With Doug Rau notching his fifth consecutive victory and Reggie Smith cracking a homer, the Dodgers eased past the Cardinals, 3-1. Smith's solo round-tripper came in the first inning, but the Cards tied the game in the second when Ken Reitz blasted a homer. The Dodgers went ahead in the third when Davey Lopes singled, advanced to second on a balk, to third on a groundout and scored on Ron Cey's sacrifice fly.

L. A. added another run in the fourth when Dusty Baker doubled, advanced to third on Steve Yeager's single and tallied on Rau's sacrifice bunt. Terry Forster relieved Rau with one out in the eighth and pitched out of a bases loaded jam. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Game Played on Tuesday, May       9, 1978 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Cardinals    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  0
Dodgers      1  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  8  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Lopes 2b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .308
Templeton ss          4   0   1   0     0   1   .221      Russell ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Hernandez 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .327      Smith rf              3   1   1   1     1   1   .317
Simmons c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .309      Cey 3b                3   0   1   1     0   1   .313
Morales cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .274
Reitz 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .303      Baker lf              2   1   1   0     1   1   .327
Scott rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .244        Burke lf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Tyson 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .263      Monday cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .376
Rasmussen p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .154      Yeager c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .208
  Freed ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .261      Rau p                 2   0   1   1     0   0   .200
  Urrea p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sutherland ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Swisher ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               35   1   8   1     1   6             Totals               29   3   8   3     2   7

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 33,262
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Dodgers 7
DP: Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0
Doubles: Brock (3), Templeton (7), Monday (7), Baker (6)
Home Runs: Reitz (4), Smith (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Rau (3), Lopes (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Cey (2)
GIDP: Lopes (2)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen L(2-4)        4     5   3   3   2   3   1  19   4.15
Urrea                   3     2   0   0   0   3   0  11   3.13
Littell                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.33
Totals                  8     8   3   3   2   7   1  34

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau W(5-0)              7.1   7   1   1   0   4   1  29   2.72
Forster SV(4)           1.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   7   2.19
Totals                  9     8   1   1   1   6   1  36

Balks: Rasmussen (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Bob Engel


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Templeton
struck out; Hernandez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes lined to pitcher; Russell flied out to left;
Smith homered; Cey popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to left; Morales flied out to
right; Reitz homered; Scott flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey popped to catcher in foul territory; Baker
walked; Monday doubled to right [Baker to third]; Yeager struck
out; Rau flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Dodgers 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson flied out to center; Rasmussen struck out;
Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes singled to center; Rasmussen balked [Lopes to
second]; Russell grounded out (third to first) [Lopes to third];
Smith walked; Cey hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lopes scored];
Garvey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Templeton grounded out (second to first);
Hernandez flied out to right; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Baker doubled to center; Monday struck out; Yeager
singled to left [Baker to third]; Rau reached on a fielder's
choice on a sacrifice bunt [Baker scored, Yeager to second];
Lopes grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Rau out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers
3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Morales singled to left; Reitz forced Morales
(third to second); Scott struck out; Tyson singled to right
[Reitz to second]; FREED BATTED FOR RASMUSSEN; Freed singled to
pitcher [Reitz to third, Tyson to second]; Brock grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers
3.

DODGERS 5TH: URREA REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Russell grounded
out (third to first); Smith was called out on strikes; Cey
singled to center; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton flied out to left; Hernandez flied out
to center; Simmons singled to left; Morales forced Simmons
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Baker struck out; Monday grounded out (third to
first); Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: BURKE REPLACED BAKER (PLAYING LF); Reitz grounded
out (second to first); Scott grounded out (third to first);
Tyson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Rau singled to left; Lopes out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Rau to second]; Russell grounded out (third
to first); Smith grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: SUTHERLAND BATTED FOR URREA; Sutherland popped to
first; Brock doubled to left; Templeton doubled to shortstop
[Brock to third]; FORSTER REPLACED RAU (PITCHING); Hernandez
struck out; Simmons walked; Morales forced Templeton (third
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 8TH: LITTELL REPLACED SUTHERLAND (PITCHING); Cey struck
out; Garvey singled to center; Burke lined to second; Monday
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers
3.

CARDINALS 9TH: Reitz singled to left; Scott struck out; Tyson
grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Reitz to second];
SWISHER BATTED FOR LITTELL; Swisher popped to second; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3.