Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
October 2, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1969 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 5 0 1 1
Alou rf 5 0 2 0
Davis lf 4 0 1 0
Miller cf 4 1 1 0
Blefary 1b 4 0 2 1
Menke ss 4 2 2 0
Rader 3b 4 0 1 0
Edwards c 3 1 1 0
Ray p 2 0 1 1
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
  Bouton p 0 0 0 0
  Lampard ph 1 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 5 0 2 0
Sizemore 2b 4 2 2 1
Davis cf 3 0 1 0
Crawford rf 3 1 1 0
Lefebvre 3b 4 1 1 1
Parker 1b 4 0 2 1
Joshua lf 3 0 0 0
  Gabrielson ph 1 0 0 0
  Russell lf 0 0 0 0
Stinson c 4 1 2 1
Singer p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 4
Houston 020 000 0204120
Los Angeles 100 200 0115111
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ray   6.0 8 3 3 1 8
  Bouton   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Gladding  L (4-8) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Billingham   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
11
5
5
2
10
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Singer  W (20-12) 9.0 12 4 3 1 6
Totals
9.0
12
4
3
1
6

  E–Davis (6).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Houston Morgan (18,off Singer); Miller (21,off Singer), Los Angeles Parker (23,off Ray).  HR–Los Angeles Sizemore (4,1st inning off Ray 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Singer (8,off Gladding).  CS–Blefary (7,2nd base by Singer/Stinson); Davis (10,2nd base by Ray/Edwards); Wills (21,2nd base by Ray/Edwards).  WP–Bouton (4), Billingham (2), Singer (9).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:44.  A–9,966.
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