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Dodgers 3 @ Phillies 4
Veterans Stadium
April 23, 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 23, 1979 at Veterans Stadium. The home team Phillies beat the visiting Dodgers with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateApril 23, 1979 
Visiting Team
Los Angeles Dodgers
R: 3 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 3
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 4 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherTug McGraw  
Losing PitcherLance Rautzhan  
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Game Winning RBIMike Schmidt 

Game Info

DateApril 23, 1979 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamLos Angeles Dodgers 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Visiting Starting PitcherAndy Messersmith  
Home Starting PitcherRandy Lerch  
BallparkVeterans Stadium 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance32,826 
Time of Game2 hours 45 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Steve Fields
1B: Bob Nelson
2B: Joe Myers
3B: Tom Telford

Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Davey Lopes  Second Baseman 
Bill Russell  Shortstop 
Dusty Baker  Left Fielder 
Steve Garvey  First Baseman 
Ron Cey  Third Baseman 
Joe Ferguson  Right Fielder 
Derrel Thomas  Center Fielder 
Steve Yeager  Catcher 
Andy Messersmith  Pitcher 
Tom Lasorda  Manager 

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bake McBride  Right Fielder 
Larry Bowa  Shortstop 
Pete Rose  First Baseman 
Greg Luzinski  Left Fielder 
Mike Schmidt  Third Baseman 
Garry Maddox  Center Fielder 
Manny Trillo  Second Baseman 
Bob Boone  Catcher 
Randy Lerch  Pitcher 
Danny Ozark  Manager 

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Dodgers 3 @ Phillies 4
Veterans Stadium
April 23, 1979

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         Game of 4/23/1979 -- Los Angeles at Philadelphia (N)

  Los Angeles        AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Lopes D, 2b           4  2  2  1   McBride B, rf         3  0  0  0   
Russell B, ss         5  0  2  1   Cardenal J, ph-rf     1  0  0  0   
Baker D, lf           5  0  1  0   Bowa L, ss            2  2  0  0   
Garvey S, 1b          3  0  2  1   Rose P, 1b            2  1  0  0   
Cey R, 3b             4  0  1  0   Luzinski G, lf        3  1  1  2   
Ferguson J, rf-c      3  0  0  0   Schmidt M, 3b         5  0  2  2   
Thomas D, cf          4  0  1  0   Maddox G, cf          3  0  1  0   
Yeager S, c           3  1  1  0   Trillo M, 2b          4  0  0  0   
Thomasson G, ph-rf    1  0  0  0   Boone B, c            4  0  0  0   
Messersmith A, p      3  0  0  0   Lerch R, p            3  0  1  0   
Reuss J, p            0  0  0  0   Reed R, p             0  0  0  0   
Smith R, ph           1  0  0  0   Unser D, ph           1  0  1  0   
Sutcliffe R, p        0  0  0  0   Smith L, pr           0  0  0  0   
Rautzhan L, p         0  0  0  0   McGraw T, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  3 10  3                        31  4  6  4

Los Angeles      001 001 010 0 --  3
Philadelphia     000 002 010 1 --  4
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Los Angeles          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Messersmith A         7.2  3  3  3  7  5
Reuss J               0.1  1  0  0  1  0
Sutcliffe R           0.1  1  0  0  0  0
Rautzhan L (L)        1.0  1  1  1  2  0

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lerch R               7.1  9  3  3  0  2
Reed R                1.2  1  0  0  0  3
McGraw T (W)          1.0  0  0  0  0  1

DP -- Los Angeles 1, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Los Angeles 6, Philadelphia 9
2B -- Lopes D, Russell B, Cey R
3B -- Yeager S
HR -- Luzinski G
SB -- Smith L
CS -- Bowa L, Baker D
SF -- Lopes D, Garvey S
HBP -- by Reed R (Ferguson J)
WP -- Messersmith A, Rautzhan L
T -- 2:45
A -- 32826

    

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