Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 30, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1977 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)
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Houston Astros 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 4 2 4 0
  Howard ph,lf,cf 3 0 1 1
Cabell 3b 5 1 1 0
  Sperring 3b 2 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 5 1 2 3
  Roberts lf 1 0 0 0
Walling rf 6 0 0 1
Walton 1b 6 0 1 0
Gonzalez 2b 5 0 0 0
Pujols c 3 0 0 0
  Ferguson ph 1 0 0 0
  Herrmann c 2 0 0 0
Fischlin ss 3 0 2 0
  Watson ph 1 0 1 0
  Cannon pr 0 1 0 0
  Metzger ss 2 0 0 0
Niekro p 3 0 1 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Howe ph 1 0 1 0
  Gardner pr 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 1 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 1 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 55 5 16 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 0 1 2
  Lacy 2b 4 1 1 1
Russell ss 2 0 1 0
  Landestoy pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Oates ph 1 0 0 0
  Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0
  Grote c 2 1 0 0
Smith rf 2 0 0 0
  Davalillo rf 5 0 3 1
Garvey 1b 7 0 2 1
Baker lf 4 1 1 0
  Leonard lf 1 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 0 1 0
  Simpson cf 2 0 1 0
Goodson 3b 6 1 1 0
Yeager c 4 2 2 1
  Webb p 0 0 0 0
  Rhoden ph 1 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Burke ph 1 0 0 0
  Lewallyn p 0 0 0 0
Sutton p 2 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 1 0
  Washington ss 3 0 1 0
Totals 55 6 16 6
Houston 100 003 001 000 005162
Los Angeles 030 000 200 000 016160
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   7.0 11 5 5 1 2
  Forsch   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Thomas   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Sambito   3.0 3 0 0 0 3
  McLaughlin  L (4-7) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
13.1
16
6
6
3
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   7.0 9 4 4 1 3
  Rautzhan   1.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Webb   2.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Garman   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lewallyn  W (3-0) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
14.0
16
5
5
2
7

  E–Walton (2), Forsch (1).  DP–Houston 1, Los Angeles 1.  PB–Pujols (1).  2B–Houston Puhl (13,off Sutton); Cedeno (35,off Sutton), Los Angeles Yeager (21,off Niekro).  3B–Houston Puhl (5,off Sutton).  SF–Cedeno (8,off Sutton).  CS–Cedeno (14,2nd base by Sutton/Yeager); Goodson (1,2nd base by Niekro/Pujols); Mota (1,3rd base by Niekro/Pujols).  SB–Lopes (47,2nd base off Niekro/Pujols); Landestoy (2,2nd base off Niekro/Pujols); Washington (1,2nd base off Sambito/Herrmann).  WP–Lewallyn (1).  U-HP–Art Williams, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–4:02.  A–25,431.
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