Jerry Reuss outdueled Marty Bystrom and the Dodgers overcame the Phillies, 2-1, on Steve Garvey's single following a leadoff double by Ken Landreaux in the eighth inning. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Thursday, May       7, 1981 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Dodgers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2 10  2
Phillies     0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .147      Rose 1b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .369
Landreaux cf          2   2   2   0     2   0   .327      Trillo 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .280
Baker lf              3   0   1   1     1   0   .320      Schmidt 3b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .266
Garvey 1b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .259      Matthews lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .325
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   0   .272      D. Davis rf           3   0   2   1     0   0   .500
Guerrero rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .274      Maddox cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Scioscia c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  Ferguson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Boone c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .216
  Yeager c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Bystrom p             2   0   1   0     0   0   .100
Russell ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .227        Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Reuss p               4   0   2   0     0   1   .250        Smith ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .115
                                                            McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2  10   2     3   1             Totals               31   1   6   1     0   4

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 29,259
Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Phillies 3
DP: Dodgers 1, Phillies 2
Errors: Lopes, Russell, Bystrom
Doubles: Baker (4), Landreaux (6), Rose (9), Schmidt (6)
Stolen Bases: Landreaux (6)
Caught Stealing: Garvey (3), Bystrom (1)
GIDP: Cey (2), Schmidt (3)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss W(3-1)            9     6   1   1   0   4   0  31   1.03
Totals                  9     6   1   1   0   4   0  31

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bystrom L(2-1)          7.1   7   2   2   3   1   0  30   3.06
Proly                   0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.93
McGraw                  1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.72
Totals                  9    10   2   2   3   1   0  37

Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Terry Tata


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to center; Landreaux walked;
Landreaux stole second; Baker doubled to left [Landreaux
scored]; Garvey lined into a double play (second to shortstop)
[Baker out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Rose doubled to right; Trillo was called out on
strikes; Schmidt struck out; Matthews popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero
grounded out (third to first); Scioscia grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: D. Davis singled to shortstop; Maddox flied out to
left; Bowa forced D. Davis (shortstop to second) [Bowa to second
(error by Lopes)]; Boone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell grounded out (third to first); Reuss
singled to left; Lopes forced Reuss (pitcher to second);
Landreaux singled to pitcher [Lopes to third]; Baker grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bystrom singled to center; Bystrom was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Rose grounded out (third
to first); Trillo popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey popped to catcher in foul territory; Cey
grounded out (second to first); Guerrero singled to left;
Scioscia grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt doubled to center; Matthews grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Schmidt to third]; D. Davis singled to
shortstop [Schmidt scored, D. Davis to second (error by
Russell)]; Maddox grounded out (first unassisted) [D. Davis to
third]; Bowa flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Phillies 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Russell flied out to right; Reuss struck out; Lopes
singled to center; Lopes was picked off first but was safe on an
error by Bystrom [Lopes to second]; Landreaux walked; Baker
forced Landreaux (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Boone grounded out (third to first); Bystrom
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Garvey singled to second; Cey flied out to right;
Garvey was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Guerrero
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Trillo flied out to right; Schmidt flied out to
right; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Phillies 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Scioscia made an out to second; Russell grounded
out (third to first); Reuss grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: D. Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 1.

DODGERS 8TH: Lopes made an out to second; Landreaux doubled to
center; PROLY REPLACED BYSTROM (PITCHING); Baker walked (walk
was charged to Bystrom); Garvey singled to left [Landreaux
scored, Baker to second]; Cey grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Garvey out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Boone flied out to right; SMITH BATTED FOR PROLY;
Smith was called out on strikes; Rose made an out to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Phillies 1.

DODGERS 9TH: MCGRAW REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Guerrero flied
out to right; FERGUSON BATTED FOR SCIOSCIA; Ferguson flied out
to center; Russell singled to right; Reuss singled to center
[Russell to second]; Lopes popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: YEAGER REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING C ); Trillo
singled to center; Schmidt grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Trillo out at second]; Matthews
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Phillies 1.