Handing Vida Blue his first defeat since June 5, the Dodgers thrashed the Giants, 12-2. Reggie Smith clouted a two-run homer in the first inning, hit a two-run single in the fourth and added a fifth RBI with a single in the seventh. Ron Cey hit a two-run round-tripper off Blue in the fourth and Steve Garvey had a bases-loaded triple off reliever Greg Minton in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 12, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Thursday, August    10, 1978 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Giants       1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  3
Dodgers      3  0  0    4  0  3    2  0  x  -  12 16  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Madlock 2b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .312      Lopes 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .276
  Andrews 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .243        Martinez pr,2b      1   1   0   0     0   1   .243
Whitfield lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .309      North cf              2   2   2   0     2   0   .256
Clark rf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .300        Monday pr,cf        1   2   0   0     0   0   .250
Evans 3b              1   0   0   0     2   0   .258      Smith rf              5   3   4   5     0   0   .300
  Dwyer cf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .224        Lacy pr,rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .302
Ivie 1b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .306      Cey 3b                3   3   2   2     2   0   .262
Herndon cf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .284      Garvey 1b             5   0   3   3     0   1   .288
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Baker lf              4   0   0   1     1   1   .270
  Tamargo ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .294        Davalillo lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Metzger ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .257      Ferguson c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .203
Hill c                4   0   1   0     0   1   .237        Grote c             1   0   1   0     0   0   .309
Blue p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .100      Russell ss            3   0   1   0     1   0   .272
  Minton p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Hernandez ss        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Cruz cf,3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Welch p               3   1   1   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .304
                                                            Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .364

Totals               32   2   5   2     3   7             Totals               39  12  16  11     6   5

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 50,990
Left on Base: Giants 6, Dodgers 10
DP: Giants 2, Dodgers 0
Errors: Madlock, Clark, Evans
Doubles: Garvey (24)
Triples: Garvey (6)
Home Runs: Clark (19), Madlock (11), Smith (22), Cey (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Welch (4)
GIDP: Russell (15), Garvey (12)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(16-5)            3.2   9   7   7   3   2   2  23   2.74
Minton                  1.1   4   3   3   1   0   0   9   5.23
Williams                3     3   2   1   2   3   0  14   4.25
Totals                  8    16  12  11   6   5   2  46

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Welch W(4-0)            8     5   2   2   2   6   2  31   1.81
Hough                   1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   2.33
Totals                  9     5   2   2   3   7   2  35

Passed Balls: Hill (1)
Wild Pitches: Welch (2)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Jerry Dale


GIANTS 1ST: Madlock grounded out (first unassisted); Whitfield
struck out; Clark homered; Evans walked; Ivie singled to center
[Evans to second]; Herndon struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); North
singled to center; Smith homered [North scored]; Cey walked;
Garvey doubled to left [Cey to third]; Baker grounded out (third
to first) [Cey scored]; Ferguson struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 3.

GIANTS 2ND: Metzger flied out to right; Hill grounded out
(shortstop to first); Blue struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 2ND: Russell singled to left; Welch out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Russell to second]; Lopes popped to
shortstop; North walked; Smith forced North (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 3.

GIANTS 3RD: On a bunt Madlock singled to third; Whitfield popped
to catcher in foul territory; Clark flied out to center; Evans
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 3RD: Cey flied out to center; Garvey struck out; Baker
walked; Ferguson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
1, Dodgers 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Ivie flied out to left; Herndon grounded out
(shortstop to first); Metzger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Welch
singled to center; Lopes popped to shortstop; North singled to
right [Welch to third, North to second (error by Clark)]; Smith
singled to left [Welch scored, North scored]; Hill allowed a
passed ball [Smith to third]; Cey homered [Smith scored]; Garvey
singled to center; MINTON REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Baker forced
Garvey (third to second); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1,
Dodgers 7.

GIANTS 5TH: Hill was called out on strikes; Minton struck out;
Madlock homered; Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Dodgers 7.

DODGERS 5TH: Ferguson singled to left; Russell grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Ferguson out at
second]; Welch reached on an error by Evans [Welch to first];
Lopes forced Welch (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 2, Dodgers 7.

GIANTS 6TH: Clark popped to second; Evans walked; Ivie popped to
catcher in foul territory; Herndon popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Dodgers 7.

DODGERS 6TH: North walked; MONDAY RAN FOR NORTH; Smith singled
to right [Monday to second]; Cey singled to third [Monday to
third, Smith to second]; Garvey tripled to center [Monday
scored, Smith scored, Cey scored]; WILLIAMS REPLACED HERNDON
(PITCHING); CRUZ REPLACED MINTON (PLAYING CF); Baker popped to
catcher in foul territory; Ferguson grounded out (third to
first); Russell was walked intentionally; Welch grounded out
(catcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Dodgers 10.

GIANTS 7TH: MONDAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); GROTE REPLACED
FERGUSON (PLAYING C ); Metzger grounded out (second to first);
Hill singled to right; Welch threw a wild pitch [Hill to
second]; Cruz flied out to left; Madlock flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Dodgers 10.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes singled to left; MARTINEZ RAN FOR LOPES;
Monday reached on an error by Madlock [Martinez to second,
Monday to first]; Smith singled to center [Martinez scored,
Monday to third]; Darrell Evans and Giants Manager Joe
Altobelli ejected by 3B umpire Jerry Dale when Evans contested
Dale's ruling that he missed the tag on Rick Monday; ANDREWS
REPLACED MADLOCK (PLAYING 2B); DWYER REPLACED EVANS (PLAYING
CF); CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); LACY RAN FOR SMITH;
Cey walked [Lacy to second]; Garvey grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Monday scored (unearned), Lacy
to third, Cey out at second]; Baker struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Dodgers 12.

GIANTS 8TH: MARTINEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); LACY STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); HERNANDEZ REPLACED RUSSELL (PLAYING SS);
DAVALILLO REPLACED BAKER (PLAYING LF); Whitfield grounded out
(first unassisted); Clark grounded out (third to first); Dwyer
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2,
Dodgers 12.

DODGERS 8TH: Grote singled to left; Hernandez struck out; MOTA
BATTED FOR WELCH; Mota flied out to center; Martinez struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Dodgers 12.

GIANTS 9TH: HOUGH REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); Ivie struck out;
TAMARGO BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Tamargo grounded out (second to
first); Metzger walked; Hill grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Dodgers 12.