Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
October 2, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 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 5, Houston Astros 4

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lacy 2b 4 1 1 1
Auerbach ss 2 1 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Cey ph 0 0 0 0
  Manuel ph 1 0 0 0
  Solomon p 0 0 0 0
Buckner lf 2 0 0 1
  Downing p 0 0 0 0
  DeJesus ss 2 1 1 0
McMullen 3b 4 0 0 0
  Royster pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Paciorek rf,lf,1b 3 0 1 2
Yeager c 3 1 1 1
  Pasley c 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
  Alvarez lf 0 0 0 0
Joshua cf 4 0 0 0
Hopkins 1b,c 4 0 0 0
Messersmith p 2 0 0 0
  Hale rf 2 1 2 0
Totals 34 5 6 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Milbourne 2b 5 0 1 0
Metzger ss 2 0 0 0
  Busse 3b 2 2 1 0
Gross rf 4 1 3 1
Cedeno cf 5 1 1 1
May M. c 2 0 0 0
  Jutze c 1 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 0 0 0 0
Johnson C. 1b 3 0 2 2
  Gallagher pr,1b 2 0 0 0
Rader 3b 2 0 0 0
  Kelleher ss 1 0 0 0
  May L. ph 1 0 0 0
Howard lf 4 0 0 0
Siebert p 1 0 0 0
  Helms ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Watson ph 1 0 0 0
  de los Santos p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 8 4
Los Angeles 010 101 001 1563
Houston 000 102 100 0483
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith   5.0 2 1 1 1 4
  Downing   2.0 5 3 3 3 0
  Hough  W (9-4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Solomon  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
8
4
4
5
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert   6.0 2 3 2 1 4
  Forsch   3.0 2 1 0 0 1
  de los Santos  L (1-1) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Johnson   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
6
5
3
1
6

  E–Auerbach (8), Paciorek (5), Messersmith (9), C Johnson (4), Rader (17), Kelleher (5).  2B–Los Angeles Paciorek (8,off Siebert); Lacy (6,off de los Santos).  3B–Houston Gross (8,off Downing).  HR–Los Angeles Yeager (12,2nd inning off Siebert 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Auerbach (1,off Siebert); Lacy (1,off Forsch); Siebert (2,off Messersmith).  SF–Buckner (2,off Siebert); Paciorek (2,off Forsch).  SB–Auerbach (4,2nd base off Siebert/M May); Lacy (2,2nd base off Siebert/Jutze).  CS–Cedeno (17,2nd base by Downing/Yeager).  WP–Solomon 2 (2).  BK–Messersmith (3).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–(none), 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:39.  A–7,267.
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