Don Sutton, seeking to become a 20-game winner for the first time in his career, outdueled Randy Jones as the Dodgers defeated the Padres, 4-1. Steve Garvey had a double, triple and his 11th homer, driving in two runs. Sutton, headed for his sixth victory in succession and 18th of the season, blanked the Padres on three hits until the ninth inning, when Merv Rettenmund unloaded his second pinch-homer of the season. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Diego Padres 1
Game Played on Monday, September 6, 1976 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  1  -   4  5  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  4  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .229      Grubb rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .284
Buckner lf            4   1   0   0     0   0   .301      Hernandez ss          3   0   1   0     0   0   .257
Smith rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .249        Kubiak ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Garvey 1b             4   2   3   2     0   0   .305      Turner lf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .229
Cey 3b                2   0   1   1     1   0   .286      W. Davis cf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .266
Lacy cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Ivie 1b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .301
Russell ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Fuentes 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Yeager c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Rader 3b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .239
  Baker ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Kendall c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Robles c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jones p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .044
Sutton p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .099        Rettenmund ph       1   1   1   1     0   0   .225

Totals               31   4   5   3     2   0             Totals               29   1   4   1     2   5

Time of Game: 1:58   Attendance: 31,010
Left on Base: Dodgers 3, Padres 3
DP: Dodgers 1, Padres 2
Errors: Fuentes 2
Doubles: Garvey (32), Kendall (15)
Triples: Garvey (4)
Home Runs: Garvey (11), Rettenmund (2)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (46)
Caught Stealing: Ivie (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Cey (4)
GIDP: Buckner (8), Lacy (12), Turner (3)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(18-9)          9     4   1   1   2   5   1  31   3.51
Totals                  9     4   1   1   2   5   1  31

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones L(20-12)          9     5   4   2   2   0   1  34   2.72
Totals                  9     5   4   2   2   0   1  34

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Nick Colosi


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to center; Buckner grounded out
(second to first); Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Grubb lined to right; Hernandez flied out to left;
Turner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey flied out to center; Cey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lacy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: W. Davis flied out to center; Ivie flied out to
left; Fuentes flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Padres 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell grounded out (pitcher to first); Yeager
grounded out (third to first); Sutton grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Rader was called out on strikes; Kendall doubled to
left; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes walked; Buckner grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Lopes out at second]; Smith
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Hernandez flied out to right; Turner struck out; W.
Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey homered; Cey singled to left; Lacy grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cey out at
second]; Russell grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Ivie singled to center; Fuentes popped to catcher in
foul territory; Rader struck out; Ivie was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Padres 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Yeager grounded out (third to first); Sutton flied
out to center; Lopes singled to center; Lopes stole second;
Buckner reached on an error by Fuentes [Lopes to third, Buckner
to first]; Smith reached on an error by Fuentes [Lopes scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Buckner to third, Smith to first]; Garvey
doubled to left [Buckner scored (unearned), Smith to third]; Cey
was walked intentionally; Lacy grounded out (first unassisted);
2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Kendall grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones
grounded out (first unassisted); Grubb struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Russell grounded out (third to first); Steve
Yeager struck by splintered bat while in on deck circle, pierced
esophagus; BAKER BATTED FOR YEAGER; Baker grounded out
(third to first); Sutton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: ROBLES REPLACED BAKER (PLAYING C ); Hernandez
singled to shortstop; Turner grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Hernandez out at second]; W. Davis
walked; Ivie popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Padres 0.

DODGERS 8TH: KUBIAK REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PLAYING SS); Lopes
popped to first; Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first);
Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Padres 0.

PADRES 8TH: Fuentes grounded out (third to first); Rader
grounded out (third to first); Kendall grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 0.

DODGERS 9TH: Garvey tripled to center; Cey hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Garvey scored]; Lacy grounded out (third to first);
Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 4, Padres 0.

PADRES 9TH: RETTENMUND BATTED FOR JONES; Rettenmund homered;
Grubb popped to shortstop; Kubiak flied out to center; Turner
walked; W. Davis flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Padres 1.