Rookie righthander Bob Welch recorded his first major league save, allowing only one hit in the last 1 1/3 innings, as the Dodgers edged the Reds, 4-3. With Cesar Geronimo hitting a homer for the Reds, the score was tied, 2-2, when the Dodgers opened the sixth inning with singles by Dusty Baker and Lee Lacy.

Reds' starter Tom Hume then walked both Bill North and Jerry Grote to force in Baker. Davey Lopes followed with an infield out, Lacy scoring what proved to be the deciding run. Don Sutton, who started for the Dodgers, left for a pinch-hitter and Charlie Hough yielded a homer by George Foster in the eighth before Welch came in to save the game. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Cincinnati Reds 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      24, 1978 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Reds         0  1  0    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   3 13  0
Dodgers      0  1  0    1  0  2    0  0  x  -   4  9  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               5   1   4   0     0   0   .287      Lopes 2b              4   0   0   1     0   0   .310
Griffey rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .317      Russell ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .271
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .288      Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .290
  Sarmiento p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cey 3b                4   1   3   0     0   1   .280
  Knight ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .162      Baker lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .270
Concepcion ss         4   0   2   1     1   0   .302        Welch p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Foster lf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .311      Lacy rf               4   1   1   0     0   2   .290
Driessen 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .307      North cf              3   0   1   1     1   1   .260
Geronimo cf           4   1   3   1     0   0   .253      Yeager c              1   1   1   0     1   0   .204
Kennedy 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .218        Grote c             1   0   0   1     1   0   .313
  Morgan ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .254      Sutton p              2   0   1   1     0   1   .069
  Auerbach pr,2b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .115        Monday ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .301
Correll c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .444
  Henderson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Davalillo lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .275
  Werner c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .165
Hume p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Collins ph,rf       2   0   1   0     0   0   .250

Totals               37   3  13   3     2   6             Totals               32   4   9   4     3   7

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 46,274
Left on Base: Reds 9, Dodgers 7
DP: Reds 0, Dodgers 1
Doubles: Rose (20), Cey (17), North (7)
Home Runs: Geronimo (5), Foster (16)
Stolen Bases: Rose (7), Collins (2)
Caught Stealing: Cey (4)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hume L(2-7)             5     9   4   3   3   4   0  26   5.64
Borbon                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.31
Sarmiento               2     0   0   0   0   3   0   6   1.89
Totals                  8     9   4   3   3   7   0  35

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(7-6)           6     9   2   2   1   3   1  25   4.21
Hough                   1.2   3   1   1   1   2   1   9   2.74
Welch SV(1)             1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   0.00
Totals                  9    13   3   3   2   6   2  39

Passed Balls: Correll (1)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose doubled to right; Griffey flied out to left;
Concepcion walked; Foster flied out to left; Driessen grounded
out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers
0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes popped to shortstop; Russell struck out;
Garvey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 0.

REDS 2ND: Geronimo homered; Kennedy flied out to center; Correll
flied out to left; Hume struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey doubled to right; Baker flied out to center
[Cey to third]; Lacy popped to second; North doubled to left
[Cey scored]; Yeager was walked intentionally; Sutton struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 1.

REDS 3RD: Rose singled to center; Griffey lined into a double
play (first unassisted) [Rose out at first]; Concepcion singled
to center; Foster forced Concepcion (shortstop to second); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes lined to left; Russell singled to left;
Garvey popped to second; Cey singled to pitcher [Russell to
second]; Baker forced Cey (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 1.

REDS 4TH: Driessen struck out; Geronimo singled to right;
Kennedy singled to left [Geronimo out at third (left to third)];
Correll forced Kennedy (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Lacy struck out; North grounded out (pitcher to
first); Yeager singled to left; Correll allowed a passed ball
[Yeager to second]; Sutton singled to center [Yeager scored
(unearned)]; Lopes popped to second; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 2.

REDS 5TH: Hume grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose singled
to shortstop; Rose stole second; Griffey struck out; Concepcion
singled to right [Rose scored, Concepcion out at second (right
to first to second to first to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey
flied out to center; Cey singled to right; Cey was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
2, Dodgers 2.

REDS 6TH: GROTE REPLACED YEAGER (PLAYING C ); Foster singled to
right; Driessen popped to third in foul territory; Geronimo
flied out to left; Kennedy forced Foster (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Baker singled to left; Lacy singled to left [Baker
to second]; North walked [Baker to third, Lacy to second];
BORBON REPLACED HUME (PITCHING); Grote walked (walk was charged
to Hume) [Baker scored, Lacy to third, North to second]; MONDAY
BATTED FOR SUTTON; Monday popped to shortstop; Lopes grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Lacy scored, North to third, Grote to
second]; Russell popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 4.

REDS 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED MONDAY (PITCHING); Correll struck out
(catcher to first); COLLINS BATTED FOR BORBON; Collins singled
to pitcher; Collins stole second; Rose grounded out (second to
first) [Collins to third]; LUM BATTED FOR GRIFFEY; Lum struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 7TH: SARMIENTO REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); COLLINS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Garvey flied out to center; Cey struck
out; Baker popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2,
Dodgers 4.

REDS 8TH: Concepcion lined to left; Foster homered; Driessen
grounded out (second to pitcher); Geronimo singled to left;
MORGAN BATTED FOR KENNEDY; Morgan walked [Geronimo to second];
AUERBACH RAN FOR MORGAN; HENDERSON BATTED FOR CORRELL; WELCH
REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); DAVALILLO REPLACED HOUGH (PLAYING
LF); Henderson popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3,
Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 8TH: AUERBACH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); WERNER
REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING C ); Lacy was called out on strikes;
North struck out; Grote popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 4.

REDS 9TH: Collins lined to right; Rose singled to left; KNIGHT
BATTED FOR SARMIENTO; Knight struck out; Concepcion forced Rose
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 4.