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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1973 at Dodger Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 4 1 1 0
Metzger ss 4 1 1 0
  Torres pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 2 2 0
  Gallagher cf 1 0 1 1
Watson lf 4 2 2 1
  Stewart ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 1 1 2
May 1b 4 2 2 4
Helms 2b 5 0 2 1
Jutze c 3 0 0 0
Roberts p 5 0 1 0
Totals 39 9 13 9
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lacy 2b 4 0 1 0
Russell ss 4 0 0 0
Paciorek cf 4 0 1 0
Ferguson rf 3 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Crawford lf 4 0 1 0
McMullen 3b 3 0 1 0
Yeager c 4 0 1 0
Osteen p 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez ph 1 0 1 0
  Solomon p 0 0 0 0
  Fairey ph 1 0 0 0
  Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Cey ph 1 0 0 0
  Heydeman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 7 0
Houston 402 010 1109131
Los Angeles 000 000 000072
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W (14-9) 9.0 7 0 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
2
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  L (16-7) 3.0 8 6 6 2 0
  Solomon   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Zahn   2.0 1 1 1 1 5
  Heydeman   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
4
8

  E–Helms (7), Russell (28), Yeager (3).  DP–Houston 1, Los Angeles 1.  PB–Yeager (4).  2B–Houston Helms (26,off Osteen); Gallagher (2,off Heydeman), Los Angeles Alvarez (1,off Roberts).  HR–Houston May 2 (25,1st inning off Osteen 2 on, 2 out,5th inning off Solomon 0 on, 2 out); Rader (21,7th inning off Zahn 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Rader (6,off Osteen).  HBP–Metzger (3,by Heydeman).  IBB–Jutze (5,by Osteen).  WP–Heydeman 2 (2).  HBP–Heydeman (1,Metzger).  IBB–Osteen (2,Jutze).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:29.  A–25,022.
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