Burt Hooton yielded only two hits in the first 6 2/3 innings and Terry Forster pitched perfect ball in relief as the Dodgers posted a 3-1 victory over the Giants, who were stopped on their streak of 12 straight victories at home in Candlestick Park. Vida Blue, winner of six games in a row, was handed his first loss since opening day. Los Angeles Dodgers 3, San Francisco Giants 1Game Played on Saturday, May 27, 1978 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkDodgers 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 3 9 1 Giants 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 0 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .213 Madlock 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .299 Russell ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .271 Smith rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .331 Evans 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .255 Lopes pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297 McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .211 Davalillo rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Clark rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .327 Cey 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .280 Herndon cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .260 Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Harris ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .073 Baker lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .326 Hill c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .202 Lacy 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .328 Blue p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .217 Martinez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Ivie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .344 Grote c 2 0 0 1 1 0 .308 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hooton p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .071 Forster p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Totals 32 3 9 2 3 5 Totals 31 1 2 0 3 8 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 45,865 Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Giants 6 DP: Dodgers 0, Giants 2 Errors: Lacy Doubles: Cey (8), Baker (8), Lacy (5) Stolen Bases: North (3), Clark (4) Sacrifice Hits: Russell (4) Sacrifice Flies: Grote (1) GIDP: Baker (2), North (2) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hooton W(4-4) 6.2 2 1 0 3 5 0 26 2.95 Forster SV(8) 2.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 1.17 Totals 9 2 1 0 3 8 0 34 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue L(6-2) 7 6 2 2 1 4 0 27 2.83 Lavelle 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 10 3.42 Totals 9 9 3 3 3 5 0 37 Passed Balls: Grote (2) Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Eric Gregg, 3B - Bill Williams DODGERS 1ST: North grounded out (second to first); Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Whitfield struck out; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Giants 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cey doubled to right; Garvey singled to right [Cey to third]; Baker grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Cey scored (no RBI), Garvey out at second]; Lacy grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); Clark flied out to right; Herndon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 0. DODGERS 3RD: Grote grounded out (third to first); Hooton struck out; North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Harris struck out; Hill grounded out (third to first); Blue walked; Madlock flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 0. DODGERS 4TH: Russell grounded out (third to first); Smith singled to right; Cey walked [Smith to second]; Garvey forced Cey (shortstop to second) [Smith to third]; Baker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Whitfield flied out to center; Evans singled to right; McCovey walked [Evans to second]; Clark popped to first; Herndon reached on an error by Lacy [Evans scored (unearned) (no RBI), McCovey to third, Herndon to second]; Harris popped to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 1. DODGERS 5TH: Lacy popped to second; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); Hooton singled to center; North forced Hooton (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 5TH: Hill popped to first in foul territory; Blue struck out; Madlock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 1. DODGERS 6TH: Russell flied out to center; Smith grounded out (third to first); Cey singled to left; Garvey popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 6TH: Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); Evans flied out to right; McCovey popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 1. DODGERS 7TH: Baker doubled to left; Lacy flied out to right [Baker to third]; Grote hit a sacrifice fly to right [Baker scored]; Hooton flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Giants 1. GIANTS 7TH: Clark singled to left; Clark stole second; Herndon was called out on strikes; Harris flied out to right; Hill walked; FORSTER REPLACED HOOTON (PITCHING); IVIE BATTED FOR BLUE; Ivie forced Hill (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 2, Giants 1. DODGERS 8TH: LAVELLE REPLACED IVIE (PITCHING); North walked; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [North to second]; North stole third; Smith singled to center [North scored]; LOPES RAN FOR SMITH; Cey lined to shortstop; Garvey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Giants 1. GIANTS 8TH: DAVALILLO REPLACED LOPES (PLAYING RF); Madlock struck out but advanced to first on a passed ball; Whitfield was called out on strikes; Evans forced Madlock (second to shortstop); McCovey grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Giants 1. DODGERS 9TH: Baker grounded out (third to first); Lacy doubled to left; Grote walked; On a bunt Forster singled to catcher [Lacy to third, Grote to second]; North grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Forster out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3, Giants 1. GIANTS 9TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED LACY (PLAYING 2B); On a bunt Clark made an out to first; Herndon struck out (catcher to first); Harris popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Giants 1. |
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