Reggie Smith hit his first two homers of the season, each with a man on base, to provide the Dodgers' power in a 7-1 victory over the Giants. A double by Chris Speier and pinch-single by Mike Sadek in the seventh inning accounted for the Giants' lone run before a home opener crowd of 40,008.

Doug Rau, with help from Charlie Hough, defeated the Giants for the second time this year. Ed Halicki, who had beaten the Dodgers five straight times over three seasons, was stopped in his mastery of the L. A. club. [The Sporting News]
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 1

Game Played on Friday, April 15, 1977 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Dodgers      2  0  2    1  1  0    0  1  0  -   7 10  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1 10  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   2   1   0     1   0   .321      Herndon cf            5   0   2   0     0   0   .357
Russell ss            5   1   1   0     0   0   .364      Andrews 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .200
Smith rf              4   2   2   4     1   1   .400      Madlock 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .300
Cey 3b                5   0   1   1     0   1   .400      Clark rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Garvey 1b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .233      McCovey 1b            2   0   0   0     2   1   .280
Monday cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .321      Elliott lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .100
Baker lf              3   0   1   1     1   0   .348      Speier ss             4   1   1   0     0   1   .200
  Hale pr,lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Hill c                4   0   0   0     0   0   .400
Oates c               3   0   1   1     1   0   .167      Halicki p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .667
Rau p                 3   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Heintzelman ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Thomas ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sadek ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .500
                                                            Cornutt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Evans ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .471

Totals               36   7  10   7     4   4             Totals               35   1  10   1     2   3

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 37,813
Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Giants 9
DP: Dodgers 2, Giants 1
Errors: Clark
Doubles: Lopes (2), Monday (3), Herndon (2), Clark (2), Speier (1)
Home Runs: Smith 2 (2)
GIDP: Oates (1), Elliott 2 (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau W(2-0)              7     9   1   1   2   2   0  30   2.08
Hough                   2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   1.50
Totals                  9    10   1   1   2   3   0  37

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki L(1-1)          3     4   4   4   1   0   2  14   5.73
Williams                2     4   2   1   1   1   0  10   5.06
Curtis                  2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.00
Cornutt                 1     2   1   1   2   0   0   7  11.57
Lavelle                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9    10   7   6   4   4   2  40

Passed Balls: Hill (1)
Balks: Halicki (1)

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Art Williams


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to center; Russell singled to
center; Smith homered [Russell scored]; Cey flied out to right;
Garvey popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon flied out to center; Andrews singled to
left; Madlock struck out; Clark grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Monday flied out to right; Baker popped to first in
foul territory; Oates singled to left; Rau grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey walked; Elliott grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [McCovey out at second]; Speier
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes walked; Halicki balked [Lopes to second];
Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith homered [Lopes
scored]; Cey flied out to center; Garvey flied out to center; 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Hill popped to first in foul territory; HEINTZELMAN
BATTED FOR HALICKI; Heintzelman grounded out (second to first);
Herndon doubled to left; Andrews flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 0.

DODGERS 4TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED HEINTZELMAN (PITCHING); Monday
singled to right; Hill allowed a passed ball [Monday to second];
Baker singled to center [Monday scored (unearned)]; Oates
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Baker out at second]; Rau grounded out (second to first); 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Madlock flied out to left; Clark doubled to left;
McCovey walked; Elliott grounded into a double play (shortstop
to first) [McCovey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Giants 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Lopes doubled to left; Russell grounded out (first
unassisted) [Lopes to third]; Smith was walked intentionally;
Cey singled to right [Lopes scored, Smith to second]; Garvey was
called out on strikes; Monday flied to left in foul territory; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier popped to catcher in foul territory; Hill
lined to first; THOMAS BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Thomas singled to
center; On a bunt Herndon singled to third [Thomas to second];
Andrews lined to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 6,
Giants 0.

DODGERS 6TH: CURTIS REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Baker grounded
out (shortstop to first); Oates flied out to center; Rau was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Giants
0.

GIANTS 6TH: Madlock singled to left; Clark popped to third;
McCovey struck out; Elliott popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 6, Giants 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
grounded out (third to first); Smith lined to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier doubled to left; Hill flied out to center;
SADEK BATTED FOR CURTIS; Sadek singled to right [Speier scored];
Herndon lined to shortstop; Andrews singled to shortstop [Sadek
to second]; Madlock popped to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 6, Giants 1.

DODGERS 8TH: CORNUTT REPLACED SADEK (PITCHING); Cey popped to
first in foul territory; Garvey singled to left; Monday doubled
to right [Garvey to third]; Baker was walked intentionally; HALE
RAN FOR BAKER; Oates walked [Garvey scored, Monday to third,
Hale to second]; GOODSON BATTED FOR RAU; Goodson popped to
third; Clark dropped a foul fly hit by Lopes for an error; Lopes
forced Oates (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: HOUGH REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); HALE STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); Clark popped to second; McCovey grounded out
(first unassisted); Elliott singled to center; Speier struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Giants 1.

DODGERS 9TH: LAVELLE REPLACED CORNUTT (PITCHING); Russell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith struck out; Cey struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: Hill grounded out (third to first); EVANS BATTED FOR
LAVELLE; Evans flied out to center; Herndon grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Giants 1.
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