The Giants' failure to execute a double play in the seventh inning enabled the Dodgers to score the run that resulted in a 5-4 victory. Andy Messersmith opened the inning with a double and took third with one out on an infield hit by Von Joshua. Bill Buckner then grounded to first baseman Dave Kingman who threw to second, forcing Joshua, but the return throw was too late to catch Buckner and Messersmith scored to put the Dodgers ahead, 5-2. Mike Phillips homered in the Giants' half of the seventh.

Mike Marshall took over for the Dodgers and gave up a run on three singles in the eighth, but retired the side without further damage in the ninth. John D'Acquisto, who started for the Giants, was hit on the hand by a line drive off the bat of Joshua in the first inning and had to leave the game. Gary Lavelle relieved and was the loser, but a big part of his trouble could be blamed on Garry Maddox, who misjudged a line drive for a two-base error in the sixth, allowing two unearned runs to score. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Francisco Giants 4

Game Played on Wednesday, September 11, 1974 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Dodgers      1  0  0    0  1  2    1  0  0  -   5 11  1
Giants       2  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   4  9  3


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              6   1   2   0     0   0   .273      Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .291
Joshua cf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .262      Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .254
Buckner lf            5   1   3   2     0   0   .314      Bonds rf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .267
Garvey 1b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .325      Matthews lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .286
Crawford rf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .299      Goodson 3b            4   0   2   3     0   0   .283
  Mota ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .306        Barr pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .262
  Paciorek pr,rf      1   1   0   0     0   0   .238        Miller 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .282
Cey 3b                3   1   0   0     2   0   .275      Kingman 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .225
Ferguson c            4   0   1   0     1   1   .239      Phillips ss           4   1   1   1     0   2   .212
Russell ss            4   0   0   0     1   1   .268      Rader c               4   0   2   0     0   1   .293
Messersmith p         4   1   2   1     0   0   .274      D'Acquisto p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .108
  Marshall p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Lavelle p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .240
                                                            Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .313
                                                            Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .252

Totals               41   5  11   3     5   2             Totals               34   4   9   4     1   7

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance:  7,842
Left on Base: Dodgers 14, Giants 5
DP: Dodgers 1, Giants 0
Errors: Crawford, Maddox, Fuentes, Phillips
Doubles: Lopes (25), Buckner 2 (25), Ferguson (12), Messersmith (8)
Home Runs: Phillips (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Lavelle (1)
GIDP: Matthews (12)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(17-6)     7     6   3   2   1   5   1  28   2.75
Marshall                2     3   1   1   0   2   0   8   2.32
Totals                  9     9   4   3   1   7   1  36

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto              0     2   1   1   0   0   0   2   3.46
Lavelle L(0-1)          5.2   7   3   1   4   2   0  31   1.59
Metzger                 0.2   2   1   1   1   0   0   5   3.38
Morris                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.60
Moffitt                 2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   4.55
Totals                  9    11   5   3   5   2   0  46

Wild Pitches: D'Acquisto (7)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Bill Williams


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled; D'Acquisto threw a wild pitch [Lopes
to third]; Joshua singled to center [Lopes stayed at third];
LAVELLE REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING); Buckner doubled to right
[Joshua to third, Lopes scored]; Garvey reached on a fielder's
choice [Joshua out at home (first to catcher to third to
catcher), Buckner to third, Garvey to second]; Crawford popped
to third; Cey walked; Ferguson struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Dodgers 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Maddox struck out; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop
to first); Bonds walked; Matthews singled to right [Bonds to
third, Matthews to second (error by Crawford)]; Goodson singled
to left [Bonds scored, Matthews scored (unearned)]; Kingman
lined to third; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants
2.

DODGERS 2ND: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first);
Messersmith singled to right; Lopes lined to third; Joshua flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Phillips struck out; Rader singled to right; Lavelle
out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Rader to second];
Maddox popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Giants 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Buckner reached on an error by Fuentes; Garvey
forced Buckner (second to shortstop); Crawford walked [Garvey to
second]; Cey popped to third; Ferguson reached on an error by
Phillips [Garvey to third, Crawford to second]; Russell struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Fuentes flied out to center; Bonds singled to
shortstop; Matthews grounded out (third to first) [Bonds to
second]; Goodson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Messersmith flied out to center; Lopes singled to
right; Joshua flied out to center; Buckner singled to shortstop
[Lopes to second]; Garvey lined to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Kingman grounded out (third to first); Phillips
struck out; Rader singled to left; Lavelle struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Crawford grounded out (second to first); Cey
walked; Ferguson doubled to right [Cey to third]; Russell was
walked intentionally; Messersmith forced Russell (shortstop to
second) [Cey scored, Ferguson to third]; Lopes forced
Messersmith (third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Maddox popped to first; Fuentes lined to left; Bonds
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Joshua flied out to center; Buckner doubled to
center; Garvey grounded out (third to first); MOTA BATTED FOR
CRAWFORD; Mota singled to shortstop [Buckner to third]; PACIOREK
RAN FOR MOTA; Cey reached on an error by Maddox [Buckner scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Paciorek scored (unearned) (no RBI), Cey to
second]; METZGER REPLACED LAVELLE (PITCHING); Ferguson was
walked intentionally; Russell flied out to center; 2 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: PACIOREK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Matthews
grounded out (shortstop to first); Goodson grounded out (second
to first); Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Giants 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Messersmith doubled to left; Lopes grounded out
(shortstop to first); Joshua singled to shortstop [Messersmith
to third]; MORRIS REPLACED METZGER (PITCHING); Buckner forced
Joshua (first to shortstop) [Messersmith scored]; Garvey flied
out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Phillips homered; Rader flied out to right;
THOMASSON BATTED FOR MORRIS; Thomasson flied out to right;
Maddox popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 3.

DODGERS 8TH: MOFFITT REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); Paciorek
grounded out (third to first); Cey grounded out (shortstop to
first); Ferguson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: MARSHALL REPLACED MESSERSMITH (PITCHING); Fuentes
singled to second; Bonds singled to center [Fuentes to second];
Matthews grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Fuentes to third, Bonds out at second]; Goodson singled to
right [Fuentes scored]; BARR RAN FOR GOODSON; Kingman struck
out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 4.

DODGERS 9TH: MILLER REPLACED BARR (PLAYING 3B); Russell grounded
out (third to first); Marshall flied out to center; Lopes
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Giants 4.

GIANTS 9TH: Phillips popped to third in foul territory; Rader
struck out; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Ontiveros popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5,
Giants 4.

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