Surviving four unearned runs, Doug Rau hurled the Dodgers to a 5-4 victory over the Phillies. The Phillies led, 4-3, going into the top of the sixth when Rick Monday tied the contest with a solo homer. The Dodgers snapped the tie in the seventh on a double by Davey Lopes, a sacrifice and a sacrifice fly by Reggie Smith. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4
Game Played on Tuesday, August    15, 1978 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Dodgers      0  2  1    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   5 10  2
Phillies     0  0  0    0  4  0    0  0  0  -   4  4  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .274      Martin rf             3   1   0   0     1   2   .283
Russell ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .276      Bowa ss               3   1   1   0     1   0   .305
Smith rf              3   1   1   2     1   0   .305      Cardenal 1b           4   0   1   3     0   0   .265
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     1   1   .265      Luzinski lf           3   0   1   0     1   1   .260
Garvey 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .289      Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Lacy lf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .308      Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .275
  North cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Boone c               4   1   0   0     0   0   .266
Monday cf,lf          4   1   3   2     0   1   .259      Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .227
Ferguson c            3   0   1   1     1   0   .202      Ruthven p             2   1   0   1     0   0   .176
Rau p                 1   0   0   0     0   0   .163        Morrison ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .162
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .300        Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Rautzhan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5  10   5     3   3             Totals               32   4   4   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 38,386
Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Phillies 4
DP: Dodgers 0, Phillies 0
Errors: Cey 2
Doubles: Lopes (19), Russell (22), Luzinski (20)
Triples: Garvey (7)
Home Runs: Smith (26), Monday (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Rau 2 (12), Russell (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Smith (9)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau W(12-7)             8     4   4   0   3   4   0  32   3.35
Rautzhan SV(4)          1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.35
Totals                  9     4   4   0   3   4   0  35

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven L(10-9)         7     8   5   5   2   3   2  31   3.27
Brusstar                2     2   0   0   1   0   0   9   1.78
Totals                  9    10   5   5   3   3   2  40

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Ed Montague


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes was called out on strikes; Russell grounded
out (third to first); Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Martin struck out; Bowa singled to right; Cardenal
forced Bowa (shortstop to second); Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey flied out to right; Garvey tripled to right;
Lacy singled to third [Garvey stayed at third]; Monday singled
to right [Garvey scored, Lacy to third]; Ferguson singled to
center [Lacy scored, Monday to second]; Rau out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Monday to third, Ferguson to second];
Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt flied out to left; Maddox popped to
shortstop; Boone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell grounded out (first unassisted); Smith
homered; Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey singled
to left; Lacy grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Sizemore struck out; Ruthven flied to right in
foul territory; Martin flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Monday was called out on strikes; Ferguson walked;
Rau out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Ferguson to
second]; Lopes popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa popped to third in foul territory; Cardenal
flied out to right; Luzinski doubled to right; Schmidt grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies
0.

DODGERS 5TH: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
grounded out (first unassisted); Cey walked; Garvey forced Cey
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Maddox flied out to center; Boone reached on an
error by Cey [Boone to third (error by Cey)]; Sizemore singled
to third [Boone stayed at third]; Ruthven forced Sizemore
(shortstop to second) [Boone scored (unearned)]; Martin walked
[Ruthven to second]; Bowa walked [Ruthven to third, Martin to
second]; Cardenal singled to right [Ruthven scored (unearned),
Martin scored (unearned), Bowa scored (unearned)]; Luzinski
popped to second; 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Phillies 4.

DODGERS 6TH: Lacy flied out to right; Monday homered; Ferguson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rau grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt flied out to left; Maddox grounded out
(third to first); Boone flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 4, Phillies 4.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes doubled to left; Russell out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Lopes to third]; Smith hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Lopes scored]; Cey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 5, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: On a bunt Sizemore grounded out (pitcher to
first); MORRISON BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; Morrison popped to
shortstop; Martin was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 5, Phillies 4.

DODGERS 8TH: BRUSSTAR REPLACED MORRISON (PITCHING); Garvey
grounded out (third to first); Lacy grounded out (shortstop to
first); Monday singled to right; Ferguson popped to second; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: NORTH REPLACED LACY (PLAYING CF); MONDAY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Bowa flied out to left; Cardenal popped
to first in foul territory; Luzinski walked; Schmidt flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Phillies 4.

DODGERS 9TH: DAVALILLO BATTED FOR RAU; Davalillo popped to
shortstop; Lopes flied out to left; Russell doubled to center;
Smith was walked intentionally; Cey flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 9TH: RAUTZHAN REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Maddox
flied out to right; Boone popped to catcher in foul territory;
Sizemore flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5,
Phillies 4.