Bill Buckner knocked in two runs with a double and his second home run of the season and Don Sutton fired a four-hit shutout as the Dodgers posted their first win of the season by a 7-0 score over the Astros. In retiring the last 11 batters, the Dodger righthander gained his 12th straight victory, including the playoffs and World Series of last year.

Buckner's homer opened the game's scoring in the third frame and two innings later he hit his double, scoring Davey Lopes from second base. The Astros' only threat came in the fourth when Cesar Cedeno reached third with none out on a walk, stolen base and throwing error. But Sutton struck out Milt May and got Cliff Johnson to pop up and Jose Cruz to fly out. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Houston Astros 0
Game Played on Friday, April     11, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome
Dodgers      0  0  1    0  2  0    0  1  3  -   7 10  1
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              3   2   0   0     1   0   .188      Cabell lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Buckner lf            5   2   2   2     0   0   .316      Andrews 2b            4   0   1   0     0   3   .313
Wynn cf               4   1   2   2     1   1   .375      Cedeno cf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .400
Garvey 1b             3   2   2   0     2   1   .412      May c                 4   0   0   0     0   1   .214
Crawford rf           2   0   0   0     2   0   .111      Johnson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .231
  Ferguson ph,rf      1   0   1   1     0   0   .214      Cruz rf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Cey 3b                5   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Rader 3b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .467
Yeager c              4   0   1   1     1   2   .100      Metzger ss            3   0   1   0     0   1   .308
Russell ss            5   0   1   1     0   1   .063      Griffin p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Sutton p              3   0   0   0     1   1   .000        Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Easler ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            York p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   7  10   7     8   6             Totals               31   0   4   0     1   9

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 17,851
Left on Base: Dodgers 10, Astros 5
DP: Dodgers 0, Astros 1
Errors: Yeager
Doubles: Buckner (2), Wynn 2 (4), Russell (1), Cedeno (2)
Triples: Andrews (1)
Home Runs: Buckner (2)
Stolen Bases: Lopes 3 (4), Crawford (1), Cedeno (4)
Caught Stealing: Lopes (1)
GIDP: Cey (2)
Hit by Pitch: Lopes (1,by York)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(1-0)           9     4   0   0   1   9   0  32   0.56
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   9   0  32

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin L(0-1)          4.1   4   3   3   5   4   1  21   6.23
Granger                 0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   0.00
Forsch                  3     1   1   1   2   2   0  12   3.00
York                    0.1   2   3   3   0   0   0   4  81.00
Scherman                0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9    10   7   7   8   6   1  44

Hit by Pitch: York (1)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Shag Crawford


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Buckner lined to
center; Wynn struck out; Lopes was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews
tripled to center; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); May
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Astros 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey walked; Crawford flied out to right; Cey
singled to third [Garvey to second]; Yeager struck out; Russell
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Johnson struck out; Cruz flied out to right; Rader
singled to third; Metzger struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Astros 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Sutton grounded out (second to first); Lopes
grounded out (third to first); Buckner homered; Wynn walked;
Garvey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Griffin struck out; Cabell flied out to center;
Andrews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Crawford walked; Crawford stole second; Cey flied
out to center; Yeager was called out on strikes; Russell
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno walked; Cedeno stole second [Cedeno to third
(error by Yeager)]; May struck out; Johnson made an out to
third; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Astros 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Sutton walked; Lopes forced Sutton (shortstop to
second); Lopes stole second; Buckner doubled [Lopes scored];
Wynn doubled [Buckner scored]; GRANGER REPLACED GRIFFIN
(PITCHING); Garvey singled [Wynn to third]; Crawford walked
[Garvey to second]; Cey grounded into a double play (third to
catcher to first) [Wynn out at home]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Rader grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger
singled to shortstop; EASLER BATTED FOR GRANGER; Easler made an
out to third; Cabell forced Metzger (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros 0.

DODGERS 6TH: FORSCH REPLACED EASLER (PITCHING); Yeager flied out
to right; Russell struck out; Sutton grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Andrews struck out; Cedeno doubled to right; May
grounded out (first unassisted) [Cedeno to third]; Johnson made
an out to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes grounded out (second to first); Buckner made
an out to third; Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); Rader was
called out on strikes; Metzger made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Garvey walked; Crawford flied out to center; Cey
made an out to first; Yeager walked [Garvey to second]; Russell
doubled to left [Garvey scored, Yeager to third]; Sutton struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 8TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR FORSCH; Boswell grounded out
(second to first); Cabell flied out to left; Andrews struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

DODGERS 9TH: YORK REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Lopes was hit by
a pitch; Lopes stole second; Buckner flied out to right [Lopes
to third]; Wynn doubled to left [Lopes scored]; Garvey singled
to third [Wynn to third]; SCHERMAN REPLACED YORK (PITCHING);
FERGUSON BATTED FOR CRAWFORD; Ferguson singled to third [Wynn
scored, Garvey to second]; Cey flied out to center [Garvey to
third]; Yeager singled to center [Garvey scored, Ferguson to
second]; Russell flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Astros 0.

ASTROS 9TH: FERGUSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Cedeno
grounded out (second to first); May flied out to left; Johnson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 0.