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Tuesday July 30, 1974
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Andy Messersmith pitched the first seven innings and Mike Marshall, making his 30th appearance in the Dodgers' last 34 games, worked the last two frames to complete an 8-0 shutout of the Padres. Messersmith, as the winner, posted his sixth straight victory, boosting his record to 12-2. Steve Garvey had a homer, triple and single in the Dodgers' 11-hit attack and Steve Yeager contributed a homer and single. [The Sporting News]


Los Angeles Dodgers 8, San Diego Padres 0

Game Played on Tuesday, July 30, 1974 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Dodgers      0  2  3    1  0  0    1  1  0  -   8 11  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  4


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   1   0   0     0   2   .257      Hernandez ss          4   0   0   0     0   2   .233
Russell ss            4   1   1   1     1   2   .268      Beckert 2b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .326
Wynn cf               5   1   1   0     0   2   .299      Grubb cf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .295
Garvey 1b             5   2   3   2     0   1   .316      McCovey 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .259
Cey 3b                4   1   1   1     0   1   .265      Gaston rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .244
Ferguson rf,c         4   1   1   0     1   1   .253      Colbert lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .201
Paciorek lf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .231      Hilton 3b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .170
Yeager c              3   1   2   1     1   0   .306      Barton c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .235
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .091        Locklear ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
Messersmith p         0   0   0   1     1   0   .217        Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crawford ph,rf      1   0   1   0     0   0   .298      Jones p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .146
                                                            Palmer p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .118
                                                            Thomas ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .268
                                                            Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kendall ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .245

Totals               35   8  11   7     4  10             Totals               31   0   5   0     2   8

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 24,162
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Padres 6
DP: Dodgers 0, Padres 2
Errors: Grubb 2, Gaston, Palmer
Doubles: Paciorek (5)
Triples: Garvey (2)
Home Runs: Yeager (5), Garvey (16)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (39)
Sacrifice Hits: Messersmith (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Messersmith (1), Cey (9)
GIDP: Ferguson (11)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(12-2)     7     5   0   0   2   7   0  27   2.24
Marshall                2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.24
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   8   0  33

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones L(7-14)           2     4   5   5   3   2   0  13   4.13
Palmer                  3     1   1   1   1   6   1  12   6.23
Romo                    2     3   1   1   0   1   1   9   4.02
Johnson                 2     3   1   1   0   1   0   8   7.71
Totals                  9    11   8   8   4  10   2  42

Wild Pitches: Palmer (7)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Ed Sudol


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

PADRES 1ST: Hernandez popped to third; Beckert singled to
center; Grubb forced Beckert (second to shortstop); McCovey
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey
singled to center; Ferguson walked [Cey to second]; Paciorek
doubled to right [Cey scored, Ferguson to third]; Yeager was
walked intentionally; Messersmith hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Ferguson scored, Paciorek to third, Yeager to second]; Lopes
struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Gaston grounded out (third to first); Colbert
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hilton singled to left;
Barton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell walked; Wynn singled to right [Russell
scored (error by Gaston), Wynn to second (on throw)]; Garvey
tripled to center [Wynn scored]; PALMER REPLACED JONES
(PITCHING); Cey reached on an error by Grubb on a sacrifice fly
[Garvey scored, Cey to second (error by Grubb)]; Ferguson struck
out; Paciorek lined into a double play (third to second) [Cey
out at second]; 3 R, 2 H, 3 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Palmer was called out on strikes; Hernandez struck
out; Beckert grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 5, Padres 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Yeager homered; Messersmith walked; Palmer threw a
wild pitch [Messersmith to second]; Lopes struck out; Russell
struck out; Wynn struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6,
Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Grubb grounded out (third to first); McCovey struck
out; Gaston struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Padres
0.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey struck out; Cey popped to catcher in foul
territory; Ferguson reached on an error by Palmer [Ferguson to
second]; Paciorek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6,
Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Colbert grounded out (third to first); Hilton
singled to pitcher; On a bunt Barton made an out to third;
THOMAS BATTED FOR PALMER; Thomas grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Padres 0.

DODGERS 6TH: ROMO REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Yeager singled to
center; Messersmith out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Yeager to second]; Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first);
Russell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6,
Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Hernandez struck out; Beckert walked; Grubb walked
[Beckert to second]; McCovey forced Grubb (second to shortstop);
Gaston forced McCovey (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 6, Padres 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Wynn struck out; Garvey homered; Cey popped to
shortstop; Ferguson singled to left; Paciorek forced Ferguson
(third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: Colbert singled to left; Hilton popped to second;
LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR BARTON; Locklear singled to center [Colbert
out at third (center to third)]; KENDALL BATTED FOR ROMO;
Kendall forced Locklear (second unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 7, Padres 0.

DODGERS 8TH: JOHNSON REPLACED LOCKLEAR (PITCHING); KENDALL
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Yeager lined to right; CRAWFORD
BATTED FOR MESSERSMITH; Crawford singled to center; Lopes forced
Crawford (pitcher to shortstop); Lopes stole second; Russell
singled to center [Lopes scored]; Wynn popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 8, Padres 0.

PADRES 8TH: FERGUSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); MARSHALL
REPLACED YEAGER (PITCHING); CRAWFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); Hernandez popped to first in foul territory; Beckert lined
to center; Grubb flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 8, Padres 0.

DODGERS 9TH: Garvey singled to right; Cey struck out; Ferguson
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Garvey
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 8, Padres 0.

PADRES 9TH: McCovey popped to third; Gaston flied out to center;
Colbert was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 8, Padres 0.



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