A Bat Day crowd of 35,517 failed to stimulate the Giants, who collected only six hits off Don Sutton and lost to the Dodgers, 7-3. The Giants brought cheers when they scored twice in the fourth inning on a single by Bobby Murcer and doubles by Ed Goodson and Gary Thomasson to take a 3-1 lead, but the Dodgers put a damper on the crowd in the sixth when Willie Crawford hit a two-run homer, Steve Garvey singled and Joe Ferguson doubled to put the Dodgers ahead, 4-3. The Dodgers then iced the verdict with their final three runs in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 3
Game Played on Sunday, April     27, 1975 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Dodgers      0  0  0    1  0  3    0  0  3  -   7  9  1
Giants       0  1  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes cf              3   2   1   0     2   1   .270      Joshua cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .364
Lacy 2b               3   1   1   3     1   1   .417      Phillips 2b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .194
Crawford lf           4   1   3   3     1   0   .288      Murcer rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .343
Garvey 1b             5   1   1   0     0   2   .356      Goodson 1b            4   1   2   0     0   1   .208
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     1   1   .286      Thomasson lf          4   0   1   2     0   1   .057
Ferguson rf           3   0   1   1     1   2   .169      Speier ss             3   1   0   0     1   0   .257
Yeager c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .200      Ontiveros 3b          3   0   1   1     1   1   .255
Auerbach ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .151      Rader c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .143
  Manuel ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Montefusco p          2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  De Jesus ss         1   1   1   0     0   0   .250        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Sutton p              4   1   1   0     0   2   .133        Maddox ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .120
                                                            Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   7   9   7     7   9             Totals               33   3   6   3     2   9

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 35,517
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Giants 5
DP: Dodgers 0, Giants 1
Errors: Auerbach
Doubles: Lopes (3), Ferguson (1), Lacy (2), Ontiveros (4), Goodson (3), Thomasson (1)
Home Runs: Crawford (1)
Stolen Bases: Crawford (2)
Caught Stealing: Lopes (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Lacy (1)
GIDP: Garvey (3)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(4-1)           9     6   3   3   2   9   0  35   1.97
Totals                  9     6   3   3   2   9   0  35

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco L(2-2)       5.2   5   4   4   4   8   1  25   2.43
Moffitt                 1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.00
Williams                2     4   3   3   3   1   0  12   2.20
Totals                  9     9   7   7   7   9   1  41

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Ed Sudol


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes was called out on strikes; Lacy struck out;
Crawford flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua struck out; Phillips was called out on
strikes; Murcer popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Giants 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey was called out on strikes; Cey grounded out
(third to first); Ferguson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Goodson lined to shortstop; Thomasson lined to
shortstop; Speier walked; Ontiveros doubled to right [Speier
scored]; Rader struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Giants 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager flied out to right; Auerbach popped to
second; Sutton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Montefusco was called out on strikes; Joshua
grounded out (third to first); Phillips struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Giants 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes doubled to left; Lacy out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Lopes to third]; Crawford singled to right
[Lopes scored]; Crawford stole second; Garvey struck out; Cey
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Murcer singled to right; Goodson doubled to left
[Murcer to third]; Thomasson doubled to left [Murcer scored,
Goodson scored]; Speier popped to second; Ontiveros walked;
Rader forced Thomasson (third unassisted) [Ontiveros to second];
Montefusco struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants
3.

DODGERS 5TH: Ferguson walked; Yeager flied out to center;
Auerbach popped to first; Sutton was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Joshua singled to left; On a bunt Phillips made an
out to third; Murcer flied out to center; Goodson singled to
shortstop [Joshua to third (error by Auerbach)]; Thomasson
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes walked; Lopes was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Lacy walked; Crawford homered [Lacy
scored]; Garvey singled to right; Cey grounded out (third to
first) [Garvey to second]; Ferguson doubled to left [Garvey
scored]; Yeager was walked intentionally; MANUEL BATTED FOR
AUERBACH; MOFFITT REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); Manuel flied
out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 6TH: DE JESUS REPLACED MANUEL (PLAYING SS); Speier flied
out to left; Ontiveros struck out; Rader grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Sutton grounded out (first to pitcher); Lopes
grounded out (third to first); Lacy grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: MADDOX BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Maddox grounded out
(shortstop to first); Joshua grounded out (third to first);
Phillips grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Giants 3.

DODGERS 8TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING); Crawford
singled to pitcher; Garvey grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Crawford out at second]; Cey
walked; Ferguson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Goodson
struck out; Thomasson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Giants 3.

DODGERS 9TH: Yeager popped to first in foul territory; De Jesus
singled to left; On a bunt Sutton singled to pitcher [De Jesus
to second]; Lopes walked [De Jesus to third, Sutton to second];
Lacy doubled to left [De Jesus scored, Sutton scored, Lopes
scored]; Crawford was walked intentionally; Garvey flied out to
right; Cey forced Crawford (second to shortstop); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Giants 3.

GIANTS 9TH: Speier popped to first; Ontiveros flied out to left;
Rader grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Giants 3.