The Dodgers' pennant chances were jolted by a 3-2 loss to the Giants, who won the game with a two-run rally in the eighth inning. With one out in the eighth, Milt May stroked a pinch-single.

Max Venable also singled and pinch-hitter Jim Wohlford flied out. Bobby Castillo replaced starter Dave Goltz on the hill for the Dodgers with a 1-1 count on Jack Clark and walked the batter to load the bases. Darrell Evans then singled to right to plate two tallies. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Thursday, October   2, 1980 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Dodgers      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  2  x  -   3  8  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomas 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .260      Venable cf            4   1   1   0     0   2   .274
Frias ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .242        LeMaster ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .215
Baker lf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .298      Pettini ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .233
Garvey 1b             3   1   1   2     1   0   .304        Wohlford ph,lf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Guerrero cf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .326      Clark rf              2   0   1   0     2   0   .285
Ferguson c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Evans 3b              4   0   2   2     0   0   .266
Hatcher 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .225      Whitfield lf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .296
Johnstone rf          3   0   0   0     0   2   .313        Herndon ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .256
  Mota ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .333        Holland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Weiss pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Murray 1b             3   1   1   0     0   1   .223
Goltz p               2   0   0   0     1   1   .128      Sularz 2b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .246
  Castillo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Sadek c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
  Howe p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .100        North ph,cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .251
  Yeager ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .208      Blue p                1   0   0   1     0   1   .074
                                                            Minton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
                                                            May ph,c            1   1   1   0     0   0   .260

Totals               33   2   5   2     3   7             Totals               28   3   8   3     2   6

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 11,693
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Giants 5
DP: Dodgers 2, Giants 0
Errors: Pettini, Murray
Doubles: Frias (1)
Home Runs: Garvey (25)
Caught Stealing: Baker (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Sadek (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Blue (1)
GIDP: Sadek (3), Evans (11)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(7-10)           7.2   7   3   3   1   5   0  29   4.28
Castillo                0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   2.81
Howe                    0.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.78
Totals                  8     8   3   3   2   6   0  32

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue                    7.1   4   2   2   3   5   1  30   2.97
Minton W(4-6)           0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.52
Holland SV(7)           1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.75
Totals                  9     5   2   2   3   7   1  36

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Bob Engel


DODGERS 1ST: Thomas struck out (catcher to first); Frias flied
out to right; Baker singled to right; Garvey homered [Baker
scored]; Guerrero struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Venable grounded out (second to first); Pettini
grounded out (shortstop to first); Clark walked; Evans singled
to left [Clark to second]; Whitfield lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Ferguson made an out to second; Hatcher walked;
Johnstone popped to third in foul territory; Goltz struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Murray grounded out (third to first); Sularz singled
to right; Sadek grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Sularz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Giants 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Thomas grounded out (third to first); Frias reached
on an error by Murray [Frias to first]; Baker forced Frias
(shortstop to second); Garvey popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Blue struck out; Venable was called out on strikes;
Pettini grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Giants 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Guerrero flied out to right; Ferguson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hatcher flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Clark grounded out (third to first); Evans grounded
out (second to first); Whitfield flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Johnstone struck out; Goltz grounded out (first to
pitcher); Thomas flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Murray singled to center; Sularz singled to center
[Murray to second]; Sadek out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Murray to third, Sularz to second]; Blue hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Murray scored, Sularz to third]; Venable
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Frias grounded out (second to first); Baker singled
to center; Baker was caught stealing second but was safe at
second (error by Pettini; assist by Sadek); Garvey was walked
intentionally; Guerrero forced Garvey (third to second) [Baker
to third]; Ferguson forced Guerrero (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Pettini struck out; Clark singled to center; Evans
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Clark out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants
1.

DODGERS 7TH: Hatcher grounded out (catcher to first); Johnstone
was called out on strikes; Goltz walked; Thomas grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Whitfield grounded out (second to first); Murray
struck out; Sularz lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Giants 1.

DODGERS 8TH: Frias doubled to right; Baker grounded out (second
to first) [Frias to third]; MINTON REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING);
Garvey grounded out (third to first); Guerrero struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: NORTH BATTED FOR SADEK; North flied out to left; MAY
BATTED FOR MINTON; May singled to center; Venable singled to
second [May to second]; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR PETTINI; Wohlford
flied out to left; CASTILLO REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); Clark
walked [May to third, Venable to second]; Dave Goltz left
with unknown injury; HOWE REPLACED CASTILLO (PITCHING);
Evans singled to right [May scored, Venable scored, Clark to
second]; HERNDON BATTED FOR WHITFIELD; Herndon struck out; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 3.

DODGERS 9TH: MAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); NORTH STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
LEMASTER REPLACED VENABLE (PLAYING SS); HOLLAND REPLACED HERNDON
(PITCHING); Ferguson flied out to center; Hatcher grounded out
(second to first); MOTA BATTED FOR JOHNSTONE; Mota singled to
right; WEISS RAN FOR MOTA; YEAGER BATTED FOR HOWE; Yeager struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 3.