A pinch-homer by Lee Lacy with a man on base highlighted a four-run rally in the seventh inning and lifted the Dodgers to a 5-3 victory over the Padres. Homers by Gene Richards and Dave Winfield gave the Padres a 3-0 lead before the Dodgers got going with a run in the fifth inning.

Dusty Baker led off the seventh with a double and scored on a single by Rick Monday. After Monday was caught stealing, Joe Ferguson singled. The Padres brought Rollie Fingers to the mound, but the ace reliever failed to get Lacy, who batted for Burt Hooton and hit his homer. The Dodgers added another run on singles by Bill Russell, Reggie Smith and Steve Garvey before the inning ended. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Diego Padres 3

Game Played on Saturday, September 23, 1978 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium

Padres 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0 Dodgers 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 x - 5 10 1 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .306 Lopes 2b 2 0 1 1 2 0 .280 Smith ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .265 Russell ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .280 Perkins 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Smith rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .295 Winfield cf,rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .308 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Turner rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .293 Garvey 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .309 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cey 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .271 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Baker lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .267 Ashford ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Monday cf,rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .254 Tenace c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .226 Ferguson c 2 1 2 0 1 0 .228 Evans 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Law pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .244 North cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 D'Acquisto p 2 1 1 0 0 1 .222 Hooton p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Thomas cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Lacy ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .275 Yeager c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Totals 31 3 8 3 1 4 Totals 31 5 10 5 4 7 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 31,653 Left on Base: Padres 2, Dodgers 7 DP: Padres 1, Dodgers 2 Errors: Russell Doubles: D'Acquisto (1), Baker (23) Home Runs: Richards (4), Winfield (24), Lacy (13) Stolen Bases: Lopes 2 (44) Caught Stealing: Turner (4), Monday (4) Sacrifice Hits: Hooton (17) GIDP: Perkins (5), Ashford (3), Cey (13) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D'Acquisto 6 3 1 1 3 7 0 23 2.21 Lee 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 3 3.42 Fingers L(5-13) 1.2 4 2 2 1 0 1 10 2.60 Totals 8 10 5 5 4 7 1 36 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hooton W(19-9) 7 6 3 3 1 3 2 25 2.68 Forster SV(22) 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 1.96 Totals 9 8 3 3 1 4 2 32 Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - John McSherry PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to right; Smith singled to right; Perkins grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Smith out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Lopes stole third; Russell struck out; Smith popped to first; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Dodgers 0. PADRES 2ND: Winfield grounded out (second to first); Turner flied out to right; Tenace made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cey flied out to center; Baker struck out; Monday struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Dodgers 0. PADRES 3RD: Evans flied out to right; Gonzalez struck out; D'Acquisto doubled to center; Richards homered [D'Acquisto scored]; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 3RD: Ferguson singled to center; Hooton struck out; Lopes walked [Ferguson to second]; Russell flied out to center; Smith grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Dodgers 0. PADRES 4TH: Perkins grounded out (second to first); Winfield homered; Turner singled to shortstop [Turner to second (error by Russell)]; Turner was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Tenace struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 4TH: Garvey flied out to left; Cey struck out; Baker popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 0. PADRES 5TH: Evans flied out to center; Gonzalez popped to first in foul territory; D'Acquisto struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 5TH: Monday struck out; Ferguson walked; Hooton out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Ferguson to second]; Lopes singled to right [Ferguson scored]; Russell flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 1. PADRES 6TH: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith singled to left; Smith was picked off first (pitcher to first); Perkins flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 6TH: Smith popped to shortstop; Garvey singled to center; Cey grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Garvey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 1. PADRES 7TH: Winfield grounded out (second to first); Turner flied to left in foul territory; Tenace walked; Evans forced Tenace (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 7TH: LEE REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); THOMAS REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PLAYING CF); WINFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Baker doubled to left; Monday singled to center [Baker scored]; Monday was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Ferguson singled to left; LAW RAN FOR FERGUSON; LACY BATTED FOR HOOTON; FINGERS REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Lacy homered [Law scored]; Lopes grounded out (third to first); Russell singled to left; Smith singled to left [Russell to second]; Garvey singled to left [Russell scored, Smith to second]; Cey walked [Smith to third, Garvey to second]; Baker flied to left in foul territory; 4 R, 7 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 5. PADRES 8TH: NORTH REPLACED LAW (PLAYING CF); MONDAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); YEAGER REPLACED LACY (PLAYING C ); FORSTER REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Gonzalez grounded out (first unassisted); Thomas flied out to center; Richards singled to center; Smith struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 5. DODGERS 8TH: Monday flied out to center; North flied out to center; Yeager flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 5. PADRES 9TH: Perkins grounded out (third to first); Winfield singled to center; ASHFORD BATTED FOR FINGERS; Ashford grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Winfield out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Dodgers 5.

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