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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1976 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 3 1 1 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0
Cruz cf 4 0 2 1
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Roberts lf 4 0 0 0
Boswell 3b 4 0 0 0
Jutze c 3 0 1 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 1 0
Richard p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0
Buckner lf 4 0 2 0
Baker cf 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0
Goodson 3b 4 1 1 0
  Auerbach 3b 0 0 0 0
Ferguson rf 3 0 1 0
Yeager c 3 1 1 1
Russell ss 3 0 2 1
Hooton p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
Houston 000 001 000161
Los Angeles 010 000 10x280
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  L (5-4) 8.0 8 2 2 0 7
Totals
8.0
8
2
2
0
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton  W (4-2) 9.0 6 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
5

  E–Richard (2).  HR–Los Angeles Yeager (6,7th inning off Richard 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hooton (2,off Richard).  SB–Buckner (8,2nd base off Richard/Jutze); Garvey (6,2nd base off Richard/Jutze).  WP–Richard (4).  U-HP–Art Williams, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–1:52.  A–53,568.
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