Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
July 4, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1983 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Houston Astros 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 0 1 2
Russell ss 4 1 2 0
Yeager c 4 1 1 2
Guerrero 3b 4 0 0 0
Marshall rf 3 0 0 0
  Landreaux lf 1 0 0 0
Brock 1b 4 0 0 0
Roenicke lf,rf 4 1 2 0
Thomas cf 1 1 0 0
Valenzuela p 1 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Morales ph 0 0 0 0
  Monday ph 1 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 0 1 0
Puhl rf 2 1 0 0
Thon ss 3 2 1 0
Garner 3b 4 0 1 1
Cruz lf 3 2 2 1
Knight 1b 4 0 1 1
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Pujols c 3 0 0 1
Knepper p 3 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 4
Los Angeles 000 002 200461
Houston 100 003 01x571
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela   5.1 4 4 4 4 6
  Stewart   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Howe  L (2-3) 2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
4
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   6.1 4 4 4 3 6
  Smith  W (2-1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  DiPino  SV (7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
3
7

  E–S Sax (24), Pujols (6).  2B–Houston Garner (12,off Valenzuela).  HR–Los Angeles Yeager (13,6th inning off Knepper 1 on, 1 out), Houston Cruz (6,8th inning off Howe 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Valenzuela (5,off Knepper); Pujols (2,off Stewart).  SB–S Sax (29,2nd base off Smith/Pujols); Moreno (26,2nd base off Valenzuela/Yeager).  CS–Moreno (11,2nd base by Valenzuela/Yeager).  WP–Valenzuela 2 (5).  BK–Smith (1).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lanny Harris, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:44.  A–29,462.
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