Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
April 21, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 2012 at Minute Maid Park. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Houston Astros 1

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gordon ss 4 2 3 0
Kennedy 2b 3 1 0 0
  MacDougal p 0 0 0 0
  Jansen p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
Kemp cf 3 1 1 2
Ethier rf 4 0 1 2
Rivera lf 3 0 1 0
  Gwynn lf 0 0 0 0
Loney 1b 3 1 1 1
Sellers 3b 4 0 0 0
Ellis A. c 3 0 0 0
Kershaw p 3 0 1 0
  Ellis M. 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Schafer cf 3 0 0 0
Altuve 2b 3 0 0 0
Martinez lf 2 0 1 1
Lee 1b 4 0 0 0
Lowrie ss 4 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Downs rf 3 0 1 0
  Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
Snyder c 2 0 0 0
  Bogusevic ph 1 0 0 0
Weiland p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Maxwell rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Los Angeles 010 002 020580
Houston 000 000 010141
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Kershaw  W(1-0) 7.0 3 0 0 2 9
  MacDougal   0.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Jansen   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Wright   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Weiland  L(0-3) 7.0 6 3 3 1 6
  Cruz   0.2 1 2 2 2 0
  Carpenter   0.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Lopez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Weiland (2).  DP–Los Angeles 1. Sellers-Kennedy-Loney, Houston 3. Lowrie-Lee, Lowrie-Altuve-Lee, Snyder-Lowrie-Lee.  2B–Los Angeles Rivera (3,off Weiland); Gordon (3,off Cruz), Houston Downs (2,off Kershaw).  HR–Los Angeles Loney (1,2nd inning off Weiland 0 on 2 out); Kemp (9,6th inning off Weiland 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  IBB–Snyder (1,by Kershaw).  Team–7.  CS–Gordon (3,2nd base by Weiland/Snyder).  U-HP–D.J. Reyburn, 1B–Brian O'Nora, 2B–Alfonso Marquez, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–3:02.  A–25,562.
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