The Dodgers, who had lost 10 of their previous 17 games, thumped the Astros twice, 11-3 and 2-0. In the opener, Don Sutton scored his first victory since May 14, after 15 attempts to win No. 7 to go with eight losses. Don scattered eight hits over seven innings, then needed relief help from Mike Marshall, appearing in his 67th game. Jim Wynn was the big gun in the 15-hit Los Angeles attack with his 22nd homer and three singles, though a six-run fifth inning outburst, highlighted by Tom Paciorek's bases-clearing triple, clinched the issue. The Dodgers practically won the game in the first inning when they teed off on Claude Osteen, an ex-Dodger, and J.R. Richard, just up from the minors, for four tallies.

In the second game, Doug Rau hurled his first shutout, improving his record to 9-6, as the Dodgers got to Don Wilson for single runs in the sixth and seventh innings. In the sixth, Bill Russell singled, moved up on a sacrifice and infield hit and tallied as the Astros misfired on an attempted double play on Bill Buckner's grounder. One frame later, Steve Garvey doubled, took third on a wild pitch and rambled home on Joe Ferguson's sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 11, Houston Astros 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Thursday, July 25, 1974 (Day game) at Astrodome

Dodgers      4  0  0    0  6  1    0  0  0  -  11 15  0
Astros       0  0  0    1  0  0    1  1  0  -   3 11  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   2   2   0     0   0   .249      Gross rf              5   0   0   0     0   2   .307
Russell ss            5   1   1   1     0   1   .270      Metzger ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Wynn cf               4   3   4   2     0   0   .299      Cedeno cf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .302
  Buckner lf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .313      Watson lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .299
Garvey 1b             5   2   2   2     0   0   .314      L. May 1b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .281
Cey 3b                4   1   1   1     1   0   .275      M. May c              4   0   1   1     0   0   .286
Ferguson rf           5   0   1   0     0   1   .260      Rader 3b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .254
Paciorek lf,cf        4   1   2   3     0   1   .231      Helms 2b              3   0   2   0     0   0   .296
Yeager c              4   0   1   1     0   1   .312        Milbourne pr,2b     1   1   0   0     0   0   .286
Sutton p              2   1   0   0     1   1   .173      Osteen p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .289
  Lacy ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .255        Richard p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .053        York p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Howard ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Edwards ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .227
                                                            Cosgrove p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gallagher ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .176

Totals               40  11  15  10     2   6             Totals               36   3  11   3     1   5

Time of Game: 2:40
Left on Base: Dodgers 4, Astros 7
DP: Dodgers 2, Astros 1
Doubles: Lopes (12), Helms 2 (14)
Triples: Paciorek (6)
Home Runs: Wynn (22), Rader (12)
Stolen Bases: Wynn (13)
Caught Stealing: Wynn (12)
GIDP: Ferguson (9), Gross 2 (10)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(7-8)           7     8   2   2   0   5   1  28   4.13
Marshall                2     3   1   1   1   0   0   9   2.34
Totals                  9    11   3   3   1   5   1  37

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen L(9-8)           0     5   4   4   0   0   0   5   3.42
Richard                 4.1   4   3   3   1   3   0  16   6.14
York                    0.1   2   3   3   1   1   0   4   2.70
Forsch                  0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.58
Scherman                2     2   1   1   0   1   1   8   4.47
Cosgrove                2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.52
Totals                  9    15  11  11   2   6   1  42

Wild Pitches: Richard (1)
Balks: Richard (1)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Art Williams


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled to left; Russell singled to right
[Lopes scored]; Wynn singled to third [Russell to second];
Garvey singled to center [Russell scored, Wynn to second]; Cey
singled to left [Wynn scored, Garvey to third]; RICHARD REPLACED
OSTEEN (PITCHING); Ferguson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Garvey scored, Cey out at
second]; Paciorek singled to center; Richard balked [Paciorek to
second]; Richard threw a wild pitch [Paciorek to third]; Yeager
struck out; 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gross struck out; Metzger singled to right; Cedeno
singled to left [Metzger to second]; Watson popped to first in
foul territory; L. May forced Cedeno (shortstop to second); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Sutton struck out; Lopes flied out to right;
Russell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: M. May popped to third; Rader flied out to center;
Helms doubled to left; Richard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Wynn singled to center; Wynn stole second; Wynn was
caught stealing third (catcher to third); Garvey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Gross was called out on strikes; Metzger grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cedeno singled to third; Watson forced
Cedeno (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Astros 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Ferguson flied out to center; Paciorek flied out to
right; Yeager grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: L. May struck out; M. May grounded out (second to
first); Rader homered; Helms flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Sutton walked; Lopes singled to right [Sutton to
second]; Russell was called out on strikes; Wynn singled to
center [Sutton scored, Lopes to third]; YORK REPLACED RICHARD
(PITCHING); Garvey singled to center [Lopes scored, Wynn to
third]; Cey walked [Garvey to second]; Ferguson struck out;
Paciorek tripled to right [Wynn scored, Garvey scored, Cey
scored]; FORSCH REPLACED YORK (PITCHING); Yeager singled to
third [Paciorek scored]; Sutton grounded out (second to first);
6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 10, Astros 1.

ASTROS 5TH: HOWARD BATTED FOR FORSCH; Howard popped to third in
foul territory; Gross flied out to left; Metzger popped to
first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 10, Astros 1.

DODGERS 6TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Lopes lined to
third; Russell popped to shortstop; Wynn homered; Garvey
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
11, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: BUCKNER REPLACED WYNN (PLAYING LF); PACIOREK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Cedeno struck out; Watson grounded out
(third to first); L. May singled to center; M. May forced L. May
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 11, Astros
1.

DODGERS 7TH: Cey flied out to center; Ferguson singled to third;
Paciorek struck out; Yeager lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 11, Astros 1.

ASTROS 7TH: Rader popped to second; Helms doubled to left;
MILBOURNE RAN FOR HELMS; EDWARDS BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; Edwards
singled to right [Milbourne scored]; Gross grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Edwards out at second]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 11, Astros 2.

DODGERS 8TH: MILBOURNE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); COSGROVE
REPLACED EDWARDS (PITCHING); LACY BATTED FOR SUTTON; Lacy struck
out; Lopes flied out to right; Russell grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 11, Astros 2.

ASTROS 8TH: MARSHALL REPLACED LACY (PITCHING); Metzger grounded
out (second to first); Cedeno flied out to left; Watson singled
to third; L. May singled to left [Watson to second]; M. May
singled to center [Watson scored, L. May to second]; Rader
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
11, Astros 3.

DODGERS 9TH: Buckner singled to center; Garvey popped to third
in foul territory; Cey forced Buckner (third to second);
Ferguson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 11, Astros 3.

ASTROS 9TH: Milbourne flied out to right; GALLAGHER BATTED FOR
COSGROVE; Gallagher walked; Gross grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Gallagher out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 11, Astros 3.

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