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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