Defeated by the Padres, 3-2, the Dodgers fell into the basement of the West division, marking their first occupancy of last place since September 8, 1967, when they were at the bottom of a 10-club league. The Padres staked Gaylord Perry to a two-run lead in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Dave Winfield and double by Jay Johnstone, but the Dodgers loaded the bases in the second and tied the score.

One run counted on an infield hit by Rick Sutcliffe and the other was forced home when Davey Lopes was hit by a pitch. The tie persisted until the sixth when Paul Dade beat out a bunt, took third on a single by Johnstone and scored the Padres' winning run on a single by Gene Tenace. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Tuesday, July      3, 1979 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Dodgers      0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  0
Padres       2  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   3  7  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   0   1     0   2   .259      Richards cf           4   1   3   0     0   0   .269
Russell ss            5   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Smith ss              2   1   0   0     1   1   .184
Smith rf              4   0   1   0     1   2   .273      Dade 3b               3   1   1   0     0   0   .285
Garvey 1b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .311      Winfield rf           3   0   0   1     0   1   .320
Cey 3b                4   1   2   0     0   1   .278      Johnstone lf          3   0   2   1     0   1   .268
Baker lf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .281      Tenace c              3   0   1   1     0   0   .245
Joshua cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .306      Briggs 1b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .218
Yeager c              3   0   1   0     1   2   .186      Almon 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Sutcliffe p           3   0   2   1     0   0   .256      Perry p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .140
  Thomasson ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .241
  Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2   9   2     4   9             Totals               27   3   7   3     1   6

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 24,674
Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Padres 4
DP: Dodgers 0, Padres 1
Doubles: Johnstone (2), Richards (10)
Stolen Bases: Richards (8)
Caught Stealing: Smith (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Dade (2), Smith (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Winfield (2)
Hit by Pitch: Lopes (1,by Perry)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutcliffe L(7-7)        7     7   3   3   1   4   0  28   3.95
Patterson               1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   6.06
Totals                  8     7   3   3   1   6   0  31

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(8-6)            9     9   2   2   4   9   0  40   2.45
Totals                  9     9   2   2   4   9   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Perry (3)
Wild Pitches: Sutcliffe (3)

Umpires: HP - Dave Pallone, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - John McSherry


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; Russell flied out to left; Smith
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards singled to center; Richards stole second;
Smith walked; Dade out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Richards to third, Smith to second]; Winfield hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Richards scored]; Johnstone doubled to left [Smith
scored]; Sutcliffe threw a wild pitch [Johnstone to third];
Tenace grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Padres 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (pitcher to first); Cey singled
to left; Baker flied out to right; Joshua singled to left [Cey
to second]; Yeager walked [Cey to third, Joshua to second];
Sutcliffe singled to second [Cey scored, Joshua to third, Yeager
to second]; Lopes was hit by a pitch [Joshua scored, Yeager to
third, Sutcliffe to second]; Russell popped to second; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 2ND: Briggs struck out; Almon flied out to right; Perry
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Padres 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Smith singled to right; Garvey struck out while
Smith was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Cey struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 3RD: Richards doubled to left; Smith out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Richards to third]; Dade lined to
shortstop; Winfield grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Baker struck out; Joshua singled to right; Yeager
singled to right [Joshua to third]; Sutcliffe reached on a
fielder's choice [Joshua out at home (pitcher to catcher),
Yeager to second]; Lopes flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 4TH: Johnstone was called out on strikes; Tenace flied
out to left; Briggs flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Padres 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Russell popped to shortstop; Smith walked; Garvey
flied out to right; Cey singled to right [Smith to second];
Baker flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Padres 2.

PADRES 5TH: Almon flied out to left; Perry grounded out
(shortstop to first); Richards singled to right; Smith flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Yeager
struck out; Sutcliffe singled to right; Lopes struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 6TH: Dade singled to pitcher; Winfield flied out to
right; Johnstone singled to left [Dade to third]; Tenace singled
to center [Dade scored, Johnstone out at third (center to
third), Tenace to second (on throw to 3b)]; Briggs was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Russell popped to first in foul territory; Smith
struck out; Garvey singled to left; Cey forced Garvey (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 3.

PADRES 7TH: Almon flied out to left; Perry struck out; Richards
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Padres 3.

DODGERS 8TH: Baker walked; Joshua flied out to left; Yeager
struck out; THOMASSON BATTED FOR SUTCLIFFE; Thomasson walked
[Baker to second]; Lopes grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 3.

PADRES 8TH: PATTERSON REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); Smith was
called out on strikes; Dade flied out to center; Winfield struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 3.

DODGERS 9TH: Russell grounded out (second to first); Smith
popped to first in foul territory; Garvey flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Padres 3.