Two home runs by Ron Cey and a double and triple by Davey Lopes powered the Dodgers a 7-2 triumph over the Giants and stretched the L.A. lead in the N.L. West to five games. Cey hit his first homer in the fourth inning and his second in the ninth stanza.

Lopes doubled home two runs in the third and tripled home another marker in the ninth. Terry Forster pitched three hitless innings in relief to record his 19th save of the campaign. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 2

Game Played on Monday, September 11, 1978 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Dodgers 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 - 7 9 2 Giants 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 1 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 5 1 2 3 0 1 .280 Madlock 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .311 North cf 3 0 0 0 2 0 .233 Evans 3b 2 0 0 0 3 0 .253 Smith rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .300 Clark rf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .308 Monday rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .258 Ivie 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .301 Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .300 Cruz lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .240 Cey 3b 3 2 3 2 1 0 .276 Herndon cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Baker lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Hill c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .231 Ferguson c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .226 LeMaster ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .240 Yeager c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .193 Blue p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .086 Russell ss 3 2 2 0 1 0 .279 Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Rau p 2 1 0 0 1 1 .155 Barr p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .106 Forster p 1 1 1 1 0 0 .500 Tamargo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andrews ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Totals 34 7 9 7 5 6 Totals 34 2 7 1 5 6 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 35,965 Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Giants 10 DP: Dodgers 1, Giants 2 Errors: Lopes, Russell, Evans Doubles: Russell (28), Lopes (23) Triples: Lopes (4) Home Runs: Cey 2 (20), Clark (24) Stolen Bases: Russell (9) GIDP: Baker (9), Ferguson (14), Tamargo (1) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rau W(14-8) 6 7 2 1 4 3 1 29 3.34 Forster SV(19) 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 10 2.12 Totals 9 7 2 1 5 6 1 39 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue L(16-8) 4 4 4 4 3 3 1 18 2.70 Barr 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.53 Williams 2.2 3 3 3 2 1 1 13 5.44 Curtis 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.60 Totals 9 9 7 7 5 6 2 39 Wild Pitches: Blue (5), Williams (3) Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Paul Pryor DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to right; North flied out to right; Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Madlock popped to catcher in foul territory; Evans walked; Clark flied out to left; Ivie singled to second [Evans to second]; Cruz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Giants 0. DODGERS 2ND: Garvey flied out to right; Cey walked; Baker grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Cey out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Herndon made an out to third; Hill grounded out (third to first); LeMaster flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Giants 0. DODGERS 3RD: Ferguson struck out; Russell doubled to center; Rau walked; Lopes doubled to right [Russell scored, Rau scored]; North walked; Blue threw a wild pitch [Lopes to third, North to second]; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lopes scored]; Garvey struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Blue was called out on strikes; Madlock reached on an error by Russell [Madlock to first]; Evans flied out to center; Clark walked [Madlock to second]; Ivie flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3, Giants 0. DODGERS 4TH: Cey homered; Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferguson flied out to right; Russell singled to third; Rau was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Herndon singled to center; Hill singled to right [Herndon to second]; LeMaster singled to left [Herndon to third, Hill to second]; HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR BLUE; Heintzelman struck out; Madlock flied out to center; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 4, Giants 0. DODGERS 5TH: BARR REPLACED HEINTZELMAN (PITCHING); Evans dropped a foul fly hit by Lopes for an error; Lopes struck out; North grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Evans flied out to right; Clark homered; Ivie made an out to shortstop; Cruz flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Giants 1. DODGERS 6TH: Garvey singled to left; Cey singled to right [Garvey to third]; Baker popped to first in foul territory; Ferguson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cey out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Giants 1. GIANTS 6TH: MONDAY REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING RF); Herndon grounded out (third to first); Hill walked; LeMaster singled to left [Hill to second]; TAMARGO BATTED FOR BARR; Tamargo grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [LeMaster out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Giants 1. DODGERS 7TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED TAMARGO (PITCHING); Russell grounded out (third to first); Rau flied out to left; Lopes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Giants 1. GIANTS 7TH: Madlock singled to left; Evans walked [Madlock to second]; FORSTER REPLACED RAU (PITCHING); Clark flied out to left; Ivie forced Evans (second unassisted) [Madlock scored (error by Lopes) (unearned) (no RBI), Ivie to second]; Cruz struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Giants 2. DODGERS 8TH: North grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday was called out on strikes; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Giants 2. GIANTS 8TH: Herndon grounded out (second to first); Hill grounded out (first to pitcher); LeMaster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Giants 2. DODGERS 9TH: Cey homered; Baker grounded out (pitcher to first); Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell walked; Russell stole second; Williams threw a wild pitch [Russell to third]; Forster singled to left [Russell scored]; Lopes tripled to center [Forster scored]; North walked; CURTIS REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Monday struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 7, Giants 2. GIANTS 9TH: YEAGER REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING C ); ANDREWS BATTED FOR CURTIS; Andrews struck out; Madlock flied out to center; Evans walked; Clark forced Evans (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 7, Giants 2.

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