Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 17, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1970 at Dodger Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 10, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno cf 4 2 2 2
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 1
Wynn lf 3 2 1 1
  Lemaster p 1 0 0 0
Watson 1b 5 1 1 4
Menke ss 2 1 2 2
Rader 3b 5 0 0 0
Miller rf 3 1 0 0
Edwards c 4 2 3 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph,lf 1 1 0 0
Totals 33 10 9 10
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 5 1 1 0
Joshua rf 3 2 2 0
  Russell ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 1 2 0
Parker 1b 4 1 2 3
Haller c 2 0 0 0
  Sudakis ph 1 0 1 2
  Sizemore pr 0 0 0 0
  Torborg c 1 0 0 0
Lefebvre 2b 4 0 0 0
Buckner lf 3 0 1 0
  Paciorek ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Grabarkewitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Foster p 2 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson p 0 0 0 0
  Garvey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Houston 300 000 6101091
Los Angeles 100 004 000590
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   5.0 7 5 5 1 4
  Cook  W (4-4) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Lemaster  SV (2) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  L (9-13) 6.0 4 6 6 6 2
  Brewer   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Stephenson   2.0 2 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
10
10
9
5

  E–Geronimo (1).  DP–Houston 1, Los Angeles 2.  2B–Houston Wynn (32,off Foster); Edwards (15,off Stephenson); Cedeno (18,off Stephenson), Los Angeles Buckner (1,off Forsch); Sudakis (8,off Cook).  HR–Houston Menke (12,1st inning off Foster 1 on, 2 out); Watson (8,7th inning off Brewer 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Forsch (3,off Foster).  IBB–Wynn (12,by Brewer); Grabarkewitz (8,by Cook).  SB–Cedeno (13,2nd base off Foster/Haller).  IBB–Cook (4,Grabarkewitz); Brewer (8,Wynn).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:52.  A–9,033.
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