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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1972 at Astrodome. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Houston Astros 7

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lacy 2b 3 0 1 0
Davis cf 4 1 0 0
Mota lf 4 1 2 0
Robinson rf 3 0 1 1
Parker 1b 3 0 1 1
Valentine 3b 4 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 3 0 1 0
  Grabarkewitz pr 0 0 0 0
  Sims c 1 0 0 0
Russell ss 3 0 0 0
Sutton p 2 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 1 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 2 1 0
Wynn rf 4 1 1 0
May 1b 4 2 2 4
Watson lf 3 0 2 2
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 2 0
Reuss p 2 0 0 0
  Griffin p 2 1 1 0
Totals 35 7 10 6
Los Angeles 000 002 000263
Houston 201 000 40x7101
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (12-6) 6.0 7 3 1 0 9
  Mikkelsen   2.0 3 4 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
1
2
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  W (7-8) 5.2 5 2 2 2 5
  Griffin  SV (3) 3.1 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
9

  E–Valentine (10), Cannizzaro (4), Mikkelsen (1), Rader (8).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Robinson (6,off Reuss), Houston Griffin (3,off Mikkelsen).  3B–Houston Watson (4,off Sutton); Helms (4,off Sutton).  HR–Houston May (21,7th inning off Mikkelsen 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Russell (3,off Griffin).  HBP–Watson (6,by Mikkelsen); Cedeno (4,by Mikkelsen).  SB–Cedeno 3 (29,2nd base off Sutton/Cannizzaro,3rd base off Sutton/Cannizzaro,2nd base off Mikkelsen/Sims); Metzger (14,2nd base off Mikkelsen/Sims).  CS–Helms (3,Home by Sutton/Cannizzaro).  WP–Sutton (4), Reuss (2).  HBP–Mikkelsen 2 (4,Watson,Cedeno).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:34.  A–27,082.
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