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Monday September 18, 1978
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Getting credit for his first major league shutout, Mike LaCoss pitched the Reds to a 4-0 victory over the Dodgers. The Reds took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a single by Johnny Bench, double by Dan Driessen and sacrifice fly by Dave Concepcion and got three runs in the seventh on an RBI single by Ken Griffey and two-run hit by Bench. [The Sporting News]


Cincinnati Reds 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

Game Played on Monday, September 18, 1978 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Reds         0  1  0    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   4  9  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               2   1   0   0     3   0   .301      Lopes 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .283
  Knight 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Russell ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .278
Morgan 2b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .240      Monday cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .253
Griffey cf            5   0   3   1     0   0   .290      Garvey 1b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .309
Foster lf             4   0   0   0     1   3   .276      Cey 3b                3   0   1   0     1   1   .270
Bench c               4   1   3   2     1   1   .258      Baker lf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .265
Driessen 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .256      Lacy rf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .262
Concepcion ss         3   0   1   1     0   0   .301      Yeager c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .188
Summers rf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .368        Davalillo ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .315
LaCoss p              3   1   0   0     0   1   .077        Grote c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .302
                                                          Welch p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .160
                                                            Rautzhan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Oates ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .311
                                                            Castillo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Ferguson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .226

Totals               32   4   9   4     7   6             Totals               34   0   7   0     2   6

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 50,292
Left on Base: Reds 10, Dodgers 9
DP: Reds 0, Dodgers 1
Doubles: Driessen (23)
Stolen Bases: Summers (1), Rose (12)
Caught Stealing: Bench (2)
Sacrifice Hits: LaCoss (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Concepcion (4)
GIDP: Concepcion (12)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaCoss W(4-7)           9     7   0   0   2   6   0  36   4.19
Totals                  9     7   0   0   2   6   0  36

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Welch L(6-4)            6.2   7   4   4   5   5   0  32   2.27
Rautzhan                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1.63
Castillo                2     2   0   0   2   1   0   9   3.86
Totals                  9     9   4   4   7   6   0  41

Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Frank Pulli


REDS 1ST: Rose lined to shortstop; Morgan popped to second;
Griffey singled to center; Foster struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to right; Russell struck out;
Monday singled to left; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Reds 0, Dodgers 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench singled to left; Driessen doubled to left [Bench
to third]; Concepcion hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bench
scored, Driessen to third]; Summers popped to third in foul
territory; LaCoss was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey struck out; Baker struck out; Lacy struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose walked; Morgan popped to third in foul territory;
Griffey flied out to left; Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager lined to first; Welch grounded out (third to
first); Lopes walked; Russell grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench walked; Driessen walked [Bench to second];
Concepcion grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Bench to third, Driessen out at second]; Summers was
walked intentionally; LaCoss popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Monday flied out to left; Garvey singled to left;
Cey singled to left [Garvey to second]; Baker singled to right
[Garvey to third, Cey to second]; Lacy popped to shortstop;
Yeager popped to shortstop; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 1,
Dodgers 0.

REDS 5TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan lined
to shortstop; Griffey singled to center; Foster grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Welch grounded out (second to first); Lopes
grounded out (third to first); Russell popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 0.

REDS 6TH: Bench struck out; Driessen popped to second;
Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Monday popped to third in foul territory; Garvey
popped to second; Cey walked; Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 0.

REDS 7TH: Summers singled to center; LaCoss reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Summers to second];
Summers stole third; Rose walked [LaCoss to second]; Morgan
flied out to left; Griffey singled to center [Summers scored,
LaCoss to third, Rose to second]; Foster was called out on
strikes; Bench singled to right [LaCoss scored, Rose scored,
Griffey to third]; RAUTZHAN REPLACED WELCH (PITCHING); Bench was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to shortstop); 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Lacy grounded out (third to first); DAVALILLO
BATTED FOR YEAGER; Davalillo singled to center; OATES BATTED FOR
RAUTZHAN; Oates flied out to left; Lopes singled to left
[Davalillo to second]; Russell forced Davalillo (third
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Dodgers 0.

REDS 8TH: GROTE REPLACED DAVALILLO (PLAYING C ); CASTILLO
REPLACED OATES (PITCHING); Driessen flied out to left;
Concepcion singled to center; Summers popped to third in foul
territory; LaCoss flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 4, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Monday flied out to center; On a bunt Garvey
singled to third; Cey flied out to center; Baker lined to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Dodgers 0.

REDS 9TH: Rose walked; Rose stole second; Morgan struck out;
Griffey flied out to center; Foster walked; Bench singled to
left [Rose out at home (left to catcher), Foster to second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 9TH: KNIGHT REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Lacy grounded
out (third to first); Grote grounded out (pitcher to first);
FERGUSON BATTED FOR CASTILLO; Ferguson grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Dodgers 0.



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