Although pitching hitless ball for five innings, Dennis Blair yielded three runs and was the loser when the Dodgers defeated the Expos, 3-0. In the fifth, Ron Cey was hit by a pitch. With one out, Rick Auerbach grounded into an apparent force play at second, but Larry Lintz dropped the ball and both runners were safe.

Andy Messersmith walked to load the bases and Blair uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Cey to score. After Davey Lopes drew a pass to the fill sacks again, another wild pitch enabled Auerbach to cross the plate. Bill Buckner then hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the Dodgers' third run. The Dodgers wound up the game with two hits, getting singles by Willie Crawford and Cey off Don DeMola in the eighth inning. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Montreal Expos 0
Game Played on Wednesday, June      4, 1975 (Night game) at Parc Jarry
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   3  2  1
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   0   0     1   0   .265      Lintz 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .228
Buckner lf            2   0   0   1     1   1   .192      Coggins lf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .310
Wynn cf               2   0   0   0     2   0   .276      Mangual cf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .291
Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .326      Biittner rf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .366
Crawford rf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .250      Jorgensen 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .228
Cey 3b                3   1   1   0     0   1   .277      Scanlon 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .270
Yeager c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .212      Carter c              4   0   2   0     0   1   .263
Auerbach ss           2   1   0   0     0   0   .182      Frias ss              2   0   1   0     1   0   .200
  Manuel ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .167        Foote ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .175
  De Jesus ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Blair p               1   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Messersmith p         3   1   0   0     1   1   .302        Bailey ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
                                                            Carrithers p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Breeden ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .130
                                                            DeMola p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .389

Totals               28   3   2   1     6   6             Totals               33   0   8   0     2   7

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 13,958
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Expos 9
DP: Dodgers 0, Expos 0
Errors: Messersmith, Lintz
Caught Stealing: Lopes (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Lintz (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Buckner (2)
Hit by Pitch: Cey (3,by Blair), Yeager (3,by Carrithers)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(8-2)      9     8   0   0   2   7   0  36   2.04
Totals                  9     8   0   0   2   7   0  36

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blair L(2-7)            5     0   3   1   4   3   0  20   3.32
Carrithers              2     0   0   0   2   2   0   9   0.00
DeMola                  2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   3.27
Totals                  9     2   3   1   6   6   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Blair (1), Carrithers (1)
Wild Pitches: Messersmith (3), Blair 2 (8)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes popped to first; Buckner was called out on
strikes; Wynn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Lintz singled; Messersmith threw a wild pitch [Lintz
to second]; Coggins popped to second; Mangual flied out to
right; Biittner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Expos 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey struck out; Crawford flied out to center;
Cey flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Jorgensen struck out; Scanlon popped to shortstop;
Carter singled; Carter was picked off first but was safe on an
error by Messersmith [Carter to second]; Frias singled to left
[Carter out at home (left to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Expos 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); Auerbach
grounded out (second to first); Messersmith grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Blair singled; Lintz out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Blair to second]; Coggins struck out; Mangual
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Expos 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner
walked; Wynn walked [Buckner to second]; Garvey flied out to
left; Crawford flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Biittner grounded out (second to first); Jorgensen
flied out to center; Scanlon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Expos 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Cey was hit by a pitch; Yeager struck out; Auerbach
reached on an error by Lintz [Cey to second, Auerbach to first];
Messersmith walked [Cey to third, Auerbach to second]; Blair
threw a wild pitch [Cey scored, Auerbach to third, Messersmith
to second]; Lopes walked; Blair threw a wild pitch [Auerbach
scored (unearned), Messersmith to third, Lopes to second];
Buckner hit a sacrifice fly to left [Messersmith scored
(unearned)]; Lopes was caught stealing third (catcher to third);
3 R (1 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Carter singled; Frias walked [Carter to second];
BAILEY BATTED FOR BLAIR; Bailey struck out; Lintz flied out to
right; Coggins grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Expos 0.

DODGERS 6TH: CARRITHERS REPLACED BAILEY (PITCHING); Wynn walked;
Garvey forced Wynn (pitcher to shortstop); Crawford walked
[Garvey to second]; Cey struck out; Yeager was hit by a pitch
[Garvey to third, Crawford to second]; MANUEL BATTED FOR
AUERBACH; Manuel struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 6TH: DE JESUS REPLACED MANUEL (PLAYING SS); Mangual
walked; Biittner singled [Mangual to third]; Jorgensen flied out
to center; Scanlon flied out to center; Carter struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Expos 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Messersmith grounded out (pitcher to second to
first); Lopes grounded out (second to first); Buckner popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 7TH: Frias flied out to right; BREEDEN BATTED FOR
CARRITHERS; Breeden grounded out (second to first); Lintz
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
3, Expos 0.

DODGERS 8TH: DEMOLA REPLACED BREEDEN (PITCHING); Wynn popped to
shortstop; Garvey popped to shortstop; Crawford singled; Cey
singled [Crawford to third]; Yeager grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Expos 0.

EXPOS 8TH: Coggins struck out; Mangual flied out to center;
Biittner singled; Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Expos 0.

DODGERS 9TH: De Jesus lined to second; Messersmith struck out;
Lopes flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Expos 0.

EXPOS 9TH: Scanlon singled; Carter flied out to left; FOOTE
BATTED FOR FRIAS; Foote flied out to center; MORALES BATTED FOR
DEMOLA; Morales struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Expos 0.