Extending their lead in N. L. West to three games, the Dodgers romped over the Giants, 9-2, as Joe Ferguson and Ron Cey attacked with home runs. Cey's blast came after a single by Steve Garvey in the second inning. Ferguson's round-tripper came in the fifth following a single by Cey and walk to Rick Monday. Ferguson also had a pair of doubles and Cey added a pair of singles to help Doug Rau gain his 13th victory. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 9, San Francisco Giants 2

Game Played on Wednesday, September 6, 1978 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium

Giants 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 Dodgers 0 3 2 0 3 0 1 0 x - 9 13 1 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Madlock 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .307 Lopes 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .275 Evans 3b 3 1 1 1 2 1 .258 Russell ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Clark rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .307 Smith rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .305 Ivie 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .298 Garvey 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .296 Cruz lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .247 Cey 3b 3 3 3 2 1 0 .275 Herndon cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Baker lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Hill c 3 0 2 0 1 0 .227 Monday cf 2 3 2 2 2 0 .256 Littlejohn pr,c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rhoden p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .116 LeMaster ss 2 0 0 0 2 1 .236 Ferguson c 3 1 3 4 1 0 .230 Barr p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .109 Rau p 3 0 1 1 0 0 .161 Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .174 North cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .234 Minton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andrews ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Plank p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .302 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 2 7 2 6 4 Totals 32 9 13 9 6 0 Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 27,211 Left on Base: Giants 12, Dodgers 6 DP: Giants 3, Dodgers 0 Errors: Cruz, Smith Doubles: Cruz (10), Ferguson 2 (15) Home Runs: Cruz (7), Evans (17), Cey (18), Ferguson (14) Stolen Bases: Lopes (41) Sacrifice Hits: Russell (12) GIDP: Rau (1), Baker (8) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barr L(7-11) 3 8 5 5 3 0 1 18 3.63 Minton 2 3 3 3 1 0 1 10 8.04 Plank 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 7 4.50 Curtis 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2.97 Totals 8 13 9 9 6 0 2 39 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rau W(13-8) 7 5 2 2 5 2 2 32 3.41 Rhoden 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 9 3.72 Totals 9 7 2 2 6 4 2 41 Wild Pitches: Curtis (6) Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - Bill Williams, 3B - Bruce Froemming GIANTS 1ST: Madlock grounded out (pitcher to first); Evans walked; Clark struck out; Ivie forced Evans (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell grounded out (second to first); Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Dodgers 0. GIANTS 2ND: Cruz homered; Herndon grounded out (third to first); Hill grounded out (second to first); LeMaster walked; Barr flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Garvey singled to third; Cey homered [Garvey scored]; Baker grounded out (third to first); Monday walked; Ferguson doubled to left [Monday to third]; Rau singled to right [Monday scored, Ferguson to third]; Lopes walked [Rau to second]; Russell lined into a double play (right to shortstop) [Rau out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Dodgers 3. GIANTS 3RD: Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans walked; Clark forced Evans (third to second); Ivie flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 3RD: Smith singled to right; Garvey popped to catcher in foul territory; Cey singled to left [Smith to second]; Baker singled to pitcher [Smith to third, Cey to second]; Monday singled to left [Smith scored, Cey scored, Baker to third, Monday to second (error by Cruz)]; Ferguson was walked intentionally; Rau grounded into a double play (shortstop to catcher to first) [Baker out at home]; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Dodgers 5. GIANTS 4TH: Cruz doubled to left; Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Hill walked; LeMaster walked [Cruz to third, Hill to second]; HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR BARR; Heintzelman flied out to right; Madlock flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 1, Dodgers 5. DODGERS 4TH: MINTON REPLACED HEINTZELMAN (PITCHING); Lopes singled to shortstop; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Lopes to second]; Lopes stole third; Smith popped to shortstop; Garvey flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Dodgers 5. GIANTS 5TH: Evans homered; Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); Ivie flied out to right; Cruz grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 5. DODGERS 5TH: Cey singled to left; Baker flied out to center; Monday walked [Cey to second]; Ferguson homered [Cey scored, Monday scored]; Rau grounded out (second to first); Lopes flied out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 8. GIANTS 6TH: Herndon lined to right; Hill singled to center; LeMaster forced Hill (shortstop to second); ANDREWS BATTED FOR MINTON; Andrews reached on an error by Smith [LeMaster to third, Andrews to first]; Madlock lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 8. DODGERS 6TH: PLANK REPLACED ANDREWS (PITCHING); Russell grounded out (second to first); Debut game for Ed Plank; Smith flied out to center; Garvey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 8. GIANTS 7TH: Evans was called out on strikes; Clark flied out to center; Ivie singled to right; Cruz popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 8. DODGERS 7TH: Cey walked; Baker grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cey out at second]; Monday singled to right; Ferguson doubled to right [Monday scored, Ferguson out at third (right to second to third)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 9. GIANTS 8TH: RHODEN REPLACED MONDAY (PITCHING); NORTH REPLACED RAU (PLAYING CF); Herndon singled to right; Hill singled to right [Herndon to second]; LITTLEJOHN RAN FOR HILL; LeMaster struck out; WHITFIELD BATTED FOR PLANK; Whitfield struck out; Madlock walked [Herndon to third, Littlejohn to second]; Evans popped to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 9. DODGERS 8TH: LITTLEJOHN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); CURTIS REPLACED WHITFIELD (PITCHING); North walked; Lopes forced North (first to shortstop); Russell flied out to center; Curtis threw a wild pitch [Lopes to second]; Smith grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 9. GIANTS 9TH: Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); Ivie flied out to center; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Dodgers 9.

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