Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 12, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1998 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 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 2 2 1
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0
Berry 3b 4 1 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Alou lf 5 2 3 3
Everett cf 5 0 4 2
Gutierrez ss 5 0 1 0
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Halama p 2 1 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers ph 1 0 0 0
  Scanlan p 0 0 0 0
  Bogar 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 6
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 0 0
Hollandsworth lf 5 0 1 1
Piazza c 4 1 2 0
  Howard pr 0 1 0 0
Zeile 3b 5 0 1 1
Mondesi rf 4 2 2 3
Konerko 1b 4 0 2 0
  Luke pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Hubbard cf 2 0 0 1
Castro ss 4 0 0 0
Park p 1 1 1 0
  Bruske p 1 0 0 0
  Guerrero ph 1 0 1 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  Devereaux ph 1 0 1 1
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Houston 112 100 000 16110
Los Angeles 011 002 001 27111
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Halama   5.1 4 4 4 2 2
  Nitkowski   1.2 3 0 0 0 0
  Scanlan   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Wagner  L (0-2) 1.2 3 3 3 1 3
Totals
9.2
11
7
7
3
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Park   3.0 8 5 4 4 5
  Bruske   4.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Clontz   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Osuna  W (1-0) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
6
5
4
8

  E–Castro (1).  DP–Houston 2, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Houston Biggio (6,off Park); Alou (3,off Park); Everett 2 (2,off Park,off Osuna), Los Angeles Zeile (2,off Nitkowski).  3B–Los Angeles Park (1,off Halama).  HR–Houston Alou (3,10th inning off Osuna 0 on, 0 out), Los Angeles Mondesi (2,10th inning off Wagner 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Bell (2,off Park); Hubbard (1,off Halama).  SH–Hubbard (1,off Wagner).  SB–Bell 2 (3,2nd base off Park/Piazza,3rd base off Bruske/Piazza); Bagwell (4,2nd base off Bruske/Piazza); Everett (3,2nd base off Bruske/Piazza).  U-HP–Kerwin Danley, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–3:27.  A–33,429.
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