Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
June 23, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1996 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 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 3 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 3 1 0 0
Spiers 3b 1 0 0 0
  Miller 3b 3 0 0 0
Mouton lf 3 1 1 0
Gutierrez ss 4 0 0 0
Knorr c 2 1 1 1
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Kile p 3 0 1 2
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins c 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 3 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 4 0 1 1
Cedeno rf 5 0 1 0
Piazza c 4 1 3 1
Karros 1b 4 0 0 0
Blowers 3b 3 1 2 1
Hollandsworth cf 3 0 1 0
  Fonville ph,cf 1 1 1 0
Ashley lf 3 0 0 0
  Castro ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Gagne ss 3 1 1 1
Valdez p 1 0 0 0
  Marrero ph 1 0 0 0
  Park p 0 0 0 0
  Prince ph 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
Houston 010 200 000330
Los Angeles 001 000 0214102
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile   7.0 6 1 1 4 12
  Wagner   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Hernandez  L (0-4) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
10
4
4
4
12
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valdez   7.0 3 3 3 2 1
  Park   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Worrell  W (3-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
3
3
2
2

  E–DeShields (3), Gagne (8).  2B–Houston Kile (3,off Valdes).  HR–Los Angeles Blowers (5,8th inning off Wagner 0 on, 0 out); Piazza (18,9th inning off Hernandez 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Biggio (4,off Valdes); Valdes (8,off Kile); Castro (2,off Wagner).  HBP–Bell (6,by Valdes).  IBB–Knorr (2,by Valdes); Piazza (12,by Kile).  SB–Hunter (20,2nd base off Valdes/Piazza); Mouton (7,2nd base off Valdes/Piazza); DeShields 2 (22,2nd base off Kile/Knorr 2).  HBP–Valdes (2,Bell).  IBB–Kile (6,Piazza); Valdes (6,Knorr).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Ron Barnes, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–3:00.  A–35,467.
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