Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
May 18, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1965 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Houston Astros 4

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 0 0
Parker 1b 4 0 0 0
Davis cf 3 0 0 0
Fairly rf 3 1 1 0
Roseboro c 3 0 0 0
Lefebvre 2b 4 0 1 1
Johnson lf 3 0 1 0
Tracewski 3b 2 0 0 0
  Moon ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy 3b 0 0 0 0
Brewer p 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford ph 1 0 0 0
  Purdin p 0 0 0 0
  Griffith ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lillis 3b 4 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 2 1 1 0
Wynn cf 1 0 0 0
Aspromonte 1b 3 0 1 2
Gaines lf 1 0 0 0
  Spangler ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Kasko ss 4 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 0 1 1
Bateman c 3 1 1 1
Johnson p 3 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 6 4
Los Angeles 000 000 100131
Houston 002 001 01x461
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer  L (1-1) 4.2 3 2 1 6 1
  Reed   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Purdin   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Perranoski   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
7
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (3-1) 8.1 3 1 1 2 0
  Woodeshick  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
0

  E–Wills (4), Aspromonte (4).  DP–Los Angeles 2, Houston 1.  PB–Bateman (4).  2B–Los Angeles Fairly (5,off Johnson).  HR–Houston Bateman (6,6th inning off Purdin 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–W Davis (2,by Johnson).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Wynn (3,off Brewer).  IBB–Bateman (3,by Brewer); Aspromonte (1,by Brewer).  Team–7.  SB–Gaines (1,2nd base off Brewer/Roseboro); Wynn (6,2nd base off Brewer/Roseboro).  HBP–Johnson (4,W Davis).  IBB–Brewer 2 (2,Bateman,Aspromonte).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:07.  A–22,220.
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