The decision of manager John McNamara to let relief pitcher Butch Metzger bat in the 11th inning paid off with an unearned run that gave the Padres a 5-4 victory over the Dodgers. Metzger drew a walk, advanced to second on a sacrifice, took third on a wild pickoff attempt by Elias Sosa and scored on a sacrifice fly by Willie Davis. As a result, Metzger gained credit for his seventh straight victory with help from Dave Freisleben, who had to come to his rescue in the Dodgers' half of the 11th. [The Sporting News]
San Diego Padres 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Game Played on Thursday, July 22, 1976 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Padres       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0    0  1  -   5 11  0
Dodgers      1  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  -   4  9  2


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Turner lf             4   1   0   0     1   1   .224      Lopes cf              4   2   0   0     2   0   .250
  Metzger p           0   1   0   0     1   0   .000      Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     1   0   .276
  Freisleben p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Buckner lf            5   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Fuentes 2b            5   1   2   0     0   1   .277      Cey 3b                3   0   2   1     2   0   .307
W. Davis cf           5   1   2   1     0   0   .278      Garvey 1b             5   0   1   1     0   1   .311
Winfield rf           5   0   2   1     1   1   .288      Russell ss            5   0   1   0     0   0   .302
Grubb 1b,lf           5   0   1   0     0   0   .301      Lacy rf               4   1   3   0     0   0   .290
Rader 3b              3   1   2   2     2   1   .258      Yeager c              3   1   1   2     0   0   .215
Torres ss             5   0   1   0     0   2   .222        Smith ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .241
Kendall c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .230        Rodriguez c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  McCovey ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .204        Mota ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .294
  Foster pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .056      Rhoden p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .341
  B. Davis c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .196        Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Spillner p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .043        Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .187
  Kubiak ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .300        Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cruz ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .184
  Ivie ph,1b          1   0   0   1     1   0   .277

Totals               40   5  11   5     7   6             Totals               38   4   9   4     7   2

Time of Game: 3:27   Attendance: 25,450
Left on Base: Padres 11, Dodgers 10
DP: Padres 1, Dodgers 2
Errors: Lacy, Sosa
Doubles: Rader (14), Garvey (21), Lacy (8), Mota (2)
Home Runs: Yeager (9)
Stolen Bases: Winfield (17), Lopes (27)
Sacrifice Hits: Fuentes (11), Sizemore (6), Lacy (4)
Sacrifice Flies: W. Davis (5)
GIDP: W. Davis (6), Kendall (8), Buckner (6)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spillner                6     4   3   3   4   2   1  24   4.62
Johnson                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.86
Metzger W(7-0)          3.1   5   1   1   2   0   0  17   2.04
Freisleben SV(1)        0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.24
Totals                 11     9   4   4   7   2   1  47

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden                  7.2   9   4   4   4   3   0  34   3.10
Hough                   1.1   2   0   0   2   2   0   8   2.27
Sosa L(4-6)             2     0   1   0   1   1   0   7   4.53
Totals                 11    11   5   4   7   6   0  49

Wild Pitches: Rhoden (2)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Tom Gorman


PADRES 1ST: Turner walked; On a bunt Fuentes singled to pitcher
[Turner to second]; W. Davis grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Turner to third, Fuentes out at second];
Winfield singled to center [Turner scored]; Grubb flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Sizemore walked;
Buckner grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Lopes to third, Sizemore out at second]; Cey walked;
Garvey doubled to right [Lopes scored, Cey out at home (right to
second to catcher)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

PADRES 2ND: Rader walked; Torres lined to left; Kendall grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rader out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Russell grounded out (second to first); Lacy
doubled to center; Yeager flied out to center; Rhoden grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

PADRES 3RD: Spillner grounded out (first unassisted); Turner
lined to center; Fuentes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore
grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

PADRES 4TH: W. Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Winfield
walked; Grubb popped to second; Rader doubled [Winfield to
third]; Torres struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1,
Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey grounded out (second to first); Garvey grounded
out (third to first); Russell grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

PADRES 5TH: Kendall singled to left; On a bunt Spillner forced
Kendall (catcher to shortstop); Turner forced Spillner (first to
shortstop); Fuentes lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Lacy singled to center; Yeager homered [Lacy
scored]; Rhoden struck out; Lopes flied out to center; Sizemore
popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Dodgers 3.

PADRES 6TH: W. Davis grounded out (second to first); Winfield
singled to left; Winfield stole second; Grubb grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Winfield to third]; Rader
walked; Torres flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); Cey
walked; Garvey was called out on strikes; Russell forced Cey
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 3.

PADRES 7TH: Kendall grounded out (third to first); KUBIAK BATTED
FOR SPILLNER; Kubiak grounded out (second to first); Turner was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers
3.

DODGERS 7TH: JOHNSON REPLACED KUBIAK (PITCHING); Lacy grounded
out (third to first); Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rhoden flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1,
Dodgers 3.

PADRES 8TH: Fuentes singled to left; W. Davis singled to left
[Fuentes to second]; Winfield flied out to left; Grubb lined to
center [Fuentes to third]; Rhoden threw a wild pitch [W. Davis
to second]; Rader singled to center [Fuentes scored, W. Davis
scored]; Torres singled to shortstop [Rader to second]; HOUGH
REPLACED RHODEN (PITCHING); MCCOVEY BATTED FOR KENDALL; McCovey
walked [Rader to third, Torres to second]; FOSTER RAN FOR
MCCOVEY; IVIE BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Ivie walked [Rader scored,
Torres to third, Foster to second]; Turner grounded out (second
to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 4, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 8TH: METZGER REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); B. DAVIS
REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING C ); IVIE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B);
GRUBB CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Lopes walked; Sizemore out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Lopes to second];
Buckner flied out to center; Cey singled to center [Lopes
scored]; Garvey flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 4, Dodgers 4.

PADRES 9TH: Fuentes grounded out (second to first); W. Davis
singled to second; Winfield struck out; Grubb singled to right
[W. Davis to third (error by Lacy)]; Rader was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 4, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 9TH: Russell singled to left; Lacy out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Russell to second]; SMITH BATTED FOR
YEAGER; Smith was walked intentionally; GOODSON BATTED FOR
HOUGH; Goodson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Russell to
third, Smith to second]; Lopes lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 4, Dodgers 4.

PADRES 10TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING C ); SOSA
REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Torres was called out on strikes;
B. Davis grounded out (pitcher to first); Ivie flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 10TH: Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first);
Buckner grounded out (second to first); Cey singled to center;
Garvey flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4,
Dodgers 4.

PADRES 11TH: Metzger walked; Fuentes out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Metzger to second]; Metzger was picked off
second but was safe on an error by Sosa [Metzger to third]; W.
Davis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Metzger scored (unearned)];
Winfield popped to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 5, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 11TH: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Lacy
singled to center; MOTA BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Mota doubled to
right [Lacy to third]; CRUZ BATTED FOR SOSA; FREISLEBEN REPLACED
METZGER (PITCHING); Cruz was walked intentionally; Lopes forced
Lacy (third to catcher) [Mota to third, Cruz to second];
Sizemore popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 5,
Dodgers 4.
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