Padres @ Dodgers
October 3, 1976

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Bottom 9 R H E
Padres 3 9 0
Dodgers 2 6 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Padres 3 9 0
Dodgers 2 6 0

Joe Simpson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .138
OBP .750 .167
At Bats 3 29
Hits 2 4
• Singles 1 3
• Doubles 1 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 1
RBI’s 0 0

Rick Sawyer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 3 0
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Dodger Stadium - October 3, 1976
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Out
Rick Sawyer
Fred Kendall
Mike Ivie
Mike Champion
Tucker Ashford
Hector Torres
Johnny Grubb
Luis Melendez
Merv Rettenmund
Joe Simpson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simpson for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Luis Melendez now playing center field. Johnny Grubb now playing left field. Jim Lyttle pinch hits for Glenn Burke. Lyttle hits a popup towards short. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kendall for the out.
Top 9 Champion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Kevin Pasley now catching. Bill Russell now playing shortstop. Rick Auerbach now playing third base. Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops it up and throws to first, with Hough covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Ed Goodson pinch hits for Ivan De Jesus. Bill Russell pinch runs for Leron Lee. Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Champion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Leron Lee pinch hits for Ellie Rodriguez. Lee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Merv Rettenmund now playing right field. Fred Kendall now catching. Bobby Valentine now playing left field. Auerbach hits a fly ball into left field. Valentine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Charlie Hough now pitching. Sawyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lacy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Merv Rettenmund pinch hits for Bob Davis. Rettenmund takes first base on ball four. Ivie scores. Ashford moves to third. Torres moves to second.
Top 8 Torres takes first base on ball four. Ivie moves to third. Ashford moves to second.
Top 8 Ashford takes first base on ball four. Ivie moves to second.
Top 8 There goes Turner. The slide. Rodriguez applies the tag. Turner is out.
Top 8 Ivie is walked intentionally.
Top 8 There goes Turner. The throw from Rodriguez and he is safe. Turner steals third.
Top 8 Valentine bunts in front of the plate. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. Turner moves to second.
Top 8 Doug Rau now pitching. Ivan De Jesus now playing third base. Turner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Torres fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 7 Garvey is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Cey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ivie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hale strikes out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Simpson moves to third.
Bottom 7 Simpson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Champion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Grubb strikes out.
Top 7 Stan Wall now pitching. Sawyer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lacy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Burke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Reggie Smith pinch hits for Burt Hooton. Smith takes first base on ball four. Lacy moves to third. Rodriguez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Rodriguez is hit by the pitch. Lacy moves to second.
Bottom 6 Auerbach hits a fly ball into left field. Turner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lacy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Garvey strikes out.
Top 6 Davis hits a line drive into right field. Hale settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Torres hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lacy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ashford hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cey hits a fly ball into right field. Valentine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hale hits a fly ball into right field. Valentine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sawyer fires to first and picks off Simpson.
Bottom 5 Simpson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Ivie hits a fly ball into center field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Valentine hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Turner moves to third.
Top 5 Turner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lacy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Champion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Auerbach scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Grubb hits a popup towards third. Cey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hooton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ashford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ashford fields it and throws to first for the out. Auerbach moves to second.
Bottom 4 Auerbach takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Sawyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ivie scores. There goes Ashford trying to get to home. Hale throws the ball in to Rodriguez who tags Ashford who's trying to score from second, for the out. Davis moves to second.
Top 4 Davis is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Torres is called out on strikes.
Top 4 There goes Ashford. The throw from Rodriguez and he is safe. Ashford steals second.
Top 4 Ashford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ivie moves to third.
Top 4 Ivie hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Burke. Ivie reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Valentine hits a fly ball into right field. Hale settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lacy hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ashford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Garvey strikes out.
Bottom 3 Cey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sawyer fires to first and picks off Hale.
Bottom 3 Hale takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Turner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lacy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Champion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Grubb strikes out.
Bottom 2 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Champion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Rodriguez scores.
Bottom 2 Burke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Champion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rodriguez moves to third.
Bottom 2 Hooton bunts towards the mound. Sawyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Rodriguez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Sawyer hits a fly ball into center field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Davis strikes out.
Top 2 Torres strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Ashford. The throw from Rodriguez and he is safe. Ashford steals second.
Top 2 Ashford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Auerbach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ashford fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 1 Lacy is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie scoops it up and throws to first, with Sawyer covering, for the out. Hale moves to third. Cey moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hale hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Grubb. Hale reaches second base with a double. Simpson scores.
Bottom 1 Simpson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Turner. Simpson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Burke hits a fly ball into left field. Turner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ivie hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lacy reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Valentine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Turner scores.
Top 1 There goes Turner. The throw from Rodriguez and he is safe. Turner steals second.
Top 1 Turner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Champion hits a fly ball into right field. Hale settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Grubb hits a fly ball into center field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.