Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
September 25, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1985 at Astrodome. 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Houston Astros 6

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Duncan ss 4 0 0 1
Landreaux cf 5 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 3 1 0 0
  Anderson 3b 0 0 0 0
  Matuszek ph 1 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Guerrero lf 4 1 2 0
Marshall rf 4 1 1 2
Scioscia c 4 0 0 0
Brock 1b 1 1 0 0
  Cabell ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Sax 2b 4 0 2 0
Valenzuela p 2 0 1 0
  Whitfield ph 0 0 0 0
  Williams pr 0 0 0 0
  Bailor 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 3 0 0 1
Pankovits lf 4 1 1 0
Bass cf 5 1 1 2
Davis 1b 3 1 1 1
Mumphrey rf 4 1 2 0
Garner 3b 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 3 1 0 0
  Reynolds pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Thon ss 1 0 0 0
  Pena ss 3 1 1 0
  Bailey c 0 0 0 0
Ryan p 1 0 0 0
  Bullock ph 1 0 0 0
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
  Tolman ph 1 0 1 2
  Calhoun p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera ph 1 0 0 0
  Solano p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 6
Los Angeles 300 100 000 0461
Houston 000 000 400 2680
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela   9.0 6 4 2 4 5
  Niedenfuer  L (7-8) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.1
8
6
4
4
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   6.0 5 4 4 2 3
  Dawley   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Calhoun   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Solano  W (2-2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
6
4
4
3
5

  E–Madlock (18).  DP–Los Angeles 2, Houston 1.  3B–Los Angeles Marshall (1,off Ryan).  HR–Houston Davis (19,7th inning off Valenzuela 0 on, 0 out); Bass (14,10th inning off Niedenfuer 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Valenzuela (5,off Ryan); Duncan (12,off Solano).  HBP–Madlock (7,by Ryan).  SF–Doran (5,off Valenzuela).  WP–Ryan (14).  HBP–Ryan (9,Madlock).  T–2:45.  A–16,955.
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