Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
August 4, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1991 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Houston Astros 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 0 0 0
Samuel 2b 4 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Sharperson 3b 2 0 1 0
  Harris ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Javier lf 3 0 1 0
Griffin ss 3 0 0 0
Belcher p 2 0 0 0
  Gwynn ph 0 0 0 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Finley cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Biggio c 4 0 2 1
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 3 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Simms rf 3 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Davidson lf 1 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 4 0 1 0
Candaele 2b 4 1 1 0
Deshaies p 2 0 0 0
  Tolentino ph 1 0 1 1
  Young pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Los Angeles 000 100 000 0150
Houston 000 000 100 1260
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher   8.0 4 1 1 4 7
  Gross  L (6-7) 1.1 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.1
6
2
2
5
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies   7.0 5 1 1 1 5
  Corsi   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Osuna  W (7-3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
10.0
5
1
1
1
9

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Carter (3).  2B–Houston Biggio (13,off Belcher); Candaele (16,off Belcher).  HR–Los Angeles Strawberry (15,4th inning off Deshaies 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Murray (8,2nd base off Deshaies/Biggio); Gonzalez (7,2nd base off Belcher/Carter).  CS–Biggio (6,2nd base by Belcher/Carter).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–3:12.  A–23,701.
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