Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
April 14, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1969 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 5, Houston Astros 11

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Crawford cf 4 2 2 2
Parker 1b 5 1 2 3
Gabrielson lf 5 0 0 0
Fairly rf 5 0 1 0
Lefebvre 2b 2 0 1 0
Haller c 3 0 0 0
Sudakis 3b 4 0 0 0
Sizemore ss 3 1 2 0
Sutton p 1 0 0 0
  Moeller p 1 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 0 0 0 0
  Popovich ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 4 1 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 2 1 0
Wynn cf 5 2 3 3
Rader 3b 5 1 2 3
Blefary 1b 3 1 2 1
Menke ss 4 1 2 2
Geiger lf 4 1 0 0
Edwards c 3 1 1 2
Dierker p 3 1 1 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 11 12 11
Los Angeles 000 000 023590
Houston 107 000 03x11121
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (0-2) 2.1 7 7 7 1 2
  Moeller   3.2 2 1 1 1 3
  Darwin   1.2 3 3 3 4 0
  Mikkelsen   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
11
11
6
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (1-1) 8.0 9 5 5 5 2
  Gladding  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
5
2

  E–Dierker (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Edwards (1,off Moeller).  3B–Los Angeles Crawford (1,off Dierker), Houston Blefary (1,off Sutton).  HR–Los Angeles Parker (1,8th inning off Dierker 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Dierker (1,off Darwin).  HBP–Blefary (1,by Darwin).  CS–Gabrielson (2,2nd base by Dierker/Edwards).  SB–Morgan (1,2nd base off Sutton/Haller); Wynn (2,2nd base off Sutton/Haller).  WP–Darwin (1), Dierker (1).  HBP–Darwin (1,Blefary).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:43.  A–6,434.
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