Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
September 13, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1997 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 1, Houston Astros 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Nixon cf 3 0 0 0
Piazza c 3 0 1 0
Karros 1b 4 0 1 0
Mondesi rf 4 0 0 0
Zeile 3b 3 1 1 1
Hollandsworth lf 3 0 1 0
  Lewis ph 1 0 1 0
Gagne ss 4 0 0 0
Candiotti p 1 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Murray ph 1 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Ashley ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0
Bell rf 2 1 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 1 2 1
Berry 3b 3 1 1 1
  Spiers 3b 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 0 1 0
Hidalgo cf 4 0 1 1
Eusebio c 3 0 1 0
  Ausmus c 0 0 0 0
Kile p 1 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 3
Los Angeles 010 000 000151
Houston 400 000 10x570
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  L (10-6) 5.0 4 4 2 1 6
  Reyes   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Osuna   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Worrell   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
3
1
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (18-6) 8.0 4 1 1 4 13
  Magnante   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
16

  E–Piazza (15).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  PB–Piazza 2 (9).  2B–Los Angeles Hollandsworth (19,off Kile), Houston Berry (22,off Candiotti); Gutierrez (12,off Worrell).  HR–Los Angeles Zeile (27,2nd inning off Kile 0 on, 1 out), Houston Gonzalez (8,7th inning off Osuna 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Kile (10,off Reyes).  HBP–Bell 2 (10,by Candiotti 2); Eusebio (3,by Candiotti); Kile (3,by Candiotti).  SB–Nixon (9,2nd base off Kile/Eusebio); Biggio (39,2nd base off Candiotti/Piazza); Bagwell (28,2nd base off Candiotti/Piazza); Gonzalez (10,2nd base off Candiotti/Piazza).  CS–Bell (7,2nd base by Candiotti/Piazza).  HBP–Candiotti 4 (11,Bell 2,Eusebio,Kile).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:43.  A–33,130.
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