An error by Mike Schmidt, his second of the game, enabled the Dodgers to cap a three-run rally in the seventh inning and defeat the Phillies, 6-5. Steve Yeager drew a walk to open the stanza and scored on a pinch-double by Lee Lacy, knocking out Jim Kaat.

Davey Lopes greeted Ron Reed with a single, driving in Lacy. Ron Cey then grounded to Schmidt and when the third baseman threw wildly, Lopes counted what proved to be the Dodgers' winning run. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5
Game Played on Wednesday, July      7, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    2  0  1    3  0  0  -   6  8  0
Phillies     0  1  0    1  3  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  3


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   1   1   1     0   0   .249      Cash 2b               5   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Buckner lf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .303      Bowa ss               4   0   0   0     0   1   .243
Garvey 1b             4   0   0   1     0   0   .300        Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Cey 3b                4   2   2   1     0   0   .322      Schmidt 3b            3   1   1   0     1   2   .280
Smith rf              4   1   0   0     0   0   .213      Luzinski lf           5   1   2   0     0   0   .310
Russell ss            3   0   1   0     1   0   .307      Allen 1b              2   2   0   0     2   0   .286
Baker cf              4   0   1   2     0   0   .251      Johnstone rf          3   0   1   1     0   0   .292
Yeager c              2   1   1   0     2   0   .230      Maddox cf             3   1   3   2     1   0   .321
Sutton p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .053      Boone c               3   0   1   1     1   2   .308
  Lacy ph             1   1   1   0     0   0   .274      Kaat p                2   0   0   1     0   1   .190
  Hough p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .267        Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
                                                            McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .291
                                                            McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   6   8   5     3   0             Totals               32   5   8   5     5   6

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance: 35,013
Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Phillies 8
DP: Dodgers 0, Phillies 1
Errors: Bowa, Schmidt 2
Doubles: Lacy (6), Russell (8), Maddox 2 (20), Luzinski (15)
Home Runs: Cey (12)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (23), Allen (9)
Caught Stealing: Maddox (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Sutton (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Garvey (2), Kaat (1), Johnstone (4)
GIDP: Garvey (10)
Hit by Pitch: Schmidt (5,by Hough)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(8-8)           6     7   5   5   5   5   0  30   4.79
Hough SV(8)             3     1   0   0   0   1   0  10   2.19
Totals                  9     8   5   5   5   6   0  40

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat                    6     6   5   4   3   0   1  27   3.13
Reed L(6-3)             2     2   1   0   0   0   0   9   2.75
McGraw                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.02
Totals                  9     8   6   4   3   0   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Hough (4)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Jerry Dale


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner
grounded out (second to first); Garvey popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Bowa popped to pitcher;
Schmidt walked; Luzinski grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey popped to second; Smith grounded out (first to
pitcher); Russell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Allen walked; Johnstone singled to center [Allen
to second]; Maddox walked [Allen to third, Johnstone to second];
Boone struck out; Kaat hit a sacrifice fly to center [Allen
scored]; Cash forced Maddox (second to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Yeager
singled to right; Sutton out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Yeager to second]; Lopes reached on an error by Bowa
[Yeager to third]; Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa flied out to right; Schmidt struck out;
Luzinski singled to left; Allen flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey grounded out (second to first); Cey singled
to left; Smith reached on an error by Schmidt [Cey to third,
Smith to second]; Russell was walked intentionally; Baker
singled to center [Cey scored, Smith scored (unearned), Russell
to third, Baker out at second (center to second)]; Yeager
walked; Sutton forced Yeager (shortstop to second); 2 R (1 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Johnstone flied out to left; Maddox doubled to
left; Boone singled to center [Maddox scored]; Kaat grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Boone to second]; Cash flied out to center;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Phillies 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Lopes flied out to right; Buckner singled to
center; Garvey grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Buckner out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa struck out; Schmidt singled to third;
Luzinski doubled to center [Schmidt to third]; Allen was walked
intentionally; Johnstone hit a sacrifice fly to center [Schmidt
scored, Luzinski to third]; Allen stole second; Maddox doubled
to left [Luzinski scored, Allen scored]; Boone was walked
intentionally; Kaat struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Phillies 5.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey homered; Smith flied out to right; Russell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker flied out to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 6TH: Cash flied out to right; Bowa popped to shortstop;
Schmidt was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Phillies 5.

DODGERS 7TH: Yeager walked; LACY BATTED FOR SUTTON; Lacy doubled
to left [Yeager to third]; REED REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Lopes
singled to right [Yeager scored, Lacy to third]; Lopes stole
second; Buckner popped to third in foul territory; Garvey hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Lacy scored]; Cey reached on an error by
Schmidt [Lopes scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Smith grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6,
Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED LACY (PITCHING); Luzinski grounded
out (shortstop to first); Allen flied out to left; Johnstone
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Phillies 5.

DODGERS 8TH: Russell doubled to left; Baker popped to second;
Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); Hough popped to first;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: Maddox singled to center; Maddox was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Boone struck out;
MCCARVER BATTED FOR REED; McCarver flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Phillies 5.

DODGERS 9TH: MCGRAW REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Lopes flied
out to left; Buckner lined to first; Garvey grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: Cash flied out to right; BROWN BATTED FOR BOWA;
Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); Schmidt was hit by a
pitch; Luzinski forced Schmidt (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Phillies 5.