Greg Luzinski singled home tallies in the first and fifth innings, and Mike Schmidt led off the second with his 31st homer as the Phillies defeated the Dodgers, 4-2, and remained three games behind the Pirates in the N. L. East. Singles by Larry Bowa and Jay Johnstone and a sacrifice fly by Dick Allen accounted for the final Philadelphia run in the seventh. The Dodgers scored once in the fifth on John Hale's double and two infield outs. Steve Garvey doubled home the second L. A. run in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Monday, August    25, 1975 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Phillies     1  1  0    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   4 10  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   2  5  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   2   2   0     0   0   .303      Lopes 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .260
Bowa ss               4   1   1   0     0   0   .308      Lacy lf               4   1   3   0     0   1   .309
Johnstone rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .348      Crawford rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .260
  Anderson pr,rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Garvey 1b             3   0   1   1     1   2   .310
Luzinski lf           3   0   2   2     1   0   .315      Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Allen 1b              2   0   1   1     1   1   .229      Hale cf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .216
Schmidt 3b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .249      Yeager c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .277      Russell ss            3   0   0   1     0   0   .212
Oates c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .296      Messersmith p         2   0   0   0     0   0   .170
Christenson p         2   0   1   0     1   0   .225        Buckner ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .233
  Garber p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4  10   4     3   4             Totals               31   2   5   2     3   4

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 20,048
Left on Base: Phillies 8, Dodgers 5
DP: Phillies 1, Dodgers 1
Doubles: Hale (6), Garvey (29)
Home Runs: Schmidt (31)
Stolen Bases: Maddox (19), Lopes (58)
Sacrifice Hits: Bowa (14)
Sacrifice Flies: Allen (4)
GIDP: Crawford (2)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson W(8-4)      5.2   5   2   2   1   1   0  22   3.60
Garber SV(11)           3.1   0   0   0   2   3   0  12   3.34
Totals                  9     5   2   2   3   4   0  34

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith L(14-13)    8    10   4   4   3   4   1  36   2.36
Hough                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.69
Totals                  9    10   4   4   3   4   1  39

Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Bruce Froemming


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to right; Bowa popped to shortstop;
Johnstone grounded out (second to first) [Cash to second];
Luzinski singled to left [Cash scored, Luzinski to second (on
throw to home)]; Allen struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to right; Lacy singled to left;
Crawford flied out to left; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 1, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt homered; Maddox was called out on strikes;
Oates lined to left; Christenson singled to center; Cash flied
out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey flied out to center; Hale popped to shortstop;
Yeager flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa flied out to right; Johnstone grounded out
(second to first); Luzinski walked; Allen singled to left
[Luzinski to second]; Schmidt lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first);
Messersmith popped to first; Lopes lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Maddox singled to right; Maddox stole second;
Oates grounded out (second to first) [Maddox to third];
Christenson hit into a double play to catcher [Maddox out at
home (catcher to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Lacy singled to center; Crawford grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lacy out at second];
Garvey walked; Cey forced Garvey (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Cash singled to right; Bowa out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Cash to second]; Johnstone flied out to
right [Cash to third]; Luzinski singled to left [Cash scored];
Allen walked [Luzinski to second]; Schmidt flied out to center;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Hale doubled to left; Yeager grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Hale to third]; Russell grounded out
(second to first) [Hale scored]; Messersmith popped to second; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Dodgers 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Oates
grounded out (shortstop to first); Christenson walked; Cash
forced Christenson (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Lacy singled
to right; Crawford flied out to center; Garvey doubled to right
[Lacy scored]; GARBER REPLACED CHRISTENSON (PITCHING); Cey
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 3, Dodgers 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: Bowa singled to center; Johnstone singled to right
[Bowa to third]; ANDERSON RAN FOR JOHNSTONE; Luzinski popped to
shortstop; Allen hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bowa scored,
Anderson to second]; Schmidt struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 4, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 7TH: ANDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Hale grounded
out (second to first); Yeager lined to pitcher; Russell grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Dodgers
2.

PHILLIES 8TH: Maddox grounded out (second to first); Oates
struck out; Garber grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 8TH: BUCKNER BATTED FOR MESSERSMITH; Buckner grounded
out (second to first); Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Lacy
was called out on strikes; Crawford grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Dodgers 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: HOUGH REPLACED BUCKNER (PITCHING); Cash grounded
out (second to first); Bowa grounded out (first unassisted);
Anderson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 4, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 9TH: Garvey struck out; Cey struck out; Hale walked;
Yeager flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Dodgers 2.