Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
June 20, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1971 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 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn cf 6 0 2 2
Morgan 2b 6 1 3 0
Cedeno rf 5 0 2 0
Watson lf 4 1 2 1
  Geronimo lf 0 0 0 0
Menke 1b 3 2 1 0
Hiatt c 4 1 1 0
Rader 3b 5 2 4 3
Metzger ss 5 1 1 1
Dierker p 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 4 1 1 1
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 17 8
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 1 2 1
Buckner rf 5 1 3 1
Davis cf 4 1 1 1
Allen lf 5 1 1 2
Parker 1b 4 1 2 0
Lefebvre 2b 4 0 1 0
Haller c 3 0 0 1
Valentine 3b 4 1 2 0
Downing p 1 0 1 0
  Moeller p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford ph 1 0 0 0
  Vance p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin ph 1 0 1 0
  Mikkelsen p 0 0 0 0
  Sims ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 37 7 15 6
Houston 115 101 0009170
Los Angeles 411 000 0017152
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker   1.1 8 5 5 0 0
  Ray  W (2-1) 6.2 5 2 2 1 0
  Gladding  SV (6) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
1
0
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Downing  L (7-4) 2.2 8 7 2 1 1
  Moeller   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Vance   3.0 7 2 2 1 0
  Mikkelsen   3.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
17
9
4
3
1

  E–Buckner (1), Valentine (8).  DP–Houston 3, Los Angeles 1.  PB–Hiatt (2).  2B–Houston Rader (12,off Downing); Cedeno (14,off Vance), Los Angeles Valentine (6,off Dierker); Buckner (2,off Dierker); Parker (11,off Ray).  SH–Hiatt (1,off Vance).  SF–Wills (6,off Dierker); Haller (2,off Ray).  IBB–Davis (2,by Ray).  SB–Morgan 2 (13,2nd base off Downing/Haller,2nd base off Mikkelsen/Haller).  WP–Gladding (1), Downing (5), Vance (3), Mikkelsen (2).  IBB–Ray (2,Davis).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:48.  A–24,277.
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