Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
August 5, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1971 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 0

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 2 0
Buckner rf 4 1 0 0
Davis cf 4 0 1 0
Allen 1b 3 1 0 0
  Sims c 0 0 0 0
Crawford lf 3 1 1 0
  Parker ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Lefebvre 2b 4 0 1 1
Haller c 1 0 0 0
  Mota ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Garvey 3b 4 0 0 1
Singer p 4 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Wynn rf 2 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Menke 1b 3 0 1 0
Alou lf 4 0 2 0
Hiatt c 3 0 1 0
  Geronimo pr 0 0 0 0
  Howard c 1 0 0 0
Billingham p 1 0 0 0
  Chiles ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Lemaster p 0 0 0 0
  Watson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Los Angeles 000 200 001370
Houston 000 000 000062
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Singer  W (6-13) 9.0 6 0 0 4 10
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
4
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (5-10) 6.0 5 2 2 5 4
  Culver   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Gladding   1.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Lemaster   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
6
5

  E–Wynn (3), Gladding (2).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Houston Cedeno (28,off Singer).  SH–Davis (3,off Gladding).  SF–Garvey (2,off Billingham).  HBP–Crawford (1,by Billingham); Haller (2,by Gladding); Buckner (4,by Gladding).  IBB–Haller (3,by Billingham); Allen (7,by Lemaster).  SB–Wills (11,2nd base off Billingham/Hiatt).  HBP–Billingham (13,Crawford); Gladding 2 (6,Haller,Buckner).  IBB–Billingham (5,Haller); Lemaster (4,Allen).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:21.  A–17,893.
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