Andy Messersmith posted his seventh shutout of the season, pitching the Dodgers to a 6-0 victory over the Braves. Davey Lopes hit two singles, drove in two runs, scored two and stole his 70th base. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Atlanta Braves 0
Game Played on Saturday, September 13, 1975 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  4
Dodgers      1  0  0    0  1  0    0  4  x  -   6  8  1


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   0   0   0     0   3   .277      Lopes 2b              5   2   2   2     0   0   .260
Perez 2b,ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Lacy lf               5   0   2   2     0   1   .313
Evans 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .242      Crawford rf           4   0   1   1     1   1   .264
Goodson 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .201      Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .314
Baker rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Cey 3b                4   1   1   0     0   1   .276
Office cf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .272      Hale cf               2   0   0   0     1   1   .211
Williams c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .241        Mota ph             0   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Blanks ss             1   0   0   0     0   0   .230        Simpson pr,cf       0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Yeager c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .243
  Belloir ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Russell ss            3   2   1   0     1   0   .220
  Pocoroba ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .244      Messersmith p         3   0   0   0     1   1   .152
  Gilbreath pr,2b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .260
LaCorte p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Hanna p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  May ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .278
  House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .111

Totals               32   0   5   0     1   7             Totals               32   6   8   5     4   5

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 17,929
Left on Base: Braves 6, Dodgers 9
DP: Braves 0, Dodgers 1
Errors: Perez, Evans, Office, Belloir, Lacy
Doubles: Lacy (9)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (70)
Sacrifice Hits: Yeager (7)
GIDP: Williams (16)
Hit by Pitch: Yeager (7,by Hanna), Mota (2,by House)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaCorte L(0-2)          4.2   4   2   1   1   3   0  20   3.00
Torrealba               0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0.00
Hanna                   2     2   0   0   2   1   0  10   0.00
House                   1     2   4   0   1   0   0   8   3.03
Totals                  8     8   6   1   4   5   0  39

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(17-14)    9     5   0   0   1   7   0  33   2.33
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   7   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Hanna (1), House (2)
Wild Pitches: Hanna (1)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


BRAVES 1ST: Garr struck out; Perez flied out to right; Evans
walked; Goodson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to left; Lopes stole second; Lacy
grounded out (second to first) [Lopes to third]; Crawford
singled to right [Lopes scored]; Garvey singled to center
[Crawford to third]; Cey struck out; Hale lined to right; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Baker grounded out (third to first); Office struck
out; Williams singled to left; Blanks popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
grounded out (pitcher to first); Messersmith flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 1.

BRAVES 3RD: LaCorte grounded out (pitcher to first); Garr struck
out; Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes flied out to left; Lacy flied out to right;
Crawford lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Dodgers 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Evans flied out to left; Goodson grounded out
(second to first); Baker grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey flied out to center; Cey popped to first in
foul territory; Hale struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
0, Dodgers 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Office singled to center; Williams reached on an
error by Lacy [Office to second, Williams to first]; LUM BATTED
FOR BLANKS; Lum grounded out (pitcher to first) [Office to
third, Williams to second]; LaCorte struck out; Garr struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 5TH: BELLOIR REPLACED LUM (PLAYING SS); Yeager flied out
to right; Russell reached on an error by Belloir [Russell to
first]; Messersmith walked [Russell to second]; Lopes singled to
center [Russell scored (unearned), Messersmith to third (error
by Office), Lopes to second]; Lacy struck out; TORREALBA
REPLACED LACORTE (PITCHING); Crawford struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Perez grounded out (second to first); Evans flied
out to right; Goodson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 6TH: HANNA REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); Garvey
grounded out (catcher to first); Debut game for Preston
Hanna; Cey flied out to right; Hale walked; Yeager was hit
by a pitch [Hale to second]; Russell singled to third [Yeager to
second, Hale out at home (third to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 2.

BRAVES 7TH: Baker flied out to left; Office singled to right;
Williams grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Office out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers
2.

DODGERS 7TH: Messersmith struck out; Lopes grounded out (second
to first); Lacy singled to right; Hanna threw a wild pitch [Lacy
to second]; Crawford walked; Garvey grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 2.

BRAVES 8TH: POCOROBA BATTED FOR BELLOIR; Pocoroba singled to
right; MAY BATTED FOR HANNA; GILBREATH RAN FOR POCOROBA; May
struck out; Garr grounded out (second to first) [Gilbreath to
second]; Perez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 8TH: GILBREATH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PEREZ
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); HOUSE REPLACED MAY (PITCHING);
Cey singled to left; MOTA BATTED FOR HALE; Mota was hit by a
pitch [Cey to second]; SIMPSON RAN FOR MOTA; Yeager out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Cey to third, Simpson to
second]; Russell walked; Messersmith reached on an error by
Evans [Cey scored (unearned) (no RBI), Simpson to third, Russell
to second, Messersmith to first]; Lopes forced Messersmith
(second to shortstop) [Simpson scored (unearned), Russell to
third]; Lacy doubled to left [Russell scored (unearned), Lopes
scored (unearned), Lacy to third (error by Perez)]; Crawford
grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 0, Dodgers 6.

BRAVES 9TH: SIMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Evans struck
out; Goodson singled to left; Baker popped to catcher in foul
territory; Office grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 6.