With Rick Rhoden scattering six hits and Reggie Smith hitting a two-run homer in the first inning, the Dodgers polished off the Cubs, 4-1, to take the series, two games to one. Smith also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh, following Davey Lopes' triple. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Chicago Cubs 1

Game Played on Thursday, May 4, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Dodgers 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 4 10 2 Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 2 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .318 De Jesus ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .292 Russell ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .255 Gross cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .348 Smith rf 4 1 2 3 0 2 .318 Buckner 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .362 Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .309 Murcer rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Baker lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .310 Ontiveros 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .152 Lacy 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Martinez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kingman lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .206 Monday cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .385 Cox c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .278 Grote c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .300 Biittner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Rhoden p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Fryman p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Meoli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Wallis ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .320 Krukow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clines ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Totals 33 4 10 3 4 4 Totals 33 1 6 1 2 5 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 4,030 Left on Base: Dodgers 9, Cubs 8 DP: Dodgers 0, Cubs 3 Errors: Lacy, Grote, Trillo 2 Doubles: Smith (8), Kingman (3) Triples: Lopes (1) Home Runs: Smith (4) Stolen Bases: De Jesus (2) Sacrifice Hits: Rhoden (2), Russell (2) Sacrifice Flies: Smith (3), Gross (1) GIDP: Russell (5), Lacy (1), Rhoden (1) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rhoden W(4-0) 9 6 1 0 2 5 0 36 1.79 Totals 9 6 1 0 2 5 0 36 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fryman L(0-3) 5 6 3 2 4 2 1 23 5.12 Moore 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 13 5.74 Krukow 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 6.30 Totals 9 10 4 3 4 4 1 40 Balks: Fryman (1) Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Ed Montague DODGERS 1ST: Lopes popped to shortstop; Russell singled to right; Smith homered [Russell scored]; Garvey singled to right; Baker walked [Garvey to second]; Lacy flied out to right; Monday forced Baker (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 2, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross grounded out (second to first); Buckner walked; Murcer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Cubs 0. DODGERS 2ND: Grote singled to right; Rhoden out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Grote to second]; Lopes walked; Russell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lopes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); Trillo popped to first; Kingman reached on an error by Lacy [Kingman to first]; Cox singled to left [Kingman to third]; Fryman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 2, Cubs 0. DODGERS 3RD: Smith struck out; Garvey walked; Baker walked [Garvey to second]; Lacy grounded into a double play (third to first) [Garvey out at third]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Cubs 0. CUBS 3RD: De Jesus lined to left; Gross grounded out (third to first); Buckner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Cubs 0. DODGERS 4TH: Monday singled to right; Grote flied out to left; Rhoden grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Monday out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Cubs 0. CUBS 4TH: Murcer flied out to center; Ontiveros lined to second; Trillo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Cubs 0. DODGERS 5TH: Lopes singled to left; Fryman balked [Lopes to second]; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Lopes to third]; Smith was called out on strikes; Garvey reached on an error by Trillo [Lopes scored (unearned) (no RBI), Garvey to second]; Baker flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Cubs 0. CUBS 5TH: Kingman doubled to left; Cox popped to second; MEOLI BATTED FOR FRYMAN; Meoli flied out to center; De Jesus struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Cubs 0. DODGERS 6TH: MOORE REPLACED MEOLI (PITCHING); Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday struck out; Grote singled to center; Rhoden grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Cubs 0. CUBS 6TH: Gross singled to right; Buckner lined to shortstop; Murcer flied out to left; Ontiveros struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Cubs 0. DODGERS 7TH: Lopes tripled to left; Russell flied out to center; Smith lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [Lopes scored]; Garvey grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Cubs 0. CUBS 7TH: Trillo flied out to center; Kingman popped to second; Cox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Cubs 0. DODGERS 8TH: Baker struck out; Lacy lined to center; Monday singled to left; Grote reached on an error by Trillo [Monday to second, Grote to first]; Rhoden grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 4, Cubs 0. CUBS 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED LACY (PLAYING 3B); WALLIS BATTED FOR MOORE; Wallis struck out; De Jesus singled to left; De Jesus stole second [De Jesus to third (error by Grote)]; Gross hit a sacrifice fly to left [De Jesus scored (unearned)]; Buckner singled to left; Murcer struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Cubs 1. DODGERS 9TH: KRUKOW REPLACED WALLIS (PITCHING); Lopes grounded out (second to first); Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith doubled to left; Garvey flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Cubs 1. CUBS 9TH: Ontiveros walked; Trillo singled to right [Ontiveros to second]; Kingman struck out; BIITTNER BATTED FOR COX; Biittner popped to first in foul territory; CLINES BATTED FOR KRUKOW; Clines flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 4, Cubs 1.

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