Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
May 24, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1968 at Astrodome. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Houston Astros 7

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 6 1 2 0
Versalles ss 5 0 3 1
Parker lf,1b 4 1 0 0
Boyer 1b 2 0 0 1
  Fairey lf 1 1 0 0
Bailey 3b 6 2 4 3
Fairly rf 4 1 1 0
Popovich 2b 6 1 4 1
Haller c 5 1 2 1
Sutton p 2 1 2 1
  Billingham p 1 0 0 0
  Brewer p 1 0 1 1
  Purdin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 19 9
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 5 1 1 0
Menke 2b,ss 5 0 1 0
Staub 1b 5 2 2 2
Thomas rf 4 1 1 0
Wynn lf 4 1 1 1
Aspromonte 3b 5 1 3 2
Adlesh c 3 0 0 0
  Murrell pr 0 0 0 0
  Buzhardt p 0 0 0 0
  Coombs p 0 0 0 0
  Rader ph 1 1 1 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Browne ph 1 0 0 0
Torres ss 3 0 0 0
  Gotay ph,2b 1 0 1 2
Lemaster p 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Watson ph 1 0 0 0
  Blasingame p 0 0 0 0
  Brand ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 11 7
Los Angeles 010 020 001 59191
Houston 000 002 002 37110
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   5.2 4 2 2 2 5
  Billingham   3.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Brewer  W (2-0) 1.0 4 3 3 0 1
  Purdin  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
11
7
7
2
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemaster   4.0 8 3 3 1 0
  Ray   2.0 2 0 0 2 1
  Blasingame   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Buzhardt   1.1 4 1 1 2 1
  Coombs   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Wilson  L (3-5) 1.0 4 5 5 3 2
Totals
10.0
19
9
9
9
4

  E–Versalles (8).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Los Angeles Haller (5,off Lemaster); Popovich (1,off Buzhardt), Houston Menke (2,off Sutton); Aspromonte (4,off Brewer).  HR–Los Angeles Bailey (3,10th inning off Wilson 2 on, 2 out), Houston Staub (3,6th inning off Sutton 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Billingham (2,off Buzhardt).  SF–Sutton (2,off Lemaster); Boyer (1,off Ray).  IBB–Parker (2,by Ray); Fairly (3,by Ray); Davis (1,by Buzhardt).  Team LOB–16.  Team–6.  SB–Davis (8,2nd base off Ray/Adlesh).  CS–Davis (3,2nd base by Ray/Adlesh); Torres (1,2nd base by Billingham/Haller).  WP–Billingham (1).  IBB–Ray 2 (3,Parker,Fairly); Buzhardt (2,Davis).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–3:39.  A–20,282.
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