Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1979 at Dodger Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy 2b 3 0 0 0
Leonard cf 4 2 2 1
Walling rf 3 0 1 1
Heep lf 3 0 1 1
Bergman 1b 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez 3b 1 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Howe 3b 1 0 1 0
Sexton ss 2 0 1 0
  Knicely c 1 0 0 0
Pujols c 3 0 0 0
  Sprowl p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph,ss 2 1 1 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Thomas ss 5 1 1 0
Joshua rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 3 0 1 0
  Davalillo lf 0 0 0 0
  Ferguson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Cey 3b 0 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph,3b 4 0 2 1
Thomasson cf 3 0 0 0
  Baker ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Guerrero lf,1b 4 1 1 0
Martinez 2b 4 0 0 0
Oates c 3 0 1 0
  Mota ph 1 0 1 0
Sutcliffe p 3 0 2 1
  Russell ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 2 10 2
Houston 000 001 020370
Los Angeles 110 000 0002101
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (21-11) 7.0 7 2 2 0 4
  Sprowl   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Sambito  SV (22) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
0
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  L (17-10) 9.0 7 3 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
2
7

  E–Oates (2).  SH–Landestoy (5,off Sutcliffe).  SF–Heep (2,off Sutcliffe).  SB–Leonard 2 (23,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Oates 2); Walling (3,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Oates); Thomas (18,2nd base off Niekro/Pujols).  WP–Sutcliffe (8).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:42.  A–46,741.
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