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Wednesday August 21, 1974
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With help from Mike Marshall, who made his 82nd relief appearance of the season, Andy Messersmith ended his personal three-game losing streak as the Dodgers defeated the Cubs, 7-5. The Dodgers staked Messersmith to a 5-0 lead, getting three runs in the first inning on two walks and a homer by Willie Crawford before adding a pair of unearned tallies in the second. Bill Russell singled and moved to third on a balk and single by Messersmith before being thrown out at the plate on an attempted squeeze bunt by Davey Lopes. Bill Buckner grounded to Rob Sperring, who fumbled the ball, allowing Messersmith to score. Lopes took third on the error and counted on a wild pitch.

The Cubs rapped Messersmith for three runs in the third and narrowed their deficit with a homer by Andre Thornton in the fifth. The Dodgers then pushed over their deciding pair in the seventh on singles by Russell and Steve Yeager, a wild throw from the outfield by Jerry Morales and sacrifice fly by Messersmith. Jim Tyrone hit his first major league homer for the Cubs in the eighth. After Steve Swisher walked with one out, Marshall replaced Messersmith and retired the side with a double-play pitch to Jose Cardenal. [The Sporting News]


Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Chicago Cubs 5

Game Played on Wednesday, August 21, 1974 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Dodgers      3  2  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   7 11  1
Cubs         0  0  3    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   5  7  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   1   2   0     0   1   .262      Kessinger ss          4   1   1   0     0   0   .260
Buckner lf            5   0   2   0     0   0   .313      LaCock rf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .125
Wynn cf               4   1   0   0     1   1   .280      Morales cf            3   0   0   0     2   0   .258
Garvey 1b             4   1   0   0     1   0   .317      Thornton 1b           3   1   1   2     0   2   .288
Crawford rf           4   1   1   3     0   1   .299      Madlock 3b            4   0   2   1     0   0   .293
Cey 3b                4   0   1   0     0   1   .271      Tyrone lf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .211
Russell ss            3   1   3   0     1   0   .270      Swisher c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .222
Yeager c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .277      Sperring 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .179
Messersmith p         3   1   1   1     0   1   .250        Cardenal ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .308
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Grabarkewitz 2b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .202
                                                          Bonham p              2   1   1   0     0   1   .161
                                                            Monday ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .292
                                                            Stone pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .150
                                                            Hooton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .053
                                                            Stelmaszek ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .318

Totals               36   7  11   4     3   5             Totals               33   5   7   5     4   6

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 18,262
Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Cubs 7
DP: Dodgers 1, Cubs 1
Errors: Russell, Morales, Sperring
Doubles: Bonham (2)
Home Runs: Crawford (10), Thornton (7), Tyrone (1)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (48)
Sacrifice Flies: Messersmith (2), Thornton (1)
GIDP: Cardenal (14)
Hit by Pitch: Kessinger (4,by Messersmith)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(14-5)     7.1   7   5   5   4   6   2  34   2.47
Marshall SV(18)         1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.19
Totals                  9     7   5   5   4   6   2  39

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham L(10-16)         6    10   7   5   2   1   1  29   3.93
Hooton                  3     1   0   0   1   4   0  11   4.73
Totals                  9    11   7   5   3   5   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Messersmith (2)
Wild Pitches: Bonham (12)
Balks: Bonham (5)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes was called out on strikes; Buckner grounded
out (pitcher to first); Wynn walked; Garvey walked [Wynn to
second]; Crawford homered [Wynn scored, Garvey scored]; Cey
grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to center; LaCock forced Kessinger
(second to shortstop); Morales walked [LaCock to second];
Thornton struck out; Madlock popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cubs 0.

DODGERS 2ND: On a bunt Russell singled to third; Bonham balked
[Russell to second]; Yeager lined to right; Messersmith singled
to left [Russell to third]; Lopes reached on a fielder's choice
[Russell out at home (first to catcher), Messersmith to second];
Buckner reached on an error by Sperring [Messersmith scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Lopes to third]; Bonham threw a wild pitch
[Lopes scored (unearned)]; Wynn grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Tyrone struck out; Swisher grounded out (third to
first); Sperring lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
5, Cubs 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Garvey grounded out (pitcher to first); Crawford
grounded out (first to pitcher); Cey singled to right; Russell
singled to third [Cey to second]; Yeager grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Bonham doubled to left; Kessinger was hit by a pitch;
LaCock singled to right [Bonham scored, Kessinger to second];
Morales walked [Kessinger to third, LaCock to second]; Thornton
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Kessinger scored]; Madlock singled
to left [LaCock scored, Morales to second]; Tyrone popped to
shortstop; Swisher forced Madlock (shortstop to second); 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Cubs 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Messersmith flied out to left; Lopes singled to
center; Buckner singled to left [Lopes to third]; Wynn lined
into a double play (pitcher to third) [Lopes out at third]; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Cubs 3.

CUBS 4TH: Sperring grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonham
struck out; Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Cubs 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey grounded out (third to first); Crawford
lined to left; Cey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Cubs 3.

CUBS 5TH: LaCock grounded out (second to first); Morales
grounded out (shortstop to first); Thornton homered; Madlock
singled to second; Tyrone popped to catcher in foul territory; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Cubs 4.

DODGERS 6TH: Russell singled to center; Yeager singled to center
[Russell scored (error by Morales), Yeager to third];
Messersmith hit a sacrifice fly to right [Yeager scored]; Lopes
lined to left; Buckner singled to right; Buckner was picked off
first (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Cubs
4.

CUBS 6TH: Swisher struck out; Sperring flied out to right;
MONDAY BATTED FOR BONHAM; Monday walked; STONE RAN FOR MONDAY;
Kessinger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7,
Cubs 4.

DODGERS 7TH: HOOTON REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Wynn struck out;
Garvey flied out to right; Crawford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 7, Cubs 4.

CUBS 7TH: LaCock struck out; Morales flied out to left; Thornton
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Cubs 4.

DODGERS 8TH: Cey struck out; Russell walked; Yeager grounded out
(third to first) [Russell to second]; Messersmith struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Cubs 4.

CUBS 8TH: Madlock grounded out (second to first); Tyrone
homered; Swisher walked; MARSHALL REPLACED MESSERSMITH
(PITCHING); CARDENAL BATTED FOR SPERRING; Cardenal grounded into
a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Swisher out at
second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Cubs 5.

DODGERS 9TH: GRABARKEWITZ REPLACED CARDENAL (PLAYING 2B); Lopes
singled to shortstop; Lopes stole second; Buckner flied out to
left; Wynn flied out to center; Garvey grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Cubs 5.

CUBS 9TH: STELMASZEK BATTED FOR HOOTON; Stelmaszek reached on an
error by Russell [Stelmaszek to second]; Kessinger flied out to
center; LaCock grounded out (shortstop to first) [Stelmaszek to
third]; Morales flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Cubs 5.



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