Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
September 17, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Los Angeles Dodgers 11, Houston Astros 15

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Grabarkewitz 2b 4 1 1 1
Parker 1b 5 2 2 0
Davis cf 6 2 3 3
Robinson lf 4 0 0 0
Crawford rf 4 3 2 0
Valentine 3b 5 1 4 2
Russell ss 5 1 2 2
Yeager c 5 1 3 1
Downing p 1 0 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 1 0 0 0
  Garvey ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  Rau p 0 0 0 0
  McDermott ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 11 17 9
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 3 2 1
Wynn rf 5 4 4 3
Cedeno cf 5 2 2 5
May 1b 6 1 4 5
Watson lf 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Helms 2b 5 1 0 0
Howard c 4 3 2 0
Dierker p 1 0 0 0
  Reuss p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 1 1 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 1
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Sutherland ph 1 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Gladding p 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 15 17 15
Los Angeles 003 412 01011173
Houston 003 320 43x15170
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Downing   2.2 5 3 3 2 1
  Mikkelsen   1.1 4 3 3 0 2
  Perranoski   0.2 2 2 0 1 0
  Richert  L (2-3) 1.2 2 3 3 3 0
  Brewer   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Rau   1.0 2 3 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
17
15
12
9
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker   3.0 5 6 6 2 2
  Reuss   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Griffin   0.1 3 1 1 1 0
  Ray   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Cosgrove   0.2 3 2 1 0 1
  Culver  W (6-2) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Roberts   0.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Gladding  SV (14) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
11
10
5
9

  E–Grabarkewitz (11), Valentine (23), Russell (28).  DP–Los Angeles 1, Houston 1.  PB–Howard (7).  2B–Los Angeles Grabarkewitz (4,off Reuss), Houston Cedeno (36,off Brewer); Wynn (28,off Rau); May (26,off Rau).  3B–Houston Wynn (3,off Downing); Cedeno (8,off Mikkelsen).  HR–Los Angeles Davis (17,3rd inning off Dierker 2 on, 2 out), Houston May (29,3rd inning off Downing 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Richert (1,off Culver).  IBB–Cedeno (5,by Rau).  SB–Valentine (5,2nd base off Dierker/Howard); Grabarkewitz (3,2nd base off Dierker/Howard).  WP–Reuss (7).  IBB–Rau (1,Cedeno).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–John McSherry.  T–3:29.  A–9,213.
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