A pinch-homer by Lee Lacy with a man on base highlighted a four-run rally in the seventh inning and lifted the Dodgers to a 5-3 victory over the Padres. Homers by Gene Richards and Dave Winfield gave the Padres a 3-0 lead before the Dodgers got going with a run in the fifth inning.

Dusty Baker led off the seventh with a double and scored on a single by Rick Monday. After Monday was caught stealing, Joe Ferguson singled. The Padres brought Rollie Fingers to the mound, but the ace reliever failed to get Lacy, who batted for Burt Hooton and hit his homer. The Dodgers added another run on singles by Bill Russell, Reggie Smith and Steve Garvey before the inning ended. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Diego Padres 3
Game Played on Saturday, September 23, 1978 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Padres       0  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  1  0    4  0  x  -   5 10  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           4   1   2   2     0   0   .306      Lopes 2b              2   0   1   1     2   0   .280
Smith ss              4   0   2   0     0   1   .265      Russell ss            4   1   1   0     0   1   .280
Perkins 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Smith rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .295
Winfield cf,rf        4   1   2   1     0   0   .308        Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Turner rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .293      Garvey 1b             4   0   2   1     0   1   .309
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cey 3b                3   0   0   0     1   1   .271
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Baker lf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .267
  Ashford ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Monday cf,rf          4   0   1   1     0   2   .254
Tenace c              2   0   0   0     1   1   .226      Ferguson c            2   1   2   0     1   0   .228
Evans 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .284        Law pr              0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Gonzalez 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .244        North cf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .232
D'Acquisto p          2   1   1   0     0   1   .222      Hooton p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .154
  Thomas cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .227        Lacy ph             1   1   1   2     0   0   .275
                                                            Yeager c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .186

Totals               31   3   8   3     1   4             Totals               31   5  10   5     4   7

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 31,653
Left on Base: Padres 2, Dodgers 7
DP: Padres 1, Dodgers 2
Errors: Russell
Doubles: D'Acquisto (1), Baker (23)
Home Runs: Richards (4), Winfield (24), Lacy (13)
Stolen Bases: Lopes 2 (44)
Caught Stealing: Turner (4), Monday (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Hooton (17)
GIDP: Perkins (5), Ashford (3), Cey (13)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto              6     3   1   1   3   7   0  23   2.21
Lee                     0.1   3   2   2   0   0   0   3   3.42
Fingers L(5-13)         1.2   4   2   2   1   0   1  10   2.60
Totals                  8    10   5   5   4   7   1  36

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hooton W(19-9)          7     6   3   3   1   3   2  25   2.68
Forster SV(22)          2     2   0   0   0   1   0   7   1.96
Totals                  9     8   3   3   1   4   2  32

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - John McSherry


PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to right; Smith singled to right;
Perkins grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Smith out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Lopes stole
third; Russell struck out; Smith popped to first; Garvey struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield grounded out (second to first); Turner
flied out to right; Tenace made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey flied out to center; Baker struck out; Monday
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 3RD: Evans flied out to right; Gonzalez struck out;
D'Acquisto doubled to center; Richards homered [D'Acquisto
scored]; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Ferguson singled to center; Hooton struck out;
Lopes walked [Ferguson to second]; Russell flied out to center;
Smith grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 2, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 4TH: Perkins grounded out (second to first); Winfield
homered; Turner singled to shortstop [Turner to second (error by
Russell)]; Turner was caught stealing third (catcher to third);
Tenace struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey flied out to left; Cey struck out; Baker
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 5TH: Evans flied out to center; Gonzalez popped to first
in foul territory; D'Acquisto struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 3, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Monday struck out; Ferguson walked; Hooton out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Ferguson to second]; Lopes
singled to right [Ferguson scored]; Russell flied out to center;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 1.

PADRES 6TH: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith
singled to left; Smith was picked off first (pitcher to first);
Perkins flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3,
Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Smith popped to shortstop; Garvey singled to
center; Cey grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Garvey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3,
Dodgers 1.

PADRES 7TH: Winfield grounded out (second to first); Turner
flied to left in foul territory; Tenace walked; Evans forced
Tenace (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3,
Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 7TH: LEE REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); THOMAS REPLACED
D'ACQUISTO (PLAYING CF); WINFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); Baker doubled to left; Monday singled to center [Baker
scored]; Monday was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Ferguson singled to left; LAW RAN FOR FERGUSON; LACY
BATTED FOR HOOTON; FINGERS REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Lacy homered
[Law scored]; Lopes grounded out (third to first); Russell
singled to left; Smith singled to left [Russell to second];
Garvey singled to left [Russell scored, Smith to second]; Cey
walked [Smith to third, Garvey to second]; Baker flied to left
in foul territory; 4 R, 7 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 5.

PADRES 8TH: NORTH REPLACED LAW (PLAYING CF); MONDAY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); YEAGER REPLACED LACY (PLAYING C );
FORSTER REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Gonzalez grounded out (first
unassisted); Thomas flied out to center; Richards singled to
center; Smith struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3,
Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 8TH: Monday flied out to center; North flied out to
center; Yeager flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
3, Dodgers 5.

PADRES 9TH: Perkins grounded out (third to first); Winfield
singled to center; ASHFORD BATTED FOR FINGERS; Ashford grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Winfield out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 5.