Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
September 20, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1975 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
Lopes 2b 6 1 2 0
Lacy lf 6 1 4 1
Crawford rf 4 0 0 0
  McMullen ph 1 0 0 0
  Simpson cf,rf 0 0 0 0
  Royster ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 6 1 3 0
Cey 3b 4 1 2 1
Hale cf,rf 4 0 1 0
  Wynn ph,cf 2 0 1 1
  Cruz pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Yeager c 5 0 1 1
Russell ss 5 0 1 0
Hooton p 3 1 1 1
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 5 16 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gardner lf 4 0 1 1
  Siebert p 1 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 5 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 5 1 2 1
Johnson 1b 5 0 0 0
Cruz rf 5 1 1 2
May c 5 0 1 0
Milbourne 2b 5 0 0 0
Metzger ss 5 1 1 0
Sosa p 1 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 1 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph,lf 3 0 0 0
Totals 46 4 8 4
Los Angeles 000 111 100 000 15160
Houston 000 000 220 000 0480
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton   11.0 8 4 4 0 9
  Hough  W (3-6) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
8
4
4
0
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Sosa   6.0 7 3 3 4 2
  York   1.2 3 1 1 3 1
  Crawford   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Siebert  L (0-2) 5.0 6 1 1 2 3
Totals
13.0
16
5
5
9
7

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1, Houston 1.  2B–Los Angeles Cey (28,off Sosa); Yeager (16,off Siebert); Wynn (15,off Siebert), Houston Cedeno (30,off Hooton).  HR–Los Angeles Hooton (1,5th inning off Sosa 0 on, 1 out), Houston Cruz (9,7th inning off Hooton 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Hooton 2 (13,off York,off Siebert).  SF–Yeager (5,off Sosa).  IBB–Cey (15,by Siebert).  SB–Lopes 2 (76,2nd base off York/May 2); Russell (5,3rd base off York/May); Cabell (10,2nd base off Hooton/Yeager); Metzger (4,2nd base off Hooton/Yeager).  CS–Hale (2,2nd base by Sosa/May).  WP–Sosa 2 (4), Siebert 2 (2).  IBB–Siebert (1,Cey).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–3:04.  A–12,703.
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