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Friday August 24, 1973
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Yielding only three hits. Tommy John pitched the Dodgers to a 3-0 victory over the Phillies. The Dodgers scored an unearned run in the fourth inning and added their other tallies in the sixth when Willie Crawford and Von Joshua tripled and Bill Russell hit a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]


Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Philadelphia Phillies 0

Game Played on Friday, August 24, 1973 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Dodgers      0  0  0    1  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  7  2
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   0   0     1   1   .274      Tovar 2b              2   0   0   0     0   2   .282
Buckner 1b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .279        Grabarkewitz 2b     2   0   0   0     0   1   .165
Davis cf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .284      Anderson rf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .254
Ferguson c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .259      Montanez 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .269
Crawford rf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .305      Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .288
Joshua lf             4   1   1   1     0   2   .233      B. Robinson cf        4   0   0   0     0   0   .294
Russell ss            2   0   0   1     1   1   .277      Boone c               2   0   0   0     1   0   .255
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Schmidt 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .210
John p                3   0   2   0     0   1   .190      C. Robinson ss        3   0   0   0     0   1   .260
                                                          Twitchell p           2   0   1   0     0   1   .111
                                                            Harmon ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
                                                            Diorio p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   7   2     4   8             Totals               30   0   3   0     2   7

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 30,671
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Phillies 5
DP: Dodgers 2, Phillies 1
Errors: Russell 2, Anderson, C. Robinson
Doubles: Davis (27)
Triples: Crawford (1), Joshua (1)
Stolen Bases: Crawford (10)
Caught Stealing: Russell (7)
Sacrifice Hits: John (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Russell (5)
GIDP: Lopes (12)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John W(12-7)            9     3   0   0   2   7   0  32   2.69
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2   7   0  32

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell L(12-6)       8     6   3   2   3   8   0  33   2.34
Diorio                  1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   1.42
Totals                  9     7   3   2   4   8   0  37

Passed Balls: Boone (14)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes was called out on strikes; Buckner grounded
out (third to first); Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Tovar struck out; Anderson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Ferguson flied out to right; Crawford singled to
center; Joshua struck out; Crawford stole second; Russell
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); B.
Robinson flied out to left; Boone walked; Schmidt popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Cey popped to second; John singled to second; Lopes
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [John out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: C. Robinson struck out; Twitchell was called out
on strikes; Tovar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Phillies 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Buckner singled to center; Davis doubled to right
[Buckner scored (error by Anderson) (unearned)]; Ferguson
walked; Crawford struck out; Joshua struck out; Russell struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Anderson grounded out (pitcher to first); On a
bunt Montanez singled to third; Luzinski struck out while
Montanez was picked off first (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 5TH: GRABARKEWITZ REPLACED TOVAR (PLAYING 2B); Cey
reached on an error by C. Robinson; John out on a sacrifice bunt
(second unassisted) [Cey to second]; Lopes walked; Boone allowed
a passed ball [Cey to third, Lopes to second]; Buckner struck
out; Davis was walked intentionally; Ferguson grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: B. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Boone reached on an error by Russell; Schmidt flied out to
right; C. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Crawford tripled; Joshua tripled to right [Crawford
scored]; Russell hit a sacrifice fly to left [Joshua scored];
Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); John struck out; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Twitchell singled to right; Grabarkewitz struck
out; Anderson walked [Twitchell to second]; Montanez grounded
out (second to first) [Twitchell to third, Anderson to second];
Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner
flied out to right; Davis made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: B. Robinson flied out to center; Boone grounded
out (third to first); Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Ferguson popped to second; Crawford grounded out
(third to first); Joshua flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: C. Robinson grounded out (second to first); HARMON
BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Harmon flied out to center; Grabarkewitz
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 9TH: DIORIO REPLACED HARMON (PITCHING); Russell walked;
Russell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Cey
flied out to right; John singled to second; Lopes popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Anderson reached on an error by Russell; Montanez
was called out on strikes; Luzinski singled [Anderson to third];
B. Robinson hit into a double play (pitcher to first) [Luzinski
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 0.



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