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A grand-slam homer by Steve Yeager in the third inning powered the Dodgers to a 5-1 victory over the Astros. Willie Crawford singled, Steve Garvey walked, Ron Cey singled and Henry Cruz walked to force in the first run. After Ken Forsch relieved Mike Stanton, Yeager hit his grand slam. [The Sporting News] Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Houston Astros 1Game Played on Saturday, September 27, 1975 (Day game) at Dodger StadiumAstros 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 3 1 Dodgers 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5 6 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Howard cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Lopes 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .262 Gross rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .295 Royster 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Cruz lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .260 Lacy lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .316 Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Crawford rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .263 May c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .243 Garvey 1b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .319 Cabell 3b 2 1 0 0 1 1 .264 Cey 3b 3 1 2 0 1 1 .281 DaVanon ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Cruz cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .266 Andrews 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .238 Yeager c 4 1 1 4 0 0 .229 Stanton p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Russell ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .206 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .045 Messersmith p 4 0 0 0 0 1 .157 Milbourne ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .212 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Boswell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Konieczny p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Totals 30 1 3 0 2 6 Totals 29 5 6 5 7 6 Time of Game: 2:01 Attendance: 13,529 Left on Base: Astros 4, Dodgers 7 DP: Astros 1, Dodgers 0 Errors: DaVanon, Lacy Home Runs: Yeager (12) Stolen Bases: Cabell (12), Lopes (77) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stanton L(0-2) 2.1 3 4 4 5 2 0 15 7.27 Forsch 2.2 3 1 1 1 1 1 11 3.22 Sosa 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 7 4.02 Konieczny 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.47 Totals 8 6 5 5 7 6 1 36 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Messersmith W(19-14) 9 3 1 0 2 6 0 32 2.29 Totals 9 3 1 0 2 6 0 32 Wild Pitches: Stanton (4), Sosa (5) Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - John Kibler ASTROS 1ST: Howard made an out to first; Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes reached on an error by DaVanon [Lopes to second]; Lopes stole third; Lacy walked; Crawford hit into a double play (right to catcher) [Lacy to second, Lopes out at home]; Garvey walked; Cey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 2ND: Johnson popped to first in foul territory; May popped to third in foul territory; Cabell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cruz singled to right; Stanton threw a wild pitch [Cruz to second]; Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell walked; Messersmith grounded out (third to first) [Cruz to third, Russell to second]; Lopes struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 3RD: DaVanon grounded out (third to first); Andrews singled to center; Stanton popped to pitcher; Howard grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 3RD: Lacy grounded out (pitcher to first); Crawford singled to center; Garvey walked [Crawford to second]; Cey singled to left [Crawford to third, Garvey to second]; Cruz walked [Crawford scored, Garvey to third, Cey to second]; FORSCH REPLACED STANTON (PITCHING); Yeager homered [Garvey scored, Cey scored, Cruz scored]; Russell struck out; Messersmith grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 5. ASTROS 4TH: Gross lined to left; Cruz grounded out (second to first); Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 5. DODGERS 4TH: Lopes walked; Lacy grounded out (pitcher to first) [Lopes to second]; Crawford flied out to right; Garvey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 5. ASTROS 5TH: May struck out; Cabell flied out to center; DaVanon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 5. DODGERS 5TH: Cey singled to left; Cruz singled to right [Cey out at third (right to shortstop to third), Cruz to second (on throw to 3b)]; Yeager lined to left; Russell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 5. ASTROS 6TH: Andrews walked; MILBOURNE BATTED FOR FORSCH; Milbourne singled to left [Andrews to second]; Howard flied out to left; Gross was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball to first [Andrews stayed at second, Milbourne out at second (second unassisted)]; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 5. DODGERS 6TH: SOSA REPLACED MILBOURNE (PITCHING); Messersmith was called out on strikes; Lopes was called out on strikes; Lacy was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 5. ASTROS 7TH: ROYSTER REPLACED LOPES (PLAYING 2B); Johnson flied out to left; May struck out; Cabell walked; Cabell stole second; DaVanon reached on an error by Lacy [Cabell scored (unearned) (no RBI), DaVanon to second]; Andrews flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 5. DODGERS 7TH: Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); Garvey popped to first in foul territory; Cey walked; Sosa threw a wild pitch [Cey to second]; Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 5. ASTROS 8TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR SOSA; Boswell lined to second; Howard flied out to right; Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 5. DODGERS 8TH: KONIECZNY REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell flied out to right; Messersmith flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 5. ASTROS 9TH: Cruz was called out on strikes; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); May flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 5. |
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