Homers by Steve Garvey, Reggie Smith and Dusty Baker powered the Dodgers to a 6-4 victory over the Pirates. Davey Lopes led off the first inning with a single and scored when Fernando Gonzalez threw wildly on a grounder by Russell. After two out, Garvey followed with a homer.

The Dodgers added an unearned run in the second and completed their scoring with Smith's homer in the third and Baker's in the sixth. Omar Moreno rapped a round-tripper for the Pirates and Al Oliver drove in two runs with a sacrifice fly and single. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Game Played on Saturday, September 3, 1977 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Pirates      0  0  1    1  0  0    0  2  0  -   4 10  2
Dodgers      3  1  1    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   6  7  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .240      Lopes 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .283
Garner 2b             4   1   2   0     0   1   .252      Russell ss            4   1   0   0     0   0   .278
Parker rf             4   2   1   0     0   2   .346      Smith rf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .318
Robinson 1b           3   0   1   0     0   1   .304      Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .251
  Tolan 1b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .202      Garvey 1b             4   1   3   2     0   0   .285
Oliver lf             3   0   1   2     0   1   .300      Baker lf              3   1   1   1     0   1   .279
Ott c                 4   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Burke cf              3   1   0   0     0   0   .235
Gonzalez 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .276      Yeager c              2   0   0   1     0   1   .254
Moreno cf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .240      Sutton p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .167
Rooker p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .207        Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .412
  Hairston ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .224        Rautzhan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .273        Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dilone ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .114

Totals               35   4  10   3     0   8             Totals               31   6   7   5     0   5

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 44,505
Left on Base: Pirates 5, Dodgers 2
DP: Pirates 0, Dodgers 1
Errors: Taveras, Gonzalez, Smith
Doubles: Robinson (24), Gonzalez (10), Garner (28)
Home Runs: Moreno (7), Garvey (29), Smith (26), Baker (21)
Stolen Bases: Burke (7)
Caught Stealing: Garvey (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (8), Yeager (3)
GIDP: Ott (4)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rooker L(11-9)          6     7   6   3   0   4   3  26   3.32
Tekulve                 2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.09
Totals                  8     7   6   3   0   5   3  32

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(13-8)          7     6   2   2   0   8   1  27   3.01
Rautzhan                1     4   2   2   0   0   0   6   4.40
Garman SV(10)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.09
Totals                  9    10   4   4   0   8   1  36

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming


PIRATES 1ST: Taveras grounded out (third to first); Garner was
called out on strikes; Parker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to center; Russell reached on an
error by Gonzalez [Lopes scored (no RBI), Russell to first];
Smith flied out to right; Cey flied out to right; Garvey homered
(unearned) [Russell scored (unearned)]; Baker struck out; 3 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Dodgers 3.

PIRATES 2ND: Robinson flied out to left; Oliver struck out; Ott
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
0, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 2ND: Burke reached on an error by Taveras [Burke to
second]; Burke stole third; Yeager hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Burke scored (unearned)]; Sutton struck out; Lopes grounded out
(third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Dodgers 4.

PIRATES 3RD: Gonzalez flied out to right; Moreno homered; Rooker
struck out; Taveras popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
homered; Cey grounded out (third to first); Garvey singled to
right; Baker forced Garvey (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Dodgers 5.

PIRATES 4TH: Garner singled to center; Parker forced Garner
(second to shortstop); Robinson doubled to left [Parker to
third]; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to right [Parker scored]; Ott
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 4TH: Burke popped to catcher in foul territory; Yeager
flied out to center; Sutton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Dodgers 5.

PIRATES 5TH: Gonzalez popped to first in foul territory; Moreno
singled to center; Rooker popped to second; Taveras singled to
left [Moreno to second]; Garner grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 5TH: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Russell
grounded out (second to first); Smith singled to left; Cey
forced Smith (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 2, Dodgers 5.

PIRATES 6TH: Parker struck out; Robinson was called out on
strikes; Bill Robinson ejected by HP umpire Jim Quick;
Oliver popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 6TH: TOLAN REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING 1B); Garvey
singled to left; Garvey was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Baker homered; Burke flied out to right; Yeager struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Dodgers 6.

PIRATES 7TH: Ott popped to first; Gonzalez doubled to left;
Moreno struck out; HAIRSTON BATTED FOR ROOKER; Hairston grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Dodgers 6.

DODGERS 7TH: TEKULVE REPLACED HAIRSTON (PITCHING); DAVALILLO
BATTED FOR SUTTON; Davalillo grounded out (second to first);
Lopes grounded out (second to first); Russell grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Dodgers 6.

PIRATES 8TH: RAUTZHAN REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Taveras
grounded out (pitcher to first); Garner doubled to right; Parker
singled to right [Garner scored (error by Smith) (no RBI)];
Tolan singled to pitcher [Parker to second]; Oliver singled to
right [Parker scored, Tolan to third]; Ott grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Oliver out at second]; 2
R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 4, Dodgers 6.

DODGERS 8TH: Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); Cey struck
out; Garvey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
4, Dodgers 6.

PIRATES 9TH: GARMAN REPLACED RAUTZHAN (PITCHING); Gonzalez
popped to third; Moreno flied out to left; DILONE BATTED FOR
TEKULVE; Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Dodgers 6.

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