Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 20, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1990 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."

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Houston Astros 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding cf 3 0 0 1
Biggio c 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 1 2 1
Wilson rf 3 1 0 0
Stubbs lf 3 1 1 2
  Davidson lf 0 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 1 1 0
Deshaies p 2 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 4 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Samuel cf 4 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0
Brooks rf 4 1 1 1
Murray 1b 4 0 2 0
Daniels lf 2 0 1 0
  Hatcher lf 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez lf 0 0 0 0
  Gwynn ph 1 0 0 0
Sharperson 3b 4 0 1 0
Hernandez c 3 1 1 0
  Scioscia ph 1 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 0 1 0
Belcher p 1 0 0 0
  Shelby ph 1 0 0 0
  Crews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 1
Houston 020 011 000441
Los Angeles 000 110 000270
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  W (1-0) 8.0 6 2 1 0 6
  Smith  SV (3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
0
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher  L (1-1) 7.0 4 4 4 2 8
  Crews   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
4
4
2
9

  E–Yelding (1).  PB–Hernandez (1).  2B–Los Angeles Hernandez (1,off Deshaies); Sharperson (1,off Smith).  HR–Houston Stubbs (2,2nd inning off Belcher 1 on, 1 out); Davis (2,6th inning off Belcher 0 on, 1 out), Los Angeles Brooks (4,4th inning off Deshaies 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Deshaies (1,off Belcher); Belcher (3,off Deshaies).  SF–Yelding (1,off Belcher).  WP–Belcher (1).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:19.  A–44,533.
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