Two home runs by Ron Cey and a double and triple by Davey Lopes powered the Dodgers a 7-2 triumph over the Giants and stretched the L.A. lead in the N.L. West to five games. Cey hit his first homer in the fourth inning and his second in the ninth stanza.

Lopes doubled home two runs in the third and tripled home another marker in the ninth. Terry Forster pitched three hitless innings in relief to record his 19th save of the campaign. [The Sporting News]
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 2

Game Played on Monday, September 11, 1978 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Dodgers      0  0  3    1  0  0    0  0  3  -   7  9  2
Giants       0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   2  7  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   1   2   3     0   1   .280      Madlock 2b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .311
North cf              3   0   0   0     2   0   .233      Evans 3b              2   0   0   0     3   0   .253
Smith rf              3   0   0   1     0   0   .300      Clark rf              4   1   1   1     1   0   .308
  Monday rf           2   0   0   0     0   2   .258      Ivie 1b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .301
Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .300      Cruz lf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .240
Cey 3b                3   2   3   2     1   0   .276      Herndon cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .266
Baker lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Hill c                3   0   1   0     1   0   .231
Ferguson c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .226      LeMaster ss           4   0   2   0     0   1   .240
  Yeager c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .193      Blue p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .086
Russell ss            3   2   2   0     1   0   .279        Heintzelman ph      1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Rau p                 2   1   0   0     1   1   .155        Barr p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .106
  Forster p           1   1   1   1     0   0   .500        Tamargo ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
                                                            Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Andrews ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .236

Totals               34   7   9   7     5   6             Totals               34   2   7   1     5   6

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 35,965
Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Giants 10
DP: Dodgers 1, Giants 2
Errors: Lopes, Russell, Evans
Doubles: Russell (28), Lopes (23)
Triples: Lopes (4)
Home Runs: Cey 2 (20), Clark (24)
Stolen Bases: Russell (9)
GIDP: Baker (9), Ferguson (14), Tamargo (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau W(14-8)             6     7   2   1   4   3   1  29   3.34
Forster SV(19)          3     0   0   0   1   3   0  10   2.12
Totals                  9     7   2   1   5   6   1  39

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(16-8)            4     4   4   4   3   3   1  18   2.70
Barr                    2     2   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.53
Williams                2.2   3   3   3   2   1   1  13   5.44
Curtis                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.60
Totals                  9     9   7   7   5   6   2  39

Wild Pitches: Blue (5), Williams (3)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Paul Pryor


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to right; North flied out to right;
Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Madlock popped to catcher in foul territory; Evans
walked; Clark flied out to left; Ivie singled to second [Evans
to second]; Cruz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Giants 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey flied out to right; Cey walked; Baker
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Cey out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Herndon made an out to third; Hill grounded out
(third to first); LeMaster flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Giants 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Ferguson struck out; Russell doubled to center; Rau
walked; Lopes doubled to right [Russell scored, Rau scored];
North walked; Blue threw a wild pitch [Lopes to third, North to
second]; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lopes scored];
Garvey struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Blue was called out on strikes; Madlock reached on
an error by Russell [Madlock to first]; Evans flied out to
center; Clark walked [Madlock to second]; Ivie flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Giants 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey homered; Baker grounded out (shortstop to
first); Ferguson flied out to right; Russell singled to third;
Rau was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Herndon singled
to center; Hill singled to right [Herndon to second]; LeMaster
singled to left [Herndon to third, Hill to second]; HEINTZELMAN
BATTED FOR BLUE; Heintzelman struck out; Madlock flied out to
center; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 0.

DODGERS 5TH: BARR REPLACED HEINTZELMAN (PITCHING); Evans dropped
a foul fly hit by Lopes for an error; Lopes struck out; North
grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Evans flied out to right; Clark homered; Ivie made
an out to shortstop; Cruz flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Garvey singled to left; Cey singled to right
[Garvey to third]; Baker popped to first in foul territory;
Ferguson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Cey out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: MONDAY REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING RF); Herndon grounded
out (third to first); Hill walked; LeMaster singled to left
[Hill to second]; TAMARGO BATTED FOR BARR; Tamargo grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [LeMaster out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

DODGERS 7TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED TAMARGO (PITCHING); Russell
grounded out (third to first); Rau flied out to left; Lopes
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Madlock singled to left; Evans walked [Madlock to
second]; FORSTER REPLACED RAU (PITCHING); Clark flied out to
left; Ivie forced Evans (second unassisted) [Madlock scored
(error by Lopes) (unearned) (no RBI), Ivie to second]; Cruz
struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 2.

DODGERS 8TH: North grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday was
called out on strikes; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 2.

GIANTS 8TH: Herndon grounded out (second to first); Hill
grounded out (first to pitcher); LeMaster struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 2.

DODGERS 9TH: Cey homered; Baker grounded out (pitcher to first);
Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell walked;
Russell stole second; Williams threw a wild pitch [Russell to
third]; Forster singled to left [Russell scored]; Lopes tripled
to center [Forster scored]; North walked; CURTIS REPLACED
WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Monday struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Giants 2.

GIANTS 9TH: YEAGER REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING C ); ANDREWS
BATTED FOR CURTIS; Andrews struck out; Madlock flied out to
center; Evans walked; Clark forced Evans (shortstop to second);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Giants 2.
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