Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
August 2, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1973 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 4, Houston Astros 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 1 0 0 0
  Lacy ph,2b 4 0 0 0
Mota lf 6 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
Davis cf 5 1 3 1
  Crawford pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Ferguson c 5 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 5 1 2 0
Cey 3b 3 0 2 0
  Joshua pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Paciorek rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Russell ss 4 1 2 1
Sutton p 3 0 0 0
  McMullen ph,3b 1 0 1 2
Totals 41 4 11 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Agee rf 4 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Wynn cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Watson lf 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 4 1 1 1
May 1b 5 1 2 1
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
  Busse ph 1 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 1 0
Reuss p 2 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 5 2
Los Angeles 010 000 010 024111
Houston 000 000 002 00250
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (13-7) 10.0 5 2 2 6 8
  Brewer  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
5
2
2
6
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   7.0 7 1 1 3 2
  Ray   3.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Pizarro  L (2-2) 0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Upshaw   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
11
4
4
5
2

  E–Russell (20).  DP–Los Angeles 2, Houston 1.  2B–Los Angeles Cey (13,off Reuss); McMullen (4,off Pizarro).  3B–Houston Helms (2,off Sutton).  HR–Los Angeles Davis (14,8th inning off Ray 0 on, 0 out), Houston Rader (18,9th inning off Sutton 0 on, 0 out); May (17,9th inning off Sutton 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Paciorek (2,off Pizarro).  IBB–Russell (12,by Pizarro).  WP–Reuss (9).  IBB–Pizarro (2,Russell).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:51.  A–19,770.
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