Ron Cey and Dusty Baker each had two RBIs as the Dodgers won their fourth straight game, 5-2 over the winless Astros. The L.A. third baseman hit a homer in the second inning and singled in the seventh to give his team a 3-1 lead.

Baker knocked in the club's last two counters with a two-run single in the ninth. Starter Doug Rau got credit for the victory but expensive off-season acquisition Terry Forster pitched the last three frames to gain the save. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Houston Astros 2
Game Played on Monday, April     10, 1978 (Night game) at Astrodome
Dodgers      0  1  0    0  0  1    1  0  2  -   5  8  0
Astros       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   2  7  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .176      Puhl lf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .211
Russell ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .278        Gonzalez ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Smith rf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .353        Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burke pr,cf         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Cabell 3b             4   0   0   1     0   1   .261
Cey 3b                4   1   2   2     1   0   .412      Cedeno cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .273
Garvey 1b             4   1   2   0     1   0   .412      Watson 1b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .263
Baker lf              4   0   2   2     1   0   .438      Cruz rf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .381
Monday cf,rf          3   0   0   0     2   0   .400      Ferguson c            4   1   1   1     0   1   .263
Yeager c              3   0   0   1     1   1   .438      Howe 2b               3   0   0   0     0   1   .176
Rau p                 3   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Metzger ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Forster p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Howard ph,lf        1   1   1   0     0   0   .667
                                                          Bannister p           2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
                                                            Pentz p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Alou ph             1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Sexton pr,ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   8   5     8   3             Totals               33   2   7   2     0   8

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 22,882
Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Astros 4
DP: Dodgers 1, Astros 1
Errors: Forsch, Cabell
Doubles: Smith (2)
Triples: Garvey (1)
Home Runs: Cey (1), Ferguson (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Russell (1)
GIDP: Smith (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau W(1-0)              6     5   1   1   0   5   1  23   1.50
Forster SV(2)           3     2   1   1   0   3   0  10   1.42
Totals                  9     7   2   2   0   8   1  33

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bannister L(0-1)        7     6   3   3   6   2   1  33   3.86
Pentz                   1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   8.31
Forsch                  1     2   2   2   2   0   0   7   9.00
Totals                  9     8   5   5   8   3   1  43

Wild Pitches: Forster (1), Bannister (1)

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes popped to shortstop; Russell grounded out
(catcher to first); Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Puhl popped to third in foul territory; Cabell
struck out; Cedeno flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Astros 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey homered; Garvey lined to third; Baker singled
to left; Monday walked [Baker to second]; Bannister threw a wild
pitch [Baker to third, Monday to second]; Yeager walked; Rau was
called out on strikes; Lopes lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson singled to right; Cruz was called out on
strikes; Ferguson flied out to center; Howe struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell flied out to left; Smith grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cey walked; Garvey forced Cey (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); Bannister
struck out; Puhl singled to right; Cabell flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Baker reached on an error by Cabell [Baker to
second]; Monday flied out to left; Yeager grounded out (third to
first); Rau struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros
0.

ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno flied out to left; Watson grounded out
(second to first); Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Lopes flied out to center; Russell walked; Smith
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Russell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Ferguson homered; Howe grounded out (pitcher to
first); Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); Bannister was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros
1.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey
tripled to left; Baker walked; Monday walked [Baker to second];
Yeager forced Monday (third to second) [Garvey scored, Baker to
third]; Rau grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Puhl grounded out (pitcher to first); Cabell flied
out to center; Cedeno popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Astros 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Russell popped
to shortstop; Smith doubled to left; Cey singled to left [Smith
scored]; Garvey singled to left [Cey to second]; Baker grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros
1.

ASTROS 7TH: Watson singled to center; Cruz singled to right
[Watson to second]; FORSTER REPLACED RAU (PITCHING); Ferguson
was called out on strikes; Howe lined into a double play
(shortstop to second) [Watson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros 1.

DODGERS 8TH: PENTZ REPLACED BANNISTER (PITCHING); Monday flied
out to center; Yeager struck out; Forster popped to third; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros 1.

ASTROS 8TH: HOWARD BATTED FOR METZGER; Howard singled to center;
ALOU BATTED FOR PENTZ; Alou singled to third [Howard to second];
SEXTON RAN FOR ALOU; GONZALEZ BATTED FOR PUHL; Forster threw a
wild pitch [Howard to third]; Gonzalez struck out; Cabell
grounded out (second to pitcher) [Howard scored, Sexton to
second]; Cedeno struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Astros 2.

DODGERS 9TH: SEXTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HOWARD STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); FORSCH REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); Lopes
singled to center; Lopes was picked off first but was safe on an
error by Forsch [Lopes to second]; Russell out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Lopes to third]; Smith was walked
intentionally; BURKE RAN FOR SMITH; Cey popped to third in foul
territory; Garvey walked [Burke to second]; Baker singled to
right [Lopes scored, Burke scored, Garvey to third]; Monday
popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Astros 2.

ASTROS 9TH: BURKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MONDAY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Watson grounded out (second to first);
Cruz flied out to center; Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Astros 2.