Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
April 12, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1974 at Astrodome. 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Houston Astros 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lacy 2b 4 0 2 1
  Buckner ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 4 0 1 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Wynn cf 4 1 0 0
Ferguson c 3 0 0 0
Crawford rf 5 0 0 0
Cey 3b 4 0 2 1
Garvey 1b 4 2 3 0
Russell ss 2 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 1 0
  Auerbach pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Downing p 2 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  McMullen ph 1 0 0 1
  Lopes pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 1 1 0
Helms 2b 3 0 1 0
  Milbourne pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 1
Watson lf,1b 3 2 2 0
  Menke 1b 0 0 0 0
May L. 1b 3 1 1 3
  Gross lf 1 0 0 0
Rader 3b 2 0 1 1
Brown rf 3 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph,rf 1 0 0 0
May M. c 3 0 1 0
Osteen p 2 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
Los Angeles 000 011 010391
Houston 100 003 01x580
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Downing  L (0-2) 5.2 5 4 4 3 3
  Brewer   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Marshall   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  W (1-1) 7.1 9 3 3 5 4
  Forsch  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
5
5

  E–Cey (2).  DP–Los Angeles 2.  2B–Los Angeles Garvey 2 (4,off Osteen 2).  3B–Houston Metzger (1,off Downing); Watson (1,off Marshall).  HR–Houston L May (1,6th inning off Downing 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Russell (3,by Osteen).  SH–Osteen (1,off Brewer).  SB–Cedeno 2 (3,2nd base off Downing/Ferguson 2); Rader (1,2nd base off Marshall/Ferguson).  IBB–Osteen (1,Russell).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:30.  A–26,422.
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