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May 14, 1978

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Top 14 R H E
Cubs 7 9 3
Dodgers 7 15 1
Top 14 R H E
Cubs 7 9 3
Dodgers 7 15 1

Bobby Murcer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .200 .282
OBP .333 .361
At Bats 5 117
Hits 1 33
• Singles 0 23
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 1 17

Rick Rhoden Season Stats

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4 1 0
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Dodger Stadium - May 14, 1978
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Rick Rhoden
Jerry Grote
Steve Garvey
Ted Martinez
Ron Cey
Bill Russell
Vic Davalillo
Rick Monday
Reggie Smith
Bobby Murcer
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 13 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 13 Garvey hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Paul Reuschel now pitching. Cey hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 13 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Kingman strikes out.
Top 13 Rick Rhoden now pitching. Jerry Grote now catching. Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Trillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kelleher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Yeager moves to third. Grote moves to second.
Bottom 12 Martinez strikes out.
Bottom 12 Jerry Grote pinch hits for Bobby Castillo. Grote is walked intentionally.
Bottom 12 Yeager hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Yeager reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 12 Mick Kelleher now playing shortstop. Davalillo hits a popup towards short. Kelleher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ontiveros for the out.
Top 12 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Ivan De Jesus. Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey fields it and throws to home to get Murcer. Burris moves to third. Gross moves to second.
Top 12 Gross is walked intentionally.
Top 12 Rader bunts towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out. Murcer moves to third. Burris moves to second.
Top 12 Burris bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Murcer moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 12 Murcer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Garvey hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Cey strikes out.
Top 11 Trillo strikes out.
Top 11 Kingman takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out.
Top 11 Ontiveros strikes out.
Bottom 10 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 10 Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Ray Burris now pitching. Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 De Jesus hits a popup, foul, towards first. Garvey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Gross is walked intentionally.
Top 10 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Meoli moves to second.
Top 10 Rudy Meoli pinch hits for Bruce Sutter. Meoli takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Vic Davalillo now playing left field. Bobby Castillo now pitching. Murcer hits a popup towards short. Russell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Dusty Baker pinch hits for Glenn Burke. Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Yeager takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Vic Davalillo pinch hits for Mike Garman. Davalillo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Sutter covering, for the out. Monday moves to second.
Bottom 9 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus misplays the ball. That's an error on De Jesus.
Bottom 9 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Trillo hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kingman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Buckner hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Steve Yeager now catching. De Jesus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Cey strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bruce Sutter now pitching. Smith hits a line drive into center field. Gross picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gross. Martinez scores. Russell goes all the way around to score. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 8 Russell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Martinez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Martinez bunts towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Burke strikes out.
Bottom 8 Steve Yeager pinch hits for Johnny Oates. Yeager strikes out.
Top 8 Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rader hits a popup towards third. Cey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Roberts hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Oates settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ted Martinez now playing second base. Mike Garman now pitching. Glenn Burke now playing left field. Murcer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Lacy hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Trillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dave Roberts now pitching. Monday hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Cey scores. Garvey moves to third.
Bottom 7 Donnie Moore now pitching. Garvey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Martinez scores. Cey moves to third.
Bottom 7 Cey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out. Martinez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ted Martinez pinch runs for Davey Lopes. Russell bunts towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Greg Gross now playing center field. Lopes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to second for the out. De Jesus scores. Ontiveros moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Buckner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clines scores. De Jesus moves to third. Ontiveros moves to second.
Top 7 Terry Forster now pitching. Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell misplays the ball. That's an error on Russell. Clines moves to third. De Jesus moves to second.
Top 7 De Jesus takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Clines moves to second.
Top 7 Clines takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Charlie Hough now pitching. Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Gene Clines now playing center field. Manny Mota pinch hits for Doug Rau. Mota hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Oates hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Lacy moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lacy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Monday strikes out.
Bottom 6 Dave Rader now catching. Garvey hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cruz hits a line drive into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Murcer hits a popup towards short. Russell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kingman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Cey strikes out.
Bottom 5 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lopes hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Lamp moves to second.
Top 5 Lamp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Lacy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Oates hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Monday strikes out.
Top 4 Murcer hits a line drive into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Trillo hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kingman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Buckner hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith scores.
Bottom 3 There goes Smith. The throw from Cox and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Rau scores.
Bottom 3 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rau moves to third.
Bottom 3 Lopes bunts towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out. Rau moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rau hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 De Jesus takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Lamp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Oates hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cruz strikes out.
Top 2 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Trillo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Cey reaches second base with a double. Lopes scores.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a popup towards short. De Jesus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Russell hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lopes moves to third.
Bottom 1 The umpire calls a balk on Lamp Lopes moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lopes takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Buckner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Smith. Buckner reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into left field. Lacy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 De Jesus hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.