Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
October 6, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 6, 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 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 5 2 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 2 2 0
  Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 2 1 0 0
  Landestoy 2b 2 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 1 1
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 1
Howe 1b,3b 5 1 3 4
Ashby c 4 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 3 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 12 6
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
Johnstone rf 4 0 0 0
Baker lf 4 1 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Monday cf 3 0 1 1
Ferguson c 4 0 1 0
Hatcher 3b 3 0 1 0
  Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0
Thomas ss 3 0 2 0
Goltz p 0 0 0 0
  Law ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutcliffe p 0 0 0 0
  Beckwith p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Valenzuela p 0 0 0 0
  Perconte ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 6 1
Houston 202 300 0007121
Los Angeles 000 100 000162
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (20-12) 9.0 6 1 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
2
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz  L (7-11) 3.0 8 4 2 0 2
  Sutcliffe   0.1 1 3 3 2 0
  Beckwith   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Castillo   1.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Valenzuela   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Howe   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
5
4
5

  E–Cabell (26), Lopes (15), Ferguson (7).  PB–Ashby (12).  2B–Houston Reynolds (9,off Goltz); Cabell (23,off Castillo).  HR–Houston Howe (10,3rd inning off Goltz 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Niekro 2 (18,off Goltz,off Valenzuela).  SF–Cruz (8,off Beckwith).  SB–Cabell (21,2nd base off Goltz/Ferguson); Cedeno (48,2nd base off Goltz/Ferguson); Puhl 2 (27,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Ferguson,3rd base off Sutcliffe/Ferguson).  CS–Cruz (11,2nd base by Goltz/Ferguson).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–3:10.  A–51,127.
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