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.

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