Handing Vida Blue his first defeat since June 5, the Dodgers thrashed the Giants, 12-2. Reggie Smith clouted a two-run homer in the first inning, hit a two-run single in the fourth and added a fifth RBI with a single in the seventh. Ron Cey hit a two-run round-tripper off Blue in the fourth and Steve Garvey had a bases-loaded triple off reliever Greg Minton in the sixth. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 12, San Francisco Giants 2

Game Played on Thursday, August 10, 1978 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Giants 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 3 Dodgers 3 0 0 4 0 3 2 0 x - 12 16 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Madlock 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .312 Lopes 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Andrews 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Martinez pr,2b 1 1 0 0 0 1 .243 Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .309 North cf 2 2 2 0 2 0 .256 Clark rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .300 Monday pr,cf 1 2 0 0 0 0 .250 Evans 3b 1 0 0 0 2 0 .258 Smith rf 5 3 4 5 0 0 .300 Dwyer cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .224 Lacy pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .302 Ivie 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .306 Cey 3b 3 3 2 2 2 0 .262 Herndon cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .284 Garvey 1b 5 0 3 3 0 1 .288 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Baker lf 4 0 0 1 1 1 .270 Tamargo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Davalillo lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Metzger ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .257 Ferguson c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .203 Hill c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .237 Grote c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .309 Blue p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Russell ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .272 Minton p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hernandez ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Cruz cf,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Welch p 3 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Mota ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 Totals 32 2 5 2 3 7 Totals 39 12 16 11 6 5 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 50,990 Left on Base: Giants 6, Dodgers 10 DP: Giants 2, Dodgers 0 Errors: Madlock, Clark, Evans Doubles: Garvey (24) Triples: Garvey (6) Home Runs: Clark (19), Madlock (11), Smith (22), Cey (14) Sacrifice Hits: Welch (4) GIDP: Russell (15), Garvey (12) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue L(16-5) 3.2 9 7 7 3 2 2 23 2.74 Minton 1.1 4 3 3 1 0 0 9 5.23 Williams 3 3 2 1 2 3 0 14 4.25 Totals 8 16 12 11 6 5 2 46 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Welch W(4-0) 8 5 2 2 2 6 2 31 1.81 Hough 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2.33 Totals 9 5 2 2 3 7 2 35 Passed Balls: Hill (1) Wild Pitches: Welch (2) Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Jerry Dale GIANTS 1ST: Madlock grounded out (first unassisted); Whitfield struck out; Clark homered; Evans walked; Ivie singled to center [Evans to second]; Herndon struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); North singled to center; Smith homered [North scored]; Cey walked; Garvey doubled to left [Cey to third]; Baker grounded out (third to first) [Cey scored]; Ferguson struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Dodgers 3. GIANTS 2ND: Metzger flied out to right; Hill grounded out (shortstop to first); Blue struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 2ND: Russell singled to left; Welch out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Russell to second]; Lopes popped to shortstop; North walked; Smith forced North (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Dodgers 3. GIANTS 3RD: On a bunt Madlock singled to third; Whitfield popped to catcher in foul territory; Clark flied out to center; Evans flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 3RD: Cey flied out to center; Garvey struck out; Baker walked; Ferguson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Dodgers 3. GIANTS 4TH: Ivie flied out to left; Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 4TH: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Welch singled to center; Lopes popped to shortstop; North singled to right [Welch to third, North to second (error by Clark)]; Smith singled to left [Welch scored, North scored]; Hill allowed a passed ball [Smith to third]; Cey homered [Smith scored]; Garvey singled to center; MINTON REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Baker forced Garvey (third to second); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Dodgers 7. GIANTS 5TH: Hill was called out on strikes; Minton struck out; Madlock homered; Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 7. DODGERS 5TH: Ferguson singled to left; Russell grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Ferguson out at second]; Welch reached on an error by Evans [Welch to first]; Lopes forced Welch (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 7. GIANTS 6TH: Clark popped to second; Evans walked; Ivie popped to catcher in foul territory; Herndon popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 7. DODGERS 6TH: North walked; MONDAY RAN FOR NORTH; Smith singled to right [Monday to second]; Cey singled to third [Monday to third, Smith to second]; Garvey tripled to center [Monday scored, Smith scored, Cey scored]; WILLIAMS REPLACED HERNDON (PITCHING); CRUZ REPLACED MINTON (PLAYING CF); Baker popped to catcher in foul territory; Ferguson grounded out (third to first); Russell was walked intentionally; Welch grounded out (catcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 10. GIANTS 7TH: MONDAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); GROTE REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING C ); Metzger grounded out (second to first); Hill singled to right; Welch threw a wild pitch [Hill to second]; Cruz flied out to left; Madlock flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 10. DODGERS 7TH: Lopes singled to left; MARTINEZ RAN FOR LOPES; Monday reached on an error by Madlock [Martinez to second, Monday to first]; Smith singled to center [Martinez scored, Monday to third]; Darrell Evans and Giants Manager Joe Altobelli ejected by 3B umpire Jerry Dale when Evans contested Dale's ruling that he missed the tag on Rick Monday; ANDREWS REPLACED MADLOCK (PLAYING 2B); DWYER REPLACED EVANS (PLAYING CF); CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); LACY RAN FOR SMITH; Cey walked [Lacy to second]; Garvey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Monday scored (unearned), Lacy to third, Cey out at second]; Baker struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 12. GIANTS 8TH: MARTINEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); LACY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HERNANDEZ REPLACED RUSSELL (PLAYING SS); DAVALILLO REPLACED BAKER (PLAYING LF); Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); Clark grounded out (third to first); Dwyer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 12. DODGERS 8TH: Grote singled to left; Hernandez struck out; MOTA BATTED FOR WELCH; Mota flied out to center; Martinez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 12. GIANTS 9TH: HOUGH REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); Ivie struck out; TAMARGO BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Tamargo grounded out (second to first); Metzger walked; Hill grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 12.

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