Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
September 3, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 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 4, Houston Astros 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Buckner lf 5 1 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 3 1 1 0
Cey 3b 4 1 3 3
Lyttle cf 3 0 1 0
Russell ss 4 0 0 0
Yeager c 4 1 1 0
Hooton p 3 0 1 1
  Hough p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 5 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0
Watson 1b 3 1 2 2
Cruz lf 3 0 1 1
Herrmann c 4 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 3 0 1 0
  Johnson ph 0 0 0 0
  Howard pr 0 0 0 0
Dierker p 2 0 1 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Los Angeles 000 210 010490
Houston 000 001 020390
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton  W (9-12) 6.1 6 1 1 1 1
  Hough  SV (14) 2.2 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  L (13-13) 7.0 7 3 3 0 4
  Pentz   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Forsch   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1.  PB–Herrmann (9).  2B–Los Angeles Cey (16,off Dierker); Garvey (31,off Dierker), Houston Watson (25,off Hough).  3B–Los Angeles Yeager (3,off Dierker).  HR–Los Angeles Cey (22,4th inning off Dierker 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Lyttle (5,by Forsch).  SF–Watson (7,off Hooton).  SB–Buckner (22,2nd base off Pentz/Herrmann); Cedeno (45,2nd base off Hooton/Yeager); Cruz (24,2nd base off Hough/Yeager).  IBB–Forsch (4,Lyttle).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:15.  A–9,028.
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