Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
September 16, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1972 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 10, Houston Astros 0

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Grabarkewitz 2b 4 2 1 1
Mota lf 3 1 1 0
  Wills 3b 3 0 2 2
Davis cf 6 1 4 3
Parker 1b 3 1 1 0
  McDermott ph,1b 1 1 1 0
Crawford rf 5 1 2 0
Valentine 3b,lf 4 1 3 2
Russell ss 5 1 2 1
Yeager c 5 0 2 0
Sutton p 3 1 0 0
Totals 42 10 19 9
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 0 2 0
Wynn rf 3 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Watson lf 4 0 2 0
Edwards c 1 0 0 0
  Stinson c 2 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 1 0
Forsch p 1 0 1 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
  Richard p 0 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 7 0
Los Angeles 004 010 41010190
Houston 000 000 000070
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (16-9) 9.0 7 0 0 3 6
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
3
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (5-6) 4.0 7 4 4 2 3
  Roberts   1.0 4 1 1 0 0
  Richard   1.2 3 4 4 3 3
  York   1.1 4 1 1 0 3
  Gladding   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
19
10
10
5
9

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 2, Houston 2.  2B–Los Angeles Parker (14,off Forsch); Russell (18,off Richard); Wills (3,off York), Houston Watson (23,off Sutton); Wynn (27,off Sutton).  3B–Los Angeles Valentine (2,off Forsch).  HR–Los Angeles Davis (16,3rd inning off Forsch 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Sutton (11,off Forsch).  SB–Davis (20,2nd base off Forsch/Edwards).  WP–Sutton (8), Richard (2).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:49.  A–14,245.
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