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Tommy John, last year's "medical miracle," threw his first shutout of the year yesterday for the Dodgers as the Philadelphia Phillies continued their "roll over and die" act, succumbing to the Los Angeles Dodgers again at home, 4-0.
Though not exciting, the Dodgers displayed some impressive offense, and, led by Steve Garvey's two homerun, four-RBI effort, got some strong long relief work by rookie Bob Welch to dispatch the Phils rather easily.
The Phillies got reasonably serious in their half of the fifth, knocking out L.A. starter Burt Hooton and stringing together five singles for three runs and a 7-4 ball game. Steve Yeager, the Dodger catcher, then answered back in the sixth when he took Philadelphia reliever Rawly Eastwick deep...
Meanwhile, Garvey gave the Dodgers their fourth homer, ninth run, and seventh extra-base hit with his final moonshot of the evening in the top of the ninth.
The need for four different Philadelphia pitchers and the power with which the Dodgers greeted each one seemed to keynote this contest, and unfortunately for the Phils, may keynote the entire series if they cannot come up with a mound humbler of some sort. Retread Dick Rutheven gets his chance...