Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
April 12, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1980 at Astrodome. 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Houston Astros 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 7 0 0 0
Law cf 3 1 0 0
  Guerrero ph 0 0 0 0
  Thomas pr,cf 2 1 1 0
Smith rf 8 1 3 2
Garvey 1b 7 0 1 0
Baker lf 8 2 4 2
Cey 3b 5 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Sutcliffe ph 1 0 1 0
  Welch pr 0 0 0 0
  Howe p 1 0 0 0
  Hooton ph,p 0 0 0 0
Russell ss 7 1 2 0
Yeager c 1 0 1 0
  Thomasson ph 0 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Hatcher 3b 4 0 1 1
Sutton p 2 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 1 1
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Monday ph 0 0 0 0
  Ferguson ph,c 5 0 0 0
Totals 62 6 15 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 6 0 2 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 8 0 3 0
Cedeno cf 7 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 6 0 0 0
Cruz lf 8 1 3 1
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
  Gonzalez 3b 3 0 0 0
Howe 1b 7 1 0 1
Ashby c 3 1 1 0
  Leonard ph,rf 3 0 0 0
Ryan p 2 1 1 3
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 1 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Pujols ph,c 2 0 1 0
Totals 62 5 13 5
Los Angeles 012 001 001 000 000 016152
Houston 000 410 000 000 000 005130
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   5.0 6 5 4 2 3
  Castillo   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Hough   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Stanhouse   3.0 3 0 0 1 0
  Howe  W (1-0) 5.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Hooton  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
17.0
13
5
4
7
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   6.0 6 4 4 5 3
  Ruhle   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Sambito   3.2 2 1 1 1 2
  LaCorte   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Smith  L (1-1) 4.0 4 1 1 1 3
Totals
17.0
15
6
6
9
8

  E–Russell (1), Sutton (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1, Houston 2.  2B–Los Angeles Baker (1,off Sambito), Houston Cruz (1,off Sutton); Cedeno (1,off Sutton); Puhl (1,off Stanhouse).  3B–Houston Reynolds (1,off Castillo).  HR–Los Angeles Baker (1,2nd inning off Ryan 0 on, 0 out); Smith (1,3rd inning off Ryan 1 on, 1 out), Houston Ryan (1,4th inning off Sutton 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Hooton (1,off Smith); Smith (1,off Howe); Gonzalez (1,off Hooton).  IBB–Ashby (1,by Sutton); Morgan (1,by Stanhouse); Cedeno (1,by Howe).  SB–Law (1,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Lopes (1,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Cabell (1,2nd base off Sutton/Yeager); Cedeno (2,2nd base off Sutton/Yeager).  IBB–Sutton (1,Ashby); Stanhouse (2,Morgan); Howe (1,Cedeno).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–5:35.  A–24,609.
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