Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
April 14, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1974 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 7, Houston Astros 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 0 2 1
Mota lf 4 0 1 0
  Joshua pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Wynn cf 4 3 2 1
Cey 3b 4 1 3 1
Garvey 1b 4 1 2 1
Paciorek rf 2 1 1 0
  Buckner ph,rf 3 0 1 2
Yeager c 5 0 2 0
Russell ss 5 1 1 1
John p 4 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 15 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0
Watson lf 4 1 2 0
May L. 1b 3 0 0 1
Rader 3b 3 0 1 0
Brown rf 4 0 2 1
May M. c 3 0 0 0
  Johnson C. ph 1 0 0 0
Roberts p 1 0 0 0
  Nagy p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Menke ph 1 0 1 0
  Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Los Angeles 100 221 0017150
Houston 010 000 001271
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (3-0) 9.0 7 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  L (1-2) 4.0 9 5 5 2 1
  Nagy   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Scherman   3.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Johnson   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
3
3

  E–Roberts (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Los Angeles Yeager (1,off J Johnson), Houston Cedeno (5,off John).  3B–Los Angeles Wynn (1,off Roberts).  HR–Los Angeles Wynn (4,6th inning off Scherman 0 on, 2 out); Garvey (2,9th inning off J Johnson 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Mota (1,by Scherman).  SF–L May (1,off John).  SB–Buckner (2,2nd base off Nagy/M May).  CS–Lopes (1,3rd base by Scherman/M May).  HBP–Scherman (1,Mota).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:18.  A–11,050.
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