Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
June 24, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1976 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 1

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Buckner lf 3 2 3 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 2 3
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 1
Smith rf 5 0 1 0
Goodson 3b 4 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 0 0 0
Baker cf 4 1 1 0
Yeager c 2 2 1 0
John p 3 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cabell 3b 5 0 1 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 2 1
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 3 0 1 0
Roberts rf 4 0 2 0
Johnson lf,c 3 0 1 0
Jutze c 3 0 0 0
  Boswell ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 1 1 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
Dierker p 1 0 0 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
  DaVanon ph 1 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Chiles ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Los Angeles 000 130 100582
Houston 001 000 000183
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (4-4) 7.1 7 1 1 2 3
  Hough  SV (6) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  L (6-7) 6.1 7 5 3 4 4
  Pentz   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Siebert   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
3
5
4

  E–Goodson (2), Russell (7), Cabell (6), Watson (11), Jutze (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1, Houston 1.  2B–Los Angeles Buckner (15,off Dierker), Houston Watson (9,off John).  SH–John (3,off Dierker); Sizemore (5,off Siebert); Dierker (2,off John).  IBB–Buckner 2 (4,by Dierker 2); Yeager (1,by Siebert).  SB–Smith (2,2nd base off Dierker/Jutze); Watson (2,2nd base off John/Yeager).  WP–Dierker (9), Siebert (1).  IBB–Dierker 2 (6,Buckner 2); Siebert (5,Yeager).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:23.  A–11,076.
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