Led by Davey Lopes, who smashed three homers, a double and single, the Dodgers set Los Angeles club records for most hits, 24, and most homers, six, in one game while overwhelming the Cubs, 18-8. Lopes had hit only three homers previously this year before going on his slugging spree. The Dodgers' second baseman hit for the circuit in the first and second innings, doubled in the third, singled in the fourth and homered again in the sixth. The Cubs finally retired Lopes on an infield grounder in the seventh. Jim Wynn, Steve Garvey and Willie Crawford also hit homers for the Dodgers, Crawford circling the sacks with an inside-the-park blow in the sixth.

Sutton pitched the first seven innings and retired with an 18-4 lead, two of the Cubs' runs coming on a homer by Rick Stelmaszek. Charlie Hough, who replaced Sutton, was a washout in relief, giving up a grand-slam homer by Carmen Fanzone before Greg Shanahan came in to finish the game. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 18, Chicago Cubs 8
Game Played on Tuesday, August    20, 1974 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Dodgers      4  3  0    4  0  7    0  0  0  -  18 24  2
Cubs         1  0  0    1  0  2    0  4  0  -   8 10  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              6   3   5   4     0   0   .260      Kessinger ss          3   0   1   0     0   1   .260
Buckner lf            6   3   3   0     0   1   .312        Kremmel p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Wynn cf               1   3   1   2     2   0   .283        Mitterwald ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .234
  Paciorek cf         2   1   1   0     1   1   .239        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .067
Garvey 1b             6   2   2   4     0   1   .320      Cardenal rf           2   1   0   0     0   0   .309
Crawford rf           5   3   4   2     1   1   .299        LaCock rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cey 3b                6   1   4   2     0   0   .271      Ward lf               5   0   1   1     0   0   .263
Russell ss            3   1   1   2     0   0   .265      Thornton 1b           3   1   0   0     2   1   .288
  Auerbach ph,ss      2   0   0   0     0   0   .349      Morales cf            5   3   3   0     0   0   .260
Yeager c              4   1   3   1     0   0   .278      Stelmaszek c          3   2   1   2     2   1   .333
  Ferguson ph,c       2   0   0   0     0   1   .236      Madlock 3b            2   0   1   1     1   0   .291
Sutton p              5   0   0   1     0   0   .219        Fanzone 3b          2   1   1   4     0   0   .183
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sperring 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .194
  Shanahan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dettore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            LaRoche p           2   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Grabarkewitz ss     2   0   1   0     0   0   .202

Totals               48  18  24  18     4   5             Totals               38   8  10   8     5   6

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 19,736
Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Cubs 8
DP: Dodgers 0, Cubs 2
Errors: Lopes, Paciorek, Sperring
Doubles: Buckner (20), Lopes (19), Russell (16), Cey (14), Morales 2 (15)
Triples: Yeager (1), Madlock (3)
Home Runs: Lopes 3 (6), Wynn (28), Garvey (18), Crawford (9), Stelmaszek (1), Fanzone (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Russell (3)
GIDP: Russell (17), Sutton (3)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(11-9)          7     6   4   3   2   5   1  29   3.70
Hough                   0.1   2   4   4   2   0   1   5   4.50
Shanahan                1.2   2   0   0   1   1   0   9   6.00
Totals                  9    10   8   7   5   6   2  43

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dettore L(1-1)          1.1   6   5   5   0   1   3  10   4.05
LaRoche                 4.1  15  11   9   3   1   1  29   4.64
Kremmel                 2.1   3   2   2   0   3   2  10   6.75
Todd                    1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.18
Totals                  9    24  18  16   4   5   6  53

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes homered; Buckner singled to left; Wynn
homered [Buckner scored]; Garvey struck out; Crawford singled to
center; Cey singled to left [Crawford to third]; Russell
grounded out (first unassisted) [Crawford scored, Cey to
second]; Yeager grounded out (first to pitcher); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to center; Cardenal forced Kessinger
(third to second) [Cardenal to second (error by Lopes)]; Ward
singled to right [Cardenal scored (unearned)]; Thornton walked
[Ward to second]; Morales flied to left in foul territory;
Stelmaszek struck out (catcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Cubs 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Sutton grounded out (pitcher to first); Lopes
homered; LAROCHE REPLACED DETTORE (PITCHING); Buckner doubled to
right; Wynn walked; Garvey singled to left [Buckner scored, Wynn
to second]; Crawford singled to pitcher [Wynn to third, Garvey
to second]; Cey singled to shortstop [Wynn scored, Garvey to
third, Crawford to second]; Russell grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Cey out at second]; 3 R, 5 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Cubs 1.

