The Dodgers not only lost to the Padres, 3-2, but Doug Rau deprived himself of a chance to win the N. L.'s ERA title. Relieving at the start of the eighth inning, Rau walked Merv Rettenmund with the bases loaded, forcing in the Padres' winning run. As a result, his ERA went to 2.57 as compared to 2.52 for John Denny of the Cardinals. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Sunday, October   3, 1976 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Padres       1  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  9  0
Dodgers      1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grubb cf,lf           5   0   0   0     0   2   .284      Burke cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Champion 2b           5   0   0   0     0   0   .237        Lyttle ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Turner lf             4   1   3   0     0   0   .267      Simpson lf            4   1   2   0     1   0   .133
  Kendall c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Hale rf               4   0   1   1     1   1   .154
Valentine rf,lf       3   0   2   1     0   0   .367      Cey 3b                3   0   0   0     1   0   .277
  Melendez cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .224        Rau p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .150
Ivie 1b               3   2   1   0     1   0   .291        Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Ashford 3b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .600      Garvey 1b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .317
Torres ss             3   0   0   0     1   2   .195      Lacy 2b               3   0   1   0     1   0   .269
B. Davis c            2   0   0   0     1   1   .205      Auerbach ss,3b        3   0   0   0     1   0   .128
  Rettenmund ph,rf    0   0   0   1     1   0   .229      Rodriguez c           2   1   1   0     0   0   .212
Sawyer p              4   0   1   1     0   0   .208        Lee ph              1   0   1   0     0   0   .133
                                                            Russell pr,ss       0   0   0   0     0   0   .274
                                                          Hooton p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .097
                                                            Smith ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .253
                                                            Wall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            De Jesus 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .171
                                                            Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
                                                            Pasley c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .231

Totals               33   3   9   3     5   5             Totals               30   2   6   1     7   3

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 33,205
Left on Base: Padres 9, Dodgers 10
DP: Padres 1, Dodgers 0
Doubles: Ivie (19), Simpson (1), Hale (2)
Stolen Bases: Turner 2 (12), Ashford 2 (2)
Caught Stealing: Turner (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Valentine (2), Hooton (13)
GIDP: Goodson (7)
Hit by Pitch: Rodriguez (3,by Sawyer)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sawyer W(5-3)           9     6   2   2   7   3   0  39   2.53
Totals                  9     6   2   2   7   3   0  39

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hooton                  6     8   2   2   1   4   0  26   3.26
Wall                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.60
Rau L(16-12)            0.2   1   1   1   4   0   0   6   2.57
Hough                   1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.21
Totals                  9     9   3   3   5   5   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Sawyer (1)
Wild Pitches: Sawyer 3 (3)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - John Kibler


PADRES 1ST: Grubb flied out to center; Champion flied out to
right; Turner singled to right; Turner stole second; Valentine
singled to center [Turner scored]; Ivie lined to second; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Burke flied out to left; Simpson doubled to left;
Hale doubled to center [Simpson scored]; Cey walked; Garvey
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Hale to third, Cey to second];
Lacy was walked intentionally; Auerbach forced Cey (third
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

PADRES 2ND: Ashford singled to third; Ashford stole second;
Torres struck out; B. Davis struck out; Sawyer flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Rodriguez singled to right; Hooton out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Rodriguez to second]; Burke
grounded out (second to first) [Rodriguez to third]; Sawyer
threw a wild pitch [Rodriguez scored]; Simpson grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 2.

PADRES 3RD: Grubb struck out; Champion grounded out (third to
first); Turner popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
1, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Hale walked; Hale was picked off first (pitcher to
first); Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey struck out
but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Lacy popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Dodgers 2.

PADRES 4TH: Valentine flied out to right; Ivie doubled to
center; Ashford singled to left [Ivie to third]; Ashford stole
second; Torres was called out on strikes; B. Davis was walked
intentionally; Sawyer singled to right [Ivie scored, Ashford out
at home (right to catcher), B. Davis to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Padres 2, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Auerbach walked; Rodriguez grounded out (third to
first) [Auerbach to second]; Hooton grounded out (third to
first); Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Padres 2, Dodgers 2.

PADRES 5TH: Grubb popped to third; Champion grounded out
(shortstop to first); Turner singled to second; Valentine
singled to left [Turner to third]; Ivie flied out to center; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Simpson walked; Simpson was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Hale flied out to right; Cey flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Dodgers 2.

PADRES 6TH: Ashford popped to third in foul territory; Torres
popped to second; B. Davis lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Padres 2, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Garvey struck out; Lacy singled to center; Auerbach
flied out to left; Rodriguez was hit by a pitch [Lacy to
second]; SMITH BATTED FOR HOOTON; Smith walked [Lacy to third,
Rodriguez to second]; Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 2, Dodgers 2.

PADRES 7TH: WALL REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Sawyer popped to
second; Grubb struck out; Champion grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Simpson singled to left; Sawyer threw a wild pitch
[Simpson to third]; Hale struck out; Cey popped to first in foul
territory; Garvey was walked intentionally; Lacy forced Garvey
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Dodgers
2.

PADRES 8TH: RAU REPLACED CEY (PITCHING); DE JESUS REPLACED WALL
(PLAYING 3B); Turner singled to center; Valentine out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Turner to second]; Turner
stole third; Ivie was walked intentionally; Turner was caught
stealing home (catcher unassisted); Ashford walked [Ivie to
second]; Torres walked [Ivie to third, Ashford to second];
RETTENMUND BATTED FOR B. DAVIS; Rettenmund walked [Ivie scored,
Ashford to third, Torres to second]; HOUGH REPLACED RAU
(PITCHING); Sawyer grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 8TH: RETTENMUND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); KENDALL
REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING C ); VALENTINE CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); Auerbach flied out to left; LEE BATTED FOR
RODRIGUEZ; Lee singled to right; GOODSON BATTED FOR DE JESUS;
RUSSELL RAN FOR LEE; Goodson grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Russell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 2.

PADRES 9TH: PASLEY REPLACED GOODSON (PLAYING C ); RUSSELL STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING SS); AUERBACH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); Champion grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kendall grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 9TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING CF); GRUBB
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); LYTTLE BATTED FOR BURKE; Lyttle
popped to shortstop; Simpson grounded out (first unassisted);
Hale grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 3, Dodgers 2.