Burt Hooton pitched a three-hitter and Davey Lopes stole three bases as the Dodgers defeated the Giants, 4-1. Lopes' thefts brought his season's total to 59 and put the speedster in the N. L. lead with one more stolen base than Joe Morgan of the Reds. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Thursday, September 23, 1976 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Dodgers      2  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  7  0
Giants       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              3   1   1   0     2   0   .236      Clark cf              4   1   1   1     0   2   .224
Buckner lf            3   0   1   1     1   0   .307      Perez 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .267
Smith rf              5   1   1   1     0   2   .251      Matthews lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .278
Garvey 1b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .313      Murcer rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Cey 3b                4   0   0   1     0   1   .281      Thomasson 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Hale cf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .156      Reitz 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .267
De Jesus ss           4   0   0   0     0   3   .171      Speier ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Pasley c              4   1   2   0     0   0   .275      Alexander c           2   0   0   0     0   1   .172
Hooton p              3   1   0   0     0   0   .102        Rader ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .264
                                                          Montefusco p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .108
                                                            Thomas ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .238
                                                            Toms p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Evans ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .204

Totals               33   4   7   3     4   6             Totals               30   1   3   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance:  3,149
Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Giants 4
DP: Dodgers 0, Giants 0
Errors: Reitz
Doubles: Garvey (36)
Home Runs: Clark (2)
Stolen Bases: Lopes 3 (59), Hale (4), Buckner (28)
Sacrifice Hits: Hooton (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Buckner (5)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hooton W(11-14)         9     3   1   1   2   5   1  32   3.39
Totals                  9     3   1   1   2   5   1  32

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco L(15-14)     6     7   4   2   4   5   0  30   2.95
Toms                    3     0   0   0   0   1   0   9   4.26
Totals                  9     7   4   2   4   6   0  39

Wild Pitches: Montefusco (3)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Bob Engel


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to pitcher; Lopes stole second; On a
bunt Buckner made an out to pitcher [Lopes stayed at second];
Bill Buckner called for interference; Smith singled to right
[Lopes scored]; Garvey singled to right [Smith to third]; Cey
forced Garvey (third to second) [Smith scored]; Hale grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez flied
out to center; Matthews singled to right; Murcer flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Giants 0.

DODGERS 2ND: De Jesus reached on an error by Reitz [De Jesus to
first]; Pasley singled to left [De Jesus to second]; Hooton
forced De Jesus (first to third) [Pasley to second]; Lopes
walked [Pasley to third, Hooton to second]; Montefusco threw a
wild pitch [Pasley scored (unearned), Hooton to third, Lopes to
second]; Buckner hit a sacrifice fly to center [Hooton scored
(unearned)]; Smith struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Thomasson grounded out (second to first); Reitz
flied out to center; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey
struck out; Hale walked; Hale stole second; De Jesus struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Alexander struck out; Montefusco struck out; Clark
homered; Perez struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Giants 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Pasley singled to right; Hooton out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Pasley to second]; Lopes reached on a
fielder's choice [Pasley out at third (shortstop to third)];
Lopes stole second; Buckner walked; Smith struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews popped to first in foul territory; Murcer
grounded out (first unassisted); Thomasson grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey doubled to center; Cey grounded out (pitcher
to first); Hale grounded out (second to first) [Garvey to
third]; De Jesus struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Speier flied
out to left; Alexander grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Pasley grounded out (shortstop to first); Hooton
popped to third in foul territory; Lopes walked; Lopes stole
second; Buckner singled to second [Lopes to third]; Buckner
stole second; Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: THOMAS BATTED FOR MONTEFUSCO; Thomas popped to
second; Clark was called out on strikes; Perez popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

DODGERS 7TH: TOMS REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Garvey grounded
out (second to first); Cey flied out to center; Hale flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer
popped to catcher in foul territory; Thomasson popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

DODGERS 8TH: De Jesus struck out; Pasley grounded out (shortstop
to first); Hooton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: Reitz flied out to right; Speier flied out to
center; RADER BATTED FOR ALEXANDER; Rader popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

DODGERS 9TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Lopes flied out
to left; Buckner made an out to second; Smith grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: EVANS BATTED FOR TOMS; Evans walked; Clark was
called out on strikes; Perez walked [Evans to second]; Matthews
singled to right [Evans to third, Perez to second]; Murcer flied
out to right; Thomasson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Giants 1.