Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 4, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1990 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."

"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

Houston Astros 10, Los Angeles Dodgers 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 6 0 3 0
Oberkfell 3b 3 2 0 1
  Meyer p 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Stubbs lf 4 1 0 0
  Yelding pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 1 2
Rhodes rf 4 1 2 0
  Candaele ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Ramirez ss 4 1 1 0
Gedman c 4 1 1 1
  Biggio ph,c 1 0 0 0
Rohde 2b 5 2 2 0
Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Anthony ph 1 1 1 3
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Davidson ph 1 0 0 0
  Caminiti 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 12 8
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Harris 2b 5 1 3 0
Javier cf 4 2 1 0
Daniels lf 5 2 2 6
Murray 1b 5 2 3 1
Brooks rf 5 0 1 0
Scioscia c 3 0 0 1
Sharperson 3b 2 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 0 0 0
  Gibson ph 0 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0
  Offerman ss 0 0 0 0
Martinez p 2 1 1 0
  Crews p 0 0 0 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
  Walsh p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Samuel ph 1 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 8
Houston 000 422 11010120
Los Angeles 340 000 0108113
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Portugal   2.0 7 7 7 2 0
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Osuna  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Meyer   2.1 1 1 1 2 1
  Agosto   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Smith  SV (22) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
4
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   4.1 8 6 5 0 2
  Crews   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Gott  L (2-4) 1.0 2 2 1 1 1
  Walsh   1.2 1 2 2 1 3
  Aase   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Poole   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Holmes   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
8
4
6

  E–Harris (8), Murray (7), Brooks (9).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Rhodes (3,off Martinez).  3B–Houston Davis (3,off Martinez).  HR–Houston Anthony (8,4th inning off Martinez 2 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Daniels 2 (23,1st inning off Portugal 1 on, 1 out,2nd inning off Portugal 3 on, 0 out); Murray (21,8th inning off Meyer 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Oberkfell (1,by Martinez).  IBB–Davis 2 (13,by Gott,by Aase); Ramirez (6,by Poole).  SB–Rhodes (2,2nd base off Martinez/Scioscia); Yelding (52,2nd base off Aase/Scioscia).  WP–Portugal (4), Walsh (1).  BK–Walsh (1).  HBP–Martinez (3,Oberkfell).  IBB–Gott (2,Davis); Aase (3,Davis); Poole (2,Ramirez).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:24.  A–28,939.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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