Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
June 17, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1975 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross lf 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 2 0
May c 4 0 1 0
  Jutze pr 0 0 0 0
Cruz rf 2 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 1 0 0
Milbourne 2b 2 0 0 0
  Boswell ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Roberts p 1 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Richard p 0 0 0 0
  Cabell ph 1 0 1 1
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 2 2 0
Paciorek lf 5 1 2 0
Wynn cf 3 1 2 0
  Cruz cf 0 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 5 0 2 1
Cey 3b 4 1 1 3
Ferguson rf 4 0 1 1
Yeager c 4 1 1 1
Auerbach ss 3 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
  DeJesus ss 0 0 0 0
Messersmith p 4 0 1 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Houston 000 000 010140
Los Angeles 300 110 01x6120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  L (3-9) 5.0 8 5 5 2 2
  Richard   2.0 3 0 0 1 3
  Niekro   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
5
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith  W (10-3) 9.0 4 1 1 3 6
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1.  PB–May (13).  2B–Houston Watson (13,off Messersmith), Los Angeles Garvey (13,off Niekro).  HR–Los Angeles Cey (9,1st inning off Roberts 2 on, 2 out); Yeager (3,4th inning off Roberts 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Cey (6,by Roberts).  SB–Lopes (22,2nd base off Niekro/May).  IBB–Roberts (4,Cey).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:04.  A–25,586.
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