Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
October 5, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 1980 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 2 0 1 1
Cabell 3b 5 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
  Landestoy 2b 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 2 0
Howe 1b 3 1 0 0
  Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 1 2 1
Reynolds ss 2 0 1 1
  Leonard ph 1 0 0 0
Ruhle p 1 0 0 0
  Andujar p 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 1 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 0 1 1
Monday rf 2 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Baker lf 4 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 1 1 0
Cey 3b 4 1 1 2
Guerrero cf 4 1 1 0
  Frias ss 0 0 0 0
Ferguson c 3 0 1 0
  Law pr 0 0 0 0
  Yeager c 1 0 1 0
Thomas ss,cf 3 1 2 0
Hooton p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 1 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph 1 0 1 0
  Valenzuela p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 1 1
  Weiss pr 0 0 0 0
  Howe p 1 0 0 0
  Sutton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 11 4
Houston 020 100 000381
Los Angeles 000 010 12x4111
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Andujar   2.1 4 1 1 1 3
  Sambito   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  LaCorte  L (8-5) 1.2 2 2 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
4
3
2
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton   1.0 3 2 1 1 2
  Castillo   4.0 2 1 1 1 4
  Valenzuela   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Howe  W (7-9) 1.2 3 0 0 0 1
  Sutton  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
3
8

  E–Cabell (25), Hooton (4).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Puhl (24,off Castillo).  HR–Los Angeles Cey (28,8th inning off LaCorte 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Howe (4,off Hooton); Reynolds (13,off Castillo); Thomas (7,off Sambito).  SB–Puhl 2 (25,2nd base off Hooton/Ferguson,2nd base off Valenzuela/Ferguson); Cedeno (47,2nd base off Hooton/Ferguson).  CS–Thomas (9,2nd base by Andujar/Ashby).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:33.  A–52,339.
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