The Dodgers, who clinched second place in the West division when the Giants lost to the Astros, claimed the berth in their own right by defeating the Padres, 7-4. The Dodgers fell behind, 4-3, in the fifth inning when the Padres scored three runs, two on a homer by Nate Colbert. In the sixth, Von Joshua smashed a single off Clay Kirby's right leg, forcing the Padres' starter to leave the game.

Tom Paciorek, batting for Don Sutton, greeted Tom Dukes with a double, Joshua stopping at third. Bill Russell beat out an infield hit, scoring Joshua. Paciorek, who took third, remained there when Bill Buckner forced Russell, but scored when Willie Crawford singled to send the Dodgers ahead, 5-4. Steve Garvey added another run with a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Diego Padres 4
Game Played on Thursday, October   1, 1970 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Dodgers      2  1  0    0  0  3    1  0  0  -   7 14  0
Padres       1  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   4  7  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills ss              0   1   0   0     1   0   .270      Robles ss             4   1   1   0     0   2   .213
  Russell ph,ss       4   0   2   1     0   0   .259        Webster ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Mota lf               0   1   0   0     1   0   .305      Robinson lf           4   1   1   0     1   1   .316
  Buckner ph,lf       4   1   1   0     0   0   .191      Gaston cf             4   1   4   1     0   0   .318
Davis cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .305      Brown rf              3   0   0   1     0   1   .292
  Crawford rf         2   0   1   1     0   0   .234      Colbert 1b            3   1   1   2     1   0   .259
Parker 1b             2   0   1   0     0   1   .319      Spiezio 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .285
  Garvey ph,3b        2   0   1   1     0   1   .269      Barton c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .218
Haller c              1   0   1   2     0   0   .286      Campbell 2b           3   0   0   0     1   2   .219
  Ferguson c          4   0   1   0     0   2   .250      Kirby p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .149
Sudakis 3b,1b         5   1   2   0     0   0   .264        Dukes p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Grabarkewitz 2b       5   0   1   0     0   2   .289        Stahl ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Joshua rf,cf          4   2   2   0     1   0   .266        Santorini p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sutton p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .155        Cannizzaro ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .279
  Paciorek ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .222
  Strahler p          2   0   0   1     0   0   .250

Totals               41   7  14   6     3   8             Totals               33   4   7   4     4  10

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 17,630
Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Padres 7
DP: Dodgers 0, Padres 0
Errors: Colbert
Doubles: Paciorek (1), Grabarkewitz (20), Gaston (26)
Triples: Joshua (3)
Home Runs: Colbert (38)
Stolen Bases: Wills (28), Mota (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Garvey (1), Brown (6)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(15-13)         5     6   4   4   3   8   1  24   4.08
Strahler SV(1)          4     1   0   0   1   2   0  14   1.45
Totals                  9     7   4   4   4  10   1  38

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby                   5     9   4   4   2   6   0  26   4.57
Dukes L(1-6)            1     3   2   2   0   0   0   6   3.91
Santorini               3     2   1   0   1   2   0  13   6.07
Totals                  9    14   7   6   3   8   0  45

Wild Pitches: Kirby (7)

Umpires: HP - Mel Steiner, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


DODGERS 1ST: Wills walked; Mota walked [Wills to second]; Wills
stole third and Mota stole second; Davis flied out to right;
Parker struck out; Haller singled to first [Wills scored, Mota
scored]; Sudakis singled to center [Haller to third];
Grabarkewitz was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Robles singled to right; Robinson singled to center
[Robles to third]; Gaston doubled to right [Robles scored,
Robinson to third]; Brown grounded out (third to first); Colbert
walked; Spiezio struck out; Barton forced Gaston (third
unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Joshua tripled to center; Kirby threw a wild pitch
[Joshua scored]; Sutton struck out; RUSSELL BATTED FOR WILLS;
Russell popped to catcher in foul territory; BUCKNER BATTED FOR
MOTA; Buckner singled to left; Davis flied out to right; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 2ND: RUSSELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); BUCKNER STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); FERGUSON REPLACED HALLER (PLAYING C );
Campbell struck out; Kirby struck out; Robles struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Parker singled to center; Ferguson singled to left
[Parker to second]; Sudakis flied out to left; Grabarkewitz
struck out; Joshua popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: Robinson struck out; Gaston singled to pitcher;
Brown struck out; Colbert popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Sutton struck out (catcher to first); Russell
singled to third; Buckner flied out to center; Davis lined to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING RF); JOSHUA CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Spiezio grounded out (third to first);
Barton flied out to center; Campbell walked; Kirby struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 1.

DODGERS 5TH: GARVEY BATTED FOR PARKER; Garvey singled to left;
Ferguson struck out; Sudakis flied to right in foul territory;
Grabarkewitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: GARVEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); SUDAKIS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Robles struck out; Robinson walked;
Gaston singled to center [Robinson to third]; Brown hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Robinson scored]; Colbert homered [Gaston
scored]; Spiezio grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 4.

DODGERS 6TH: Joshua singled to pitcher; DUKES REPLACED KIRBY
(PITCHING); PACIOREK BATTED FOR SUTTON; Paciorek doubled to
center [Joshua to third]; Russell singled to third [Paciorek to
third, Joshua scored]; Buckner forced Russell (shortstop to
second) [Paciorek stayed at third]; Crawford singled to center
[Paciorek scored, Buckner to third]; Garvey hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Buckner scored]; Ferguson flied out to center; 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Padres 4.

PADRES 6TH: STRAHLER REPLACED PACIOREK (PITCHING); Barton
walked; Campbell flied out to left; STAHL BATTED FOR DUKES;
Stahl flied out to left; Robles grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Padres 4.

DODGERS 7TH: SANTORINI REPLACED STAHL (PITCHING); Sudakis
singled to center; Grabarkewitz reached on an error by Colbert
[Sudakis to second, Grabarkewitz to first]; Joshua forced
Grabarkewitz (shortstop to second) [Sudakis to third]; Strahler
grounded out (second to first) [Sudakis scored (unearned),
Joshua to second]; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Padres 4.

PADRES 7TH: Robinson popped to first in foul territory; Gaston
singled to right; Brown flied out to center; Colbert forced
Gaston (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7,
Padres 4.

DODGERS 8TH: Buckner grounded out (second to first); Crawford
grounded out (second to first); Garvey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Padres 4.

PADRES 8TH: Spiezio flied out to left; Barton was called out on
strikes; Campbell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 7, Padres 4.

DODGERS 9TH: Ferguson struck out; Sudakis flied out to center;
Grabarkewitz doubled to center; Joshua was walked intentionally;
Strahler forced Joshua (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 7, Padres 4.

PADRES 9TH: CANNIZZARO BATTED FOR SANTORINI; Cannizzaro grounded
out (shortstop to first); WEBSTER BATTED FOR ROBLES; Webster
made an out to third; Robinson grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Padres 4.