Homers by Davey Lopes and Joe Ferguson accounted for five runs and paced the Dodgers to a 6-5 victory over the Padres. Al Downing started for the Dodgers and fell behind, 3-0, but Bill Greif lost his lead in the second. Ferguson singled and both Ron Cey and Bill Russell walked to load the bases. Von Joshua batted for Downing and hit a sacrifice fly before Lopes came to the plate and smashed a three-run homer to put the Dodgers ahead. In the sixth, Willie Crawford singled and Ferguson followed with his homer for what proved to be the winning blow.

Rick Rhoden, who replaced Downing and received credit for his first major league victory, was lifted with a man on base in the ninth. Mike Marshall made his 100th relief appearance of the season and finished the game in a struggle. Marshall struck out two batters, but hit Cito Gaston with a pitch and gave up run-scoring singles by Willie McCovey and Bobby Tolan before retiring Nate Colbert on a fly for the third out. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 6, San Diego Padres 5
Game Played on Sunday, September 22, 1974 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Padres       2  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   5  9  0
Dodgers      0  4  0    0  0  2    0  0  x  -   6  8  3


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hernandez ss          4   1   1   1     0   1   .237      Lopes 2b              3   1   1   3     1   0   .264
  McCovey ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .250      Buckner lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .314
  Almon pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Wynn cf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .272
Beckert 2b            5   0   1   0     0   2   .257      Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .320
  Scott pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Crawford rf           4   1   1   0     0   2   .298
Tolan rf              5   0   0   1     0   0   .272        Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .219
Colbert 1b            5   1   1   1     0   2   .208      Ferguson c            4   2   3   2     0   1   .247
Winfield lf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .265      Cey 3b                3   1   0   0     1   1   .266
Thomas cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .247      Russell ss            2   1   0   0     1   1   .265
Hilton 3b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .231      Downing p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .172
  Grubb ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .294        Joshua ph           0   0   0   1     0   0   .241
Cannizzaro c          2   1   0   0     0   0   .176        Rhoden p            2   0   1   0     0   1   .500
  Turner ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .286        Paciorek rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  Kendall c           1   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Greif p               2   0   1   0     0   0   .074
  Locklear ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .282
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gaston ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
  Roberts pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               38   5   9   5     1   9             Totals               29   6   8   6     4   6

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 29,152
Left on Base: Padres 8, Dodgers 4
DP: Padres 0, Dodgers 0
Errors: Garvey, Russell 2
Doubles: Hernandez (19), Buckner (28)
Home Runs: Lopes (9), Ferguson (16)
Stolen Bases: Hernandez (36), Colbert (10), Hilton (3)
Caught Stealing: Lopes (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Joshua (2)
Hit by Pitch: Gaston (1,by Marshall)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Greif L(9-18)           6     7   6   6   4   5   2  28   4.66
Tomlin                  2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.28
Totals                  8     8   6   6   4   6   2  34

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing                 2     4   3   0   0   1   0  12   3.46
Rhoden W(1-0)           6     3   1   1   1   6   0  21   2.08
Marshall                1     2   1   1   0   2   0   7   2.33
Totals                  9     9   5   2   1   9   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Marshall (1)

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


PADRES 1ST: Hernandez reached on an error by Garvey (assist by
Russell); Hernandez stole second; Beckert struck out; Tolan
popped to catcher in foul territory; Colbert singled to left
[Hernandez scored (unearned)]; Colbert stole second; Winfield
singled to left [Colbert scored (unearned)]; Thomas singled to
center [Winfield to second]; Hilton forced Thomas (third to
second); 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to left; Buckner doubled to right;
Wynn singled to left [Buckner to third]; Garvey popped to
catcher in foul territory; Crawford popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 2ND: Cannizzaro reached on an error by Russell; On a bunt
Greif made an out to pitcher; Hernandez doubled to center
[Cannizzaro scored (unearned), Hernandez to third (error by
Russell)]; Beckert grounded out (shortstop to first); Tolan
popped to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Ferguson singled to shortstop; Cey walked [Ferguson
to second]; Russell walked [Ferguson to third, Cey to second];
JOSHUA BATTED FOR DOWNING; Joshua hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Ferguson scored]; Lopes homered [Cey scored, Russell scored];
Buckner popped to third in foul territory; Wynn walked; Garvey
grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3,
Dodgers 4.

PADRES 3RD: RHODEN REPLACED JOSHUA (PITCHING); Colbert struck
out; Winfield flied out to center; Thomas popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 3RD: Crawford struck out; Ferguson struck out; Cey
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 4.

PADRES 4TH: Hilton walked; Hilton stole second; Cannizzaro
grounded out (shortstop to first); Greif singled to center
[Hilton to third, Greif out at second (center to catcher to
shortstop)]; Hernandez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 4TH: Russell struck out; Rhoden struck out; Lopes
walked; Lopes was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 4.

PADRES 5TH: Beckert struck out; Tolan popped to first in foul
territory; Colbert struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3,
Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 5TH: Buckner flied out to center; Wynn flied out to
left; Garvey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
3, Dodgers 4.

PADRES 6TH: Winfield popped to shortstop; Thomas lined to right;
Hilton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 6TH: Crawford singled to right; Ferguson homered
[Crawford scored]; Cey popped to catcher in foul territory;
Russell lined to third; Rhoden singled to right; Lopes grounded
out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers
6.

PADRES 7TH: TURNER BATTED FOR CANNIZZARO; Turner singled to
right; LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR GREIF; Locklear lined to center;
Hernandez was called out on strikes; Beckert grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 6.

DODGERS 7TH: KENDALL REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING C ); TOMLIN
REPLACED LOCKLEAR (PITCHING); Buckner popped to second; Wynn
grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 6.

PADRES 8TH: Tolan grounded out (third to first); Colbert popped
to first in foul territory; Winfield was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 6.

DODGERS 8TH: Crawford struck out; Ferguson singled to right
[Ferguson out at second (right to shortstop)]; Cey flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 6.

PADRES 9TH: Thomas singled to center; MARSHALL REPLACED CRAWFORD
(PITCHING); PACIOREK REPLACED RHODEN (PLAYING RF); GRUBB BATTED
FOR HILTON; Grubb struck out; Kendall struck out; GASTON BATTED
FOR TOMLIN; Gaston was hit by a pitch [Thomas to second];
ROBERTS RAN FOR GASTON; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; McCovey
singled to right [Thomas scored, Roberts to second]; ALMON RAN
FOR MCCOVEY; Beckert singled to center [Roberts to third, Almon
to second]; SCOTT RAN FOR BECKERT; Tolan reached on a fielder's
choice [Roberts scored, Almon to third, Scott to second];
Colbert flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 5,
Dodgers 6.