Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
April 21, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1976 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 0, Houston Astros 1

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Buckner lf 6 0 2 0
Sizemore 2b 5 0 1 0
Baker cf 7 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 6 0 2 0
Cey 3b 7 0 1 0
Ferguson c 6 0 0 0
Hale rf 6 0 0 0
DeJesus ss 2 0 0 0
  Goodson ph 0 0 0 0
  Russell pr,ss 4 0 1 0
John p 2 0 1 0
  Cruz ph 0 0 0 0
  Hough p 1 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
  Wall p 1 0 0 0
Totals 54 0 9 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard rf,lf 5 0 2 0
  Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Howe ph 1 0 0 0
  Barlow p 0 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 7 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 5 0 1 0
Watson 1b 7 0 1 0
Johnson c 4 0 1 0
  Jutze pr,c 2 0 0 0
Roberts lf 2 0 1 0
  Gross ph,rf 3 0 0 0
Milbourne 2b 6 1 3 0
Metzger ss 2 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  DaVanon ss 1 0 1 0
Richard p 3 0 0 0
  Cruz ph,lf 4 0 1 1
Totals 54 1 12 1
Los Angeles 000 000 000 000 000 0090
Houston 000 000 000 000 000 11120
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
John   7.0 8 0 0 3 3
  Hough   4.0 0 0 0 3 2
  Wall  L (0-1) 4.2 4 1 1 2 3
Totals
15.2
12
1
1
8
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard   10.0 4 0 0 3 7
  Forsch   5.0 4 0 0 2 2
  Barlow  W (2-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
16.0
9
0
0
6
10

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1, Houston 1.  2B–Los Angeles Buckner (1,off Forsch), Houston Milbourne (2,off John).  SH–Buckner (1,off Richard); Sizemore (1,off Forsch).  IBB–Garvey (1,by Forsch); DaVanon (1,by Wall).  HBP–Cedeno (1,by Hough).  SB–Buckner (3,2nd base off Richard/Johnson); Russell 2 (2,2nd base off Richard/Johnson,2nd base off Forsch/Jutze); Milbourne (1,2nd base off Wall/Ferguson).  CS–Cedeno (2,2nd base by John/Ferguson); Howard (2,2nd base by John/Ferguson); DaVanon (1,2nd base by Wall/Ferguson).  WP–John 2 (2).  HBP–Hough (1,Cedeno).  IBB–Wall (1,DaVanon); Forsch (1,Garvey).
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