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Larry Dierker

Game Log for 1970
Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Apr 07 W, 8-5 at Giants Start 6.0 5 27 3 2 0 4 0 3 3.00 W (1-0) HOU Apr 12 W, 8-3 vs Braves Start 1 9.0 9 36 3 3 1 0 0 7 3.00 W (2-0) HOU Apr 17 W, 4-1 vs Padres Start 2 9.0 11 39 1 1 0 2 0 6 2.25 W (3-0) HOU Apr 21 L, 8-9 at Pirates Start 5.2 9 30 9 8 1 3 0 4 4.25 L (3-1) HOU Apr 26 L, 3-6 at Cubs Start 6.0 7 26 6 4 3 2 0 3 4.54 L (3-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU May 01 W, 9-3 at Cardinals Start 3 9.0 8 38 3 3 1 4 0 9 4.23 W (4-2) HOU May 05 W, 3-1 vs Cubs Start 4 9.0 4 33 1 1 1 2 0 3 3.69 W (5-2) HOU May 10 W, 9-2 vs Pirates Start 5 9.0 14 39 2 2 1 0 0 7 3.45 W (6-2) HOU May 14 W, 3-1 at Padres Start 6 9.0 9 35 1 1 0 3 0 6 3.14 W (7-2) HOU May 18 W, 6-0 vs Cardinals Start 7 1 9.0 4 33 0 0 0 2 0 9 2.79 W (8-2) HOU May 22 L, 2-5 vs Reds Start 7.0 11 34 5 5 2 2 0 8 3.08 L (8-3) HOU May 26 L, 3-5 at Braves Start 6.0 10 27 5 5 1 1 1 5 3.36 L (8-4) HOU May 30 L, 3-4 at Mets Start 7.2 6 30 4 4 0 2 0 8 3.46 L (8-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jun 07 L, 3-10 vs Phillies Start 3.0 7 15 5 5 1 2 0 1 3.80 L (8-6) HOU Jun 17 L, 2-4 at Phillies Start 8 8.0 9 35 4 3 0 2 1 7 3.77 L (8-7) HOU Jun 21 L, 4-6 at Braves Start 4.0 10 23 6 6 3 1 0 2 4.10 L (8-8) HOU Jun 26 L, 2-3 vs Reds Start 7.0 5 27 1 0 0 1 0 10 3.87 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jul 01 L, 3-6 at Dodgers Start 7.0 3 27 3 3 1 3 0 5 3.87 HOU Jul 06 L, 8-10 vs Dodgers Start 8.1 11 38 5 5 0 4 1 9 3.96 HOU Jul 11 W, 5-4 vs Giants Start 9.0 7 35 3 3 2 1 1 7 3.90 HOU Jul 17 W, 5-2 vs Cubs Start 9 9.0 7 34 2 2 0 0 0 5 3.79 W (9-8) HOU Jul 22 W, 13-9 at Cardinals Start 2.1 5 16 6 6 2 3 0 2 4.08 HOU Jul 25 W, 8-4 at Pirates Finish 1 3.1 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.99 HOU Jul 29 L, 2-9 at Cubs Start 4.1 9 26 8 7 3 2 0 3 4.27 L (9-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Aug 03 (2) L, 1-3 vs Braves Start 10 9.0 12 38 3 3 2 1 0 10 4.20 L (9-10) HOU Aug 07 W, 11-2 at Giants Start 11 9.0 6 39 2 1 0 4 0 5 4.05 W (10-10) HOU Aug 12 W, 4-0 vs Phillies Start 12 2 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.86 W (11-10) HOU Aug 18 L, 1-7 at Mets Start 2.0 6 14 6 6 0 2 0 2 4.09 L (11-11) HOU Aug 22 L, 1-2 at Phillies Start 8.0 4 28 1 1 0 1 0 7 3.98 HOU Aug 27 W, 5-4 at Expos Start 13 9.0 5 33 4 4 1 2 0 1 3.98 W (12-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Sep 01 L, 1-2 vs Padres Start 8.0 5 30 1 1 1 3 0 7 3.87 HOU Sep 05 W, 7-2 vs Dodgers Start 14 9.0 4 33 2 2 0 3 0 4 3.80 W (13-11) HOU Sep 09 L, 5-9 at Giants Start 6.0 9 32 8 8 2 5 0 2 4.01 L (13-12) HOU Sep 15 W, 9-2 vs Reds Start 15 9.0 4 35 2 2 0 5 0 1 3.94 W (14-12) HOU Sep 20 L, 6-7 at Dodgers Start 7.0 5 28 4 4 1 2 0 4 3.97 HOU Sep 26 W, 5-2 at Braves Start 16 9.0 7 35 2 2 0 1 0 4 3.90 W (15-12) HOU Sep 30 W, 4-3 vs Giants Start 17 9.0 8 36 3 3 1 3 0 8 3.87 W (16-12)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      16  12   3.92   36  36  17   0   0   2  266.1  260  1116  124  116  31   78   4  187   18-18  4.89 runs/start
As closer        0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   1   0    3.1    3    14    0    0   0    0   0    4    1-0 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              429   48  107  161  21   3   9   46   5   4   36   1   3   69   8  .249  .375  .311  .687
vs RHB              604   69  156  265  29   7  22   65   9   8   42   3   3  122  11  .258  .439  .312  .751

