With Doug Rau notching his fifth consecutive victory and Reggie Smith cracking a homer, the Dodgers eased past the Cardinals, 3-1. Smith's solo round-tripper came in the first inning, but the Cards tied the game in the second when Ken Reitz blasted a homer. The Dodgers went ahead in the third when Davey Lopes singled, advanced to second on a balk, to third on a groundout and scored on Ron Cey's sacrifice fly.

L. A. added another run in the fourth when Dusty Baker doubled, advanced to third on Steve Yeager's single and tallied on Rau's sacrifice bunt. Terry Forster relieved Rau with one out in the eighth and pitched out of a bases loaded jam. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Game Played on Tuesday, May 9, 1978 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Cardinals 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 Dodgers 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 x - 3 8 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .288 Lopes 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .308 Templeton ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .221 Russell ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .327 Smith rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .317 Simmons c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .309 Cey 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .313 Morales cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .274 Reitz 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .303 Baker lf 2 1 1 0 1 1 .327 Scott rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .244 Burke lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Tyson 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .263 Monday cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .376 Rasmussen p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Yeager c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .208 Freed ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Rau p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .200 Urrea p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sutherland ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Swisher ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Totals 35 1 8 1 1 6 Totals 29 3 8 3 2 7 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 33,262 Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Dodgers 7 DP: Cardinals 1, Dodgers 0 Doubles: Brock (3), Templeton (7), Monday (7), Baker (6) Home Runs: Reitz (4), Smith (6) Sacrifice Hits: Rau (3), Lopes (3) Sacrifice Flies: Cey (2) GIDP: Lopes (2) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rasmussen L(2-4) 4 5 3 3 2 3 1 19 4.15 Urrea 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 11 3.13 Littell 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.33 Totals 8 8 3 3 2 7 1 34 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rau W(5-0) 7.1 7 1 1 0 4 1 29 2.72 Forster SV(4) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 2.19 Totals 9 8 1 1 1 6 1 36 Balks: Rasmussen (1) Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Bob Engel CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Templeton struck out; Hernandez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes lined to pitcher; Russell flied out to left; Smith homered; Cey popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to left; Morales flied out to right; Reitz homered; Scott flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 2ND: Garvey popped to catcher in foul territory; Baker walked; Monday doubled to right [Baker to third]; Yeager struck out; Rau flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson flied out to center; Rasmussen struck out; Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 3RD: Lopes singled to center; Rasmussen balked [Lopes to second]; Russell grounded out (third to first) [Lopes to third]; Smith walked; Cey hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lopes scored]; Garvey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Templeton grounded out (second to first); Hernandez flied out to right; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 4TH: Baker doubled to center; Monday struck out; Yeager singled to left [Baker to third]; Rau reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Baker scored, Yeager to second]; Lopes grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rau out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3. CARDINALS 5TH: Morales singled to left; Reitz forced Morales (third to second); Scott struck out; Tyson singled to right [Reitz to second]; FREED BATTED FOR RASMUSSEN; Freed singled to pitcher [Reitz to third, Tyson to second]; Brock grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 5TH: URREA REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Russell grounded out (third to first); Smith was called out on strikes; Cey singled to center; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3. CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton flied out to left; Hernandez flied out to center; Simmons singled to left; Morales forced Simmons (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 6TH: Baker struck out; Monday grounded out (third to first); Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3. CARDINALS 7TH: BURKE REPLACED BAKER (PLAYING LF); Reitz grounded out (second to first); Scott grounded out (third to first); Tyson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 7TH: Rau singled to left; Lopes out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Rau to second]; Russell grounded out (third to first); Smith grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3. CARDINALS 8TH: SUTHERLAND BATTED FOR URREA; Sutherland popped to first; Brock doubled to left; Templeton doubled to shortstop [Brock to third]; FORSTER REPLACED RAU (PITCHING); Hernandez struck out; Simmons walked; Morales forced Templeton (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 8TH: LITTELL REPLACED SUTHERLAND (PITCHING); Cey struck out; Garvey singled to center; Burke lined to second; Monday flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3. CARDINALS 9TH: Reitz singled to left; Scott struck out; Tyson grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Reitz to second]; SWISHER BATTED FOR LITTELL; Swisher popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Dodgers 3.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".