With a crowd of 26,262 on hand, the Dodgers went over the 2,000,000 total in attendance and marked the milestone by defeating the Cubs, 3-1, behind the three-hit hurling of Andy Messersmith and Mike Marshall. Messersmith held the Cubs hitless until Pete LaCock smashed his first major league homer in the seventh inning. Messersmith gave up a single by Jerry Morales before retiring the side. Marshall relieved in the eighth and yielded one hit. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Chicago Cubs 1
Game Played on Thursday, August    29, 1974 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  3  2
Dodgers      1  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  5  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          4   0   0   0     0   1   .257      Lopes 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .271
Cardenal lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .311      Buckner lf            3   2   1   0     1   0   .316
LaCock 1b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .200      Wynn cf               2   0   1   0     1   0   .281
Morales rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .262      Garvey 1b             3   0   1   1     1   1   .326
Monday cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .294      Cey 3b                3   0   0   0     1   1   .270
Fanzone 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .177      Joshua rf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .258
Swisher c             2   0   0   0     1   0   .212        Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Sperring 2b           2   0   0   0     0   1   .182        Paciorek rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .239
  Madlock ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .301      Russell ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .270
  Grabarkewitz 2b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .198      Yeager c              3   0   0   1     0   1   .263
Bonham p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .162      Messersmith p         2   0   1   0     0   0   .263
  Ward ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .238        Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Reuschel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .208        Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               30   1   3   1     2   5             Totals               27   3   5   2     4   4

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 22,262
Left on Base: Cubs 4, Dodgers 7
DP: Cubs 0, Dodgers 0
Errors: Fanzone, Sperring, Messersmith
Doubles: Joshua (5)
Home Runs: LaCock (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Russell (8), Lopes (9), Wynn (1)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham L(10-17)         7     4   3   2   2   4   0  28   3.83
Reuschel                0.1   1   0   0   2   0   0   4   4.30
LaRoche                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.52
Totals                  8     5   3   2   4   4   0  34

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(16-5)     7     2   1   1   2   4   1  25   2.49
Marshall                2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.12
Totals                  9     3   1   1   2   5   1  32

Wild Pitches: Reuschel (5)

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


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger flied out to left; Cardenal struck out;
LaCock lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Buckner
walked; Wynn singled to center [Buckner to third]; Garvey
grounded out (third to first) [Buckner scored, Wynn to second];
Cey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 1.

CUBS 2ND: Morales flied out to right; Monday walked; Monday was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Messersmith [Monday
to third]; Fanzone popped to shortstop; Swisher walked; Sperring
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Joshua doubled to left; Russell out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to first) [Joshua to third]; Yeager grounded out
(second to first) [Joshua scored]; Messersmith popped to second;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 2.

CUBS 3RD: Bonham grounded out (third to first); Kessinger struck
out; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes reached on an error by Fanzone; Buckner
forced Lopes (second to shortstop); Wynn popped to catcher in
foul territory; Garvey singled to left [Buckner scored (error by
Sperring) (unearned)]; Cey grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 3.

CUBS 4TH: LaCock grounded out (first unassisted); Morales flied
out to left; Monday struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Joshua grounded out (third to first); Russell
grounded out (second to first); Yeager popped to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 3.

CUBS 5TH: Fanzone flied out to left; Swisher flied out to left;
Sperring flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Messersmith singled to left; Lopes out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Messersmith to second];
Buckner grounded out (second to first) [Messersmith to third];
Wynn walked; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Dodgers 3.

CUBS 6TH: Bonham popped to second; Kessinger grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey grounded out (first to pitcher); Joshua
grounded out (second to first); Russell grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Dodgers 3.

CUBS 7TH: LaCock homered; Morales singled to left; Monday flied
out to left; Fanzone popped to first; Swisher grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Yeager struck out; HOPKINS BATTED FOR MESSERSMITH;
Hopkins grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 3.

CUBS 8TH: MARSHALL REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING); MADLOCK BATTED
FOR SPERRING; Madlock flied out to right; WARD BATTED FOR
BONHAM; Ward grounded out (third to first); Kessinger grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 8TH: GRABARKEWITZ REPLACED MADLOCK (PLAYING 2B);
REUSCHEL REPLACED WARD (PITCHING); On a bunt Buckner singled to
pitcher; Wynn out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Buckner to second]; Reuschel threw a wild pitch [Buckner to
third]; Garvey walked; Cey walked [Garvey to second]; LAROCHE
REPLACED REUSCHEL (PITCHING); MOTA BATTED FOR JOSHUA; Mota
popped to third; Russell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 3.

CUBS 9TH: PACIOREK REPLACED MOTA (PLAYING RF); Cardenal singled
to center; LaCock struck out; Morales forced Cardenal (third to
second); Monday grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Dodgers 3.