Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
September 15, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1973 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 1, Houston Astros 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 2 1
Davis cf 3 0 0 0
Ferguson c 4 0 2 0
Crawford lf 3 0 1 0
Cey 3b 3 0 0 0
Paciorek rf 4 0 0 0
Russell ss 2 0 0 0
Downing p 2 0 0 0
  Fairey ph 0 0 0 0
  Shanahan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 4 1 1 1
Sutherland 2b 4 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 2 2 2
Watson lf 2 0 0 0
  Gallagher lf 1 0 1 1
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
May 1b 3 0 0 0
Jutze c 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Griffin p 3 1 1 1
Totals 31 5 6 5
Los Angeles 000 001 000160
Houston 003 010 01x561
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Downing  L (9-9) 6.0 4 4 4 1 8
  Shanahan   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
1
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  W (2-6) 9.0 6 1 1 5 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
5
3

  E–Jutze (8).  DP–Houston 3.  2B–Houston Gallagher (3,off Shanahan).  HR–Los Angeles Buckner (8,6th inning off Griffin 0 on, 0 out), Houston Griffin (1,3rd inning off Downing 0 on, 1 out); Cedeno (22,3rd inning off Downing 1 on, 2 out); Wynn (20,5th inning off Downing 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Buckner (11,2nd base off Griffin/Jutze).  CS–Lopes (15,2nd base by Griffin/Jutze).  WP–Downing (7).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–1:53.  A–6,922.
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