Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 16, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1973 at Dodger Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 6 1 1 0
Helms 2b 6 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 5 0 2 0
Watson lf,1b 4 0 1 0
May 1b 4 0 1 0
  Agee pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Rader 3b 2 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Howard c 0 0 0 0
Metzger ss 5 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  York p 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 1 6 0
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lacy 2b 6 0 1 1
Buckner 1b 6 0 2 0
Davis cf 5 1 2 0
Crawford rf 4 0 3 0
  Mota ph 0 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  Cannizzaro ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
Ferguson c 5 0 1 0
Joshua lf 1 0 0 0
  Garvey pr,lf 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 6 0 2 1
Russell ss 6 1 1 0
Sutton p 4 0 2 0
  Paciorek rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 2 14 2
Houston 000 000 010 000 0160
Los Angeles 000 100 000 000 12141
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   7.0 8 1 1 1 8
  Roberts   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Griffin   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Cosgrove   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  York  L (1-1) 3.2 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
12.2
14
2
2
4
11
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   10.0 3 1 0 3 8
  Brewer   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Culver  W (1-1) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
6
1
0
5
8

  E–Russell (4).  DP–Houston 1, Los Angeles 2.  2B–Houston Wynn (2,off Sutton); May (2,off Sutton).  SH–Watson (1,off Brewer); Mota (2,off York); Paciorek (1,off York).  HBP–Cedeno (1,by Sutton); Joshua (1,by Forsch).  IBB–Agee (1,by Brewer); Rader (1,by Brewer); Ferguson (1,by York); Paciorek (1,by York).  SB–Cedeno (4,2nd base off Sutton/Ferguson); Buckner (2,2nd base off Forsch/Edwards); Russell (1,2nd base off York/Howard).  WP–Sutton (2), Brewer (1).  HBP–Forsch (1,Joshua); Sutton (1,Cedeno).  IBB–York 2 (2,Ferguson,Paciorek); Brewer 2 (2,Agee,Rader).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–3:38.  A–13,344.
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