Valenzuela 2-Hitter Cools Off Phils, 6-0

The Philadelphia Phillies have been making themselves at home at Dodger Stadium. They have been treating the Dodgers rather shabbily in their own park.

Fernando Valenzuela, who figures Dodger Stadium belongs to him, pitched his second consecutive two-hitter Saturday night, putting an end to the Phillies’ six-game winning streak here. With Franklin Stubbs hitting a two-out, two-run triple to break a scoreless tie in the seventh, the Dodgers beat the Phillies, 6-0.

In addition to Stubbs’ clutch hit, Mike Scioscia had four hits and Cesar Cedeno drove in two runs with a pinch single, but this game, as have most this season when he pitches, belonged to Valenzuela.

The brilliant left-hander, pitching with only three days rest, was as dominating as he was Tuesday night when he had a perfect game through six innings and settled for a two-hitter against the Montreal Expos.

Von Hayes had both hits off Valenzuela. The first was a slow roller to first that he beat out when first baseman Greg Brock fell down while fielding the ball. His second was a booming double to left-center in the sixth, one of the only two balls the Phillies hit hard all night.

Valenzuela struck out 11, six of them looking. He walked three, one intentionally. His third win in a row improved his record to 7-2, and he is 5-0 at Dodger Stadium. This was his 10th start and seventh complete game.

To the delight of a sellout crowd of 47,725 that cheered his every move and was on its feet roaring when he struck out Mike Schmidt and Glenn Wilson to end the game, Valenzuela was in almost complete control.

The anxious moment came in the sixth when Hayes doubled with two out. Valenzuela pitched carefully to Schmidt, and when the count went to 3-and-1, he put him on. With the count 2-and-2, Wilson, who broke up Friday’s scoreless game with a run-scoring single, hit one on the nose. But shortstop Mariano Duncan was in the right spot and flagged down the line drive.

The Phillies didn’t come close to a hit the rest of the night as Valenzuela retired the last nine, five of them on strikes.

Until the seventh, Fred Toliver, a 25-year-old right-hander who grew up in San Bernardino, was almost as sharp as Valenzuela. He had a four-hitter through six innings, and three of the hits did not get out of the infield.

With one out in the seventh, Mike Marshall legged out a hit that third baseman Rick Schu flagged down, but he couldn’t get Marshall at first. On the hit and run, Scioscia singled to right, and the Dodgers had a threat. Brock struck out, but Stubbs hit one over Hayes’ head in left-center, and Valenzuela had all the runs he needed. And Toliver (0-6) was still winless in the majors.

There was some concern about whether Valenzuela would be as sharp as he was Tuesday with only three days’ rest. But Dodger Manager Tom Lasorda and Valenzuela weren’t concerned.

“We’re not using a five-man rotation because of Fernando,” Lasorda said. “He is something else. I never had any doubt.”

Neither did the pitcher. “I was almost the same tonight as I was Tuesday night, except my fastball didn’t spin as much. Otherwise there wasn’t much difference” he said. “I had good location and good speed.”

Valenzuela, who won 10 of his last 12 decisions in 1985, is 17-4 since last July. In 1984, when everything went wrong, Valenzuela was 12-17.

“The only problem Fernando really had,” pitching coach Ron Perranoski said, “was that he was trying to be too fine. Now, he is making use of his ability.

“I won’t say he’s reached his peak until he pitches back-to-back no-hitters. After all, he’s given up two hits in each of the last two games.”

The Dodgers have the same record (21-22) they had a year ago when they went on to win the West. But at this time last season, they were six games behind the San Diego Padres. This season, the Dodgers are 2 1/2 games behind the division-leading Houston Astros.

The Dodger bright spots are the hitting of Marshall and Sax (.327) and now Scioscia (.287) and, of course, Valenzuela’s pitching. In 84 innings, Valenzuela has given up only 64 hits and has 72 strikeouts. Two consecutive shutouts have lowered his earned-run average to 2.36.

Dodger Notes Traditionally, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Labor Day are the three biggest days in baseball. It was not so long ago that most teams played doubleheaders on the holidays. However, four teams in the National League, including the Dodgers, are not scheduled Monday, Memorial Day. The Dodgers will be traveling to New York to open a series Tuesday against the Mets and Dwight Gooden. . . . The major league schedules are done by computer, but somebody goofed. The computer apparently wasn’t informed that May 26 was Memorial Day. Besides the Dodgers, the Mets, Phillies and Giants have the day off. None of the old-timers could remember the Dodgers not playing on Memorial Day. . . .Though Mike Schmidt is playing with a cracked rib, he has been hammering the ball when he has batted in the first inning. Before Fernando Valenzuela got him on a fly to center with one on, Schmidt had gone 10 for 15 in the last 19 games in which he came up in the first inning. Included were three home runs, and he had driven in 13 runs. . . . In the final game of the home stand today, Kevin Gross (3-4) will pitch for the Phillies against Orel Hershiser (4-3).