Still unbeaten, Rick Rhoden gained his eighth straight victory for the Dodgers, defeating the Padres, 3-1. Willie Davis homered in the first inning for the Padres' run. The Dodgers tied the score with a tainted tally in the second and then went ahead against Dave Freisleben in the seventh when Steve Yeager singled, Rhoden sacrificed and Davey Lopes doubled. An error and singles by Reggie Smith and Bill Russell added an unearned run in the eighth inning. [The Sporting News]



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


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grubb lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .305      Lopes 2b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .250
Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .287      Buckner lf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .304
W. Davis cf           4   1   2   1     0   0   .287      Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .299
McCovey 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .221      Cey 3b                3   1   0   0     1   0   .316
Winfield rf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .285      Smith rf              4   1   3   0     0   0   .221
Rader 3b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .279        Baker pr,rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Torres ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Russell ss            4   0   3   1     0   0   .306
  Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Lacy cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .276
Kendall c             2   0   1   0     1   0   .224      Yeager c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .229
  Locklear ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Rhoden p              1   0   0   0     1   0   .351
Freisleben p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .263
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .059

Totals               31   1   6   1     3   2             Totals               31   3  10   2     3   2

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 52,296
Left on Base: Padres 7, Dodgers 8
DP: Padres 3, Dodgers 1
Errors: McCovey, Rader, Lopes
Doubles: Grubb (6), Smith (9), Russell (7), Lopes (8)
Home Runs: W. Davis (4)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (22), Russell (7), Buckner (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Freisleben (7), Rhoden (6)
GIDP: McCovey (4), Lopes (3), Russell (7)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Freisleben L(6-3)       7.1  10   3   1   3   2   0  33   2.07
Spillner                0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.90
Totals                  8    10   3   1   3   2   0  35

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden W(8-0)           9     6   1   1   3   2   1  35   2.76
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3   2   1  35

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


PADRES 1ST: Grubb flied out to center; Fuentes popped to
shortstop; W. Davis homered; McCovey walked; Winfield grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Buckner grounded
out (second to first) [Lopes to third]; Garvey grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Padres 1, Dodgers 0.

PADRES 2ND: Rader grounded out (first unassisted); Torres flied
out to right; Kendall grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Smith doubled to center; Russell singled to first
[Smith scored (error by McCovey) (unearned), Russell to second];
Russell stole third; Lacy was called out on strikes; Yeager
grounded out (third to first); Rhoden popped to third; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

PADRES 3RD: Freisleben flied out to right; Grubb grounded out
(first unassisted); Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes grounded out (pitcher to first); Buckner
singled to right; Buckner stole second; Garvey struck out; Cey
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

PADRES 4TH: W. Davis singled to right; McCovey grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [W. Davis out at
second]; Winfield walked; Rader singled to left [Winfield to
third]; Torres flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Smith flied out to left; Russell doubled to center;
Lacy flied out to center; Yeager lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

PADRES 5TH: Kendall singled to third; Freisleben out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Kendall to second]; Grubb
flied out to right; Fuentes flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

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

PADRES 6TH: W. Davis flied out to center; McCovey flied out to
right; Winfield grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey walked; Smith singled to right [Cey to second];
Russell grounded into a double play (shortstop to shortstop to
first) [Cey to third, Smith out at second]; Lacy grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

PADRES 7TH: Rader was called out on strikes; Torres grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kendall walked; Freisleben was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Yeager singled to left; Rhoden out on a sacrifice
bunt (second unassisted) [Yeager to second]; Lopes doubled to
center [Yeager scored]; Buckner lined into a double play (second
to second to shortstop) [Lopes out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 2.

PADRES 8TH: Grubb doubled to left; Fuentes flied out to right;
W. Davis grounded out (second to first) [Grubb to third];
McCovey popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 8TH: Garvey lined to shortstop; Cey reached on an error
by Rader; Smith singled to right [Cey to second]; BAKER RAN FOR
SMITH; Russell singled to shortstop [Cey scored (unearned),
Baker to second]; SPILLNER REPLACED FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); Lacy
flied out to right; Yeager popped to second; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 3.

PADRES 9TH: BAKER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Winfield popped
to catcher in foul territory; Rader singled to left; TURNER
BATTED FOR TORRES; Turner forced Rader (third to second) [Turner
to second (error by Lopes)]; LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR KENDALL;
Locklear popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1,
Dodgers 3.