Ron Cey, Bill Russell and Steve Yeager each collected four hits as the rampaging Dodgers defeated the Phillies, 10-8, for their 12th straight victory. Cey knocked in five runs with a homer and single among his hits. Russell hit a double, triple and two singles, accounting for four RBIs. The Phillies' only weapon in reply was Bobby Tolan, who hit a homer, double and two singles, driving in four runs. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 10, Philadelphia Phillies 8
Game Played on Friday, May       7, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Dodgers      0  1  0    1  3  0    2  3  0  -  10 18  2
Phillies     1  1  1    2  1  0    0  0  2  -   8 13  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              6   1   1   0     0   2   .267      Cash 2b               4   2   2   1     1   0   .293
Buckner lf,1b         5   1   1   0     0   0   .280      Bowa ss               3   0   2   0     1   0   .303
Baker cf              4   2   2   0     2   1   .262        Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .391
Garvey 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .304        Harmon ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Hale pr,rf          0   1   0   0     0   0   .163      Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   1     0   1   .300
Cey 3b                5   2   4   5     0   0   .333      Luzinski lf           4   1   1   1     0   1   .308
Cruz rf,lf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .244      Johnstone rf          5   1   0   0     0   1   .324
Yeager c              5   1   4   1     0   0   .317      Maddox cf             5   2   3   1     0   1   .324
Russell ss            5   0   4   4     0   0   .380      Tolan 1b              5   2   4   4     0   1   .333
Rhoden p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .111      Boone c               4   0   1   0     1   0   .259
  Hough p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Christenson p         2   0   0   0     0   1   .111
  Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Reed p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .158

Totals               44  10  18  10     2   5             Totals               40   8  13   8     3   8

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance: 28,862
Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Phillies 10
DP: Dodgers 0, Phillies 0
Errors: Garvey, Cey
Doubles: Yeager (4), Russell (1), Tolan (1), Luzinski (5), Maddox (6)
Triples: Russell (1), Cash (4), Maddox (1)
Home Runs: Cey (5), Tolan (4)
Stolen Bases: Bowa (3), Maddox (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Buckner (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Luzinski (4), Schmidt (1)
Hit by Pitch: Garvey (1,by Garber)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden                  3     6   5   4   1   2   1  16   3.00
Hough W(2-0)            3     3   1   1   1   0   0  14   3.63
Marshall SV(6)          3     4   2   1   1   6   0  15   3.18
Totals                  9    13   8   6   3   8   1  45

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson             4     8   4   4   1   2   0  21   4.62
Schueler                0.1   3   1   1   0   0   1   4   8.53
Reed L(2-1)             3     4   4   4   1   0   0  14   5.65
Garber                  0.2   3   1   1   0   1   0   6   4.41
Twitchell               1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.18
Totals                  9    18  10  10   2   5   1  48

Hit by Pitch: Garber (2)

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes was called out on strikes; Buckner flied out
to left; Baker singled to right; Garvey forced Baker (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash tripled to center; Bowa walked; Schmidt
popped to third in foul territory; Luzinski hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Cash scored]; Johnstone popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Phillies 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey flied out to center; Cruz flied out to right;
Yeager singled to left; Russell tripled to right [Yeager
scored]; Rhoden flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Maddox flied out to right; Tolan homered; Boone
grounded out (third to first); Christenson was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes flied out to center; Buckner flied out to
right; Baker walked; Garvey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash singled to right; Bowa singled to right [Cash
to third]; Bowa stole second; Schmidt hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Cash scored]; Luzinski flied out to right; Johnstone
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Phillies 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey singled to left; Cruz forced Cey (second to
shortstop); Yeager doubled to left [Cruz scored]; Russell
singled to center [Yeager to third]; Rhoden was called out on
strikes; Lopes popped to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Maddox tripled to right; Tolan doubled to first
[Maddox scored]; HOUGH REPLACED RHODEN (PITCHING); Boone walked;
Christenson reached on an error by Garvey [Tolan to third, Boone
to second]; Cash forced Christenson (second to shortstop) [Tolan
scored (unearned), Boone to third]; Bowa popped to first;
Schmidt popped to third; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Phillies 5.

DODGERS 5TH: Buckner singled to right; Baker singled to left
[Buckner to second]; SCHUELER REPLACED CHRISTENSON (PITCHING);
Garvey flied out to left [Buckner to third]; Cey homered
[Buckner scored, Baker scored]; Cruz singled to center; Yeager
singled to left [Cruz to second]; REED REPLACED SCHUELER
(PITCHING); Russell flied out to center [Cruz to third]; Hough
popped to second; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 5TH: Luzinski lined to third; Johnstone grounded out
(second to first); Maddox singled to third; Maddox stole second;
Tolan singled to center [Maddox scored]; Boone popped to catcher
in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Phillies 6.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes flied out to right; Buckner flied out to
right; Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 5, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 6TH: Reed flied out to left; Cash flied out to left;
Bowa singled to first; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Phillies 6.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey singled to right; Cey singled to shortstop
[Garvey to second]; Cruz flied out to center [Garvey to third];
Yeager popped to first; Russell doubled to left [Garvey scored,
Cey scored]; GOODSON BATTED FOR HOUGH; Goodson grounded out
(first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 7TH: MARSHALL REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Luzinski
struck out; Johnstone flied out to right; Maddox was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Phillies 6.

DODGERS 8TH: Lopes singled to left; Buckner out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Lopes to second]; Baker was walked
intentionally; GARBER REPLACED REED (PITCHING); Garvey was hit
by a pitch [Lopes to third, Baker to second]; HALE RAN FOR
GARVEY; Cey singled to left [Lopes scored, Baker scored, Hale to
second]; Cruz flied out to right; Yeager singled to third [Hale
to third, Cey to second]; Russell singled to third [Hale scored,
Cey to third, Yeager to second]; Marshall was called out on
strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 10, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 8TH: BUCKNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); HALE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); Tolan struck out; Boone singled to center; MCCARVER BATTED
FOR GARBER; McCarver flied out to right; Cash walked [Boone to
second]; BROWN BATTED FOR BOWA; Brown was called out on strikes;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 10, Phillies 6.

DODGERS 9TH: HARMON REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING SS); TWITCHELL
REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Lopes was called out on strikes;
Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); Baker struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 10, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 9TH: Schmidt was called out on strikes; Luzinski
doubled to left; Johnstone reached on an error by Cey [Luzinski
to third]; Maddox doubled to left [Luzinski scored, Johnstone to
third]; Tolan singled to left [Johnstone scored (unearned),
Maddox to third]; Boone popped to second; HUTTON BATTED FOR
TWITCHELL; Hutton was called out on strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 10, Phillies 8.