Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 18, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1980 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."

"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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Houston Astros 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 1 2 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 2 1 1
Cruz lf 3 2 2 2
Cabell 3b 5 0 2 1
Walling 1b 4 0 2 1
Pujols c 5 0 0 0
Forsch p 3 1 1 0
  Leonard ph 1 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 0 2 0
Law cf 5 2 3 0
Smith rf 5 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 5 0 2 1
Baker lf 5 1 1 0
Cey 3b 4 0 1 0
Thomas c 4 1 3 1
Russell ss 3 0 1 1
Goltz p 2 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Monday ph 1 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 14 3
Houston 010 010 2307111
Los Angeles 110 100 0014141
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (2-0) 6.0 9 3 3 0 3
  Andujar  SV (1) 3.0 5 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
14
4
4
0
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz  L (0-2) 6.1 9 4 4 5 6
  Castillo   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Howe   1.0 2 3 2 1 0
  Hough   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
7
7

  E–Cabell (3), Cey (1).  PB–Pujols (1); Thomas 2 (3).  2B–Houston Walling (1,off Goltz).  HR–Los Angeles Thomas (1,2nd inning off Forsch 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Reynolds (1,off Howe); Andujar (1,off Hough).  SF–Cruz (2,off Howe); Russell (1,off Forsch).  IBB–Walling (1,by Castillo); Cedeno (2,by Howe).  WP–Andujar (1), Goltz (1), Castillo 2 (3).  IBB–Castillo (1,Walling); Howe (2,Cedeno).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–3:20.  A–41,112.
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