Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
May 26, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1968 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Houston Astros 0

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Parker 1b 3 0 0 0
Davis cf 5 0 3 1
Gabrielson lf 4 0 1 0
  Fairey pr,lf 1 1 1 1
Fairly rf 4 0 1 1
Haller c 3 1 1 0
Bailey 3b 3 0 0 0
Versalles ss 4 0 1 0
Popovich 2b 2 2 1 0
Drysdale p 4 1 2 1
Totals 33 5 11 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 4 0 1 0
Menke 2b 4 0 2 0
Staub 1b 4 0 2 0
Thomas rf 4 0 0 0
Wynn lf 2 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 0
Adlesh c 4 0 0 0
Torres ss 3 0 0 0
Dierker p 2 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Watson ph 1 0 0 0
  Buzhardt p 0 0 0 0
  Blasingame p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Los Angeles 001 010 0125110
Houston 000 000 000060
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale  W (5-3) 9.0 6 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  L (4-7) 6.1 5 2 2 5 3
  Ray   1.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Buzhardt   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Blasingame   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
6
5

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 2, Houston 3.  2B–Los Angeles Haller (6,off Dierker); Fairly (1,off Ray).  SH–Parker (8,off Buzhardt).  IBB–Haller (2,by Ray).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Aspromonte (1,by Drysdale).  Team–7.  SB–Popovich (1,2nd base off Dierker/Adlesh); Wynn (5,2nd base off Drysdale/Haller).  WP–Drysdale (3), Dierker (9).  HBP–Drysdale (4,Aspromonte).  IBB–Ray (4,Haller).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:47.  A–21,493.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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