Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 20, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1970 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 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno cf 5 0 1 0
  Torres ss 1 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 7 0 0 1
Wynn lf,cf 7 1 2 0
Watson 1b,lf 5 1 2 0
Menke ss,rf 4 2 1 0
Rader 3b 5 1 2 4
Edwards c 6 0 1 1
Geronimo rf,cf 4 0 0 0
  Howard ph,1b 2 1 1 0
Dierker p 2 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
  Gladding p 1 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 6 11 6
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 6 1 2 0
Joshua rf,lf 4 0 0 0
  Kosco ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Davis cf 6 1 1 1
Parker 1b 6 0 0 0
Sudakis c 3 0 0 0
  Torborg c 0 0 0 0
  Haller ph 1 0 1 0
  Crawford pr 0 1 0 0
  Stinson c 2 0 0 0
Buckner lf 3 1 1 0
  Russell rf 2 0 1 0
Lefebvre 2b 4 2 1 2
Grabarkewitz 3b 6 1 2 2
Sutton p 1 0 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 0 0 0 0
  Gabrielson ph 1 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0
  Lamb p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 49 7 10 6
Houston 000 000 203 000 016114
Los Angeles 000 012 101 000 027100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker   7.0 5 4 4 2 4
  Gladding   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Cook   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Culver  L (6-6) 2.2 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
13.2
10
7
7
3
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   8.1 6 3 3 0 5
  Mikkelsen   0.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Brewer   3.0 1 0 0 3 2
  Lamb  W (6-0) 2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
14.0
11
6
6
4
8

  E–Cedeno (7), Watson (5), Geronimo (2), Dierker (2).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Houston Menke (26,off Sutton); Rader (22,off Sutton); Edwards (16,off Mikkelsen), Los Angeles Buckner (2,off Dierker); Grabarkewitz (18,off Dierker); Haller (15,off Gladding).  3B–Los Angeles Grabarkewitz (8,off Culver).  HR–Los Angeles Davis (8,6th inning off Dierker 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Menke (7,off Brewer); Culver (2,off Lamb).  IBB–Rader (7,by Brewer).  SF–Lefebvre (3,off Gladding).  HBP–Sutton (1,by Dierker).  SB–Cedeno (15,2nd base off Sutton/Sudakis); Wynn (24,3rd base off Mikkelsen/Torborg); Menke (6,2nd base off Mikkelsen/Torborg).  CS–Joshua (2,2nd base by Dierker/Edwards); Wills (13,2nd base by Culver/Edwards).  HBP–Dierker (6,Sutton).  IBB–Brewer (9,Rader).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–4:13.  A–21,048.
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