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Saturday May 5, 1979
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Mike Schmidt and Greg Luzinski drove in nine runs between them to power the Phillies to an 11-0 trouncing of the Dodgers. Schmidt accounted for five RBIs with two homers and a double, while Luzinski produced four runs with a double, a bases-loaded walk and a single. Dick Ruthven, who pitched the first seven innings for the Phillies, gained his fifth straight victory and ended a string of seven losses to the Dodgers since 1976. [The Sporting News]


Philadelphia Phillies 11, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

Game Played on Saturday, May 5, 1979 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Phillies     0  1  2    0  3  1    0  4  0  -  11 13  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf            4   2   1   0     1   1   .213      Lopes 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .216
  Gross lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Russell ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .296
Bowa ss               4   2   2   0     1   0   .291      Thomasson rf,cf       4   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Rose 1b               3   2   1   1     2   0   .337      Garvey 1b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .292
  Unser 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .364      Cey 3b                3   0   1   0     0   0   .270
Luzinski lf           4   1   2   4     1   0   .282        Martinez 3b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .750
  Anderson cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .600      Baker lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .301
Schmidt 3b            5   3   3   5     0   0   .266      Thomas cf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Maddox cf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .279        Joshua rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .318
  Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Yeager c              1   0   0   0     1   0   .157
Boone c               4   0   3   0     1   0   .222        Oates c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Meoli 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .125      Messersmith p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Aviles 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000        Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ruthven p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .176        Rautzhan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cardenal ph,lf,rf   1   1   0   0     1   0   .000        Hough p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .200

Totals               35  11  13  11     7   1             Totals               30   0   4   0     2   3

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 45,169
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Dodgers 6
DP: Phillies 1, Dodgers 3
Doubles: Schmidt (4), Meoli (1), Luzinski (6), Rose (5), Hough (1)
Home Runs: Schmidt 2 (8)
Stolen Bases: Bowa (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Meoli (1), Ruthven (1)
GIDP: Rose (4), Schmidt (2), Cardenal (2), Yeager (2)
Hit by Pitch: Ruthven (1,by Rautzhan), Thomas (1,by Ruthven)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven W(5-0)          7     2   0   0   2   2   0  25   1.97
Reed                    2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.71
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   3   0  33

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith L(1-2)      5    10   6   6   2   1   1  26   5.85
Rautzhan                0.1   0   1   1   3   0   0   5   7.45
Hough                   3.2   3   4   4   2   0   1  14   6.52
Totals                  9    13  11  11   7   1   2  45

Passed Balls: Oates (1)
Hit by Pitch: Ruthven (1), Rautzhan (1)

Umpires: HP - Lanny Harris, 1B - Charlie Lupo, 2B - Jim Scott, 3B - Boyd Mauer


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride struck out; Bowa walked; Rose grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Bowa out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to center; Russell grounded out
(third to first); Thomasson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski popped to first in foul territory;
Schmidt doubled to center; Maddox grounded out (third to first)
[Schmidt to third]; Boone walked; Meoli doubled to center
[Schmidt scored, Boone to third]; Ruthven grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Dodgers
0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey flied
out to right; Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: McBride singled to right; On a bunt Bowa singled
to third [McBride to second]; Rose grounded out (catcher to
first) [McBride to third, Bowa to second]; Luzinski doubled to
left [McBride scored, Bowa scored]; Schmidt grounded out (third
to first); Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Thomas grounded out (first unassisted); Yeager
walked; Messersmith struck out; Lopes flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Boone singled to left; Meoli out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to first) [Boone to second]; Ruthven out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Boone to third]; McBride
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
3, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first);
Thomasson grounded out (second to first); Garvey singled to
left; Cey singled to right [Garvey to second]; Baker struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa singled to center; Bowa stole second; Rose
doubled to left [Bowa scored]; Luzinski grounded out (second to
first) [Rose to third]; Schmidt homered [Rose scored]; Maddox
grounded out (third to first); Boone singled to left; Meoli
popped to third; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 6, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Thomas was hit by a pitch; Yeager grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Thomas out at second];
DAVALILLO BATTED FOR MESSERSMITH; Davalillo grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 6, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: JOSHUA REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING RF); THOMASSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); RAUTZHAN REPLACED DAVALILLO
(PITCHING); Ruthven was hit by a pitch; McBride walked [Ruthven
to second]; Bowa forced Ruthven (pitcher to third) [McBride to
second]; Rose walked [McBride to third, Bowa to second];
Luzinski walked [McBride scored, Bowa to third, Rose to second];
HOUGH REPLACED RAUTZHAN (PITCHING); Schmidt grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Luzinski out at
second]; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 7, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
grounded out (third to first); Thomasson flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 7, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Maddox popped to shortstop; Boone flied out to
left; Meoli grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 7, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey walked; Cey flied out to right; Baker lined
to shortstop; Joshua grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 7, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED CEY (PLAYING 3B); OATES REPLACED
YEAGER (PLAYING C ); CARDENAL BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; Cardenal
walked; Oates allowed a passed ball [Cardenal to second];
McBride flied out to center; Bowa grounded out (second to first)
[Cardenal to third]; Rose walked; Luzinski singled to left
[Cardenal scored, Rose to second]; Schmidt homered [Rose scored,
Luzinski scored]; Maddox grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 11, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 8TH: UNSER REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 1B); REED REPLACED
MADDOX (PITCHING); ANDERSON REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING CF);
CARDENAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Oates grounded out (second
to first); Hough doubled to right; Lopes lined to second;
Russell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 11,
Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Boone singled to center; Meoli popped to
shortstop; Cardenal grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Boone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 11, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 9TH: GROSS REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING LF); CARDENAL
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); AVILES REPLACED MEOLI (PLAYING
2B); Thomasson grounded out (second to first); Garvey struck
out; On a bunt Martinez singled to catcher; Baker flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 11, Dodgers 0.



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