Sending 10 men to the plate, the Dodgers scored four runs in the second inning and defeated the Phillies, 5-3, behind the pitching of Don Sutton and Pete Richert. Davey Lopes and Joe Ferguson accounted for RBIs with singles. Bill Russell hit a sacrifice fly and the fourth run scored on a wild pitch. Greg Luzinski produced the Phillies' three runs with a pair of homers. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Philadelphia Phillies 3
Game Played on Monday, June      11, 1973 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Dodgers      0  4  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   5  7  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  2  -   3  6  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   2   2   1     0   1   .347      Tovar 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .282
Buckner 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .272      Doyle 2b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .238
Davis cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .293      Montanez rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .241
Ferguson c            4   0   2   1     0   0   .300      Luzinski lf           4   2   2   3     0   1   .240
Crawford rf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .316      Hutton 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .305
Cey 3b                3   1   0   0     1   2   .303      Unser cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .328
Joshua lf             4   1   0   0     0   0   .263      Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Russell ss            3   0   1   1     0   0   .273      Bowa ss               3   0   1   0     0   0   .211
Sutton p              4   1   1   0     0   2   .114      Ruthven p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .067
  Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Lersch p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
                                                            Rogodzinski ph      1   0   0   0     0   1   .207
                                                            Brandon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Schmidt ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .202
                                                            Scarce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   7   3     3   7             Totals               33   3   6   3     1   6

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 10,635
Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Phillies 4
DP: Dodgers 0, Phillies 0
Errors: Hutton
Doubles: Unser (7)
Home Runs: Luzinski 2 (8)
Stolen Bases: Lopes 2 (18)
Caught Stealing: Russell (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Russell (4)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(8-4)           8.2   6   3   3   1   6   2  33   2.56
Richert SV(6)           0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.33
Totals                  9     6   3   3   1   6   2  34

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven L(1-5)          1.2   4   4   2   2   1   0  12   4.04
Lersch                  4.1   1   0   0   1   3   0  15   3.79
Brandon                 2     1   1   0   0   1   0   7   7.90
Scarce                  1     1   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.28
Totals                  9     7   5   2   3   7   0  37

Passed Balls: Boone (8)
Wild Pitches: Ruthven 2 (3)

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Art Williams


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner
flied out to center; Davis singled to right; Ferguson singled to
center [Davis to second]; Crawford flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Doyle flied
out to right; Montanez popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey walked; Joshua reached on an error by Hutton
[Cey to third]; Russell hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cey
scored]; Ruthven threw a wild pitch [Joshua to second]; Sutton
singled to right [Joshua to third]; Lopes singled to center
[Joshua scored (unearned), Sutton to third]; Ruthven threw a
wild pitch [Sutton scored, Lopes to second]; Lopes stole third;
Buckner was called out on strikes; Davis walked; LERSCH REPLACED
RUTHVEN (PITCHING); Ferguson singled to left [Lopes scored
(unearned), Davis to second]; Crawford walked [Davis to third,
Ferguson to second]; Cey struck out; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski struck out; Hutton grounded out (first to
pitcher); Unser grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Joshua flied out to center; Russell flied out to
left; Sutton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone flied out to right; Bowa flied out to
center; Lersch struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Phillies 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner
grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Tovar grounded out (pitcher to first); Doyle
walked; Montanez flied out to right; Luzinski flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Ferguson grounded out (third to first); Crawford
struck out; Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Hutton flied out to left; Unser flied out to left;
Boone flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Phillies 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Joshua flied out to left; Russell flied out to
right; Sutton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa singled to right; ROGODZINSKI BATTED FOR
LERSCH; Rogodzinski struck out; Tovar singled to left [Bowa to
third]; Doyle flied out to left; Montanez was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 7TH: BRANDON REPLACED ROGODZINSKI (PITCHING); Lopes
singled to left; Lopes stole second; Buckner grounded out (first
unassisted) [Lopes to third]; Boone allowed a passed ball [Lopes
scored (unearned)]; Davis grounded out (first unassisted);
Ferguson popped to second; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
5, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Luzinski homered; Hutton grounded out (second to
first); Unser grounded out (shortstop to first); Boone flied out
to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Phillies 1.

DODGERS 8TH: Crawford flied out to right; Cey was called out on
strikes; Joshua grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Bowa grounded out (pitcher to first); SCHMIDT
BATTED FOR BRANDON; Schmidt was called out on strikes; Tovar
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Phillies
1.

DODGERS 9TH: SCARCE REPLACED SCHMIDT (PITCHING); Russell singled
to right; Russell was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Sutton struck out; Lopes struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: Doyle singled to right; Montanez struck out;
Luzinski homered [Doyle scored]; Hutton grounded out (first
unassisted); Unser doubled to right; RICHERT REPLACED SUTTON
(PITCHING); Boone flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Phillies 3.