Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
April 14, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1970 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 3, Houston Astros 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Buckner lf 4 0 0 0
Wills ss 4 0 1 0
Davis cf 4 1 1 0
Parker 1b 3 1 1 1
Crawford rf 4 1 1 1
Lefebvre 3b 3 0 0 0
Grabarkewitz 2b 3 0 2 1
Torborg c 3 0 0 0
Foster p 2 0 0 0
  Brewer p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Miller rf 4 0 2 0
Wynn cf 4 0 0 0
Pepitone 1b 4 0 0 0
Menke ss 3 2 1 0
Davis lf 3 0 1 0
Rader 3b 2 0 1 2
Edwards c 2 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
  DiLauro p 0 0 0 0
Ray p 2 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez c 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Los Angeles 100 100 100360
Houston 000 010 100250
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  W (1-1) 6.0 5 2 2 1 3
  Brewer  SV (1) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ray  L (0-1) 6.2 6 3 3 1 5
  Billingham   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  DiLauro   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1, Houston 1.  2B–Houston Menke (3,off Foster).  HR–Los Angeles Crawford (1,4th inning off Ray 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Rader (1,off Foster).  SB–Davis (2,2nd base off Ray/Edwards); Grabarkewitz (1,2nd base off Billingham/Edwards); Wynn (3,2nd base off Foster/Torborg).  CS–Wills (2,2nd base by Ray/Edwards).  WP–Ray (1).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:34.  A–8,897.
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