Winning their second straight West division title, the Dodgers blanked the Padres, 4-0, behind the five-hit pitching of Bob Welch. It was the 21-year-old rookie's third shutout since joining the club from Albuquerque (Pacific Coast) June 20. Garvey rapped out three straight hits, including a double, and drove in three runs. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Sunday, September 24, 1978 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1
Dodgers      0  0  1    3  0  0    0  0  x  -   4 10  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .308      Lopes 2b              4   1   1   0     1   0   .280
Smith ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .264      North cf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .232
Perkins 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .237      Smith rf              1   1   1   0     2   0   .297
Winfield cf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .309      Garvey 1b             4   0   3   3     0   0   .312
Turner rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Cey 3b                3   0   1   0     1   1   .272
Evans 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .282      Baker lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Tenace c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Ferguson c            3   1   1   0     1   1   .229
Champion 2b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .226      Russell ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .280
Owchinko p            0   0   0   0     1   0   .175      Welch p               4   0   1   0     0   2   .172
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Beswick ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lolich p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gamble ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Shirley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125

Totals               30   0   5   0     2   6             Totals               31   4  10   4     5   4

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 50,018
Left on Base: Padres 6, Dodgers 9
DP: Padres 2, Dodgers 2
Errors: Perkins, Lopes
Doubles: Garvey (35), Russell (31), Smith (27), Ferguson (16)
Caught Stealing: Smith (5)
GIDP: Champion (1), Smith (11), Russell (18)
Hit by Pitch: Tenace (10,by Welch), Smith (1,by Lolich)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Owchinko L(10-13)       3.2   8   4   4   2   3   0  20   3.48
Lee                     0.1   1   0   0   2   0   0   4   3.40
Lolich                  2     1   0   0   1   0   0   7   1.56
Shirley                 2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.73
Totals                  8    10   4   4   5   4   0  37

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Welch W(7-4)            9     5   0   0   2   6   0  33   2.08
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   6   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Lolich (1), Welch (1)

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


PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to right; Smith flied out to
center; Perkins struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (third to first); North grounded
out (shortstop to first); Smith walked; Garvey doubled to right
[Smith to third]; Cey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
0, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield singled to left; Winfield was picked off
first (pitcher to first); Turner flied out to center; Evans was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers
0.

DODGERS 2ND: Baker flied out to center; Ferguson was called out
on strikes; Russell doubled to right; Welch struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 3RD: Tenace made an out to first; Champion struck out;
Owchinko walked; Richards singled to right [Owchinko to second];
Smith flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes singled to shortstop; North lined into a
double play (second to first) [Lopes out at first]; Smith
doubled to left; Garvey singled to left [Smith scored]; Cey
singled to left [Garvey to second]; Baker popped to second; 1 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 1.

PADRES 4TH: Perkins struck out; Winfield singled to center;
Turner popped to third in foul territory; Evans singled to left
[Winfield to third]; Tenace forced Evans (shortstop to second);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Ferguson doubled to left; Russell flied out to
center; Welch grounded out (third to first); Lopes was walked
intentionally; North singled to left [Ferguson scored, Lopes to
third, North to second (on throw)]; LEE REPLACED OWCHINKO
(PITCHING); Smith was walked intentionally; Garvey singled to
center [Lopes scored, North scored, Smith to third, Garvey to
second (error by Perkins)]; Cey was walked intentionally; Baker
grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Padres
0, Dodgers 4.

PADRES 5TH: Champion struck out; BESWICK BATTED FOR LEE; Beswick
popped to second; Richards flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 5TH: LOLICH REPLACED BESWICK (PITCHING); Ferguson
walked; Russell grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Ferguson out at second]; Welch singled to center; Lopes flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 4.

PADRES 6TH: Smith walked; Perkins flied out to center; Winfield
popped to first; Turner flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 6TH: North grounded out (third to first); Smith was hit
by a pitch; Smith was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop); Garvey flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 4.

PADRES 7TH: Evans reached on an error by Lopes [Evans to first];
Tenace was hit by a pitch [Evans to second]; Champion grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans to
third, Tenace out at second]; GAMBLE BATTED FOR LOLICH; Gamble
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 7TH: SHIRLEY REPLACED GAMBLE (PITCHING); Cey popped to
first in foul territory; Baker popped to first in foul
territory; Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 4.

PADRES 8TH: Richards singled to left; Smith grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Richards out at
second]; Perkins popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 8TH: Russell popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Welch struck out; Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 4.

PADRES 9TH: Winfield struck out; Turner popped to third; Evans
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 4.