Two homers by Ed Ott paced the Pirates to a 6-4 triumph over the Dodgers. The Bucs catcher drilled a solo shot in the second inning after a triple by Mike Easler and Bill Madlock's infield out. L.A. tied the score at 3-3 in the third on run-scoring singles by Jay Johnstone and Dusty Baker, but the Pirates went ahead, 4-3, in the fifth on a groundout by Omar Moreno. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Game Played on Monday, July      28, 1980 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Pirates      1  2  0    0  1  2    0  0  0  -   6  9  2
Dodgers      1  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4 10  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Moreno cf             5   1   2   1     0   0   .264      Law cf                5   1   1   0     0   0   .269
Foli ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .290      Russell ss            4   1   0   0     1   2   .276
Parker rf             4   0   0   1     0   3   .284      Johnstone rf          4   1   3   1     0   1   .310
  Lacy lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .384      Garvey 1b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .312
Milner 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Baker lf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .290
Easler lf,rf          4   2   2   0     0   0   .368      Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .261
Madlock 3b            3   0   0   1     1   0   .236      Guerrero 2b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .330
Ott c                 4   2   2   3     0   1   .299      Ferguson c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .204
Garner 2b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .261      Welch p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Rhoden p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .333        Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .213
  Tekulve p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Sutcliffe p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .150
                                                            Monday ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .232
                                                            Lopes pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .244

Totals               35   6   9   6     1   6             Totals               36   4  10   4     2   6

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 46,973
Left on Base: Pirates 4, Dodgers 7
DP: Pirates 0, Dodgers 0
Errors: Foli, Parker
Triples: Easler (3)
Home Runs: Ott 2 (5), Guerrero (4)
Stolen Bases: Moreno (58), Law (32)
Caught Stealing: Baker (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Rhoden (3)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden W(2-1)           7.2   9   3   3   1   4   0  31   5.15
Tekulve SV(15)          1.1   1   1   1   1   2   1   7   2.87
Totals                  9    10   4   4   2   6   1  38

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Welch L(9-6)            7     9   6   6   0   4   2  30   3.22
Sutcliffe               2     0   0   0   1   2   0   7   5.90
Totals                  9     9   6   6   1   6   2  37

Wild Pitches: Rhoden (2), Welch (5)
Balks: Welch (4)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Dave Pallone, 3B - Satch Davidson


PIRATES 1ST: Moreno singled to left; Moreno stole second; Foli
popped to first in foul territory [Moreno to third]; Parker
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Moreno scored]; Milner popped
to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Law grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
walked; Johnstone struck out while Russell advanced to second on
a wild pitch; Garvey singled to left [Russell scored]; Baker
flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Dodgers 1.

PIRATES 2ND: Easler tripled to center; Madlock grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Easler scored]; Ott homered; Garner flied to
right in foul territory; Rhoden grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey struck out; Guerrero popped to second; Ferguson
singled to center; Welch forced Ferguson (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Dodgers 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Moreno singled to center; Welch balked [Moreno to
second]; Foli flied out to center; Parker was called out on
strikes; Milner grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 3RD: On a bunt Law singled to pitcher; Law stole second;
Russell struck out; Johnstone singled to center [Law scored,
Johnstone to second (on throw to home)]; Garvey grounded out
(second to first) [Johnstone to third]; Baker singled to left
[Johnstone scored]; Baker was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Dodgers 3.

PIRATES 4TH: Easler flied out to left; Madlock flied out to
right; Ott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Dodgers
3.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero
flied out to left; Ferguson grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Dodgers 3.

PIRATES 5TH: Garner singled to right; Welch threw a wild pitch
[Garner to second]; Rhoden out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
unassisted) [Garner to third]; Moreno grounded out (second to
first) [Garner scored]; Foli singled to center; Parker struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 4, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Welch grounded out (pitcher to first); Law grounded
out (second to first); Russell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Dodgers 3.

PIRATES 6TH: Milner flied out to right; Easler singled to right;
Madlock flied out to center; Ott homered [Easler scored]; Garner
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6,
Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Johnstone singled to right [Johnstone out at third
(right to second to third) (error by Parker)]; On a bunt Garvey
made an out to third; Baker singled to pitcher; Cey flied out to
right; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Dodgers 3.

PIRATES 7TH: Rhoden singled to right; Moreno flied out to
center; Foli flied out to center; Parker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Guerrero flied out to right; Ferguson grounded out
(shortstop to first); THOMASSON BATTED FOR WELCH; Thomasson was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Dodgers
3.

PIRATES 8TH: SUTCLIFFE REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); Milner
flied out to right; Easler grounded out (first unassisted);
Madlock walked; Ott flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 6, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 8TH: LACY REPLACED PARKER (PLAYING LF); EASLER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Law flied out to right; Russell grounded
out (shortstop to first); Johnstone singled to center; Garvey
singled to right [Johnstone to second]; TEKULVE REPLACED RHODEN
(PITCHING); Baker reached on an error by Foli [Johnstone to
third, Garvey to second]; Cey grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 6, Dodgers 3.

PIRATES 9TH: Garner struck out; Tekulve struck out; Moreno
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
6, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 9TH: Guerrero homered; Ferguson struck out; MONDAY
BATTED FOR SUTCLIFFE; Monday walked; LOPES RAN FOR MONDAY; Law
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Lopes to second]; Russell was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Dodgers
4.