Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
October 4, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1981 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 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Loucks cf 4 1 3 0
Reynolds ss 1 0 0 0
  Roberts ph,3b 2 0 1 2
Walling rf 3 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 1 0 0 0
Spilman 1b 4 0 0 0
Knicely c 4 1 2 1
Tolman lf 4 0 0 0
Garcia 3b,ss 3 0 2 0
  Thon ss,2b 1 1 1 0
Pittman 2b 3 1 2 0
  Pena ss 0 0 0 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 1 1 0
  Woods rf 2 0 1 1
Totals 35 5 13 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 2 0 0 0
  Perconte ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 3 1 1 1
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Goltz p 1 0 0 0
Baker lf 1 1 0 0
  Bradley rf 2 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 2 1 1 0
  Smith 1b 2 0 0 0
Marshall rf,lf 2 0 0 0
  Maldonado lf 1 0 0 0
Yeager c 3 0 1 2
Russell ss 2 0 1 0
  Weiss pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Thomas 3b 3 0 0 0
Hooton p 1 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Mitchell cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
Houston 001 010 0125131
Los Angeles 300 000 000340
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   4.0 4 3 3 1 3
  Ruhle   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Sambito   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Smith  W (5-3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
1
8
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton   5.0 6 2 2 2 2
  Castillo   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Goltz  L (2-7) 2.0 5 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
2
4

  E–Reynolds (12).  DP–Houston 2, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Houston Thon (6,off Goltz); Roberts (3,off Goltz).  HR–Houston Knicely (2,8th inning off Goltz 0 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Landreaux (7,1st inning off Knepper 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Pena (1,off Goltz).  SF–Roberts (2,off Hooton).  HBP–Marshall (1,by Knepper).  SB–Loucks (1,2nd base off Goltz/Yeager).  CS–Woods (1,2nd base by Goltz/Yeager).  HBP–Knepper (4,Marshall).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–3:17.  A–47,072.
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