Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 29, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 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 11, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 6 0 1 1
Morgan 2b 5 2 3 1
Cedeno cf 4 1 2 1
Watson 1b 4 3 3 3
  Martinez 3b 1 0 0 0
Wynn rf 5 1 1 0
Alou lf 5 2 2 1
Menke 3b,1b 3 1 1 1
Howard c 5 0 2 3
Forsch p 5 1 2 0
Totals 43 11 17 11
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 5 0 2 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 2 0
  Strahler p 0 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 0 1 0
Allen 3b 4 0 0 0
Crawford rf 4 0 1 0
Mota lf 4 0 1 0
Sims c 4 0 2 0
Valentine 2b 4 0 0 0
Downing p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander p 1 0 0 0
  Sudakis ph 1 0 0 0
  Moeller p 0 0 0 0
  Haller ph 1 0 1 0
  Parker 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 0 10 0
Houston 400 222 10011170
Los Angeles 000 000 0000100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (8-8) 9.0 10 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
0
0
0
2
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Downing  L (20-9) 1.1 6 4 4 2 3
  Alexander   3.2 6 4 4 1 2
  Moeller   2.0 4 3 3 0 1
  Strahler   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
11
11
3
6

  E–None.  2B–Houston Alou (21,off Downing); Howard (3,off Moeller), Los Angeles Buckner (15,off Forsch).  3B–Houston Morgan (11,off Moeller).  HR–Houston Watson (9,4th inning off Alexander 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Cedeno (7,off Moeller).  SB–Morgan (38,2nd base off Downing/Sims).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:28.  A–34,802.
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