The first career grand slam by Davey Lopes in the 11th inning gave the Dodgers a 5-1 victory over the Braves. Steve Garvey opened the 11th with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice by Dusty Baker. After Rick Monday received an intentional walk, Johnny Oates reached first safely on an error by Jerry Royster. One out later, Lopes connected for the game-winning blow.

The Braves led, 1-0, going into the ninth, but the Dodgers tied the score. With one out, Ron Cey and Garvey walked. Ted Martinez ran for Cey and scored when Baker greeted reliever Gene Garber with a single to right. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Atlanta Braves 1

Game Played on Thursday, July 6, 1978 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium

Braves 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 - 5 10 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royster 2b 3 0 0 0 2 0 .284 Lopes 2b 6 1 3 4 0 1 .301 Office cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Russell ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Gilbreath ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Smith rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .306 Skok p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Cey 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .267 Matthews rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .297 Martinez pr,3b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .211 Burroughs lf 2 1 2 0 2 0 .333 Garvey 1b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .299 Bonnell pr,lf,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Baker lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .268 Pocoroba c 5 0 1 0 0 1 .266 Monday cf 4 1 2 0 1 1 .293 Horner 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .213 Ferguson c 3 0 1 0 0 2 .220 Murphy 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .221 North pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Chaney ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .213 Oates c 2 1 0 0 0 1 .370 Niekro p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Rhoden p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .135 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacy ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Gaston ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .205 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Beall lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Mota ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .353 Davalillo pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Hough p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Totals 36 1 6 0 5 8 Totals 41 5 10 5 3 10 Time of Game: 2:57 Attendance: 18,355 Left on Base: Braves 7, Dodgers 9 DP: Braves 1, Dodgers 2 Errors: Royster, Chaney Home Runs: Lopes (10) Stolen Bases: Murphy (9), Baker (6), Davalillo (2), Smith (5) Caught Stealing: Royster (9) Sacrifice Hits: Rhoden (4), Baker (1) GIDP: Horner (3), Pocoroba (13) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro 8.1 6 1 1 2 7 0 32 3.18 Garber 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1.49 Skok L(1-1) 1.2 3 4 0 1 1 1 11 1.99 Totals 10.2 10 5 1 3 10 1 46 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rhoden 8 4 1 1 3 6 0 29 3.70 Forster 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 9 2.86 Hough W(3-2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.49 Totals 11 6 1 1 5 8 0 41 Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert BRAVES 1ST: Royster walked; Royster was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Office flied out to left; Matthews was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to left; Russell grounded out (third to first); Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Dodgers 0. BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs singled to left; Pocoroba singled to center [Burroughs to third]; Horner grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Burroughs scored (no RBI), Pocoroba out at second]; Murphy popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cey flied out to right; Garvey grounded out (pitcher to first); Baker grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. BRAVES 3RD: Chaney grounded out (second to first); Niekro singled to right; Royster flied out to left; Office grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 3RD: Monday singled to right; Ferguson struck out; Rhoden out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Monday to second]; Lopes lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. BRAVES 4TH: Matthews flied out to center; Burroughs singled to left; Pocoroba lined to left; Horner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 4TH: Russell flied out to left; Smith grounded out (second to first); Cey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. BRAVES 5TH: Murphy walked; Murphy stole second; Chaney struck out; Niekro grounded out (shortstop to first); Royster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 5TH: Garvey singled to center; Baker grounded out (pitcher to third to first) [Garvey to second]; Monday singled to second [Garvey stayed at second]; Ferguson struck out; Rhoden popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. BRAVES 6TH: Office grounded out (first to pitcher); Matthews grounded out (pitcher to first); Burroughs walked; Pocoroba struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 6TH: Lopes singled to left; Russell lined into a double play (second to first) [Lopes out at first]; Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. BRAVES 7TH: Horner struck out; Murphy grounded out (third to first); Chaney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 7TH: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey struck out; Baker grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. BRAVES 8TH: Niekro grounded out (third to first); Royster popped to third in foul territory; Office grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 8TH: Monday grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferguson singled to center; NORTH RAN FOR FERGUSON; LACY BATTED FOR RHODEN; Lacy struck out; Lopes singled to left [North to second]; Russell popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. BRAVES 9TH: FORSTER REPLACED LACY (PITCHING); OATES REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING C ); Matthews struck out; Burroughs walked; BONNELL RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Pocoroba grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bonnell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 9TH: BONNELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Smith struck out; Cey walked; MARTINEZ RAN FOR CEY; Garvey walked [Martinez to second]; GARBER REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Baker singled to right [Martinez scored, Garvey to third]; Baker stole second; Monday struck out; Oates struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 1. BRAVES 10TH: MARTINEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Horner singled to left; On a bunt Murphy forced Horner (third to shortstop); Chaney singled to right [Murphy to third]; GASTON BATTED FOR GARBER; Gaston struck out; Royster walked [Chaney to second]; GILBREATH BATTED FOR OFFICE; Gilbreath flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 10TH: BEALL REPLACED GASTON (PLAYING LF); BONNELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); SKOK REPLACED GILBREATH (PITCHING); MOTA BATTED FOR FORSTER; Mota singled to right; DAVALILLO RAN FOR MOTA; Lopes was called out on strikes; Russell flied out to left; Smith reached on an error by Chaney [Davalillo to second, Smith to first]; Davalillo stole third and Smith stole second; Martinez popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 1. BRAVES 11TH: HOUGH REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Matthews grounded out (third to first); Bonnell popped to third; Pocoroba grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 11TH: Garvey singled to left; Baker out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Garvey to second]; Monday was walked intentionally; Oates reached on an error by Royster [Garvey to third, Monday to second, Oates to first]; Hough flied out to right; Lopes homered (unearned) [Garvey scored (unearned), Monday scored (unearned), Oates scored (unearned)]; 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 5.

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