Burt Hooton yielded only two hits in the first 6 2/3 innings and Terry Forster pitched perfect ball in relief as the Dodgers posted a 3-1 victory over the Giants, who were stopped on their streak of 12 straight victories at home in Candlestick Park. Vida Blue, winner of six games in a row, was handed his first loss since opening day.

Ron Cey doubled off Blue in the second, stopped at third on a single by Steve Garvey and scored as Dusty Baker grounded into a double play. Baker doubled in the seventh, advanced to third after the catch on a long fly by Lee Lacy and came home on a sacrifice fly by Jerry Grote. The Dodgers' insurance run counted in the eighth on a pass to Bill North, a sacrifice, stolen base and single by Reggie Smith. The Giants' lone tally was unearned.

Hooton was relieved after Jack Clark singled and Marc Hill walked with two out in the seventh. Forster retired the last seven straight batters, striking out three, to get credit for his eighth save. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 3, San Francisco Giants 1

Game Played on Saturday, May 27, 1978 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Dodgers 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 3 9 1 Giants 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 0 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .213 Madlock 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .299 Russell ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .271 Smith rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .331 Evans 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .255 Lopes pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297 McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .211 Davalillo rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Clark rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .327 Cey 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .280 Herndon cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .260 Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Harris ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .073 Baker lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .326 Hill c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .202 Lacy 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .328 Blue p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .217 Martinez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Ivie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .344 Grote c 2 0 0 1 1 0 .308 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hooton p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .071 Forster p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Totals 32 3 9 2 3 5 Totals 31 1 2 0 3 8 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 45,865 Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Giants 6 DP: Dodgers 0, Giants 2 Errors: Lacy Doubles: Cey (8), Baker (8), Lacy (5) Stolen Bases: North (3), Clark (4) Sacrifice Hits: Russell (4) Sacrifice Flies: Grote (1) GIDP: Baker (2), North (2) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hooton W(4-4) 6.2 2 1 0 3 5 0 26 2.95 Forster SV(8) 2.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 1.17 Totals 9 2 1 0 3 8 0 34 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue L(6-2) 7 6 2 2 1 4 0 27 2.83 Lavelle 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 10 3.42 Totals 9 9 3 3 3 5 0 37 Passed Balls: Grote (2) Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Eric Gregg, 3B - Bill Williams DODGERS 1ST: North grounded out (second to first); Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Whitfield struck out; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Giants 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cey doubled to right; Garvey singled to right [Cey to third]; Baker grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Cey scored (no RBI), Garvey out at second]; Lacy grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); Clark flied out to right; Herndon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 0. DODGERS 3RD: Grote grounded out (third to first); Hooton struck out; North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Harris struck out; Hill grounded out (third to first); Blue walked; Madlock flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 0. DODGERS 4TH: Russell grounded out (third to first); Smith singled to right; Cey walked [Smith to second]; Garvey forced Cey (shortstop to second) [Smith to third]; Baker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Whitfield flied out to center; Evans singled to right; McCovey walked [Evans to second]; Clark popped to first; Herndon reached on an error by Lacy [Evans scored (unearned) (no RBI), McCovey to third, Herndon to second]; Harris popped to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 1. DODGERS 5TH: Lacy popped to second; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); Hooton singled to center; North forced Hooton (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 5TH: Hill popped to first in foul territory; Blue struck out; Madlock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 1. DODGERS 6TH: Russell flied out to center; Smith grounded out (third to first); Cey singled to left; Garvey popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 1. GIANTS 6TH: Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); Evans flied out to right; McCovey popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Giants 1. DODGERS 7TH: Baker doubled to left; Lacy flied out to right [Baker to third]; Grote hit a sacrifice fly to right [Baker scored]; Hooton flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Giants 1. GIANTS 7TH: Clark singled to left; Clark stole second; Herndon was called out on strikes; Harris flied out to right; Hill walked; FORSTER REPLACED HOOTON (PITCHING); IVIE BATTED FOR BLUE; Ivie forced Hill (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 2, Giants 1. DODGERS 8TH: LAVELLE REPLACED IVIE (PITCHING); North walked; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [North to second]; North stole third; Smith singled to center [North scored]; LOPES RAN FOR SMITH; Cey lined to shortstop; Garvey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Giants 1. GIANTS 8TH: DAVALILLO REPLACED LOPES (PLAYING RF); Madlock struck out but advanced to first on a passed ball; Whitfield was called out on strikes; Evans forced Madlock (second to shortstop); McCovey grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Giants 1. DODGERS 9TH: Baker grounded out (third to first); Lacy doubled to left; Grote walked; On a bunt Forster singled to catcher [Lacy to third, Grote to second]; North grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Forster out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3, Giants 1. GIANTS 9TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED LACY (PLAYING 2B); On a bunt Clark made an out to first; Herndon struck out (catcher to first); Harris popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Giants 1.

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