Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
April 7, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 1987 at Astrodome. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Houston Astros 6

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 3 1 0 0
Duncan ss 4 0 0 0
Madlock 3b,1b 3 0 1 1
  Landreaux lf 1 0 0 0
Marshall rf 4 1 1 0
Stubbs lf,1b 4 1 2 1
Woodson 1b,3b 3 0 0 0
  Matuszek ph 1 0 0 0
Scioscia c 3 1 2 1
  Anderson pr 0 0 0 0
Ramsey cf 3 1 1 1
  Guerrero ph 1 0 0 0
Valenzuela p 3 0 1 1
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 3 1 2 0
Hatcher cf 3 1 2 1
Cruz lf 5 0 1 0
Davis 1b 5 0 0 0
Bass rf 5 1 2 2
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
  Bailey c 1 0 0 0
Garner 3b 4 0 2 1
Pena ss 3 1 2 0
  Reynolds ph,ss 1 1 1 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Gainey ph 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph,rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 6 13 4
Los Angeles 011 200 001581
Houston 010 100 04x6130
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela   7.0 10 2 2 3 7
  Howell   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Young  L (0-1) 1.0 1 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
5
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   4.0 6 4 4 2 0
  Lopez   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Andersen  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 4
  Kerfeld   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Smith  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
6

  E–Ramsey (1).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Scioscia (1).  2B–Los Angeles Marshall (1,off Knepper); Scioscia (1,off Kerfeld), Houston Cruz (1,off Valenzuela).  3B–Los Angeles Ramsey (1,off Knepper).  HR–Los Angeles Stubbs (1,9th inning off Kerfeld 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hatcher (1,off Valenzuela).  SB–Sax (2,2nd base off Knepper/Ashby); Hatcher (1,2nd base off Valenzuela/Scioscia); Bass (1,2nd base off Valenzuela/Scioscia).  WP–Young 2 (2).  BK–Valenzuela (1).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–3:00.  A–22,781.
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