Getting relief help from Rollie Fingers, who earned his 24th save, Eric Rasmussen posted his eighth straight victory as the Padres extended their winning streak to seven games by edging the Dodgers, 4-3. The Padres got three runs in the fourth inning. Oscar Gamble stroked a one-out single, Gene Tenace walked and Derrl Thomas singled to score Gamble and advance Tenace to third. When shortstop Ted Martinez threw wildly to third after taking the relay from Reggie Smith, Tenace scored. Thomas, who reached third on the error, then tallied on a sacrifice fly by Fernando Gonzalez.

In the fifth inning, Ozzie Smith singled with two out, stole second, reached third on catcher Joe Ferguson's throwing error and scored on a single by Dave Winfield. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Game Played on Monday, July      31, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Dodgers      1  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  7  3
Padres       0  0  0    3  1  0    0  0  x  -   4  9  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   3   3   1     0   0   .285      Richards lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .306
North cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Smith ss              4   1   4   0     0   0   .271
Smith rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .308      Perkins 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Cey 3b                3   0   1   1     1   0   .259      Winfield cf,rf        4   0   1   1     0   0   .294
Garvey 1b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .291      Gamble rf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .297
Baker lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .275        Ashford 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .230
Ferguson c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .206      Tenace c              2   1   0   0     2   1   .242
Russell ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Thomas 3b,cf          4   1   3   1     0   0   .250
  Martinez ss         1   0   0   0     1   0   .258      Gonzalez 2b           3   0   0   1     0   1   .228
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Rasmussen p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .136
Rhoden p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .119        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Rautzhan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Monday ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .258
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .364
  Lacy ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .294

Totals               33   3   7   3     3   3             Totals               31   4   9   3     2   5

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 28,592
Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Padres 7
DP: Dodgers 1, Padres 1
Errors: Ferguson, Martinez 2
Doubles: Lopes (18)
Home Runs: Lopes (13)
Stolen Bases: Ferguson (1), Lopes (30), Smith (9), Smith 2 (29)
Sacrifice Hits: Rasmussen (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Gonzalez (3)
GIDP: Cey (10), Gonzalez (3)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden L(8-6)           4.2   7   4   3   2   2   0  22   3.90
Rautzhan                1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   1.50
Hough                   2     1   0   0   0   3   0   7   2.51
Totals                  8     9   4   3   2   5   0  35

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen W(10-7)       7.2   6   3   3   3   1   1  31   3.85
Fingers SV(24)          1.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   5   3.24
Totals                  9     7   3   3   3   3   1  36

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Joe West


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes homered; North popped to shortstop; Smith
walked; Cey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Smith out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (third to first); Smith
singled to left; Smith stole second; Perkins flied out to right;
Winfield grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Padres 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker
flied out to center; Ferguson singled to center; Ferguson stole
second; Russell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Gamble popped to shortstop; Tenace walked; Thomas
singled to center [Tenace to second]; Gonzalez grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Thomas out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Padres 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Rhoden grounded out (third to first); Lopes singled
to left; Lopes stole second; North grounded out (pitcher to
first); Smith singled to first [Lopes to third]; Smith stole
second; Cey singled to shortstop [Lopes scored, Smith to third];
Garvey popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: MARTINEZ REPLACED RUSSELL (PLAYING SS); Rasmussen
struck out; Richards lined to center; Smith singled to second;
Perkins flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Padres 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferguson
struck out; Martinez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Winfield grounded out (third to first); Gamble
singled to right; Tenace walked [Gamble to second]; Thomas
singled to right [Gamble scored, Tenace scored (error by
Martinez) (no RBI), Thomas to third]; Gonzalez hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Thomas scored (unearned)]; Rasmussen grounded out
(second to first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Padres 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Rhoden flied to left in foul territory; Lopes
grounded out (second to first); North grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 3.

PADRES 5TH: Richards struck out; Smith singled to center; Smith
stole second [Smith to third (error by Ferguson)]; Perkins flied
out to right; Winfield singled to left [Smith scored]; RAUTZHAN
REPLACED RHODEN (PITCHING); Gamble flied out to center; 1 R, 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 4.

DODGERS 6TH: Smith flied out to left; Cey grounded out (third to
first); Garvey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Padres 4.

PADRES 6TH: Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas
singled to left; Gonzalez reached on an error by Martinez
[Thomas to second, Gonzalez to first]; Rasmussen out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Thomas to third, Gonzalez to
second]; Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 4.

DODGERS 7TH: Baker grounded out (second to first); Ferguson
flied out to left; Martinez walked; MONDAY BATTED FOR RAUTZHAN;
Monday grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Padres 4.

PADRES 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED MONDAY (PITCHING); Smith singled to
right; Perkins grounded out (first to pitcher) [Smith to
second]; Winfield reached on a fielder's choice [Smith out at
third (third to second to shortstop), Winfield to second];
Gamble struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 4.

DODGERS 8TH: ASHFORD REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING 3B); WINFIELD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); THOMAS CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING CF); Lopes doubled to left; North grounded out (second
to first) [Lopes to third]; Smith flied out to right; Cey
walked; FINGERS REPLACED RASMUSSEN (PITCHING); Garvey singled to
center [Lopes scored, Cey to second]; Baker struck out; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 4.

PADRES 8TH: Tenace was called out on strikes; Thomas flied out
to center; Gonzalez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 4.

DODGERS 9TH: Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first);
DAVALILLO BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Davalillo popped to shortstop in
foul territory; LACY BATTED FOR HOUGH; Lacy struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 4.