Homers by Jim Wynn and Steve Yeager led the Dodgers' attack in a 7-4 victory over the Astros. Wynn hit his homer with a man on base in the fourth inning when the Dodgers took a 5-3 lead. Yeager added a solo swat in the fifth for his second RBI of the game after walking earlier with the bases loaded to force in a run. Yeager bruised his knee in a home-plate collision when Wilbur Howard scored for the Astros in the eighth and had to be carried off the field. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Houston Astros 4
Game Played on Sunday, April     13, 1975 (Day game) at Astrodome
Dodgers      0  0  2    3  1  0    0  1  0  -   7  9  0
Astros       1  0  2    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   4  9  4


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   1   2   0     1   2   .227      Milbourne 2b          3   1   1   0     0   0   .333
Buckner lf            5   1   0   0     0   1   .250        Batista ph          1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
Wynn cf               2   2   1   2     3   0   .381        Andrews 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
Garvey 1b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .423      Boswell 3b            4   1   3   3     0   1   .500
Crawford rf           3   0   2   1     1   0   .267      Cedeno cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .333
  Ferguson ph,rf,c    1   0   0   0     0   1   .167      May c                 4   0   0   0     0   2   .200
Cey 3b                3   0   1   0     2   0   .200      Johnson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   3   .238
Yeager c              3   1   2   2     1   0   .231      Watson lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .200
  Paciorek rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cruz rf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .150
Auerbach ss           4   0   0   0     0   3   .143      Metzger ss            3   1   1   0     0   0   .316
  Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Konieczny p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  De Jesus ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Easler ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Messersmith p         4   1   0   0     1   1   .143        Cosgrove p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Howard ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .333
                                                            York p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   7   9   6     9   9             Totals               34   4   9   4     0   9

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 17,310
Left on Base: Dodgers 12, Astros 3
DP: Dodgers 1, Astros 0
Errors: Cedeno, May, Konieczny 2
Doubles: Watson (1)
Triples: Cedeno (1)
Home Runs: Wynn (1), Yeager (1)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (7)
Caught Stealing: Crawford (1), Watson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Lopes (1), Paciorek (1)
GIDP: Cedeno (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(1-0)      9     9   4   4   0   9   0  34   3.60
Totals                  9     9   4   4   0   9   0  34

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Konieczny L(0-2)        5     7   6   5   4   4   2  27   4.91
Cosgrove                2.2   1   1   1   5   2   0  13   2.08
Forsch                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.70
York                    1     1   0   0   0   2   0   5  20.25
Totals                  9     9   7   6   9   9   2  46

Wild Pitches: Konieczny (1)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes was called out on strikes; Buckner flied out
to right; Wynn walked; Wynn was picked off first but was safe on
an error by Konieczny [Wynn to second]; Garvey popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Milbourne singled to right; Boswell singled to left
[Milbourne scored]; Cedeno grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Boswell out at second]; May
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Astros 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford singled to shortstop; Cey flied out to
center; Yeager singled to center [Crawford to third]; Auerbach
struck out; Messersmith grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Johnson was called out on strikes; Watson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Astros 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes singled to center; Konieczny threw a wild
pitch [Lopes to second]; Lopes was picked off second but was
safe on an error by Konieczny [Lopes to third]; Buckner flied
out to right; Wynn walked; Garvey reached on a fielder's choice
[Lopes out at home (third to catcher), Wynn to second]; Crawford
singled to center [Wynn scored, Garvey to second]; Cey walked
[Garvey to third, Crawford to second]; Yeager walked [Garvey
scored, Crawford to third, Cey to second]; Auerbach forced
Yeager (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Metzger singled to right; Konieczny struck out;
Milbourne grounded out (first to pitcher) [Metzger to second];
Boswell singled to center [Metzger scored]; Cedeno tripled to
right [Boswell scored]; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Astros 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Messersmith struck out; Lopes singled to center;
Lopes stole second [Lopes to third (error by May)]; Buckner
reached on an error by Cedeno [Lopes scored (no RBI), Buckner to
first]; Wynn homered [Buckner scored (unearned)]; Garvey
grounded out (third to first); Crawford flied out to center; 3 R
(2 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Astros 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Johnson struck out; Watson doubled to left; Cruz
flied out to center; Watson was picked off and caught stealing
third (catcher to shortstop to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Astros 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Cey lined to second; Yeager homered; Auerbach
struck out; Messersmith grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Astros 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Metzger popped to first in foul territory; EASLER
BATTED FOR KONIECZNY; Easler grounded out (second to first);
Milbourne grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 6, Astros 3.

DODGERS 6TH: COSGROVE REPLACED EASLER (PITCHING); Lopes walked;
Buckner flied out to right [Lopes to second]; Wynn grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Lopes to third]; Garvey grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Astros 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Boswell struck out; Cedeno grounded out (third to
first); May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Astros
3.

DODGERS 7TH: Crawford walked; Crawford was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Cey walked; Yeager grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Cey to second]; Auerbach was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Johnson struck out; Watson flied out to left; Cruz
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Astros 3.

DODGERS 8TH: Messersmith walked; Lopes out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Messersmith to second]; Buckner struck out;
Wynn walked; Garvey singled to center [Messersmith scored, Wynn
to third]; FERGUSON BATTED FOR CRAWFORD; FORSCH REPLACED
COSGROVE (PITCHING); Ferguson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Astros 3.

ASTROS 8TH: FERGUSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Metzger
grounded out (third to first); Steve Yeager injured;
PACIOREK REPLACED YEAGER (PLAYING RF); FERGUSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); HOWARD BATTED FOR FORSCH; Howard singled
to right; BATISTA BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; Batista singled to right
[Howard to second]; Boswell singled to right [Howard scored,
Batista to third]; Cedeno flied out to right; May flied out to
right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 4.

DODGERS 9TH: ANDREWS REPLACED BATISTA (PLAYING 2B); YORK
REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Cey singled to right; Paciorek
reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Cey to
second]; MOTA BATTED FOR AUERBACH; Mota struck out; Messersmith
grounded out (third to first) [Cey to third, Paciorek to
second]; Lopes struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 7,
Astros 4.

ASTROS 9TH: DE JESUS REPLACED MOTA (PLAYING SS); Johnson flied
out to left; Watson grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Cruz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7,
Astros 4.