Getting credit for his first major league shutout, Mike LaCoss pitched the Reds to a 4-0 victory over the Dodgers. The Reds took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a single by Johnny Bench, double by Dan Driessen and sacrifice fly by Dave Concepcion and got three runs in the seventh on an RBI single by Ken Griffey and two-run hit by Bench. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

Game Played on Monday, September 18, 1978 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Reds 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 4 9 0 Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose 3b 2 1 0 0 3 0 .301 Lopes 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .283 Knight 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Russell ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Morgan 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .240 Monday cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Griffey cf 5 0 3 1 0 0 .290 Garvey 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .309 Foster lf 4 0 0 0 1 3 .276 Cey 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .270 Bench c 4 1 3 2 1 1 .258 Baker lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .265 Driessen 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .256 Lacy rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Concepcion ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .301 Yeager c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Summers rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .368 Davalillo ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .315 LaCoss p 3 1 0 0 0 1 .077 Grote c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .302 Welch p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Oates ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .311 Castillo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ferguson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Totals 32 4 9 4 7 6 Totals 34 0 7 0 2 6 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 50,292 Left on Base: Reds 10, Dodgers 9 DP: Reds 0, Dodgers 1 Doubles: Driessen (23) Stolen Bases: Summers (1), Rose (12) Caught Stealing: Bench (2) Sacrifice Hits: LaCoss (5) Sacrifice Flies: Concepcion (4) GIDP: Concepcion (12) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA LaCoss W(4-7) 9 7 0 0 2 6 0 36 4.19 Totals 9 7 0 0 2 6 0 36 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Welch L(6-4) 6.2 7 4 4 5 5 0 32 2.27 Rautzhan 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.63 Castillo 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 9 3.86 Totals 9 9 4 4 7 6 0 41 Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Frank Pulli REDS 1ST: Rose lined to shortstop; Morgan popped to second; Griffey singled to center; Foster struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to right; Russell struck out; Monday singled to left; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Dodgers 0. REDS 2ND: Bench singled to left; Driessen doubled to left [Bench to third]; Concepcion hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bench scored, Driessen to third]; Summers popped to third in foul territory; LaCoss was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cey struck out; Baker struck out; Lacy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Dodgers 0. REDS 3RD: Rose walked; Morgan popped to third in foul territory; Griffey flied out to left; Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 3RD: Yeager lined to first; Welch grounded out (third to first); Lopes walked; Russell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Dodgers 0. REDS 4TH: Bench walked; Driessen walked [Bench to second]; Concepcion grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bench to third, Driessen out at second]; Summers was walked intentionally; LaCoss popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 4TH: Monday flied out to left; Garvey singled to left; Cey singled to left [Garvey to second]; Baker singled to right [Garvey to third, Cey to second]; Lacy popped to shortstop; Yeager popped to shortstop; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Reds 1, Dodgers 0. REDS 5TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan lined to shortstop; Griffey singled to center; Foster grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 5TH: Welch grounded out (second to first); Lopes grounded out (third to first); Russell popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Dodgers 0. REDS 6TH: Bench struck out; Driessen popped to second; Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 6TH: Monday popped to third in foul territory; Garvey popped to second; Cey walked; Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Dodgers 0. REDS 7TH: Summers singled to center; LaCoss reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Summers to second]; Summers stole third; Rose walked [LaCoss to second]; Morgan flied out to left; Griffey singled to center [Summers scored, LaCoss to third, Rose to second]; Foster was called out on strikes; Bench singled to right [LaCoss scored, Rose scored, Griffey to third]; RAUTZHAN REPLACED WELCH (PITCHING); Bench was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to shortstop); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 7TH: Lacy grounded out (third to first); DAVALILLO BATTED FOR YEAGER; Davalillo singled to center; OATES BATTED FOR RAUTZHAN; Oates flied out to left; Lopes singled to left [Davalillo to second]; Russell forced Davalillo (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Dodgers 0. REDS 8TH: GROTE REPLACED DAVALILLO (PLAYING C ); CASTILLO REPLACED OATES (PITCHING); Driessen flied out to left; Concepcion singled to center; Summers popped to third in foul territory; LaCoss flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 8TH: Monday flied out to center; On a bunt Garvey singled to third; Cey flied out to center; Baker lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Dodgers 0. REDS 9TH: Rose walked; Rose stole second; Morgan struck out; Griffey flied out to center; Foster walked; Bench singled to left [Rose out at home (left to catcher), Foster to second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 9TH: KNIGHT REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Lacy grounded out (third to first); Grote grounded out (pitcher to first); FERGUSON BATTED FOR CASTILLO; Ferguson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Dodgers 0.

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