For only the second time in their Los Angeles history, the Dodgers came up with a shutout in their opening game when Don Sutton blanked the Padres on six hits, 8-0. Sandy Koufax pitched the previous lidlifting shutout in 1964. Jim Wynn had an auspicious debut with the Dodgers, collecting three hits and driving in three runs, two of his RBIs coming on a homer in the sixth inning. Ron Cey also batted in three runs and Willie Crawford rapped three hits in the triumph before an opening-night crowd of 31,566. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 8, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Friday, April     5, 1974 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1
Dodgers      0  0  3    1  0  3    0  1  x  -   8 15  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tolan rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Lopes 2b              4   1   2   0     1   1   .500
Beckert 2b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .500      Buckner 1b            5   1   2   1     0   1   .400
Grubb cf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .500      Wynn cf               5   2   3   3     0   0   .600
McCovey 1b            3   0   0   0     1   2   .000      Ferguson c            3   2   1   0     2   0   .333
Colbert lf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Crawford rf           4   0   3   0     1   0   .750
Kendall c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Cey 3b                3   1   1   3     1   1   .333
Hilton 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Joshua lf             4   0   0   1     0   1   .000
Hernandez ss          3   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Russell ss            4   1   2   0     1   0   .500
  Winfield ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Sutton p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Greif p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Corkins p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Garcia p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alou ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McIntosh p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   0   6   0     2   8             Totals               35   8  15   8     6   4

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 31,566
Left on Base: Padres 8, Dodgers 12
DP: Padres 1, Dodgers 0
Errors: Beckert, Russell
Doubles: Hernandez (1)
Home Runs: Wynn (1)
Stolen Bases: Crawford 2 (2), Lopes (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Sutton (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Cey (1), Joshua (1)
GIDP: Buckner (1)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Greif L(0-1)            3.1   7   4   4   3   1   0  20  10.80
Corkins                 1.2   5   3   3   2   2   1  12  16.20
Garcia                  1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   0.00
McIntosh                2     3   1   0   0   0   0   8   0.00
Totals                  8    15   8   7   6   4   1  44

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(1-0)           9     6   0   0   2   8   0  35   0.00
Totals                  9     6   0   0   2   8   0  35

Balks: Greif (1)

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Jerry Dale


PADRES 1ST: Tolan lined to pitcher; Beckert flied out to left;
Grubb singled to center; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Buckner struck
out; Wynn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 2ND: Colbert flied out to center; Kendall walked; Hilton
flied out to center; Hernandez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Ferguson popped to first in foul territory;
Crawford singled to right; Crawford stole second; Cey walked;
Joshua flied out to left; Russell popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 3RD: Greif struck out; Tolan popped to third in foul
territory; Beckert singled to center; Grubb lined to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Sutton flied out to right; On a bunt Lopes singled
to second; Lopes stole second; Buckner lined to shortstop; Greif
balked [Lopes to third]; Wynn singled to third [Lopes scored];
Ferguson singled to shortstop [Wynn to second]; Crawford walked
[Wynn to third, Ferguson to second]; Cey singled to left [Wynn
scored, Ferguson scored, Crawford to second]; Joshua grounded
out (first unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers
3.

PADRES 4TH: McCovey was called out on strikes; Colbert was
called out on strikes; Kendall popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Russell singled to left; Sutton out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Russell to second]; Lopes walked;
Buckner singled to right [Russell scored, Lopes to third,
Buckner to second (on throw)]; CORKINS REPLACED GREIF
(PITCHING); Wynn popped to shortstop; Ferguson walked; Crawford
flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 4.

PADRES 5TH: Hilton popped to first in foul territory; Hernandez
grounded out (second to first); Corkins was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 5TH: Cey struck out; Joshua flied out to center; Russell
singled to left; Sutton singled to right [Russell to third];
Lopes struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 4.

PADRES 6TH: Tolan singled to right; Beckert forced Tolan (third
to second); Grubb singled to center [Beckert to second]; McCovey
grounded out (second to first) [Beckert to third, Grubb to
second]; Colbert grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 6TH: Buckner singled to center; Wynn homered [Buckner
scored]; Ferguson walked; Crawford singled to center [Ferguson
to third]; GARCIA REPLACED CORKINS (PITCHING); Crawford stole
second; Cey hit a sacrifice fly to center [Ferguson scored];
Joshua struck out; Russell was walked intentionally; Sutton
forced Russell (shortstop to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 0, Dodgers 7.

PADRES 7TH: Kendall popped to shortstop; Hilton flied out to
right; Hernandez doubled to center; ALOU BATTED FOR GARCIA; Alou
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Dodgers 7.

DODGERS 7TH: MCINTOSH REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Lopes singled to
center; Debut game for Joe McIntosh; Buckner grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lopes out at
second]; Wynn singled to center; Ferguson forced Wynn (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 7.

PADRES 8TH: Tolan grounded out (second to first); Beckert
singled to center; Grubb forced Beckert (second to shortstop)
[Grubb to second (error by Russell)]; McCovey walked; Colbert
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 7.

DODGERS 8TH: Crawford singled to center; Cey forced Crawford
(shortstop to second) [Cey to third (error by Beckert)]; Joshua
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cey scored (unearned)]; Russell
flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Dodgers 8.

PADRES 9TH: Kendall was called out on strikes; Hilton grounded
out (shortstop to first); WINFIELD BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ;
Winfield struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Dodgers 8.