A homer by George Foster highlighted a four-run eighth inning that carried the Reds to a 5-3 decision over the Dodgers. The Reds trailed, 3-1, going into the bottom of the eighth when Foster unloaded a two-run shot, scoring Ken Griffey, who had walked. Johnny Bench drew a walk before Dan Driessen and Champ Summers followed with singles to give the decision to reliever Pedro Borbon. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1978 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Dodgers 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 2 Reds 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 x - 5 7 1 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .280 Rose 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .298 Baker lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Knight 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Law lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .299 Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .314 Griffey cf 2 1 1 0 2 0 .285 Cey 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .270 Foster lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .283 Simpson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bench c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .258 Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .307 Driessen 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .252 Monday cf 2 1 1 0 1 1 .256 Summers rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .265 Mota ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .313 Kennedy 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .245 Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Auerbach 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .327 Lacy rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Soto p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Ferguson c 3 1 0 0 1 2 .227 Henderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Yeager c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .187 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Martinez ss 2 1 2 3 2 0 .277 Lum ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Sutton p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .085 DeFreites ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .188 Grote 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Totals 32 3 5 3 8 9 Totals 28 5 7 5 6 6 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 26,028 Left on Base: Dodgers 10, Reds 8 DP: Dodgers 1, Reds 0 Errors: Yeager, Martinez, Bench Doubles: Monday (14), Kennedy (2) Home Runs: Martinez (1), Foster (37) Stolen Bases: Lopes (45), Martinez (3), Driessen (28), Concepcion (23), Griffey (23), Summers (2) Sacrifice Hits: Soto (1) Sacrifice Flies: Rose (7), DeFreites (1) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sutton 6 4 1 1 3 5 0 25 3.56 Hough L(5-5) 1.1 3 4 4 3 1 1 10 3.28 Rautzhan 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.16 Totals 8 7 5 5 6 6 1 37 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Soto 7 4 3 3 7 8 1 32 2.81 Borbon W(8-2) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.56 Bair SV(28) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.01 Totals 9 5 3 3 8 9 1 40 Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Ed Montague DODGERS 1ST: Lopes popped to first; Baker struck out; Garvey walked; Cey walked [Garvey to second]; Monday struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Concepcion struck out; Griffey popped to shortstop; Foster flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Reds 0. DODGERS 2ND: Lacy popped to catcher in foul territory; Ferguson struck out; Martinez singled to left; Sutton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Bench grounded out (third to first); Driessen walked; Driessen stole second; Summers lined to second; Kennedy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Reds 0. DODGERS 3RD: Lopes flied out to center; Baker struck out; Garvey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Soto struck out; Rose grounded out (second to first); Concepcion walked; Concepcion stole second; Griffey walked; Foster forced Griffey (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Reds 0. DODGERS 4TH: Cey grounded out (third to first); Monday doubled to center; Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first) [Monday to third]; Ferguson walked; Martinez homered [Monday scored, Ferguson scored]; Sutton struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Bench struck out; Driessen grounded out (second to first); Summers struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Reds 0. DODGERS 5TH: Lopes grounded out (catcher to first to second to first); Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey singled; Cey forced Garvey (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Reds 0. REDS 5TH: Kennedy doubled to right; Soto out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Kennedy to third]; Rose hit a sacrifice fly to center [Kennedy scored]; Concepcion flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Reds 1. DODGERS 6TH: Monday walked; Lacy flied out to center [Monday to second]; Ferguson struck out; Martinez was walked intentionally; Sutton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3, Reds 1. REDS 6TH: Griffey singled to shortstop; Foster singled to center [Griffey to second]; Bench reached on an error by Martinez [Griffey to third, Foster to second, Bench to first]; Driessen lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Bench out at first]; Summers struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3, Reds 1. DODGERS 7TH: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Baker flied out to left; Garvey grounded out (pitcher to first); Cey was walked intentionally; MOTA BATTED FOR MONDAY; Mota grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3, Reds 1. REDS 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); GROTE REPLACED SUTTON (PLAYING 3B); LAW REPLACED BAKER (PLAYING LF); SIMPSON REPLACED CEY (PLAYING CF); COLLINS BATTED FOR KENNEDY; Collins struck out; HENDERSON BATTED FOR SOTO; Henderson lined to pitcher; Rose flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Reds 1. DODGERS 8TH: AUERBACH REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING 2B); BORBON REPLACED HENDERSON (PITCHING); Lacy popped to catcher in foul territory; Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); Martinez walked; Martinez stole second [Martinez to third (error by Bench)]; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Reds 1. REDS 8TH: YEAGER REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING C ); Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Griffey walked; Griffey stole second [Griffey to third (error by Yeager)]; Foster homered [Griffey scored]; Bench walked; Driessen singled to shortstop [Bench to second]; Summers singled to right [Bench scored, Driessen to third]; Summers stole second; Auerbach walked; LUM BATTED FOR BORBON; RAUTZHAN REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); DEFREITES BATTED FOR LUM; DeFreites hit a sacrifice fly to right [Driessen scored, Summers to third]; Rose grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3, Reds 5. DODGERS 9TH: BAIR REPLACED DEFREITES (PITCHING); KNIGHT REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Lopes singled to center; Law flied out to left; Garvey forced Lopes (second to shortstop); DAVALILLO BATTED FOR SIMPSON; Davalillo struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Reds 5.

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