Surviving four unearned runs, Doug Rau hurled the Dodgers to a 5-4 victory over the Phillies. The Phillies led, 4-3, going into the top of the sixth when Rick Monday tied the contest with a solo homer. The Dodgers snapped the tie in the seventh on a double by Davey Lopes, a sacrifice and a sacrifice fly by Reggie Smith. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Game Played on Tuesday, August 15, 1978 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Dodgers 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 5 10 2 Phillies 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 4 4 0 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .274 Martin rf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .283 Russell ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Bowa ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .305 Smith rf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .305 Cardenal 1b 4 0 1 3 0 0 .265 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .265 Luzinski lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .260 Garvey 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .289 Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Lacy lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .308 Maddox cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275 North cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Boone c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .266 Monday cf,lf 4 1 3 2 0 1 .259 Sizemore 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .227 Ferguson c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .202 Ruthven p 2 1 0 1 0 0 .176 Rau p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .163 Morrison ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .162 Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Brusstar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 5 10 5 3 3 Totals 32 4 4 4 3 4 Time of Game: 2:07 Attendance: 38,386 Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Phillies 4 DP: Dodgers 0, Phillies 0 Errors: Cey 2 Doubles: Lopes (19), Russell (22), Luzinski (20) Triples: Garvey (7) Home Runs: Smith (26), Monday (14) Sacrifice Hits: Rau 2 (12), Russell (8) Sacrifice Flies: Smith (9) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rau W(12-7) 8 4 4 0 3 4 0 32 3.35 Rautzhan SV(4) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.35 Totals 9 4 4 0 3 4 0 35 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruthven L(10-9) 7 8 5 5 2 3 2 31 3.27 Brusstar 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 1.78 Totals 9 10 5 5 3 3 2 40 Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Ed Montague DODGERS 1ST: Lopes was called out on strikes; Russell grounded out (third to first); Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Martin struck out; Bowa singled to right; Cardenal forced Bowa (shortstop to second); Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Phillies 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cey flied out to right; Garvey tripled to right; Lacy singled to third [Garvey stayed at third]; Monday singled to right [Garvey scored, Lacy to third]; Ferguson singled to center [Lacy scored, Monday to second]; Rau out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Monday to third, Ferguson to second]; Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt flied out to left; Maddox popped to shortstop; Boone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Phillies 0. DODGERS 3RD: Russell grounded out (first unassisted); Smith homered; Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey singled to left; Lacy grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Sizemore struck out; Ruthven flied to right in foul territory; Martin flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Phillies 0. DODGERS 4TH: Monday was called out on strikes; Ferguson walked; Rau out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Ferguson to second]; Lopes popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa popped to third in foul territory; Cardenal flied out to right; Luzinski doubled to right; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Phillies 0. DODGERS 5TH: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith grounded out (first unassisted); Cey walked; Garvey forced Cey (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 5TH: Maddox flied out to center; Boone reached on an error by Cey [Boone to third (error by Cey)]; Sizemore singled to third [Boone stayed at third]; Ruthven forced Sizemore (shortstop to second) [Boone scored (unearned)]; Martin walked [Ruthven to second]; Bowa walked [Ruthven to third, Martin to second]; Cardenal singled to right [Ruthven scored (unearned), Martin scored (unearned), Bowa scored (unearned)]; Luzinski popped to second; 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Phillies 4. DODGERS 6TH: Lacy flied out to right; Monday homered; Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); Rau grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt flied out to left; Maddox grounded out (third to first); Boone flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Phillies 4. DODGERS 7TH: Lopes doubled to left; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Lopes to third]; Smith hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lopes scored]; Cey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 5, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 7TH: On a bunt Sizemore grounded out (pitcher to first); MORRISON BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; Morrison popped to shortstop; Martin was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 5, Phillies 4. DODGERS 8TH: BRUSSTAR REPLACED MORRISON (PITCHING); Garvey grounded out (third to first); Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday singled to right; Ferguson popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 5, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 8TH: NORTH REPLACED LACY (PLAYING CF); MONDAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Bowa flied out to left; Cardenal popped to first in foul territory; Luzinski walked; Schmidt flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 5, Phillies 4. DODGERS 9TH: DAVALILLO BATTED FOR RAU; Davalillo popped to shortstop; Lopes flied out to left; Russell doubled to center; Smith was walked intentionally; Cey flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 5, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 9TH: RAUTZHAN REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Maddox flied out to right; Boone popped to catcher in foul territory; Sizemore flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 5, Phillies 4.

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