Although giving up only five hits, Andy Messersmith walked nine batters before being lifted in the eighth inning, but easily gained his 18th victory when the Dodgers defeated the Padres, 7-1. Ron Cey had three hits plus a sacrifice fly, and drove in four runs. Steve Garvey also collected three hits. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Diego Padres 1
Game Played on Wednesday, September 17, 1975 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Padres       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  1
Dodgers      2  0  3    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   7 11  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Turner lf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .143      Lopes 2b              5   1   2   0     0   1   .260
Torres ss             5   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Lacy lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .311
Locklear rf           3   0   2   0     2   0   .318      Crawford rf           4   3   1   1     1   2   .267
McCovey 1b            3   1   0   0     2   0   .255      Garvey 1b             4   2   3   1     0   0   .318
Tolan cf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .255      Cey 3b                3   1   3   4     0   0   .280
Roberts 3b            2   0   1   1     1   0   .286      Hale cf               2   0   0   0     2   1   .211
Kubiak 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .225      Yeager c              3   0   0   1     0   0   .238
Hundley c             2   0   0   0     2   0   .207      De Jesus ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .187
  Davis pr,c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Messersmith p         3   0   1   0     0   1   .157
Spillner p            0   0   0   0     1   0   .133        Hough p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Grubb ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .274
  Freisleben p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .085
  Almon ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McIntosh p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .196
  Sharon ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
  Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   6   1     9   4             Totals               33   7  11   7     3   7

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 13,465
Left on Base: Padres 12, Dodgers 8
DP: Padres 0, Dodgers 3
Errors: Roberts
Doubles: Lopes 2 (22), Garvey 2 (36), Cey (27)
Sacrifice Hits: Lacy (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Cey (8), Yeager (4)
GIDP: Kubiak (5), Sharon (6), McCovey (9)
Hit by Pitch: Roberts (2,by Messersmith)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spillner L(5-13)        2     6   5   3   1   2   0  14   4.27
Johnson                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.26
Freisleben              2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   4.09
McIntosh                2     3   2   2   1   2   0  10   3.67
Metzger                 1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   0.00
Totals                  8    11   7   5   3   7   0  39

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(18-14)    7     5   1   1   9   4   0  35   2.31
Hough                   2     1   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.61
Totals                  9     6   1   1   9   4   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Messersmith (5)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Ed Sudol


PADRES 1ST: Turner flied out to left; Torres flied out to
center; Locklear singled to left; McCovey grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled to right; Lacy out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Lopes to third]; Crawford singled to
center [Lopes scored]; Garvey singled [Crawford to third]; Cey
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Crawford scored]; Hale walked
[Garvey to second]; Yeager lined to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 2.

PADRES 2ND: Tolan struck out; Roberts walked; Kubiak grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Roberts out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 2ND: De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first);
Messersmith struck out; Lopes doubled to left; Lacy struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 2.

PADRES 3RD: Hundley popped to catcher in foul territory;
Spillner walked; Turner walked [Spillner to second]; Torres
flied out to center; Locklear flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Padres 0, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Crawford reached on an error by Roberts; Garvey
doubled to left [Crawford to third]; Cey singled to left
[Crawford scored (unearned), Garvey scored, Cey to second (on
throw to home)]; JOHNSON REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING); Hale
grounded out (second to first) [Cey to third]; Yeager hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Cey scored (unearned)]; De Jesus made an
out to shortstop; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Dodgers 5.

PADRES 4TH: McCovey walked; Tolan singled to right [McCovey to
second]; Roberts singled to center [McCovey scored, Tolan to
second]; Kubiak flied out to center; Hundley walked [Tolan to
third, Roberts to second]; GRUBB BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Grubb
struck out; Turner forced Roberts (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 4TH: FREISLEBEN REPLACED GRUBB (PITCHING); Messersmith
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes made an out to second;
Lacy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers
5.

PADRES 5TH: Torres lined to left; Locklear walked; McCovey
walked [Locklear to second]; Tolan flied out to right; Roberts
was hit by a pitch [Locklear to third, McCovey to second];
Kubiak struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 5TH: Crawford struck out; Garvey made an out to second;
Cey doubled to left; Hale was walked intentionally; Yeager flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 5.

PADRES 6TH: Hundley made an out to catcher; ALMON BATTED FOR
FREISLEBEN; Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); Turner
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1,
Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 6TH: MCINTOSH REPLACED ALMON (PITCHING); De Jesus
grounded out (third to first); Messersmith singled to shortstop;
Lopes struck out; Lacy forced Messersmith (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 5.

PADRES 7TH: Torres struck out; Locklear walked; McCovey forced
Locklear (second to shortstop); Tolan singled to left [McCovey
to second]; Roberts made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 7TH: Crawford walked; Garvey doubled to right [Crawford
scored]; Cey singled to left [Garvey scored]; Hale struck out;
Yeager flied out to right; De Jesus forced Cey (third to
second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 7.

PADRES 8TH: Kubiak singled to center; Hundley walked [Kubiak to
second]; DAVIS RAN FOR HUNDLEY; SHARON BATTED FOR MCINTOSH;
HOUGH REPLACED MESSERSMITH (PITCHING); Sharon grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kubiak to third,
Davis out at second]; Turner grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 7.

DODGERS 8TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); METZGER REPLACED
SHARON (PITCHING); Hough was called out on strikes; Lopes popped
to third in foul territory; Lacy singled to center; Crawford
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 7.

PADRES 9TH: Torres made an out to shortstop; On a bunt Locklear
singled to first; McCovey grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Locklear out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 7.