Three unearned runs in the eighth inning enabled the Dodgers to defeat the Giants, 7-4, for their seventh victory in the last nine games. The Dodgers had a homer by Ron Cey and a two-run single by Davey Lopes to take a 4-2 lead before putting the decision away after two were out in the eighth. Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 4Game Played on Saturday, August 11, 1979 (Night game) at Candlestick ParkDodgers 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 - 7 8 0 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 - 4 8 5 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 5 0 1 2 0 1 .265 Herndon cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Russell ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .325 Johnston ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Cey 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .278 Strain 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .278 Baker lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .292 Clark rf 3 1 2 0 1 1 .278 Ferguson c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .248 Evans 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .255 Thomasson rf,cf 4 3 3 1 0 0 .244 Ivie 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .306 Thomas cf 3 1 2 1 0 0 .268 Whitfield lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .289 Joshua rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Metzger ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .228 Hough p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Littlejohn c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .203 Beckwith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 North ph,cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Patterson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Whitson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Minton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCovey ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .252 Sadek pr,c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Totals 38 7 8 6 0 3 Totals 35 4 8 4 2 8 Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 42,477 Left on Base: Dodgers 4, Giants 6 DP: Dodgers 0, Giants 1 Errors: Strain 2, Evans, Metzger 2 Doubles: Thomasson (6), Thomas (11), Ferguson (7), Metzger (6), Evans (16) Home Runs: Cey (22), Thomasson (8) Stolen Bases: Lopes (30) GIDP: Russell (13) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hough W(3-4) 6.2 5 2 2 2 6 0 27 5.04 Beckwith 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 4 5.93 Patterson SV(5) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 4.75 Totals 9 8 4 4 2 8 0 37 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Whitson L(5-7) 6.1 6 4 3 0 3 1 28 4.81 Minton 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.19 Borbon 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 9 3.64 Totals 9 8 7 3 0 3 2 38 Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Steve Fields DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; Russell was called out on strikes; Garvey reached on an error by Strain [Garvey to first]; Cey forced Garvey (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Herndon struck out (catcher to first); Strain grounded out (third to first); Clark struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Giants 0. DODGERS 2ND: Baker grounded out (third to first); Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomasson lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Evans flied out to right; Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitfield popped to shortstop (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Giants 0. DODGERS 3RD: Thomas flied out to right; Hough popped to second; Lopes reached on an error by Strain [Lopes to first]; Lopes stole second; Russell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Metzger doubled to right; Littlejohn struck out; Whitson struck out; Herndon popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Giants 0. DODGERS 4TH: Garvey grounded out (second to first); Cey homered; Baker flied out to left; Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Strain flied out to center; Clark singled to left; Evans singled to left [Clark to second]; Ivie flied out to left; Whitfield grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 0. DODGERS 5TH: Thomasson doubled to right; Thomas doubled to right [Thomasson scored]; Hough struck out; Lopes flied out to right; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Metzger struck out (catcher to first); Littlejohn grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Giants 0. DODGERS 6TH: Garvey grounded out (second to first); Cey grounded out (third to first); Baker popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 6TH: Herndon grounded out (third to first); Strain grounded out (third to first); Clark walked; Evans grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Giants 0. DODGERS 7TH: Ferguson flied out to center; Thomasson singled to third; On a bunt Thomas singled to catcher [Thomasson to second]; Hough reached on a fielder's choice [Thomas to second (error by Metzger; assist by Whitson), Thomasson to third]; Lopes singled to left [Thomasson scored, Thomas scored (unearned), Hough to second]; MINTON REPLACED WHITSON (PITCHING); Russell grounded into a double play (third to first) [Hough out at third]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Giants 0. GIANTS 7TH: JOSHUA REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING RF); THOMASSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Ivie walked; Whitfield singled to center [Ivie to second]; Metzger grounded out (first to pitcher) [Ivie to third, Whitfield to second]; NORTH BATTED FOR LITTLEJOHN; North was called out on strikes; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR MINTON; McCovey singled to center [Ivie scored, Whitfield scored]; SADEK RAN FOR MCCOVEY; BECKWITH REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); Herndon forced Sadek (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Giants 2. DODGERS 8TH: SADEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); NORTH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BORBON REPLACED HERNDON (PITCHING); Garvey flied out to center; Cey flied out to left; Baker reached on an error by Evans [Baker to first]; Ferguson doubled to left [Baker scored (unearned), Ferguson scored (error by Metzger) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Thomasson homered (unearned); Joshua grounded out (second to first); 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 7, Giants 2. GIANTS 8TH: Strain singled to second; Clark singled to right [Strain to second]; Evans doubled to left [Strain scored, Clark scored]; PATTERSON REPLACED BECKWITH (PITCHING); Ivie flied out to center; Whitfield grounded out (first to pitcher) [Evans to third]; Metzger flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 7, Giants 4. DODGERS 9TH: Patterson lined to third; Lopes grounded out (second to first); Russell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 7, Giants 4. GIANTS 9TH: North popped to second; Sadek struck out; JOHNSTON BATTED FOR BORBON; Johnston was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 7, Giants 4. |
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