CURTIS REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); Garvey was
walked intentionally; Monday forced Garvey (third to second)
[Cey to third]; Baker walked [Monday to second]; Yeager struck
out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 5.

GIANTS 6TH: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Clark
grounded out (third to first); Elliott was hit by a pitch;
McCovey doubled to center [Elliott scored]; LeMaster grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 6TH: Rau grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes
singled to right; Russell grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Lopes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 2, Dodgers 5.

GIANTS 7TH: Hill doubled to left; THOMAS BATTED FOR CURTIS;
HOUGH REPLACED RAU (PITCHING); Thomas made an out to second;
Herndon struck out; Andrews grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 7TH: THOMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); CORNUTT
REPLACED ANDREWS (PITCHING); Smith walked; Debut game for
Terry Cornutt; Cey singled to right [Smith to second];
Garvey out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Smith to third,
Cey to second]; Monday was walked intentionally; MOFFITT
REPLACED CORNUTT (PITCHING); Baker hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Smith scored, Cey to third, Monday to second]; Yeager was
walked intentionally; Hough walked [Cey scored, Monday to third,
Yeager to second]; Lopes grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 2, Dodgers 7.

GIANTS 8TH: HALE REPLACED BAKER (PLAYING LF); Madlock popped to
second; Clark struck out; Elliott flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Dodgers 7.

DODGERS 8TH: Russell singled to pitcher [Russell to third (error
by Moffitt)]; MARTINEZ RAN FOR RUSSELL; Smith hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Martinez scored (unearned)]; Cey grounded out
(third to first); Garvey grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Dodgers 8.

GIANTS 9TH: MARTINEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); LACY REPLACED
SMITH (PLAYING LF); HALE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); McCovey
struck out; LeMaster struck out; Hill popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Dodgers 8.