Andy Messersmith snapped his personal three-game losing streak by pitching the Dodgers to a 7-1 victory over the Phillies, who collected only four hits and scored their lone run on a homer by Greg Luzinski. The Dodgers got to Larry Christenson for three in the second inning.

Messersmith drew a walk with the bases loaded to force in the first run and Davey Lopes doubled for two more. Willie Crawford homered with a man on base and Messersmith hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth when the Dodgers wrapped up their scoring. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Monday, August    11, 1975 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Dodgers      0  3  0    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   7  9  0
Phillies     0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   0   1   2     0   1   .253      Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .308
Buckner lf            5   0   1   1     0   0   .237      Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   1   .315
Hale cf               3   0   0   0     2   1   .231      Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .285
Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .322      Luzinski lf           3   1   1   1     1   1   .308
Cey 3b                4   2   2   0     0   0   .271      Allen 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Crawford rf           4   2   2   2     0   0   .267      Johnstone rf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .347
Yeager c              3   1   1   0     0   0   .248      Schmidt 3b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .247
Russell ss            3   2   2   0     1   0   .197      Boone c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Messersmith p         2   0   0   2     1   0   .183      Christenson p         1   0   0   0     1   1   .229
                                                            Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
                                                            Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .254
                                                            Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .286

Totals               33   7   9   7     4   2             Totals               31   1   4   1     3   7

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 33,175
Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Phillies 6
DP: Dodgers 0, Phillies 1
Errors: Schueler
Doubles: Lopes (14), Cey (23), Buckner (11)
Home Runs: Crawford (7), Luzinski (29)
Sacrifice Hits: Yeager (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Messersmith (2)
GIDP: Messersmith (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(14-11)    9     4   1   1   3   7   1  34   2.14
Totals                  9     4   1   1   3   7   1  34

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson L(6-4)      5     7   7   7   4   0   1  26   3.98
Schueler                2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   5.76
Hilgendorf              2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.97
Totals                  9     9   7   7   4   2   1  39

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (second to first); Buckner
popped to shortstop; Hale walked; Garvey flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa grounded
out (second to first); Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey singled to left; Crawford singled to left [Cey
to second]; Yeager out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Cey to third, Crawford to second]; Russell was walked
intentionally; Messersmith walked [Cey scored, Crawford to
third, Russell to second]; Lopes doubled to center [Crawford
scored, Russell scored, Messersmith to third]; Buckner flied out
to left; Hale grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski homered; Allen flied out to center;
Johnstone struck out; Schmidt flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Garvey popped to third in foul territory; Cey
popped to first; Crawford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone flied out to right; Christenson walked; Cash
flied out to left; Bowa singled to left [Christenson to second];
Maddox was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
3, Phillies 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Yeager grounded out (third to first); Russell
grounded out (second to first); Messersmith grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski walked; Allen flied out to right;
Johnstone lined to second; Schmidt walked [Luzinski to second];
Boone flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Phillies 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Lopes flied out to left; Buckner flied out to
center; Hale walked; Garvey popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Christenson was called out on strikes; Cash
grounded out (second to first); Bowa was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Phillies 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey doubled to left; Crawford homered [Cey scored];
Yeager singled to left; Russell singled to right [Yeager to
second]; SCHUELER REPLACED CHRISTENSON (PITCHING); Russell was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Schueler [Yeager to
third, Russell to second]; Messersmith hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Yeager scored]; Lopes struck out; Buckner doubled to right
[Russell scored]; Hale lined to first; 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Maddox singled to left; Luzinski forced Maddox
(shortstop to second); Allen flied out to right; Johnstone flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Phillies 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey grounded out (third to first); Cey grounded
out (third to first); Crawford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Boone
grounded out (shortstop to first); TAYLOR BATTED FOR SCHUELER;
Taylor was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
7, Phillies 1.

DODGERS 8TH: HILGENDORF REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Yeager
grounded out (third to first); Russell singled to left;
Messersmith grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Russell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
7, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Cash flied out to center; Bowa grounded out (first
unassisted); Maddox popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Phillies 1.

DODGERS 9TH: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Buckner
grounded out (second to first); Hale struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: Luzinski struck out; Allen grounded out (third to
first); Johnstone singled to right; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Phillies 1.