Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
May 27, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1998 at Astrodome. 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Houston Astros 1

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 1 0
Vizcaino ss 4 0 2 1
Sheffield rf 3 0 1 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 0 0
Mondesi cf 4 2 2 0
Karros 1b 4 0 1 0
Hollandsworth lf 4 0 1 2
  Radinsky p 0 0 0 0
Johnson c 4 0 0 0
Dreifort p 3 1 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Howard lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Spiers 3b,1b 4 0 1 0
Hidalgo lf 2 0 1 0
Everett cf 4 0 1 0
Gutierrez ss 4 0 0 0
Phillips 1b 2 0 0 0
  Berry ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Ausmus c 2 1 1 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Eusebio c 0 0 0 0
Bergman p 1 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 0
Los Angeles 010 100 100381
Houston 000 001 000152
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Dreifort  W (3-4) 6.0 5 1 1 1 6
  Guthrie   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Osuna   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Radinsky  SV (10) 1.1 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
12
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bergman  L (4-3) 6.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Nitkowski   0.1 1 1 0 0 0
  Henry   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
1
3

  E–Johnson (3), Spiers (3), Ausmus (2).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Mondesi (13,off Bergman); Young (10,off Bergman); Hollandsworth (6,off Bergman); Vizcaino (6,off Nitkowski), Houston Spiers (11,off Dreifort).  SH–Young (6,off Nitkowski).  SB–Vizcaino (2,2nd base off Bergman/Ausmus).  CS–Everett (7,2nd base by Dreifort/Johnson).  WP–Dreifort (2), Bergman (3).  U-HP–Paul Schrieber, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Charlie Reliford.  T–2:50.  A–17,190.
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