Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 8, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 2002 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 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 1 3 2
Biggio 2b 4 2 1 1
Berkman lf 5 1 1 2
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0
Loretta 3b 4 0 2 0
Vizcaino ss 5 1 1 0
Ausmus c 4 0 1 1
Lane rf 2 1 0 0
Oswalt p 3 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Roberts cf 3 0 1 0
Cora ss 4 0 1 2
Beltre 3b 4 0 0 0
Green rf 4 0 0 0
Jordan lf 4 0 0 0
Houston 1b 3 1 1 0
  Lo Duca ph 1 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 3 1 1 0
Kreuter c 2 0 0 0
  Kinkade ph 1 0 0 0
  Ross c 0 0 0 0
Ishii p 1 0 0 0
  Beirne p 0 0 0 0
  Thurston ph 1 0 0 0
  Mota p 0 0 0 0
  Hansen ph 0 0 0 0
  Ruan pr 0 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Houston 101 110 0026100
Los Angeles 000 000 020240
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W (19-6) 7.0 3 2 2 1 9
  Dotel   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
12
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Ishii  L (14-10) 3.1 5 3 3 4 2
  Beirne   2.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Mota   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Shuey   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
6
3

  E–None.  2B–Houston Hunter (11,off Ishii); Vizcaino (17,off Beirne); Ausmus (17,off Beirne), Los Angeles Cora (12,off Dotel).  HR–Houston Biggio (13,1st inning off Ishii 0 on, 1 out); Hunter (2,3rd inning off Ishii 0 on, 0 out); Berkman (39,9th inning off Shuey 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Lane (1,by Beirne).  SB–Bagwell (6,2nd base off Ishii/Kreuter); Roberts (42,2nd base off Oswalt/Ausmus).  IBB–Beirne (1,Lane).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:07.  A–42,934.
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