Select a date:      
Tuesday April 26, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Steve Yeager broke a 1-1 tie with a homer in the fifth inning and drove in another run with a double in the ninth as the Dodgers defeated the Padres, 4-1. Don Sutton walked four batters in the second to hand the Padres their lone run. [The Sporting News]


Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Diego Padres 1

Game Played on Tuesday, April 26, 1977 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

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


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .318      Richards 1b           4   0   0   0     0   3   .111
Russell ss            4   0   3   1     1   1   .276      Almon ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .264
Lacy rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .364        Valentine ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Hale rf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cey 3b                2   1   2   0     2   0   .458      Turner lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .203
Garvey 1b             3   0   0   1     0   1   .265      Winfield rf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .333
Monday cf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .246      Tenace c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .250
Baker lf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .315      Hendrick cf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .315
Yeager c              4   1   2   2     0   1   .375      Rader 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .281
Sutton p              4   0   0   0     0   1   .091      Sutherland 2b         2   0   1   0     1   1   .667
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Shirley p             1   0   0   1     1   0   .100
                                                            Rettenmund ph       0   0   0   0     1   0   .182
                                                            Hernandez ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   9   4     3   8             Totals               28   1   3   1     6   8

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance: 24,481
Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Padres 6
DP: Dodgers 1, Padres 0
Errors: Turner, Shirley
Doubles: Yeager (7)
Home Runs: Yeager (2)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (11), Russell (2), Winfield (5)
Caught Stealing: Almon (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Garvey (1)
GIDP: Rader (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(3-0)           8     3   1   1   6   8   0  32   1.09
Hough SV(3)             1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.52
Totals                  9     3   1   1   6   8   0  34

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shirley L(2-2)          8     7   3   1   2   7   1  33   1.08
Tomlin                  1     2   1   1   1   1   0   6   0.71
Totals                  9     9   4   2   3   8   1  39

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
singled to left; Lacy flied out to right; Cey singled to second
[Russell to second]; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards struck out; Almon grounded out (second to
first); Turner popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Monday flied out to right; Baker struck out; Yeager
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield walked; Winfield stole second; Tenace
grounded out (pitcher to first); Hendrick grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rader walked; Sutherland walked [Winfield
to third, Rader to second]; Shirley walked [Winfield scored,
Rader to third, Sutherland to second]; Richards grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Sutton grounded out (second to first); Lopes flied
out to center; Russell singled to second; Lacy lined to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: Almon singled to third; Almon was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Turner struck out; Winfield flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey singled to center; Cey was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Shirley [Cey to third]; Garvey hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Cey scored (unearned)]; Monday struck
out; Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Tenace flied out to center; Hendrick struck out;
Rader flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Padres 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Yeager homered; Sutton flied to right in foul
territory; Lopes singled to left [Lopes to second (error by
Turner)]; Lopes stole third; Russell singled to center [Lopes
scored (unearned)]; Russell stole second; Lacy popped to first
in foul territory; Cey was walked intentionally; Garvey flied
out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: Sutherland singled to left; On a bunt Shirley forced
Sutherland (catcher to shortstop); Richards struck out; Almon
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
3, Padres 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Monday struck out; Baker grounded out (shortstop to
first); Yeager flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: Turner grounded out (second to first); Winfield
flied out to right; Tenace grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Sutton flied out to right; Lopes flied out to left;
Russell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 7TH: Hendrick struck out; Rader struck out; Sutherland
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 1.

DODGERS 8TH: Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey walked;
Garvey flied to right in foul territory; Monday struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 8TH: HALE REPLACED LACY (PLAYING RF); RETTENMUND BATTED
FOR SHIRLEY; Rettenmund walked; Richards struck out; VALENTINE
BATTED FOR ALMON; Valentine flied out to center; Turner flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Padres 1.

DODGERS 9TH: TOMLIN REPLACED VALENTINE (PITCHING); HERNANDEZ
REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING SS); Baker singled to left; Yeager
doubled to left [Baker scored]; Sutton was called out on
strikes; Lopes lined to left; Russell was walked intentionally;
Hale popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Padres 1.

PADRES 9TH: Winfield singled to center; Tenace walked [Winfield
to second]; HOUGH REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING); Hendrick popped to
third in foul territory; Rader grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Tenace out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Padres 1.



The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report