Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
October 3, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 3, 1981 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."

"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

Houston Astros 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 3 0 1 0
  Woods ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Garner 2b 3 0 0 0
  Pittman 2b 1 0 0 0
Scott cf 3 0 0 0
  Loucks cf 1 0 1 0
Cruz lf 2 0 0 0
  Tolman ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Cedeno 1b 3 0 1 0
  Spilman pr,1b 1 1 0 0
Ashby c 2 0 0 0
  Roberts 3b 2 0 1 0
Howe 3b 2 0 0 0
  Pladson p 0 0 0 0
  Ivie ph 1 0 0 0
  Sprowl p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Pena ph 1 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 2 0 1 0
  Garcia ph,ss 1 0 0 1
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Knicely c 2 1 1 1
Totals 33 2 7 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 3 2 1 0
Landreaux cf 4 2 3 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Baker lf 4 0 2 2
  Bradley pr,lf 1 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 3 2 1 1
  Marshall ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Monday rf 2 0 1 0
  Thomas pr,rf,3b 2 0 0 0
Guerrero 3b 4 0 3 3
  Maldonado pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Scioscia c 3 0 0 0
  Grote ph,c 1 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 1 1 0
  Weiss ss 0 0 0 0
Welch p 2 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 13 6
Houston 000 001 100271
Los Angeles 100 231 00x7131
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (9-9) 4.0 4 3 3 2 1
  Pladson   2.0 7 4 4 2 2
  Sprowl   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Smith   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
6
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  W (9-5) 6.0 3 1 1 0 4
  Howe   2.0 4 1 0 0 1
  Stewart   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
0
6

  E–Scott (2), Sax (4).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Los Angeles Bradley (1,off B Smith).  HR–Houston Knicely (1,6th inning off Welch 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Niekro (11,off Welch).  SF–Garcia (1,off Howe).  SB–Puhl (22,2nd base off Welch/Scioscia); Landreaux (18,2nd base off Niekro/Ashby).  WP–Sprowl 2 (3).  BK–Pladson (1).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:43.  A–42,272.
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