Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Houston Astros 0
Regular Season Game 139
Played on Sunday, September 5, 1976 (D) at Astrodome
LA N 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 7 1 HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
Los Angeles Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Lopes 2b 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 Sizemore 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Buckner lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 Smith rf 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 Garvey 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 Cey 3b 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 Lyttle cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Russell ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 Yeager c 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Rau p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 4 7 4 2 3 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Russell-Sizemore-Garvey. E: Russell (21). BATTING - 3B: Smith (5,off Larson). HR: Smith (15,4th inning off Larson 0 on 0 out). SF: Garvey (7,off Larson). HBP: Lopes (4,by Larson). GDP: Cey (8,off Larson). Team LOB: 4. BASERUNNING - SB: Lopes (45,2nd base off Larson/Johnson). CS: Cey (4,2nd base by Larson/Johnson).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Howard lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 Watson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 13 1 Johnson c 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 Cruz rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Andrews 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 Metzger ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 Roberts ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 DaVanon ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Larson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Boswell ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 0 3 0 3 3 27 19 FIELDING - DP: 1. Metzger-Andrews-Watson. BATTING - 2B: Cruz (19,off Rau). GDP: Cedeno (15,off Rau). Team LOB: 6. BASERUNNING - SB: Cedeno (47,2nd base off Rau/Yeager).
PITCHING
Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Rau W(14-10) 9 3 0 0 3 3 0 33
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Larson L(4-6) 8 6 3 3 1 3 1 30 Niekro 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 Totals 9 7 4 4 2 3 1 35 WP: Niekro (8). BK: Larson (2). HBP: Larson (1,Lopes). Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Ed Sudol Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 12483 Starting Lineups: Los Angeles Dodgers Houston Astros 1. Lopes 2b Howard lf 2. Buckner lf Cabell 3b 3. Smith rf Cedeno cf 4. Garvey 1b Watson 1b 5. Cey 3b Johnson c 6. Lyttle cf Cruz rf 7. Russell ss Andrews 2b 8. Yeager c Metzger ss 9. Rau p Larson p DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to center; Larson balked [Lopes to second]; Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lopes to third]; Smith tripled to center [Lopes scored]; Garvey hit a sacrifice fly to left [Smith scored]; Cey walked; Cey was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Howard flied out to center; Cabell grounded out (third to first); Cedeno walked; Cedeno stole second; Watson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 0. DODGERS 2ND: Lyttle struck out; Russell grounded out (third to first); Yeager grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Johnson flied out to left; Cruz made an out to second; Andrews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 0. DODGERS 3RD: Rau grounded out (second to first); Lopes struck out; Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Metzger flied out to center; Larson flied out to right; Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 0. DODGERS 4TH: Smith homered; Garvey flied out to center; Cey singled to center; Lyttle forced Cey (second to shortstop); Russell forced Lyttle (pitcher to shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cabell grounded out (third to first); Cedeno flied out to center; Watson walked; Johnson forced Watson (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0. DODGERS 5TH: Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); Rau grounded out (second to first); Lopes was hit by a pitch; Lopes stole second; Buckner singled to shortstop [Lopes to third]; Smith made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: SIZEMORE REPLACED LOPES (PLAYING 2B); Cruz doubled to center; Andrews grounded out (second to first); Metzger lined to center; Larson lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0. DODGERS 6TH: Garvey singled to right; Cey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garvey out at second]; Lyttle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Howard flied out to right; Cabell walked; Cedeno grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cabell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0. DODGERS 7TH: Russell struck out; Yeager grounded out (third to first); Rau grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 7TH: Watson lined to left; Johnson singled to right; Cruz made an out to second; Andrews reached on an error by Russell [Johnson to second, Andrews to first]; ROBERTS BATTED FOR METZGER; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0. DODGERS 8TH: DAVANON REPLACED ROBERTS (PLAYING SS); Sizemore grounded out (second to first); Buckner grounded out (first to pitcher); Smith made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 8TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR LARSON; Boswell singled to center; Howard grounded out (third to first) [Boswell to second]; Cabell flied out to center [Boswell to third]; Cedeno flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0. DODGERS 9TH: NIEKRO REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Garvey flied out to center; Cey walked; Lyttle grounded out (second to first) [Cey to second]; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Cey to third]; Russell singled to pitcher [Cey scored]; Yeager flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 0. ASTROS 9TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson flied out to left; Cruz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Dodgers 4 7 1 4 Astros 0 3 0 6
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