Although sending Don Sutton to the mound, the Dodgers suffered their ninth loss in the last 15 games when they bowed to the Phillies, 4-2. Jim Lonborg, who helped himself at bat with a run-scoring single, doled out six hits to win his duel with Sutton, who gave up five hits before being lifted for a pinch-batter in the sixth inning.

The Phillies reached Sutton for three runs in the fifth. After Jerry Martin doubled and scored on Lonborg's single, Dave Cash provided the decisive blow with a homer. The Dodgers came back with their pair in the seventh on a walk to Jim Wynn, wild throw by Mike Schmidt on an infield hit by Steve Garvey and single by Willie Crawford, but the Phillies added an unearned run for insurance off Mike Marshall in their half of the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Sunday, June      8, 1975 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  6  2
Phillies     0  0  0    0  3  0    1  0  x  -   4  6  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b,cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Cash 2b               3   1   1   3     0   0   .330
Buckner lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .195      Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   4   .203
Wynn cf               2   1   0   0     2   1   .279      Johnstone rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .264
  Downing p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Anderson rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Garvey 1b             4   1   3   0     0   1   .322      Luzinski lf           4   0   3   0     0   1   .281
Crawford rf           4   0   2   2     0   0   .257      Allen 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .197
Cey 3b                3   0   0   0     0   0   .269        Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .177
Yeager c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Boone c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .292
  Ferguson ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .196      Martin cf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .333
Auerbach ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .188      Harmon ss             2   1   0   0     0   0   .161
  Manuel ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .154      Lonborg p             2   1   1   1     0   1   .037
  De Jesus ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Sutton p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .125
  Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .235
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacy ph,2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               31   2   6   2     2   5             Totals               29   4   6   4     2  10

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 41,334
Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Phillies 7
DP: Dodgers 0, Phillies 2
Errors: Sutton, Marshall, Cash, Schmidt
Doubles: Luzinski (11), Martin (2)
Home Runs: Cash (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Harmon (1), Lonborg (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Cash (2)
GIDP: Yeager (7), Cey (4)
Hit by Pitch: Cey (4,by Lonborg), Harmon (1,by Marshall)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton L(10-4)          5     5   3   3   1   6   1  22   1.97
Marshall                2     0   1   0   0   3   0   8   3.86
Downing                 1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   1.93
Totals                  8     6   4   3   2  10   1  35

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg W(5-3)          9     6   2   1   2   5   0  34   2.01
Totals                  9     6   2   1   2   5   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Marshall (2), Lonborg (3)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes popped to first in foul territory; Buckner
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn walked; Garvey singled
to left [Wynn to third, Garvey out at second (left to second)];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Schmidt struck out;
Johnstone flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Phillies 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford grounded out (pitcher to first); Cey was
hit by a pitch; Yeager popped to first in foul territory;
Auerbach struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies
0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski singled to right; Allen grounded out
(third to first) [Luzinski to second]; Boone walked; Martin
struck out; Harmon popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Sutton struck out; Lopes grounded out (third to
first); Buckner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Lonborg struck out; Cash flied out to center;
Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Wynn grounded out (third to first); Garvey struck
out; Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Johnstone popped to first; Luzinski doubled to
center; Allen grounded out (second to first) [Luzinski to
third]; Boone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Cey reached on an error by Cash [Cey to first];
Yeager grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Cey out at second]; Auerbach flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Martin doubled to right; Harmon out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Martin to third]; Lonborg singled to
left [Martin scored]; Cash homered [Lonborg scored]; Schmidt
struck out; Johnstone reached on an error by Sutton [Johnstone
to first]; Luzinski was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 3.

DODGERS 6TH: CRUZ BATTED FOR SUTTON; Cruz popped to third in
foul territory; Lopes flied out to center; Buckner grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 6TH: MARSHALL REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Allen struck
out; Boone popped to second; Martin flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Wynn walked; Garvey singled to third [Wynn to third
(error by Schmidt), Garvey to second]; Crawford singled to
center [Wynn scored, Garvey scored (unearned)]; Cey grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Crawford to second]; Yeager grounded out
(third to first); MANUEL BATTED FOR AUERBACH; Manuel grounded
out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: DE JESUS REPLACED MANUEL (PLAYING SS); Harmon was
hit by a pitch; Lonborg reached on an error by Marshall on a
sacrifice bunt [Harmon to third, Lonborg to first]; Cash hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Harmon scored (unearned)]; Schmidt struck
out; Johnstone struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Phillies 4.

DODGERS 8TH: ANDERSON REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PLAYING RF); LACY
BATTED FOR MARSHALL; Lacy flied out to right; Lopes flied out to
right; Buckner singled to center; Wynn struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: DOWNING REPLACED WYNN (PITCHING); LACY STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 2B); LOPES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF);
Luzinski singled to shortstop; Allen struck out; Boone grounded
out (pitcher to first) [Luzinski to second]; Martin was walked
intentionally; Harmon forced Martin (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Phillies 4.

DODGERS 9TH: HUTTON REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); Garvey singled
to third; Crawford singled to right [Garvey to second]; Cey
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Garvey to third, Crawford out at second]; FERGUSON BATTED FOR
YEAGER; Ferguson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Phillies 4.