Rallying for three runs in the fourth inning, the Padres posted a 6-3 victory to beat the Dodgers for the sixth time in their first seven meetings this season. The Dodgers took a 3-2 lead with a two-run homer by Steve Yeager in the fourth, but the Padres came bouncing back in their half.

Doug Rader led off with a homer to tie the score. Fred Kendall and Enzo Hernandez followed with singles. Alan Foster beat out an infield hit to Ron Cey and when the Dodger third baseman threw wildly, Kendall scored the go-ahead run. Hernandez later came home on a passed ball. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Game Played on Friday, July      2, 1976 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Dodgers      0  1  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  2
Padres       2  0  0    3  0  1    0  0  x  -   6 10  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .248      Grubb lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .307
Buckner lf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .302      Fuentes 2b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .292
Garvey 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .303      W. Davis cf           3   1   2   0     0   0   .284
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   0   .320      McCovey 1b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .225
Smith rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .211        Ivie 1b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .291
Russell ss            4   0   1   1     0   1   .298      Winfield rf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .288
Lacy cf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .282      Rader 3b              3   2   1   1     1   2   .275
Yeager c              4   1   2   2     0   1   .229      Kendall c             4   1   2   1     0   0   .221
Sutton p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .054      Hernandez ss          4   1   2   0     0   1   .278
  Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .191      Foster p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .063
  Wall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   7   3     3   4             Totals               32   6  10   3     2   5

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 46,891
Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Padres 5
DP: Dodgers 0, Padres 3
Errors: Lopes, Cey, McCovey
Triples: Smith (2), Yeager (1)
Home Runs: Yeager (8), Rader (5)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (21), Rader (1)
Caught Stealing: W. Davis (1)
Sacrifice Hits: W. Davis (2)
GIDP: Lacy (7), Cey (2), Buckner (4)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton L(7-8)           6    10   6   3   1   4   1  28   4.65
Wall                    2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   4.31
Totals                  8    10   6   3   2   5   1  35

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Foster W(3-4)           7     7   3   3   3   2   1  29   2.50
Metzger SV(8)           2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.03
Totals                  9     7   3   3   3   4   1  35

Passed Balls: Yeager (3)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; Buckner reached on an error by
McCovey [Buckner to second]; Garvey popped to third in foul
territory; Cey popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Grubb flied out to center; Fuentes grounded out
(second to first); W. Davis singled to right; McCovey singled to
center [W. Davis scored (error by Lopes), McCovey to second];
Winfield singled to center [McCovey scored (unearned)]; Rader
struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Smith tripled to right; Russell singled to right
[Smith scored]; Lacy grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Russell out at second]; Yeager tripled to
left; Sutton flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Padres 2.

PADRES 2ND: Kendall grounded out (second to first); Hernandez
was called out on strikes; Foster grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Padres 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes singled to shortstop; Lopes stole second;
Buckner grounded out (second to first) [Lopes to third]; Garvey
walked; Cey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Garvey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Padres 2.

PADRES 3RD: Grubb struck out; Fuentes flied out to left; W.
Davis popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Padres
2.

DODGERS 4TH: Smith flied out to center; Russell flied out to
left; Lacy singled to left; Yeager homered [Lacy scored]; Sutton
struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 2.

PADRES 4TH: McCovey popped to catcher in foul territory;
Winfield flied out to center; Rader homered; Kendall singled to
right; Hernandez singled to left [Kendall to second]; Foster
singled to third [Kendall scored (error by Cey) (unearned),
Hernandez to third, Foster to second]; Yeager allowed a passed
ball [Hernandez scored (unearned), Foster to third]; Grubb
popped to third; 3 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres
5.

DODGERS 5TH: Lopes singled to left; Buckner grounded into a
double play (shortstop to shortstop to first) [Lopes out at
second]; Garvey flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Padres 5.

PADRES 5TH: Fuentes grounded out (second to first); W. Davis
singled to center; W. Davis was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); McCovey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Padres 5.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey flied out to left; Smith popped to first in
foul territory; Russell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 5.

PADRES 6TH: Winfield popped to catcher in foul territory; Rader
walked; Rader stole second; Kendall singled to right [Rader
scored]; Hernandez singled to left [Kendall to second]; Foster
forced Hernandez (pitcher to shortstop) [Kendall to third];
Grubb lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres
6.

DODGERS 7TH: Lacy walked; Yeager flied out to center; GOODSON
BATTED FOR SUTTON; Goodson forced Lacy (second to shortstop);
Lopes forced Goodson (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Padres 6.

PADRES 7TH: WALL REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Fuentes walked; W.
Davis out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Fuentes to
second]; McCovey grounded out (second to first) [Fuentes to
third]; Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 6.

DODGERS 8TH: IVIE REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING 1B); Buckner walked;
METZGER REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Garvey flied out to right;
Cey flied out to right; Smith forced Buckner (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 6.

PADRES 8TH: Rader struck out; Kendall flied out to right;
Hernandez lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Padres 6.

DODGERS 9TH: Russell struck out; Lacy grounded out (shortstop to
first); Yeager struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Padres 6.