Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
June 21, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1978 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."

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Houston Astros 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 6 1 2 0
Walling lf 5 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 5 0 0 0
Cruz rf 4 1 0 1
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Howe 2b 4 0 1 0
Ferguson c 2 1 1 2
  Sexton pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 0 0 0 1
  Sambito p 1 0 0 0
Fischlin ss 2 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin c 2 0 1 0
Lemongello p 2 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ss 2 0 1 0
Totals 40 4 7 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 0 1 0
Russell ss 4 1 1 0
Garvey 1b 5 1 3 1
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Baker lf 5 2 3 2
Lacy rf 5 0 2 1
North cf 5 1 1 0
Grote c 3 0 1 0
Rhoden p 3 0 1 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
  Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Yeager ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 41 5 14 5
Houston 020 000 020 00470
Los Angeles 100 120 000 015140
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemongello   6.0 9 4 4 2 5
  Forsch   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Sambito  L (3-4) 3.1 5 1 1 1 3
Totals
10.1
14
5
5
3
8
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden   7.0 5 4 4 3 4
  Hough   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Rautzhan   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Welch  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
11.0
7
4
4
5
8

  E–None.  2B–Los Angeles Russell (14,off Lemongello); Lopes (11,off Sambito); North (6,off Sambito).  HR–Houston Ferguson (6,2nd inning off Rhoden 1 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Baker (4,4th inning off Lemongello 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Watson (2,by Hough).  SH–Grote (1,off Sambito).  SB–Cruz (11,2nd base off Rhoden/Grote); Puhl 2 (10,2nd base off Rhoden/Grote,2nd base off Rautzhan/Grote); Walling (4,2nd base off Hough/Grote).  CS–Cey (3,2nd base by Lemongello/Ferguson); Baker (1,2nd base by Sambito/Baldwin); Lacy (3,2nd base by Sambito/Baldwin).  HBP–Hough (2,Watson).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Joe West, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:23.  A–34,975.
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