Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
April 11, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1980 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Houston Astros 10

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 2 1 0 1
Law cf 5 1 1 0
Smith rf 5 0 4 3
Garvey 1b 5 0 0 0
Baker lf 3 1 2 1
Cey 3b 5 0 0 0
Thomas ss 5 1 1 0
Yeager c 3 1 1 0
Sutcliffe p 3 1 0 1
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 5 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 2 1
Cedeno cf 3 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
Cruz lf 2 3 2 0
Cabell 3b 4 3 3 1
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 3 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 2
  Gonzalez pr 0 0 0 0
  Pujols c 1 1 1 2
Niekro p 1 0 1 2
  Leonard ph 1 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Howe ph,1b,3b 2 0 1 1
Totals 34 10 13 9
Los Angeles 200 400 000692
Houston 030 000 25x10133
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe   6.1 8 5 5 2 3
  Stanhouse  L (0-1) 1.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Howe   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
3
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   5.0 6 6 1 3 4
  Andujar   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Smith  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  LaCorte   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
1
6
7

  E–Thomas (2), Yeager (1), Reynolds (1), Cabell (2), Bergman (1).  DP–Los Angeles 2, Houston 1.  2B–Los Angeles Thomas (1,off Niekro), Houston Ashby (1,off Sutcliffe); Pujols (1,off Howe).  HR–Houston Reynolds (1,8th inning off Stanhouse 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Baker (2,off Niekro).  IBB–Cruz (1,by Stanhouse).  CS–Smith (1,2nd base by Andujar/Ashby); Cedeno (1,2nd base by Sutcliffe/Yeager).  SB–Cruz (1,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Yeager); Cedeno (1,2nd base off Stanhouse/Yeager); Howe (1,2nd base off Howe/Yeager).  IBB–Stanhouse (1,Cruz).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:58.  A–30,701.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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