Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 21, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1983 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 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 4 1 1 0
Puhl rf 4 0 0 0
Thon ss 4 0 1 1
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Knight 1b 4 0 1 0
Garner 3b 2 0 1 0
Mumphrey cf 2 0 1 0
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
Madden p 2 0 0 0
  Tolman ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 2 3 0
Russell ss 4 0 1 1
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Guerrero 3b 3 0 1 0
Marshall 1b 3 0 2 0
Landreaux cf 4 0 0 0
  Thomas cf 0 0 0 0
Reynolds rf 3 0 0 0
Fimple c 3 0 0 0
Valenzuela p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 1
Houston 000 001 000162
Los Angeles 000 010 10x270
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Madden   6.0 5 1 0 2 2
  Ruhle  L (8-4) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
2
1
2
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela  W (14-10) 9.0 6 1 1 3 7
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
7

  E–Thon (25), Ashby (13).  DP–Houston 1, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Marshall (16,off Madden); Russell (13,off Ruhle).  SH–Garner (3,off Valenzuela).  IBB–Mumphrey (3,by Valenzuela).  SB–Doran (12,2nd base off Valenzuela/Fimple); Garner (17,2nd base off Valenzuela/Fimple); S Sax 2 (49,2nd base off Madden/Ashby,2nd base off Ruhle/Ashby); Russell (13,2nd base off Madden/Ashby); Guerrero (23,2nd base off Madden/Ashby).  WP–Valenzuela (11).  IBB–Valenzuela (10,Mumphrey).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:29.  A–45,242.
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