A homer by George Foster highlighted a four-run eighth inning that carried the Reds to a 5-3 decision over the Dodgers. The Reds trailed, 3-1, going into the bottom of the eighth when Foster unloaded a two-run shot, scoring Ken Griffey, who had walked. Johnny Bench drew a walk before Dan Driessen and Champ Summers followed with singles to give the decision to reliever Pedro Borbon. [The Sporting News]
Cincinnati Reds 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1978 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Dodgers      0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  5  2
Reds         0  0  0    0  1  0    0  4  x  -   5  7  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   1   0     1   0   .280      Rose 3b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .298
Baker lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .261        Knight 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .206
  Law lf              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Concepcion ss         3   0   0   0     1   1   .299
Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .314      Griffey cf            2   1   1   0     2   0   .285
Cey 3b                2   0   0   0     2   0   .270      Foster lf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .283
  Simpson cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bench c               3   1   0   0     1   1   .258
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .307      Driessen 1b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .252
Monday cf             2   1   1   0     1   1   .256      Summers rf            4   0   1   1     0   2   .265
  Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .313      Kennedy 2b            2   1   1   0     0   0   .245
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Collins ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .221
  Rautzhan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Auerbach 2b         0   0   0   0     1   0   .327
Lacy rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Soto p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Ferguson c            3   1   0   0     1   2   .227        Henderson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .174
  Yeager c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .187        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Martinez ss           2   1   2   3     2   0   .277        Lum ph              0   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Sutton p              3   0   0   0     0   3   .085        DeFreites ph        0   0   0   1     0   0   .188
  Grote 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .288        Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .154

Totals               32   3   5   3     8   9             Totals               28   5   7   5     6   6

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 26,028
Left on Base: Dodgers 10, Reds 8
DP: Dodgers 1, Reds 0
Errors: Yeager, Martinez, Bench
Doubles: Monday (14), Kennedy (2)
Home Runs: Martinez (1), Foster (37)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (45), Martinez (3), Driessen (28), Concepcion (23), Griffey (23), Summers (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Soto (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Rose (7), DeFreites (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton                  6     4   1   1   3   5   0  25   3.56
Hough L(5-5)            1.1   3   4   4   3   1   1  10   3.28
Rautzhan                0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.16
Totals                  8     7   5   5   6   6   1  37

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Soto                    7     4   3   3   7   8   1  32   2.81
Borbon W(8-2)           1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.56
Bair SV(28)             1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.01
Totals                  9     5   3   3   8   9   1  40

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes popped to first; Baker struck out; Garvey
walked; Cey walked [Garvey to second]; Monday struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 0.

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

DODGERS 2ND: Lacy popped to catcher in foul territory; Ferguson
struck out; Martinez singled to left; Sutton struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench grounded out (third to first); Driessen walked;
Driessen stole second; Summers lined to second; Kennedy grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds
0.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes flied out to center; Baker struck out; Garvey
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Soto struck out; Rose grounded out (second to first);
Concepcion walked; Concepcion stole second; Griffey walked;
Foster forced Griffey (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Reds 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey grounded out (third to first); Monday doubled
to center; Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first) [Monday to
third]; Ferguson walked; Martinez homered [Monday scored,
Ferguson scored]; Sutton struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench struck out; Driessen grounded out (second to
first); Summers struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Reds 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Lopes grounded out (catcher to first to second to
first); Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey singled;
Cey forced Garvey (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Kennedy doubled to right; Soto out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Kennedy to third]; Rose hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Kennedy scored]; Concepcion flied out to left; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Monday walked; Lacy flied out to center [Monday to
second]; Ferguson struck out; Martinez was walked intentionally;
Sutton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 1.

REDS 6TH: Griffey singled to shortstop; Foster singled to center
[Griffey to second]; Bench reached on an error by Martinez
[Griffey to third, Foster to second, Bench to first]; Driessen
lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Bench out at
first]; Summers struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Reds 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Baker flied out
to left; Garvey grounded out (pitcher to first); Cey was walked
intentionally; MOTA BATTED FOR MONDAY; Mota grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 1.

REDS 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); GROTE REPLACED SUTTON
(PLAYING 3B); LAW REPLACED BAKER (PLAYING LF); SIMPSON REPLACED
CEY (PLAYING CF); COLLINS BATTED FOR KENNEDY; Collins struck
out; HENDERSON BATTED FOR SOTO; Henderson lined to pitcher; Rose
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 1.

DODGERS 8TH: AUERBACH REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING 2B); BORBON
REPLACED HENDERSON (PITCHING); Lacy popped to catcher in foul
territory; Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); Martinez
walked; Martinez stole second [Martinez to third (error by
Bench)]; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 1.

REDS 8TH: YEAGER REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING C ); Concepcion
grounded out (third to first); Griffey walked; Griffey stole
second [Griffey to third (error by Yeager)]; Foster homered
[Griffey scored]; Bench walked; Driessen singled to shortstop
[Bench to second]; Summers singled to right [Bench scored,
Driessen to third]; Summers stole second; Auerbach walked; LUM
BATTED FOR BORBON; RAUTZHAN REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); DEFREITES
BATTED FOR LUM; DeFreites hit a sacrifice fly to right [Driessen
scored, Summers to third]; Rose grounded out (first unassisted);
4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Reds 5.

DODGERS 9TH: BAIR REPLACED DEFREITES (PITCHING); KNIGHT REPLACED
ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Lopes singled to center; Law flied out to
left; Garvey forced Lopes (second to shortstop); DAVALILLO
BATTED FOR SIMPSON; Davalillo struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Reds 5.
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