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Wednesday April 26, 1978
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The Dodgers clubbed four pitchers for 19 hits en route to a 14-4 pasting of the Reds. Tom Seaver, making his fifth start of the season, suffered his second straight loss without a victory.

The ace righthander was pounded for eight hits, including consecutive home runs by Davey Lopes and Bill Russell in the fourth inning, before departing for a pinch-hitter. Seaver had yielded eight homers in 27 innings with an ERA of 5.00. [The Sporting News]


Los Angeles Dodgers 14, Cincinnati Reds 4

Game Played on Wednesday, April 26, 1978 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Dodgers      0  1  2    2  1  0    1  0  7  -  14 19  0
Reds         1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   4 10  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   3   2   2     2   1   .303      Rose 3b               5   0   2   1     0   0   .291
Russell ss            5   2   4   2     0   0   .250      Griffey rf            4   1   1   0     1   1   .329
Smith rf              6   1   1   3     0   2   .281      Morgan 2b             4   2   1   2     1   0   .269
Cey 3b                6   1   2   1     0   2   .379      Foster lf             4   0   2   1     1   0   .315
Garvey 1b             5   2   2   0     0   1   .342      Bench c               4   0   0   0     1   1   .294
Baker lf              5   2   5   2     0   0   .369      Concepcion ss         5   0   1   0     0   1   .276
Monday cf             3   1   1   1     2   2   .368      Driessen 1b           5   1   3   0     0   0   .304
Yeager c              4   1   1   2     0   2   .255      Geronimo cf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .283
Rau p                 5   1   1   1     0   1   .182      Seaver p              0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
                                                            Grace ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Collins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Capilla p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kennedy ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               43  14  19  14     4  11             Totals               36   4  10   4     6   5

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 32,872
Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Reds 12
DP: Dodgers 0, Reds 0
Doubles: Baker 3 (4), Russell (3), Foster (3), Driessen (3)
Home Runs: Lopes (3), Russell (1), Smith (3), Morgan (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Geronimo (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Yeager (1), Russell (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau W(3-0)              9    10   4   4   6   5   1  43   2.25
Totals                  9    10   4   4   6   5   1  43

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver L(0-2)           4     8   5   5   1   6   2  21   5.00
Murray                  2     4   1   1   1   1   0  10   3.38
Capilla                 2     2   1   1   0   3   0   8   9.45
Borbon                  1     5   7   7   2   1   1  10  12.46
Totals                  9    19  14  14   4  11   3  49

Passed Balls: Bench (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Eric Gregg


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes was called out on strikes; Russell singled to
left; Smith flied out to center; Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey grounded
out (second to first); Morgan walked; Foster doubled to left
[Morgan scored]; Bench walked; Concepcion forced Bench (third to
second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker
doubled to right; Monday singled to center [Baker scored];
Yeager struck out; Rau grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: Driessen singled to center; Geronimo out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Driessen to second]; Seaver
walked; Rose singled to right [Driessen to third, Seaver to
second]; Griffey struck out; Morgan popped to second; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Reds 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes walked; Russell singled to right [Lopes to
second]; Smith struck out; Cey singled to left [Lopes scored,
Russell to second]; Garvey struck out; Baker singled to right
[Russell scored, Cey to second]; Monday struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Foster singled to center; Bench was called out on
strikes; Concepcion struck out; Driessen singled to right
[Foster to third]; Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Yeager struck out; Rau flied out to center; Lopes
homered; Russell homered; Smith grounded out (first unassisted);
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: GRACE BATTED FOR SEAVER; Grace struck out; On a bunt
Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffey grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Reds 1.

DODGERS 5TH: MURRAY REPLACED GRACE (PITCHING); Cey grounded out
(catcher to first); Garvey singled to center; Baker singled to
right [Garvey to second]; Bench allowed a passed ball [Garvey to
third, Baker to second]; Monday was walked intentionally; Yeager
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Garvey scored]; Rau grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Reds 1.

REDS 5TH: Morgan made an out to catcher; Foster lined to first;
Bench flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Reds
1.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes singled to shortstop; Russell doubled to
center [Lopes out at home (center to shortstop to catcher),
Russell to third (on throw to home)]; Smith grounded out (first
unassisted); Cey struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6,
Reds 1.

REDS 6TH: Concepcion lined to left; Driessen doubled to center;
Geronimo walked; COLLINS BATTED FOR MURRAY; Collins forced
Geronimo (shortstop to second) [Driessen to third]; Rose singled
to center [Driessen scored, Collins to second]; Griffey walked
[Collins to third, Rose to second]; Morgan popped to center; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Reds 2.

DODGERS 7TH: CAPILLA REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Garvey singled
to center; Baker doubled to right [Garvey scored]; Monday was
called out on strikes; Yeager flied out to center; Rau was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: Foster grounded out (third to first); Bench lined to
third; Concepcion flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Reds 2.

DODGERS 8TH: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Reds 2.

REDS 8TH: Driessen grounded out (first unassisted); Geronimo
flied out to left; KENNEDY BATTED FOR CAPILLA; Kennedy struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Reds 2.

DODGERS 9TH: BORBON REPLACED KENNEDY (PITCHING); Cey singled to
center; Garvey flied out to right; Baker doubled to left [Cey to
third]; Monday was walked intentionally; Yeager singled to left
[Cey scored, Baker to third, Monday to second]; Rau singled to
center [Baker scored, Monday to third, Yeager to second]; Lopes
walked [Monday scored, Yeager to third, Rau to second]; Russell
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Yeager scored]; Smith homered
[Rau scored, Lopes scored]; Cey struck out; 7 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 14, Reds 2.

REDS 9TH: Rose flied out to center; Griffey singled to center;
Morgan homered [Griffey scored]; Foster walked; Bench flied out
to left; Concepcion singled to center [Foster to second];
Driessen popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 14, Reds 4.



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