A homer by Reggie Smith in the seventh inning after Bill Russell had singled provided the Dodgers' winning margin in a 6-4 victory over the Phillies. After the Dodgers took a 2-0 lead, the Phillies went ahead with three runs in the second on singles by Richie Hebner and Mike Schmidt, a double by Bob Boone, an infield out and single by Wayne Twitchell. Davey Lopes put the Dodgers back in front with a two-run single in the fourth and Smith then decided the outcome with his homer in the seventh. [The Sporting News]
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Game Played on Wednesday, May 18, 1977 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Dodgers      1  1  0    2  0  0    2  0  0  -   6 13  0
Phillies     0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4 13  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   1   1   2     1   0   .309      Maddox cf             5   0   3   1     0   0   .292
Russell ss            4   1   1   0     1   1   .287      Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .236
Smith rf              5   1   1   2     0   0   .333        Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Garvey 1b             5   0   3   1     0   1   .299      Johnstone rf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .313
Monday cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .273      Luzinski lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .315
Lacy 3b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .333      Hebner 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .278
  Hale lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .321      Schmidt 3b            3   1   2   0     1   1   .248
Baker lf              4   1   3   0     0   0   .315      Boone c               4   2   2   1     0   1   .297
  Martinez pr,3b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .290
Oates c               3   1   0   1     1   0   .241      Twitchell p           1   0   1   1     0   0   .100
Rhoden p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Brusstar p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Goodson ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .100        Tolan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .133
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .323

Totals               37   6  13   6     3   4             Totals               37   4  13   4     1   3

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 30,132
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Phillies 7
DP: Dodgers 2, Phillies 2
Doubles: Garvey (9), Lacy (3), Baker 2 (7), Maddox (10), Boone (4)
Triples: Maddox (3)
Home Runs: Smith (9)
Caught Stealing: Baker (2), Garvey (1), Schmidt (4)
GIDP: Rhoden (1), Hebner (3)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden W(6-1)           7     9   3   3   1   1   0  30   4.26
Hough SV(11)            2     4   1   1   0   2   0   8   1.99
Totals                  9    13   4   4   1   3   0  38

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell L(0-4)        3     6   4   4   3   2   0  17   4.20
Brusstar                4     5   2   2   0   2   1  15   2.61
Reed                    2     2   0   0   0   0   0   8   2.63
Totals                  9    13   6   6   3   4   1  40

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Jim Quick


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Russell flied out to center; Smith
popped to third; Garvey doubled to center [Lopes scored]; Monday
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox doubled to right; Bowa grounded out (second
to first) [Maddox to third]; Johnstone popped to third in foul
territory; Luzinski lined to right; Phillies Manager Danny
Ozark ejected by 1B umpire Harry Wendelstedt; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Lacy doubled to left; Baker doubled to center [Lacy
to third]; Oates grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Lacy scored, Baker to third]; Rhoden struck out while Baker was
caught stealing home (catcher to third to catcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Hebner singled to right; Schmidt singled to left
[Hebner to second]; Boone doubled to center [Hebner scored,
Schmidt to third]; Sizemore grounded out (second to first)
[Schmidt scored, Boone to third]; Twitchell singled to center
[Boone scored]; Maddox flied out to center; Bowa singled to
third [Twitchell to second]; Johnstone lined to right; 3 R, 5 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Phillies 3.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes grounded out (pitcher to first); Russell
walked; Smith flied out to right; Garvey singled to center
[Russell to second]; Monday grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 3RD: Luzinski grounded out (first unassisted); Hebner
grounded out (first unassisted); Schmidt singled to center;
Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Phillies 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Lacy singled to left; Baker doubled to right [Lacy
to third]; Oates walked; BRUSSTAR REPLACED TWITCHELL (PITCHING);
Rhoden grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first)
[Baker to third, Oates to second, Lacy out at home]; Lopes
singled to left [Baker scored, Oates scored]; Russell was called
out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Brusstar
made an out to second; Maddox popped to second in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Smith grounded out (first unassisted); Garvey was
called out on strikes; Monday singled to second; Lacy flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa made an out to third; Johnstone grounded out
(first unassisted); Luzinski singled to left; Hebner flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Baker flied out to right; Oates grounded out
(second to first); Rhoden flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt walked; Schmidt was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Boone struck out; Sizemore popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Phillies 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes flied out to center; Russell singled to
pitcher; Smith homered [Russell scored]; Garvey singled to left;
Garvey was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Monday
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
6, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: TOLAN BATTED FOR BRUSSTAR; Tolan flied out to
center; Maddox singled to center; Bowa flied out to center;
Johnstone lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6,
Phillies 3.

DODGERS 8TH: REED REPLACED TOLAN (PITCHING); Lacy flied out to
right; Baker singled to right; MARTINEZ RAN FOR BAKER; Oates
popped to third; GOODSON BATTED FOR RHODEN; Goodson singled to
left [Martinez to second]; Lopes flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 8TH: HOUGH REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); MARTINEZ STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HALE REPLACED LACY (PLAYING LF); Luzinski
singled to center; Hebner grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Luzinski out at second]; Schmidt struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Phillies 3.

DODGERS 9TH: Russell popped to first in foul territory; Smith
flied out to center; Garvey grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 9TH: Boone singled to right; Sizemore singled to right
[Boone to second]; MCCARVER BATTED FOR REED; McCarver lined into
a double play (first unassisted) [Sizemore out at first]; Maddox
tripled to center [Boone scored]; JOHNSON BATTED FOR BOWA;
Johnson struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Phillies 4.
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