Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 28, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1979 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 4 1 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 2 0
Cedeno 1b 4 1 1 3
Cruz lf 4 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 3 0 1 1
Leonard rf 4 0 1 0
Bochy c 2 0 0 0
  Sexton pr 0 1 0 0
  Pujols c 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
Landestoy 2b 2 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 1 1 1
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 2 0 0 0
  Joshua ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Thomas cf,ss 4 1 2 0
Garvey 1b 4 1 1 4
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Baker lf 3 0 0 0
Thomasson rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Martinez ss,2b 3 1 1 0
Yeager c 3 1 1 1
Hough p 2 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 1 1 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 6
Houston 000 000 140580
Los Angeles 001 000 05x680
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   7.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Ruhle  L (2-6) 0.1 5 5 5 0 0
  LaCorte   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
1
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (7-5) 8.0 8 5 5 1 3
  Castillo  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Martinez (5,off Ruhle).  3B–Houston Cabell (5,off Hough).  HR–Houston Cedeno (6,8th inning off Hough 2 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Yeager (13,3rd inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out); Garvey (28,8th inning off Ruhle 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Landestoy (3,off Hough).  SB–Puhl (30,2nd base off Hough/Yeager); Baker (11,2nd base off LaCorte/Pujols).  CS–Reynolds (6,2nd base by Hough/Yeager); Cabell (18,2nd base by Castillo/Yeager).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:09.  A–27,719.
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