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Thursday May 3, 1979
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Making his first start of the season, Rick Sutcliffe pitched the Dodgers to a 5-2 victory over the Phillies. The Dodgers broke a 1-1 tie and beat Steve Carlton with two runs in the sixth inning on singles by Bill Russell, Steve Garvey, Joe Ferguson and Derrel Thomas. Mike Schmidt homered for the Phillies in the ninth. [The Sporting News]


Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Game Played on Thursday, May 3, 1979 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   2  7  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    1  0  2    1  1  x  -   5 12  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .222      Lopes 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .222
Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .269      Russell ss            3   2   2   0     1   0   .308
Rose 1b               3   0   2   1     0   0   .342      Baker lf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .316
Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Garvey 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .302
Schmidt 3b            4   1   1   1     0   3   .236      Cey 3b                2   0   0   0     1   1   .253
Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .308        Martinez 3b         1   1   1   0     0   0   .667
Trillo 2b             1   0   1   0     0   0   .303      Ferguson rf           3   0   2   2     1   0   .250
  Meoli pr,2b         2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Thomas cf             4   0   2   2     0   1   .277
McCarver c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .167      Yeager c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .174
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sutcliffe p           4   0   0   0     0   2   .100
Carlton p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .067
  Rader c             0   0   0   0     1   0   .333

Totals               31   2   7   2     1   7             Totals               33   5  12   5     3   5

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 41,215
Left on Base: Phillies 5, Dodgers 7
DP: Phillies 2, Dodgers 2
Doubles: Bowa (4), Lopes (6), Martinez (1)
Home Runs: Schmidt (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Rose (2)
GIDP: Luzinski (5), Sutcliffe (2)
Hit by Pitch: Trillo (1,by Sutcliffe)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(2-4)          6.1   9   4   4   3   5   0  30   4.93
Bird                    1.2   3   1   1   0   0   0   6   5.25
Totals                  8    12   5   5   3   5   0  36

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutcliffe W(2-2)        9     7   2   2   1   7   1  34   2.37
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   7   1  34

Hit by Pitch: Sutcliffe (1)

Umpires: HP - Lanny Harris, 1B - Jim Scott, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Charlie Lupo


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride flied out to center; Bowa lined to right;
Rose singled to left; Luzinski grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to third [Lopes out at second (third
to second)]; Russell flied out to left; Baker flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt struck out; Maddox popped to second;
Trillo singled to center; McCarver popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey popped to second; Cey popped to shortstop;
Ferguson walked; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Carlton flied out to left; McBride struck out;
Bowa grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager struck out; Sutcliffe struck out; Lopes
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
0, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Rose singled to center; Luzinski grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rose out at second];
Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Russell singled to center; Baker flied out to
center; Garvey lined to center; Cey walked [Russell to second];
Ferguson singled to left [Russell scored, Cey to second]; Thomas
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Maddox struck out; Trillo was hit by a pitch;
MEOLI RAN FOR TRILLO; McCarver singled to right [Meoli to
third]; Carlton hit into a double play (right to catcher) [Meoli
out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 5TH: MEOLI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Yeager grounded
out (second to first); Sutcliffe grounded out (shortstop to
first); Lopes lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Dodgers 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: McBride singled to center; Bowa doubled to right
[McBride to third]; Rose hit a sacrifice fly to center [McBride
scored, Bowa to third]; Luzinski grounded out (third to first);
Schmidt struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Russell singled to left; Baker popped to shortstop;
Garvey singled to center [Russell to third]; Cey struck out;
Ferguson singled to right [Russell scored, Garvey to third];
Thomas singled to left [Garvey scored, Ferguson to second];
Yeager forced Ferguson (third unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Phillies 1, Dodgers 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: Maddox flied out to center; Meoli struck out;
McCarver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Sutcliffe struck out; Lopes doubled to center;
Russell was walked intentionally; Baker singled to left [Lopes
scored, Russell to second]; BIRD REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING);
RADER REPLACED CARLTON (PLAYING C ); Garvey lined into a double
play (center to shortstop) [Russell out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Dodgers 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED CEY (PLAYING 3B); Rader walked;
McBride flied out to center; Bowa flied out to right; Rose
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 1, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 8TH: Martinez doubled to left; Ferguson grounded out
(second to first) [Martinez to third]; On a bunt Thomas singled
to pitcher [Martinez scored]; Yeager singled to left [Thomas to
third]; Sutcliffe grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Yeager out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 1, Dodgers 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: Luzinski grounded out (third to first); Schmidt
homered; Maddox struck out; Meoli flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Dodgers 5.



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