After taking a 4-0 lead in a bid for their 13th straight victory, the Dodgers folded and lost to the Phillies, 6-4. The Phillies tied the score with a four-run outburst in the fifth inning and went ahead in the sixth with a run on a double by Bob Boone, sacrifice by Gene Garber and infield out by Dave Cash. Greg Luzinski then ended the Dodgers' hopes to keep their string alive with a homer in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Game Played on Saturday, May       8, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  2    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  1
Phillies     0  0  0    0  4  1    1  0  x  -   6  8  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   2   3   0     0   0   .350      Cash 2b               5   1   2   3     0   0   .299
Buckner lf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .276      Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Baker cf              4   1   1   2     0   2   .261      Schmidt 3b            2   1   0   0     2   0   .293
Garvey 1b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .302      Luzinski lf           3   1   1   1     1   1   .309
Cey 3b                3   0   0   0     1   3   .323        Martin lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Ferguson rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .180      Brown rf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .407
Yeager c              4   0   2   0     0   1   .328      Maddox cf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .310
Russell ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .370      Tolan 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .304
John p                3   0   0   0     0   1   .182      Boone c               4   2   2   0     0   2   .274
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kaat p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .133        Taylor ph           1   1   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Garber p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .500

Totals               37   4   9   3     1   8             Totals               32   6   8   5     4   8

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance: 34,060
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Phillies 7
DP: Dodgers 0, Phillies 1
Errors: Russell, Tolan
Doubles: Lopes (1), Baker (6), Cash (3), Boone (4), Brown (4)
Home Runs: Luzinski (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Garber (3)
GIDP: Russell (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John L(1-2)             6.1   8   6   4   4   4   1  32   2.78
Hough                   1.2   0   0   0   0   4   0   5   3.32
Totals                  8     8   6   4   4   8   1  37

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat                    5     8   4   3   1   4   0  25   4.29
Garber W(1-0)           4     1   0   0   0   4   0  13   3.54
Totals                  9     9   4   3   1   8   0  38

Wild Pitches: John 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dick Stello


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to right; Buckner popped to
shortstop; Baker was called out on strikes; Garvey grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies
0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (second to first); Bowa singled
to left; Schmidt walked [Bowa to second]; Luzinski struck out;
Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey struck out; Ferguson popped to second; Yeager
singled to left; Russell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Maddox flied out to right; Tolan grounded out
(first unassisted); Boone was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 3RD: John flied out to center; Lopes doubled to left;
Buckner popped to second; Baker doubled to left [Lopes scored];
Garvey singled to center [Baker scored]; Cey struck out; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Kaat grounded out (second to first); Cash singled
to left; Bowa flied out to center; Schmidt popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Ferguson flied out to center; Yeager singled to
center; Russell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Yeager out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski flied out to center; Brown singled to
center; Maddox struck out; Tolan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 5TH: John grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes
singled to right; Buckner singled to second [Lopes to third];
Baker reached on a fielder's choice [Lopes scored, Buckner to
second]; Garvey flied out to center; Cey walked [Buckner to
third, Baker to second]; Ferguson reached on an error by Tolan
(assist by Schmidt) [Buckner scored (unearned) (no RBI), Baker
to third, Cey to second]; Yeager was called out on strikes; 2 R
(1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Boone singled to shortstop; TAYLOR BATTED FOR
KAAT; Taylor reached on an error by Russell [Boone to second];
Cash doubled to left [Boone scored, Taylor scored (unearned)];
Bowa grounded out (third to first) [Cash to third]; John threw a
wild pitch [Cash scored]; Schmidt walked; Luzinski walked
[Schmidt to second]; John threw a wild pitch [Schmidt to third];
Brown forced Luzinski (shortstop to second) [Schmidt scored
(unearned)]; Maddox walked [Brown to second]; Tolan grounded out
(first unassisted); 4 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Phillies 4.

DODGERS 6TH: GARBER REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Russell grounded
out (third to first); John was called out on strikes; Lopes
grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
4, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Boone doubled to left; Garber out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Boone to third]; Cash grounded out
(second to first) [Boone scored]; Bowa flied out to left; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 5.

DODGERS 7TH: Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker
struck out; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 7TH: Schmidt made an out to second; Luzinski homered;
Brown doubled to center; HOUGH REPLACED JOHN (PITCHING); Maddox
struck out; Tolan struck out (catcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 6.

DODGERS 8TH: MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Cey struck
out; Ferguson lined to shortstop; Yeager grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 8TH: Boone struck out; Garber struck out; Cash grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Phillies 6.

DODGERS 9TH: Russell singled to left; GOODSON BATTED FOR HOUGH;
Goodson grounded out (second to first) [Russell to second];
Lopes grounded out (third to first); Buckner popped to third; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 6.