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Los Angeles Dodgers 6 Atlanta Braves 2

April 8,1978

Visiting Team

Los Angeles Dodgers (2-0)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (0-2)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

11,265

Time of Game

2:36

Umpires

[HP]: Dick Stello [1B]: Bruce Froemming [2B]: Eric Gregg [3B]: Bill Williams

Los Angeles Dodgers 6 Atlanta Braves 2

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAN	2-0		1	0	0		1	2	0		1	0	1			6	15	1		2	3	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	0-2		0	0	0		1	0	0		0	1	0			2	7	1		5	12	26	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Los Angeles Dodgers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Davey Lopes	2b	32.340	R	4	0	0	0		1	0	.143		2	706
2	Bill Russell	ss	29.169	R	5	1	2	0		0	0	.400		2	1109
3	Reggie Smith	rf	33.006	B	5	3	3	2		0	1	.500		2	1554
4	Ron Cey	3b	30.052	R	3	0	2	1		2	0	.375		2	782
5	Steve Garvey	1b	29.107	R	5	0	1	1		0	0	.222		2	970
6	Dusty Baker	lf	28.297	R	5	1	3	1		0	0	.500		2	889
7	Rick Monday	cf-rf	32.139	L	4	0	0	0		1	1	.444		2	1460
8	Steve Yeager	c	29.135	R	5	0	3	1		0	1	.667		2	561
9	Tommy John	p	34.321	R	3	0	1	0		0	1	.333		1	403
Totals

Errors: Ron Cey

2B: Reggie Smith (1), Steve Yeager (1)

HR: Reggie Smith (1)

RBI: Reggie Smith 2 (4), Ron Cey (1), Steve Garvey (2), Dusty Baker (1), Steve Yeager (2)

SH: Tommy John (1)

GDP: Ron Cey (1)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Royster	2b	25.172	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.429		2	320
2	Barry Bonnell	3b	24.163	R	4	1	0	0		0	1	.250		2	102
3	Gary Matthews	rf	27.277	R	4	1	3	1		0	0	.429		2	744
4	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.032	R	3	0	2	1		1	0	.429		2	856
5	Dale Murphy	1b	22.027	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.250		2	39
6	Biff Pocoroba	c	24.257	B	3	0	1	0		0	0	.400		2	236
7	Pat Rockett	ss	23.089	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.000		2	99
8	Rowland Office	cf	25.165	L	2	0	0	0		0	2	.167		2	483
	Bob Beall	ph	29.349	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		2	22
	Rod Gilbreath	ph	25.196	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		1	384
9	Dick Ruthven	p	27.012	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		1	129
	Eddie Solomon	p	27.058	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		1	56
	Cito Gaston	cf	34.022	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		2	959
Totals

Errors: Dick Ruthven

HR: Gary Matthews (1)

RBI: Gary Matthews (1), Jeff Burroughs (1)

HBP: Biff Pocoroba (1)

GDP: Dale Murphy (1), Biff Pocoroba (2), Pat Rockett (1)

Los Angeles Dodgers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tommy John	L	W 1-0	7.2	7	2	2	2	4	1		2.35	1.17		1	418
2	Terry Forster	L	SV 1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0.00	0.90		2	298
Totals				0.0

HB: Tommy John (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tommy John (0-0-0), Terry Forster (0-0-0)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Ruthven	R	L 0-1	4.0	8	4	4	3	1	1		9.00	2.75		1	133
2	Eddie Solomon	R		3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0		3.00	1.33		1	59
3	Adrian Devine	R		2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0		4.50	2.00		1	134
Totals				0.0

WP: Dick Ruthven 2 (2), Eddie Solomon (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dick Ruthven (0-0-0), Eddie Solomon (0-0-0), Adrian Devine (0-0-0)