Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
July 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1979 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 11, Houston Astros 7

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 0 1 1
Russell ss 3 0 0 0
  Martinez pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Garvey 1b 5 1 2 0
Cey 3b 4 2 2 0
  Mota ph 1 0 1 0
  Joshua pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Baker lf 5 3 2 3
Ferguson rf 1 2 1 1
  Thomasson rf,cf 3 0 2 0
Yeager c 4 1 0 1
Thomas cf,3b 4 1 3 2
Hough p 3 0 1 1
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 15 9
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez 2b,ss 5 1 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 1 0
  Landestoy pr,2b 2 1 1 0
Puhl cf 4 1 2 2
Cruz lf 3 1 2 0
  Walling lf 2 1 2 1
Cabell 1b 2 0 0 0
  Roberge p 0 0 0 0
  Bochy ph 0 1 0 0
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
Leonard rf 4 1 1 1
Howe 3b 4 0 2 0
Ashby c 2 0 0 0
  Throop p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph,1b 1 0 1 2
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Sexton ph 1 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin ph,c 3 0 0 1
Totals 37 7 13 7
Los Angeles 035 003 00011150
Houston 000 000 1607131
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (2-2) 7.0 8 3 3 2 3
  LaGrow   0.0 2 4 4 2 0
  Patterson   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
4
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (14-6) 2.1 6 7 6 3 2
  Williams   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  LaCorte   3.0 4 3 3 0 1
  Throop   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Roberge   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Niemann   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
11
10
5
3

  E–Cruz (11).  DP–Los Angeles 3, Houston 1.  2B–Houston Cruz (24,off Hough); Landestoy (2,off Hough).  3B–Houston Walling (3,off LaGrow).  HR–Los Angeles Baker (13,6th inning off LaCorte 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Hough (4,off Throop); Patterson (1,off Niemann).  IBB–Ferguson (3,by Niekro).  HBP–Cabell (1,by Hough).  SB–Thomas 2 (10,2nd base off Niekro/Ashby,Home off Williams/Ashby); Lopes (25,2nd base off Williams/Ashby); Leonard (10,2nd base off Hough/Yeager).  WP–Hough (6), Niekro (6).  HBP–Hough (4,Cabell).  IBB–Niekro (1,Ferguson).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Lanny Harris, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:56.  A–39,071.
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