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Dodgers
@ Phillies
Veterans Stadium
April 25, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers, played on April 25, 1979 at Veterans Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 25, 1979 |
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Visiting Team |
Los Angeles Dodgers
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Home Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 25, 1979 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Los Angeles Dodgers |
Home Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Welch |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dick Ruthven |
Ballpark | Veterans Stadium |
City | Philadelphia |
State | PA |
Attendance | 34,303 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 28 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Steve Fields 1B: Bob Nelson 2B: Joe Myers 3B: Tom Telford |
Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Davey Lopes | Second Baseman |
Bill Russell | Shortstop |
Gary Thomasson | Right Fielder |
Steve Garvey | First Baseman |
Ron Cey | Third Baseman |
Dusty Baker | Left Fielder |
Derrel Thomas | Center Fielder |
Steve Yeager | Catcher |
Bob Welch | Pitcher |
Tom Lasorda | Manager |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bake McBride | Right Fielder |
Larry Bowa | Shortstop |
Pete Rose | First Baseman |
Greg Luzinski | Left Fielder |
Mike Schmidt | Third Baseman |
Del Unser | Center Fielder |
Manny Trillo | Second Baseman |
Bob Boone | Catcher |
Dick Ruthven | Pitcher |
Danny Ozark | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Dodgers
@ Phillies
Veterans Stadium
April 25, 1979
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopes vs. Ruthven
Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Russell vs. Ruthven
There goes Lopes. The throw from Boone and he is safe. Lopes steals second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Russell vs. Ruthven
Russell strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomasson vs. Ruthven
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lopes moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Garvey vs. Ruthven
Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Welch
McBride hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lopes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowa vs. Welch
Bowa hits a popup towards third. Cey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Welch
Rose hits a line drive into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. Ruthven
Cey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Ruthven
Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cey moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Ruthven
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to second for the out. Cey moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Yeager vs. Ruthven
Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to home to get Cey. Thomas moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Welch vs. Ruthven
Welch strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Welch
Luzinski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Welch
Schmidt hits a popup towards first. Garvey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Unser vs. Welch
Unser strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Welch
Trillo is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopes vs. Ruthven
Lopes hits a popup towards third. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Ruthven
Russell hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Ruthven
Thomasson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Welch
Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruthven vs. Welch
Ruthven hits a fly ball into right field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Welch
McBride strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garvey vs. Ruthven
Garvey hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. Ruthven
Cey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Ruthven
Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cey moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Ruthven
Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cey scores. Baker moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Yeager vs. Ruthven
Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Baker moves to third. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Welch vs. Ruthven
Welch strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowa vs. Welch
Bowa hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Baker. Bowa reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rose vs. Welch
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bowa moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Luzinski vs. Welch
Luzinski hits a fly ball towards left. Baker catches it and throws to home to double up Bowa. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopes vs. Ruthven
Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Ruthven
Russell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Ruthven
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Welch
Schmidt hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Welch
Unser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Welch
Trillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Unser moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boone vs. Welch
Boone hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thomasson. Boone reaches second base with a double. Unser scores. Trillo goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ruthven vs. Welch
Ruthven hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McBride vs. Welch
McBride hits a popup towards first. Garvey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garvey vs. Ruthven
Garvey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cey vs. Ruthven
Cey hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Ruthven
There's a wild pitch. Garvey moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baker vs. Ruthven
Baker hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Ruthven
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Yeager vs. Ruthven
Yeager strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowa vs. Welch
Bowa takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Welch
Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bowa moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Luzinski vs. Welch
Luzinski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Bowa moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schmidt vs. Welch
Schmidt hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davalillo vs. Ruthven
Vic Davalillo pinch hits for Bob Welch.
Davalillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopes vs. Ruthven
Lopes hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Ruthven
Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Sutcliffe
Rick Sutcliffe now pitching.
Unser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Sutcliffe
Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Unser moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boone vs. Sutcliffe
There's a wild pitch. Unser moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boone vs. Sutcliffe
Boone is walked intentionally. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ruthven vs. Sutcliffe
Ruthven strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McBride vs. Sutcliffe
McBride hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Unser scores. Boone moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bowa vs. Sutcliffe
Bowa hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Ruthven
Thomasson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garvey vs. Ruthven
Garvey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McBride. Garvey reaches second base with a double. Thomasson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cey vs. Ruthven
Cey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Luzinski. Cey reaches second base with a double. Garvey scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baker vs. Reed
Ron Reed now pitching.
Baker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cey scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Reed
Thomas bunts towards first. Rose scoops it up and throws to first, with Trillo covering, for the out. Baker moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yeager vs. Reed
Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sutcliffe vs. Reed
Sutcliffe hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Sutcliffe
Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Sutcliffe
Luzinski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lopes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Sutcliffe
Schmidt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Unser vs. Sutcliffe
Unser hits a fly ball into right field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopes vs. Reed
Lopes strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Reed
Russell hits a fly ball into center field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomasson vs. Reed
Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Sutcliffe
Trillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Sutcliffe
Boone bunts for an out. Trillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Sutcliffe
Greg Gross pinch hits for Ron Reed.
Gross hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Trillo moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cardenal vs. Rautzhan
Lonnie Smith pinch runs for Greg Gross. Lance Rautzhan now pitching. Jose Cardenal pinch hits for Bake McBride.
Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Trillo scores. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bowa vs. Rautzhan
Bowa takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rose vs. Rautzhan
Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith scores. Bowa moves to second. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/25/1979 -- Los Angeles at Philadelphia (N) Los Angeles AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI Lopes D, 2b 5 0 1 0 McBride B, rf 4 0 1 1 Russell B, ss 5 0 0 0 Cardenal J, ph 1 0 0 1 Thomasson G, rf 5 1 1 0 Bowa L, ss 3 0 1 0 Garvey S, 1b 4 1 2 1 Rose P, 1b 5 0 2 1 Cey R, 3b 3 2 2 1 Luzinski G, lf 3 0 0 0 Baker D, lf 4 0 3 1 Schmidt M, 3b 3 0 0 0 Thomas D, cf 2 0 1 1 Unser D, cf 4 2 2 0 Yeager S, c 4 0 0 0 Trillo M, 2b 4 2 2 0 Welch B, p 2 0 0 0 Boone B, c 2 0 1 2 Davalillo V, ph 1 0 0 0 Ruthven D, p 3 0 0 0 Sutcliffe R, p 1 0 0 0 Reed R, p 0 0 0 0 Rautzhan L, p 0 0 0 0 Gross G, ph 1 0 1 0 Smith L, pr 0 1 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 4 10 4 33 5 10 5 Los Angeles 000 100 030 -- 4 Philadelphia 000 020 102 -- 5 2 outs when winning run was scored. Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO Welch B 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 Sutcliffe R (L) 2.1 4 3 3 2 1 Rautzhan L 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Ruthven D* 7.0 9 4 4 2 5 Reed R (W) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 3 batters in 8th DP -- Los Angeles 2 LOB -- Los Angeles 8, Philadelphia 8 2B -- Bowa L, Boone B, Garvey S, Cey R SB -- Lopes D SH -- Thomas D, Boone B WP -- Ruthven D, Sutcliffe R T -- 2:28 A -- 34303
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