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Dodgers
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
September 11, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers, played on September 11, 1978 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
Date | September 11, 1978 |
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Visiting Team |
Los Angeles Dodgers
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Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 11, 1978 |
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Day of Week | Mon |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Los Angeles Dodgers |
Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Doug Rau |
Home Starting Pitcher | Vida Blue |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
City | San Francisco |
State | CA |
Attendance | 35,965 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Terry Tata 1B: Satch Davidson 2B: Ed Vargo 3B: Paul Pryor |
Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Davey Lopes | Second Baseman |
Bill North | Center Fielder |
Reggie Smith | Right Fielder |
Steve Garvey | First Baseman |
Ron Cey | Third Baseman |
Dusty Baker | Left Fielder |
Joe Ferguson | Catcher |
Bill Russell | Shortstop |
Doug Rau | Pitcher |
Tom Lasorda | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bill Madlock | Second Baseman |
Darrell Evans | Third Baseman |
Jack Clark | Right Fielder |
Mike Ivie | First Baseman |
Hector Cruz | Left Fielder |
Larry Herndon | Center Fielder |
Marc Hill | Catcher |
Johnnie LeMaster | Shortstop |
Vida Blue | Pitcher |
Joe Altobelli | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Dodgers
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
September 11, 1978
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopes vs. Blue
Lopes hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
North vs. Blue
North hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Blue
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Madlock vs. Rau
Madlock hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ferguson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Rau
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Rau
Clark hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ivie vs. Rau
Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Rau
Cruz is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garvey vs. Blue
Garvey hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. Blue
Cey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Blue
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Rau
Herndon hits a popup towards third. Cey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Rau
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeMaster vs. Rau
LeMaster hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferguson vs. Blue
Ferguson strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Blue
Russell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Herndon. Russell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rau vs. Blue
Rau takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopes vs. Blue
Lopes hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark. Lopes reaches second base with a double. Russell scores. Rau goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
North vs. Blue
North takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Blue
There's a wild pitch. Lopes moves to third. North moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Blue
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lopes scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garvey vs. Blue
Garvey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Rau
Blue is called out on strikes. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Madlock vs. Rau
Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell misplays the ball. That's an error on Russell. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Rau
Evans hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Rau
Clark takes first base on ball four. Madlock moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ivie vs. Rau
Ivie hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. Blue
Cey hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Blue
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferguson vs. Blue
Ferguson hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Blue
Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rau vs. Blue
Rau is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Rau
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Rau
Herndon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Rau
Hill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Herndon moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
LeMaster vs. Rau
LeMaster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Herndon moves to third. Hill moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Heintzelman vs. Rau
Tom Heintzelman pinch hits for Vida Blue.
Heintzelman strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Madlock vs. Rau
Madlock hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopes vs. Barr
Jim Barr now pitching.
Lopes hits a popup, foul, towards third. Evans settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Evans. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopes vs. Barr
Lopes strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
North vs. Barr
North hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Barr
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Rau
Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Rau
Clark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ivie vs. Rau
Ivie hits a popup towards short. Russell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Rau
Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garvey vs. Barr
Garvey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cey vs. Barr
Cey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garvey moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Baker vs. Barr
Baker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ivie settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ferguson vs. Barr
Ferguson hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Rau
Rick Monday now playing right field.
Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Rau
Hill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LeMaster vs. Rau
LeMaster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hill moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tamargo vs. Rau
John Tamargo pinch hits for Jim Barr.
Tamargo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Williams
Charlie Williams now pitching.
Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rau vs. Williams
Rau hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopes vs. Williams
Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Madlock vs. Rau
Madlock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Rau
Evans takes first base on ball four. Madlock moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Forster
Terry Forster now pitching.
Clark hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ivie vs. Forster
Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Lopes makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Lopes. Madlock scores. Ivie moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Forster
Cruz strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
North vs. Williams
North hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Monday vs. Williams
Monday is called out on strikes. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garvey vs. Williams
Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Forster
Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Forster
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops it up and throws to first, with Forster covering, for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeMaster vs. Forster
LeMaster strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. Williams
Cey hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Williams
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferguson vs. Williams
Ferguson hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Williams
Russell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Forster vs. Williams
There goes Russell. The throw from Hill and he is safe. Russell steals second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Forster vs. Williams
There's a wild pitch. Russell moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Forster vs. Williams
Forster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Russell scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopes vs. Williams
Lopes hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Herndon who is chasing the ball. Lopes reaches third base with a triple. Forster goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
North vs. Williams
North takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Monday vs. Curtis
John Curtis now pitching.
Monday strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Forster
Steve Yeager now catching. Rob Andrews pinch hits for John Curtis.
Andrews strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Madlock vs. Forster
Madlock hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Forster
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Forster
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/11/1978 -- Los Angeles at San Francisco (N) Los Angeles AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI Lopes D, 2b 5 1 2 3 Madlock B, 2b 5 1 1 0 North B, cf 3 0 0 0 Evans D, 3b 2 0 0 0 Smith R, rf 3 0 0 1 Clark J, rf 4 1 1 1 Monday R, rf 2 0 0 0 Ivie M, 1b 4 0 1 0 Garvey S, 1b 4 0 1 0 Cruz H, lf 4 0 0 0 Cey R, 3b 3 2 3 2 Herndon L, cf 4 0 1 0 Baker D, lf 4 0 0 0 Hill M, c 3 0 1 0 Ferguson J, c 4 0 0 0 LeMaster J, ss 4 0 2 0 Yeager S, c 0 0 0 0 Blue V, p 1 0 0 0 Russell B, ss 3 2 2 0 Heintzelman T, ph 1 0 0 0 Rau D, p 2 1 0 0 Barr J, p 0 0 0 0 Forster T, p 1 1 1 1 Tamargo J, ph 1 0 0 0 Williams C, p 0 0 0 0 Curtis J, p 0 0 0 0 Andrews R, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 7 9 7 34 2 7 1 Los Angeles 003 100 003 -- 7 San Francisco 000 010 100 -- 2 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO Rau D (W)* 6.0 7 2 1 4 3 Forster T (S) 3.0 0 0 0 1 3 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Blue V (L) 4.0 4 4 4 3 3 Barr J 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 Williams C 2.2 3 3 3 2 1 Curtis J 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th E -- Russell B, Evans D, Lopes D DP -- Los Angeles 1, San Francisco 2 LOB -- Los Angeles 5, San Francisco 10 2B -- Russell B, Lopes D 3B -- Lopes D HR -- Cey R 2, Clark J SB -- Russell B WP -- Blue V, Williams C T -- 2:30 A -- 35965
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