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 1
Game Played on Saturday, September 27, 1975 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Astros       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.