Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
June 24, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1980 at Astrodome. 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Houston Astros 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Law cf 6 0 1 0
Lopes 2b 6 1 2 1
Johnstone rf 3 0 0 0
  Thomas ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 6 0 1 1
Baker lf 5 1 0 0
Cey 3b 5 0 1 0
Russell ss 4 1 2 0
Yeager c 3 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 1
  Sutcliffe pr 0 0 0 0
  Scioscia c 0 0 0 0
  Ferguson ph,c 1 0 0 0
Hooton p 1 1 0 0
  Howe p 1 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Monday ph 1 0 0 0
  Beckwith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 4 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss 5 0 1 0
Puhl rf 4 1 0 0
Morgan 2b 5 1 1 1
Cruz lf 6 1 0 0
Cedeno cf 5 2 5 2
Walling 1b 1 0 1 0
  Howe ph,1b,3b 2 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 5 0 1 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 1
  Leonard ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Bergman 1b 1 0 0 0
Ryan p 3 0 0 0
  Bochy ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 5 11 4
Los Angeles 120 000 010 000482
Houston 011 010 001 0015114
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton   6.0 6 3 2 5 8
  Howe   2.1 4 1 1 1 1
  Castillo   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Beckwith  L (3-1) 1.0 1 1 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
11
5
3
7
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   8.0 6 4 1 3 5
  Sambito   1.2 2 0 0 0 2
  LaCorte  W (4-0) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
8
4
1
3
8

  E–Cey (6), Beckwith (2), Landestoy (6), Walling (2), Ryan 2 (4).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Russell 2 (14,off Ryan,off Sambito), Houston Cedeno 2 (10,off Hooton,off Beckwith).  HR–Houston Morgan (5,9th inning off Howe 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hooton (8,off Ryan); Morgan (2,off Howe); Reynolds (10,off Beckwith).  HBP–Johnstone (1,by Ryan); Bochy (1,by Howe).  IBB–Cedeno (5,by Howe); Howe (3,by Beckwith).  SB–Baker (7,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Landestoy (6,2nd base off Hooton/Yeager); Cedeno 2 (19,2nd base off Hooton/Yeager 2); Cruz (15,2nd base off Hooton/Yeager); Puhl (13,2nd base off Hooton/Yeager).  CS–Landestoy (6,2nd base by Hooton/Yeager).  WP–Hooton (1).  HBP–Howe (1,Bochy); Ryan (1,Johnstone).  IBB–Howe (5,Cedeno); Beckwith (1,Howe).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–4:13.  A–34,388.
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