Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 4, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1974 at Dodger Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0
May 1b 3 0 1 1
  Milbourne pr 0 0 0 0
Watson lf 4 0 2 0
Johnson c 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 1 0
Helms 2b 4 0 0 0
Roberts p 2 0 0 0
  Busse ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 6 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 1 3 0
Russell ss 3 1 2 1
Wynn cf 3 0 1 1
Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Ferguson rf 2 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 3 0 0 0
Yeager c 3 0 0 0
Zahn p 3 0 0 0
  Crawford rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
Houston 100 000 000162
Los Angeles 100 010 00x272
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  L (6-9) 6.0 6 2 2 4 2
  Forsch   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
4
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  W (2-1) 8.0 5 1 1 1 7
  Marshall  SV (16) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
9

  E–Metzger (10), Roberts (3), Russell (28), Cey (17).  DP–Houston 3, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Houston Cedeno (24,off Zahn).  SB–Cedeno (39,2nd base off Zahn/Yeager); Lopes 4 (44,2nd base off Roberts/C Johnson 2,3rd base off Roberts/C Johnson,2nd base off Forsch/C Johnson); Russell (8,2nd base off Roberts/C Johnson).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:12.  A–24,123.
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