Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 15, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1987 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."

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Houston Astros 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 1 0
Hatcher lf 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 2 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 1 2 0
Walling 3b 4 1 2 2
Reynolds C. ss 3 0 0 0
Reynolds R. c 2 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Afenir c 0 0 0 0
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  Childress p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 2 2 0
Devereaux lf 4 0 3 1
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Guerrero 1b 4 0 1 1
  Stubbs 1b 0 0 0 0
Marshall rf 4 0 0 0
Shelby cf 4 1 2 0
Scioscia c 3 0 2 0
Hoffman ss 2 0 0 1
Garner 3b 2 0 0 0
Belcher p 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 10 3
Houston 000 020 000252
Los Angeles 001 110 00x3100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (8-15) 6.0 9 3 3 3 2
  Childress   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Andersen   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
3
2
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher  W (2-1) 7.0 5 2 2 1 4
  Pena  SV (4) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
7

  E–Walling (8), C Reynolds (12).  DP–Houston 3, Los Angeles 1.  TP–Houston 1.  2B–Los Angeles Sax (21,off Knepper).  HR–Houston Walling (5,5th inning off Belcher 1 on, 0 out).  SB–Bass (17,2nd base off Belcher/Scioscia); Shelby (13,2nd base off Knepper/R Reynolds); Sax (32,3rd base off Knepper/R Reynolds); Scioscia (6,2nd base off Knepper/R Reynolds).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:26.  A–16,415.
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