| A single by Bob Watson in the first inning for his 100th RBI of the season provided J.R. Richard with the only run that he needed to pitch the Astros to a 1-0 victory over the Dodgers. Cesar Cedeno was safe on a two-base error by Davey Lopes before Watson singled to beat Burt Hooton. [The Sporting News] |
Houston Astros 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Game Played on Tuesday, September 28, 1976 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Astros 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Cabell 3b,1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Buckner lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .303 Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .296 Smith rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Watson 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .313 Garvey 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .320 Howe 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .136 Cey 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Cruz lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .301 Russell ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .275 Johnson c 2 0 1 0 2 0 .224 Burke cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Gross rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .289 Pasley c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Metzger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Goodson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Richard p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .115 Auerbach pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .098 Yeager c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Hooton p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .098 Lee ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .114 Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Totals 32 1 5 1 3 3 Totals 30 0 3 0 0 5 Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 10,483 Left on Base: Astros 7, Dodgers 3 DP: Astros 1, Dodgers 0 Errors: Richard, Lopes Stolen Bases: Cedeno (54), Garvey (19), Lopes (62) Caught Stealing: Cabell (8) GIDP: Cey (11) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Richard W(19-15) 9 3 0 0 0 5 0 30 2.81 Totals 9 3 0 0 0 5 0 30 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hooton L(11-15) 8 4 1 0 3 3 0 31 3.26 Hough 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.28 Totals 9 5 1 0 3 3 0 35 Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Jerry Dale ASTROS 1ST: Andrews grounded out (second to first); Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno reached on an error by Lopes [Cedeno to second]; Watson singled to right [Cedeno scored (unearned)]; Cruz struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 2ND: Johnson walked; Gross forced Johnson (first to shortstop); Metzger popped to shortstop in foul territory; Richard forced Gross (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Garvey singled to center; Garvey stole second; Cey flied out to right; Russell struck out; Burke flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 3RD: Andrews flied out to left; Cabell singled to center; Cabell was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to pitcher); Cedeno grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 3RD: Pasley struck out; Hooton struck out; Lopes reached on an error by Richard [Lopes to first]; Lopes stole second; Buckner grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 4TH: Watson flied out to right; Cruz lined to second; Johnson singled to center; Gross struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 4TH: Smith flied out to left; Garvey singled to center; Cey grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Garvey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 5TH: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Richard struck out; Andrews flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 5TH: Russell grounded out (second to first); Burke popped to first in foul territory; Pasley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 6TH: Cabell flied out to right; Cedeno singled to third; Cedeno stole second; Watson walked; Cruz flied out to left; Johnson walked [Cedeno to third, Watson to second]; Gross lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 6TH: Hooton struck out; Lopes grounded out (pitcher to first); Buckner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 7TH: Metzger popped to third in foul territory; Richard flied out to right; Andrews popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 7TH: Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 8TH: Cabell popped to second; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 8TH: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); GOODSON BATTED FOR PASLEY; Goodson singled to left; AUERBACH RAN FOR GOODSON; LEE BATTED FOR HOOTON; Lee lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 9TH: YEAGER REPLACED AUERBACH (PLAYING C ); HOUGH REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Cruz flied out to left; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross singled to left; Metzger forced Gross (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 9TH: HOWE REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING 3B); CABELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Lopes flied out to right; Buckner popped to third in foul territory; Smith flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 0.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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