CUBS 2ND: Madlock walked; Sperring forced Madlock (second to
shortstop); LaRoche grounded out (pitcher to first) [Sperring to
second]; Kessinger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7,
Cubs 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager singled to left; Sutton grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Yeager out at second]; Lopes
doubled to center; Buckner flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 7, Cubs 1.

CUBS 3RD: Cardenal grounded out (third to first); Ward flied out
to center; Thornton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
7, Cubs 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Wynn walked; Garvey reached on a fielder's choice
[Wynn to second (error by Sperring; assist by Madlock)];
Crawford singled to shortstop [Wynn scored (unearned), Garvey to
second]; Cey singled to center [Garvey scored, Crawford to
third]; Russell hit a sacrifice fly to right [Crawford scored];
Yeager singled to center [Cey to second]; Sutton flied out to
right; Dave LaRoche threw a pitch inside at Davey Lopes, who
walked towards the mound; both benches cleared; HP umpire Paul
Pryor restrained Lopes; Lopes singled to left [Cey scored
(unearned), Yeager out at third (left to third to shortstop)]; 4
R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 11, Cubs 1.

CUBS 4TH: PACIOREK REPLACED WYNN (PLAYING CF); Morales doubled
to center; Stelmaszek popped to second; Madlock tripled to
center [Morales scored]; Sperring was called out on strikes;
LaRoche flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 11,
Cubs 2.

DODGERS 5TH: LACOCK REPLACED CARDENAL (PLAYING RF); Buckner
lined to second; Paciorek singled to center; Garvey flied out to
right; Crawford was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 11, Cubs 2.

CUBS 5TH: Kessinger grounded out (third to first); LaCock lined
to right; Ward popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 11, Cubs 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
doubled to left; Yeager tripled to center [Russell scored];
Sutton popped to second in foul territory [Yeager scored]; Lopes
homered; Buckner singled to center; Paciorek walked [Buckner to
second]; KREMMEL REPLACED KESSINGER (PITCHING); GRABARKEWITZ
REPLACED LAROCHE (PLAYING SS); Garvey homered [Buckner scored,
Paciorek scored]; Crawford hit an inside the park homer to left;
Cey doubled to center; AUERBACH BATTED FOR RUSSELL; Auerbach
flied out to center; 7 R, 7 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 18, Cubs 2.

CUBS 6TH: AUERBACH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Thornton
grounded out (third to first); Morales singled to shortstop;
Stelmaszek homered [Morales scored]; Madlock popped to third;
Sperring grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 18, Cubs 4.

DODGERS 7TH: FANZONE REPLACED MADLOCK (PLAYING 3B); FERGUSON
BATTED FOR YEAGER; Ferguson struck out; Sutton flied out to
center; Lopes grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 18, Cubs 4.

CUBS 7TH: FERGUSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Grabarkewitz
grounded out (third to first); Kremmel was called out on
strikes; LaCock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 18, Cubs 4.

DODGERS 8TH: Buckner was called out on strikes; Paciorek struck
out; Garvey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
18, Cubs 4.

CUBS 8TH: HOUGH REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING); Ward flied out to
right; Thornton walked; Morales doubled to left [Thornton to
third]; Stelmaszek walked; Fanzone homered [Thornton scored,
Morales scored, Stelmaszek scored]; SHANAHAN REPLACED HOUGH
(PITCHING); Sperring singled to center; Grabarkewitz singled to
left [Sperring to third]; MITTERWALD BATTED FOR KREMMEL;
Mitterwald struck out; LaCock forced Grabarkewitz (second to
shortstop); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 18, Cubs 8.

DODGERS 9TH: TODD REPLACED MITTERWALD (PITCHING); Crawford
walked; Cey popped to third in foul territory; Auerbach forced
Crawford (shortstop to second); Ferguson flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 18, Cubs 8.

CUBS 9TH: Ward popped to catcher in foul territory; Thornton
grounded out (third to first); Morales reached on an error by
Paciorek; Stelmaszek walked [Morales to second]; Fanzone lined
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 18, Cubs 8.