Behind the six-hit pitching of Nino Espinosa, the Phillies blanked the Dodgers, 4-0. The first two runs came in the sixth inning when Mike Schmidt smashed a homer with Greg Luzinski aboard via a single. The Phils added another pair in the ninth on RBI singles by Ramon Aviles and Bake McBride. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Game Played on Sunday, May       6, 1979 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  2    0  2  0  -   4 12  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .214      Lopes 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .217
Bowa ss               5   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Russell ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Rose 1b               4   0   1   0     1   0   .333      Thomasson cf          4   0   2   0     0   1   .254
Luzinski lf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .293      Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .291
  Anderson lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .600      Cey 3b                4   0   1   0     0   0   .269
Schmidt 3b            4   1   1   2     1   0   .265      Baker lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .302
Maddox cf             4   1   1   0     0   2   .278      Ferguson rf,c         4   0   0   0     0   1   .226
Boone c               3   0   2   0     0   0   .242      Yeager c              1   0   0   0     1   0   .154
Aviles 2b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .600        Smith ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .147
Espinosa p            4   0   1   0     0   0   .200        Reuss p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Rau p                 2   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Joshua ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .304

Totals               36   4  12   4     2   3             Totals               32   0   6   0     2   6

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 42,184
Left on Base: Phillies 10, Dodgers 7
DP: Phillies 1, Dodgers 1
Doubles: Aviles (1), Cey (6)
Home Runs: Schmidt (9)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (7)
Caught Stealing: Boone (1), Lopes (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Boone (2)
GIDP: Rose (5)
Hit by Pitch: McBride (3,by Rau), Luzinski (3,by Rau)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Espinosa W(4-1)         9     6   0   0   2   6   0  34   1.05
Totals                  9     6   0   0   2   6   0  34

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau L(0-4)              7     9   2   2   2   3   1  32   8.10
Reuss                   2     3   2   2   0   0   0   9   4.76
Totals                  9    12   4   4   2   3   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Rau 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Jim Scott, 1B - Lanny Harris, 2B - Boyd Mauer, 3B - Bill Williams


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride was hit by a pitch; Bowa singled to right
[McBride to second]; Rose grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [McBride to third, Bowa out at second];
Luzinski was hit by a pitch; Schmidt walked [Luzinski to
second]; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Dodgers 0.

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

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone singled to center; Boone was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Aviles flied out to left;
Espinosa singled to center; McBride flied out to right; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey doubled to left; Baker grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Cey to third]; Ferguson popped to second; Yeager was
walked intentionally; Rau lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa flied out to right; Rose singled to center;
Luzinski flied out to left; Schmidt forced Rose (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Russell flied
out to center; Thomasson singled to right; Garvey singled to
center [Thomasson to second]; Cey forced Garvey (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Maddox flied out to right; Boone flied out to
center; Aviles grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Baker flied out to right; Ferguson grounded out
(third to first); Yeager flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Espinosa grounded out (third to first); McBride
was called out on strikes; Bowa popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Rau flied out to center; Lopes singled to third;
Lopes stole second; Russell struck out while Lopes was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Luzinski
singled to center; Schmidt homered [Luzinski scored]; Maddox
struck out; Boone singled to right; Aviles doubled to left
[Boone to third]; Espinosa grounded out (pitcher to second to
first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Thomasson struck out; Garvey lined to shortstop;
Cey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: McBride flied out to center; Bowa grounded out
(third to first); Rose walked; Luzinski singled to left [Rose to
third]; Schmidt forced Luzinski (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Baker singled to third; Ferguson was called out on
strikes; SMITH BATTED FOR YEAGER; Smith struck out; JOSHUA
BATTED FOR RAU; Joshua struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 2, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: JOSHUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); FERGUSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); REUSS REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING);
Maddox singled to left; Boone out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Maddox to second]; Aviles singled to right [Maddox
scored, Aviles to second (on throw to home)]; Espinosa flied out
to center; McBride singled to right [Aviles scored]; Bowa forced
McBride (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Russell flied
out to center; Thomasson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Dodgers 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Rose flied out to right; Luzinski flied out to
right; Schmidt popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
4, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 9TH: ANDERSON REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Garvey
grounded out (second to first); Cey grounded out (third to
first); Baker walked; Ferguson forced Baker (third to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Dodgers 0.