With Rick Rhoden scattering six hits and Reggie Smith hitting a two-run homer in the first inning, the Dodgers polished off the Cubs, 4-1, to take the series, two games to one. Smith also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh, following Davey Lopes' triple. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Chicago Cubs 1
Game Played on Thursday, May       4, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Dodgers      2  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   4 10  2
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  6  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   2   2   0     1   0   .318      De Jesus ss           4   1   1   0     0   1   .292
Russell ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .255      Gross cf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .348
Smith rf              4   1   2   3     0   2   .318      Buckner 1b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .362
Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .309      Murcer rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .279
Baker lf              2   0   0   0     2   1   .310      Ontiveros 3b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .152
Lacy 3b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Trillo 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .271
  Martinez 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kingman lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .206
Monday cf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .385      Cox c                 3   0   1   0     0   0   .278
Grote c               4   0   2   0     0   0   .300        Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Rhoden p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Fryman p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Meoli ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Wallis ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .320
                                                            Krukow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Clines ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .209

Totals               33   4  10   3     4   4             Totals               33   1   6   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance:  4,030
Left on Base: Dodgers 9, Cubs 8
DP: Dodgers 0, Cubs 3
Errors: Lacy, Grote, Trillo 2
Doubles: Smith (8), Kingman (3)
Triples: Lopes (1)
Home Runs: Smith (4)
Stolen Bases: De Jesus (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Rhoden (2), Russell (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Smith (3), Gross (1)
GIDP: Russell (5), Lacy (1), Rhoden (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden W(4-0)           9     6   1   0   2   5   0  36   1.79
Totals                  9     6   1   0   2   5   0  36

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fryman L(0-3)           5     6   3   2   4   2   1  23   5.12
Moore                   3     3   1   1   0   2   0  13   5.74
Krukow                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   6.30
Totals                  9    10   4   3   4   4   1  40

Balks: Fryman (1)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes popped to shortstop; Russell singled to
right; Smith homered [Russell scored]; Garvey singled to right;
Baker walked [Garvey to second]; Lacy flied out to right; Monday
forced Baker (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross
grounded out (second to first); Buckner walked; Murcer flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cubs 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Grote singled to right; Rhoden out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Grote to second]; Lopes walked; Russell
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Lopes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); Trillo
popped to first; Kingman reached on an error by Lacy [Kingman to
first]; Cox singled to left [Kingman to third]; Fryman grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cubs 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Smith struck out; Garvey walked; Baker walked
[Garvey to second]; Lacy grounded into a double play (third to
first) [Garvey out at third]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: De Jesus lined to left; Gross grounded out (third to
first); Buckner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cubs 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Monday singled to right; Grote flied out to left;
Rhoden grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Monday out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Murcer flied out to center; Ontiveros lined to second;
Trillo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Cubs 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Lopes singled to left; Fryman balked [Lopes to
second]; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Lopes to third]; Smith was called out on strikes; Garvey
reached on an error by Trillo [Lopes scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Garvey to second]; Baker flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 5TH: Kingman doubled to left; Cox popped to second; MEOLI
BATTED FOR FRYMAN; Meoli flied out to center; De Jesus struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cubs 0.

DODGERS 6TH: MOORE REPLACED MEOLI (PITCHING); Lacy grounded out
(shortstop to first); Monday struck out; Grote singled to
center; Rhoden grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 6TH: Gross singled to right; Buckner lined to shortstop;
Murcer flied out to left; Ontiveros struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cubs 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes tripled to left; Russell flied out to center;
Smith lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [Lopes scored];
Garvey grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Cubs 0.

CUBS 7TH: Trillo flied out to center; Kingman popped to second;
Cox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Cubs 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Baker struck out; Lacy lined to center; Monday
singled to left; Grote reached on an error by Trillo [Monday to
second, Grote to first]; Rhoden grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Cubs 0.

CUBS 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED LACY (PLAYING 3B); WALLIS BATTED FOR
MOORE; Wallis struck out; De Jesus singled to left; De Jesus
stole second [De Jesus to third (error by Grote)]; Gross hit a
sacrifice fly to left [De Jesus scored (unearned)]; Buckner
singled to left; Murcer struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 4, Cubs 1.

DODGERS 9TH: KRUKOW REPLACED WALLIS (PITCHING); Lopes grounded
out (second to first); Russell grounded out (shortstop to
first); Smith doubled to left; Garvey flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Cubs 1.

CUBS 9TH: Ontiveros walked; Trillo singled to right [Ontiveros
to second]; Kingman struck out; BIITTNER BATTED FOR COX;
Biittner popped to first in foul territory; CLINES BATTED FOR
KRUKOW; Clines flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Cubs 1.