After Doug Rau gave up five runs on seven hits in the first 2 1/3 innings, Charlie Hough relieved and yielded only one hit the rest of the way to pitch the Dodgers to a 12-5 victory over the Cubs. Jose Cardenal homered off Rau with a man on base in the first, but the Dodgers bounced back with four runs in their half on a homer by Bill Buckner, double by Steve Garvey, infield hit by Willie Crawford and errors by Rick Reuschel and Steve Swisher.

Jerry Morales homered with a man on base in the third when the Cubs regained the lead with three runs, but the Dodgers went ahead to stay with a trio in their half. The remainder of the Dodgers' scoring included homers by Jim Wynn and Joe Ferguson. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 12, Chicago Cubs 5

Game Played on Tuesday, August 27, 1974 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Cubs         2  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  2
Dodgers      4  0  3    2  1  0    0  2  x  -  12 13  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          4   1   1   0     0   1   .259      Lopes 2b              4   1   1   0     1   1   .273
Cardenal lf           4   2   2   2     0   1   .310      Buckner lf            5   3   3   1     0   0   .317
  Dettore p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Wynn cf               4   3   2   2     1   0   .281
Morales cf            4   1   1   2     0   1   .262        Joshua cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Thornton 1b           4   1   1   0     0   2   .280      Garvey 1b             5   1   3   1     0   1   .319
Madlock 3b            4   0   2   0     0   1   .300      Crawford rf           3   2   2   2     1   0   .302
  Grabarkewitz 3b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .198      Cey 3b                4   1   0   0     1   1   .271
Tyrone rf,lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .176      Ferguson c            3   1   1   1     1   1   .238
Swisher c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .216      Russell ss            4   0   1   2     0   1   .269
Sperring 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .163      Rau p                 1   0   0   0     0   1   .158
  Ward ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .243        Hough p             3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Reuschel p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  LaCock ph,rf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .188

Totals               35   5   8   4     0   9             Totals               36  12  13   9     5   6

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 25,212
Left on Base: Cubs 3, Dodgers 6
DP: Cubs 0, Dodgers 0
Errors: Swisher, Reuschel, Crawford
Doubles: LaCock (1), Garvey 2 (27)
Home Runs: Cardenal (11), Morales (13), Buckner (4), Wynn (29), Ferguson (13)
Caught Stealing: Lopes (16)
Sacrifice Flies: Crawford (4)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuschel L(12-10)       3.1   9   9   6   1   3   2  21   4.31
LaRoche                 2.2   3   1   1   0   1   1  10   4.57
Dettore                 2     1   2   2   4   2   0  11   4.70
Totals                  8    13  12   9   5   6   3  42

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau                     2.1   7   5   4   0   2   2  14   3.10
Hough W(7-3)            6.2   1   0   0   0   7   0  21   4.08
Totals                  9     8   5   4   0   9   2  35

Passed Balls: Ferguson (6)
Wild Pitches: Hough (3)

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Terry Tata


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to right; Cardenal homered
[Kessinger scored]; Morales struck out; Thornton was called out
on strikes; Madlock singled to center; Tyrone flied out to left;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (first to pitcher); Buckner
homered; Wynn grounded out (first to pitcher); Garvey doubled to
right; Crawford singled to shortstop [Garvey stayed at second];
Cey reached on an error by Reuschel [Garvey scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Crawford to third, Cey to second]; Crawford was picked
off third but was safe on an error by Swisher [Crawford scored
(unearned), Cey scored (unearned)]; Ferguson flied out to
center; 4 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 4.

CUBS 2ND: Swisher flied out to center; Sperring flied out to
right; Reuschel flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
2, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 2ND: Russell lined to first; Rau struck out; Lopes flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Dodgers 4.

CUBS 3RD: Kessinger popped to shortstop; Cardenal singled to
left; Morales homered [Cardenal scored]; Thornton singled to
left; Madlock singled to center [Thornton to second]; HOUGH
REPLACED RAU (PITCHING); Hough threw a wild pitch [Thornton to
third, Madlock to second]; Ferguson allowed a passed ball
[Thornton scored (unearned), Madlock to third]; Tyrone grounded
out (pitcher to first); Swisher struck out (catcher to first); 3
R (2 ER), 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 3RD: Buckner singled to second; Wynn singled to center
[Buckner to third]; Garvey struck out; Crawford singled to
center [Buckner scored, Wynn to third, Crawford to second (on
throw to 3b)]; Cey lined to right; Ferguson was walked
intentionally; Russell singled to center [Wynn scored, Crawford
scored, Ferguson to third]; Hough grounded out (third to first);
3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Dodgers 7.

CUBS 4TH: Sperring popped to second; Reuschel grounded out
(third to first); Kessinger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 5, Dodgers 7.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes was called out on strikes; On a bunt Buckner
singled to second; Wynn homered [Buckner scored]; LAROCHE
REPLACED REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Garvey singled to left; Crawford
popped to third; Cey flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 5, Dodgers 9.

CUBS 5TH: Cardenal flied out to center; Morales grounded out
(second to first); Thornton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 5, Dodgers 9.

DODGERS 5TH: Ferguson homered; Russell was called out on
strikes; Hough grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes singled
to left; Lopes was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 5, Dodgers 10.

CUBS 6TH: Madlock lined to left; Tyrone grounded out (third to
first); Swisher popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Dodgers 10.

DODGERS 6TH: Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn
flied out to center; Garvey popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 5, Dodgers 10.

CUBS 7TH: Sperring struck out; LACOCK BATTED FOR LAROCHE; LaCock
doubled to right [LaCock to third (error by Crawford)];
Kessinger reached on a fielder's choice [LaCock out at home
(third to catcher)]; Cardenal struck out (catcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Dodgers 10.

DODGERS 7TH: DETTORE REPLACED CARDENAL (PITCHING); TYRONE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); LACOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); Crawford walked; Cey walked [Crawford to second]; Ferguson
struck out; Russell forced Crawford (pitcher to third) [Cey to
second]; Hough flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5,
Dodgers 10.

CUBS 8TH: Morales flied out to right; Thornton flied out to
right; Madlock was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 5, Dodgers 10.

DODGERS 8TH: GRABARKEWITZ REPLACED MADLOCK (PLAYING 3B); Lopes
walked; Buckner flied out to center; Wynn walked [Lopes to
second]; Garvey doubled to left [Lopes scored, Wynn to third];
Crawford hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wynn scored]; Cey was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Dodgers 12.

CUBS 9TH: JOSHUA REPLACED WYNN (PLAYING CF); Tyrone flied out to
right; Swisher popped to third; WARD BATTED FOR SPERRING; Ward
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Dodgers 12.

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