Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
June 29, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 1972 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 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 1 2 0
Cedeno cf 5 2 1 2
Wynn rf 3 1 1 0
May 1b 3 0 0 0
Watson lf 5 0 2 2
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Helms 2b 5 2 2 1
Howard c 3 0 1 1
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
  Edwards c 0 0 0 0
Dierker p 3 1 1 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 1 1 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 11 6
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Valentine 2b 5 0 0 0
Davis cf 5 0 2 0
Mota lf 5 0 3 0
Buckner rf 4 1 0 0
Parker 1b 3 0 0 0
Garvey 3b 4 2 2 2
Cannizzaro c 3 1 2 0
Russell ss 2 1 0 0
  Lefebvre ph 1 1 1 3
  Wills ss 1 0 0 0
John p 0 0 0 0
  Strahler p 1 0 0 0
  Crawford ph 1 0 1 0
  Mikkelsen p 1 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  Sims ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 5
Houston 220 001 0038110
Los Angeles 000 014 0106113
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker   5.2 7 3 3 1 1
  Ray   1.2 3 3 3 1 1
  Gladding  W (2-3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Griffin  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
2
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
John   1.1 5 4 3 2 0
  Strahler   3.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Mikkelsen   3.0 5 2 1 0 2
  Brewer  L (5-3) 1.0 1 2 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
4
4
4

  E–Valentine (6), Garvey 2 (17).  DP–Houston 1, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Houston Metzger (7,off John), Los Angeles Mota (11,off Ray).  3B–Houston Helms (2,off Mikkelsen).  HR–Houston Cedeno (10,1st inning off John 1 on, 0 out); Helms (4,2nd inning off John 0 on, 0 out), Los Angeles Lefebvre (4,6th inning off Ray 2 on, 2 out); Garvey (6,8th inning off Ray 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Rader (1,off Mikkelsen).  IBB–May (6,by Brewer).  SB–Cedeno (20,2nd base off Strahler/Cannizzaro).  CS–Wynn (4,2nd base by Mikkelsen/Cannizzaro).  BK–Dierker (1).  IBB–Brewer (6,May).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:48.  A–21,382.
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