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            10   3   2.42   17  17  11   0   0   2  141.1  128   567   39   38  12   31   2  105   11-6   4.76 runs/start
Road             6   9   5.47   20  19   6   1   1   0  128.1  135   563   85   78  19   47   2   86    8-12  5.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              3   5   4.94   12  11   2   1   1   0   78.1   85   336   47   43  14   21   1   56    5-7   4.82 runs/start
Night           13   7   3.43   25  25  15   0   0   2  191.1  178   794   77   73  17   57   3  135   14-11  4.92 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            3   2   4.54    5   5   2   0   0   0   35.2   41   158   22   18   5   11   0   23    3-2   6.20 runs/start
May              5   3   2.88    8   8   5   0   0   1   65.2   66   269   21   21   6   16   1   55    5-3   4.75 runs/start
June             0   3   5.73    4   4   1   0   0   0   22.0   31   100   16   14   4    6   1   20    0-4   2.75 runs/start
July             1   1   5.40    7   6   1   1   1   0   43.1   45   190   27   26   8   13   2   35    4-3   6.00 runs/start
August           3   2   2.93    6   6   4   0   0   1   46.0   38   184   16   15   3   10   0   28    3-3   3.83 runs/start
September        4   1   3.47    7   7   4   0   0   0   57.0   42   229   22   22   5   22   0   30    4-3   5.29 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Braves           2   3   4.62    5   5   3   0   0   0   37.0   48   159   19   19   7    4   1   28    2-3   4.20 runs/start
Cardinals        2   0   3.98    3   3   2   0   0   1   20.1   17    87    9    9   3    9   0   20    3-0   9.33 runs/start
Cubs             2   2   4.45    4   4   2   0   0   0   28.1   27   119   17   14   7    6   0   14    2-2   3.25 runs/start
Dodgers          1   0   4.02    4   4   1   0   0   0   31.1   23   126   14   14   2   12   1   22    1-3   6.00 runs/start
Expos            1   0   4.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    5    33    4    4   1    2   0    1    1-0   5.00 runs/start
Giants           3   1   3.92    5   5   2   0   0   0   39.0   35   169   19   17   5   17   1   25    4-1   6.60 runs/start
Mets             0   2   9.31    2   2   0   0   0   0    9.2   12    44   10   10   0    4   0   10    0-2   2.00 runs/start
Padres           2   0   1.04    3   3   2   0   0   0   26.0   25   104    3    3   1    8   0   19    2-1   2.67 runs/start
Phillies         1   2   2.89    4   4   2   0   0   1   28.0   25   110   10    9   1    5   1   18    1-3   2.50 runs/start
Pirates          1   1   5.00    3   2   1   1   1   0   18.0   26    83   11   10   2    3   0   15    2-1   8.50 runs/start
Reds             1   1   2.74    3   3   1   0   0   0   23.0   20    96    8    7   2    8   0   19    1-2   4.33 runs/start

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