Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
September 30, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Houston Astros 4

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 1 1
  Lacy pr 0 0 0 0
Buckner lf 5 0 1 0
Wynn cf 2 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Ferguson c 4 0 1 0
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Crawford rf 2 1 1 0
Russell ss 2 0 1 0
Rau p 1 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Rhoden p 0 0 0 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 1 0
  Shanahan p 0 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 5 0 1 0
Metzger ss 5 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 2 1 0 0
Watson lf 3 1 2 0
  Howard lf 0 0 0 0
May L. 1b 3 0 1 1
May M. c 3 0 0 1
Rader 3b 4 1 2 0
Helms 2b 4 0 1 0
  Milbourne pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Dierker p 2 0 1 1
  Edwards ph 1 0 1 0
  Campbell pr 0 1 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 3
Los Angeles 000 000 001160
Houston 000 121 00x4101
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Rau  L (13-11) 4.1 7 3 3 3 3
  Hough   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Rhoden   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Shanahan   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
4
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (11-10) 6.0 4 0 0 3 4
  Forsch  SV (10) 3.0 2 1 1 4 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
7
4

  E–Forsch (2).  PB–Ferguson 2 (9).  2B–Los Angeles Ferguson (14,off Dierker), Houston Gross (20,off Rau); Rader (27,off Rau); Edwards (7,off Hough).  3B–Houston Metzger (9,off Hough).  IBB–Crawford (9,by Dierker).  SH–Forsch (1,off Shanahan).  SF–M May (5,off Hough).  SB–Cedeno (57,2nd base off Rau/Ferguson).  IBB–Dierker (4,Crawford).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:20.  A–7,771.
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