Andy Messersmith tied the major league record for most doubles by a pitcher in one game, hitting three, as the Dodgers defeated the Giants, 6-5. After hitting a wasted double in the second inning, Messersmith doubled again in the sixth to drive in Rick Auerbach, who had walked. Davey Lopes followed with a single, scoring Messersmith, to put the Dodgers ahead, 5-4. Messersmith doubled for a third time in the eighth and counted what proved to be the winning run on a throwing error by Charlie Williams.

In the ninth, with Jim Brewer on the mound, the Giants had two men on base with two out when Chris Speier smashed a drive that hopped over the fence for a ground-rule double. Only one run was allowed to score. Garry Maddox then went out to end the game. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 6, San Francisco Giants 5
Game Played on Friday, April     25, 1975 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Dodgers      1  0  0    2  0  2    0  1  0  -   6 12  1
Giants       2  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   5 10  4


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes cf              5   1   2   1     0   0   .258      Joshua cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .379
Lacy 2b               5   0   3   0     0   0   .412      Phillips 2b,3b        4   1   2   1     0   1   .240
Garvey 1b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .363        Arnold ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     1   0   .304      Murcer rf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .328
Ferguson rf           4   0   0   0     1   1   .155      Matthews lf           4   1   1   0     1   1   .302
Yeager c              5   1   1   0     0   0   .185      Thomasson 1b          4   1   0   0     1   1   .032
Powell lf             2   1   0   0     1   0   .000      Speier ss             5   0   3   4     0   0   .265
  Cruz ph,lf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .185      Ontiveros 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .227
Auerbach ss           4   1   1   1     1   0   .170        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Messersmith p         4   2   3   1     0   0   .313        Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .175
  Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Maddox ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
                                                          Hill c                2   1   1   0     2   1   .353
                                                            Thomas pr,2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .148
                                                          Caldwell p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Miller 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Rader ph,c          0   0   0   0     1   0   .167

Totals               40   6  12   4     4   1             Totals               36   5  10   5     5   8

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 14,153
Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Giants 11
DP: Dodgers 1, Giants 2
Errors: Cey, Phillips, Ontiveros, Williams, Miller
Doubles: Messersmith 3 (3), Lacy (1), Speier 2 (5), Hill (2)
Triples: Lopes (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Caldwell (2)
GIDP: Lopes (2), Goodson (2)
Hit by Pitch: Murcer (1,by Messersmith)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(3-0)      8     7   4   4   5   7   0  37   3.38
Brewer SV(1)            1     3   1   1   0   1   0   6   1.23
Totals                  9    10   5   5   5   8   0  43

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell L(0-3)         5.2   9   5   3   4   0   0  30   3.67
Williams                2.1   2   1   0   0   0   0  10   0.63
Heaverlo                1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.93
Totals                  9    12   6   3   4   1   0  44

Hit by Pitch: Messersmith (1)
Wild Pitches: Messersmith (1)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Andy Olsen


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes tripled to right; Lacy singled to pitcher
[Lopes stayed at third]; Garvey forced Lacy (shortstop to
second) [Lopes scored]; Cey walked [Garvey to second]; Ferguson
popped to pitcher; Yeager forced Garvey (third unassisted); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua made an out to second; Phillips singled to
pitcher; Murcer grounded out (first unassisted) [Phillips to
second]; Matthews walked; Messersmith threw a wild pitch
[Phillips to third, Matthews to second]; Thomasson walked;
Speier singled to center [Phillips scored, Matthews scored,
Thomasson to second]; Ontiveros made an out to third; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Powell grounded out (pitcher to first); Auerbach
made an out to shortstop; Messersmith doubled to left; Lopes
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Hill walked; Caldwell struck out; Joshua made an out
to third; Phillips made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Lacy doubled to left; Garvey grounded out (third to
first); Cey grounded out (third to first); Ferguson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Murcer was hit by a pitch; Matthews made an out to
catcher; Thomasson forced Murcer (second to shortstop); Speier
doubled to left [Thomasson scored]; Ontiveros grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Giants 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Yeager reached on an error by Ontiveros [Yeager to
first]; Powell walked [Yeager to second]; Auerbach singled to
left [Yeager scored (unearned), Powell to second]; Messersmith
forced Auerbach (third to second) [Powell scored (error by
Phillips) (unearned) (no RBI), Messersmith to first]; Lopes
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Messersmith out at second]; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Giants 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Hill walked; Caldwell out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Hill to second]; Joshua struck out;
Phillips singled to right [Hill scored]; Murcer singled to right
[Phillips to third]; Matthews flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Giants 4.

DODGERS 5TH: Lacy flied out to center; Garvey singled to center;
Cey forced Garvey (pitcher to second); Ferguson walked [Cey to
second]; Yeager flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Giants 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Thomasson flied out to right; Speier made an out to
first; Ontiveros struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Giants 4.

DODGERS 6TH: Powell flied out to center; Auerbach walked;
Messersmith doubled to left [Auerbach scored]; Lopes singled to
left [Messersmith scored]; Lacy flied out to right; Garvey
singled to left [Lopes to second]; MILLER REPLACED CALDWELL
(PLAYING 3B); WILLIAMS REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); Cey
reached on an error by Miller [Lopes to third, Garvey to second,
Cey to first]; Ferguson made an out to catcher; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Hill was called out on strikes; Miller flied out to
right; Joshua singled to left; Phillips struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 4.

DODGERS 7TH: Yeager made an out to shortstop; CRUZ BATTED FOR
POWELL; Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); Auerbach made an
out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 4.

GIANTS 7TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Murcer struck out;
Matthews was called out on strikes; Thomasson grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Giants 4.

DODGERS 8TH: Messersmith doubled to left; Lopes reached on an
error by Williams [Messersmith scored (unearned) (no RBI), Lopes
to second]; On a bunt Lacy singled to pitcher [Lopes to third];
Garvey made an out to catcher; Cey lined into a double play
(second to first) [Lacy out at first]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 6, Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: Speier reached on an error by Cey [Speier to first];
GOODSON BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Goodson grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Speier out at second]; Hill
doubled to left; THOMAS RAN FOR HILL; RADER BATTED FOR MILLER;
Rader walked; Joshua flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 6, Giants 4.

DODGERS 9TH: THOMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); HEAVERLO
REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); PHILLIPS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
3B); RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Ferguson struck out;
Yeager singled to left; Cruz grounded out (first unassisted)
[Yeager to second]; Auerbach made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Giants 4.

GIANTS 9TH: BREWER REPLACED MESSERSMITH (PITCHING); ARNOLD
BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; Arnold singled to third; Murcer forced
Arnold (shortstop to second); Matthews singled to left [Murcer
to second]; Thomasson struck out; Speier doubled [Murcer scored,
Matthews to third]; MADDOX BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Maddox grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Giants
5.