Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
September 9, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Houston Astros 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 0 1 1
Johnstone rf 4 0 2 0
  Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0
Baker lf 2 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 3 0 0 0
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Monday cf 3 1 0 0
Scioscia c 2 0 0 0
  Yeager pr,c 0 1 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 1 0
Thomas ss 4 2 3 1
Reuss p 0 0 0 0
  Law ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutcliffe p 0 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph 1 0 1 2
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Russell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 1 1 1
  Reynolds ss 1 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 5 1 1 0
Cruz lf 4 2 1 0
  Leonard ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 2 1
Howe 1b 3 0 2 2
  Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0
Woods rf,lf 4 0 1 1
Pujols c 4 1 1 0
Landestoy ss,2b 4 0 2 0
Andujar p 2 0 0 0
  Smith p 1 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 5
Los Angeles 000 000 301486
Houston 101 100 20x5120
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   5.0 9 3 2 0 1
  Sutcliffe   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Howe  L (6-7) 1.0 1 2 0 2 0
  Forster   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
5
2
2
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   6.2 3 3 3 3 1
  Smith  W (6-5) 1.1 4 1 1 1 1
  LaCorte   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Sambito  SV (14) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
2

  E–Lopes 2 (9), Johnstone (2), Garvey (5), Thomas (6), Forster (1).  DP–Los Angeles 2, Houston 1.  2B–Los Angeles Thomas (13,off Andujar), Houston Howe (11,off Reuss); Pujols (6,off Sutcliffe).  SH–Reuss (4,off Andujar); Garvey (1,off Smith); Andujar (4,off Reuss).  SF–Howe (4,off Howe).  IBB–Cedeno (11,by Howe).  SB–Cabell (19,2nd base off Reuss/Scioscia).  CS–Cedeno (11,2nd base by Reuss/Scioscia).  IBB–Howe (9,Cedeno).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:06.  A–34,546.
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