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Monday July 6, 1970
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With two out in the 10th inning, the Dodgers scored five runs and then stood off a counter-rally by the Astros to gain a 10-8 victory. Jim Bouton, after retiring the first two batters in the overtime stanza, walked Jim Lefebvre. Steve Garvey singled and Billy Grabarkewitz beat out an infield tap to load the bases. Manny Mota walked to force in the tie-breaking tally.

Bouton departed in favor of Ron Cook, who was tagged for singles by Willie Davis and Wes Parker, each driving in two runs. As it turned out, the Dodgers needed those extra tallies when the Astros came back with three runs in their half on a walk, singles by Joe Pepitone and Doug Rader and a double by Johnny Edwards. [The Sporting News]


Los Angeles Dodgers 10, Houston Astros 8

Game Played on Monday, July 6, 1970 (Night game) at Astrodome

Dodgers      0  0  0    1  2  0    1  0  1    5  -  10 16  1
Astros       1  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  1    3  -   8 13  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grabarkewitz ss       5   3   3   0     1   2   .340      Alou lf               4   0   1   0     1   0   .277
Mota lf               4   1   2   2     1   0   .311      Morgan 2b             4   1   1   0     1   2   .266
Davis cf              5   3   3   3     1   1   .297      Wynn cf               4   0   1   0     1   1   .275
Parker 1b             4   0   3   2     2   1   .280      Watson 1b             5   1   2   1     0   0   .303
Crawford rf           3   0   1   2     0   1   .236      Menke ss              4   1   0   0     1   0   .307
  Kosco ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Cedeno rf             4   1   1   2     0   0   .227
  Joshua ph,rf        2   0   1   1     0   1   .279        Pepitone rf         1   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Sudakis 3b            5   0   1   0     0   1   .220      Rader 3b              5   2   2   1     0   0   .217
Haller c              5   0   0   0     0   1   .278      Edwards c             5   0   2   3     0   0   .181
Lefebvre 2b           4   2   1   0     1   1   .288      Dierker p             3   0   1   0     0   0   .149
Osteen p              1   0   0   0     2   1   .222        DiLauro p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gabrielson ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .100        Gladding p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Martinez ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .266
  Garvey ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .125        Geronimo pr         0   1   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Mikkelsen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bouton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
                                                            Cook p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
                                                            Geiger ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               40  10  16  10     8  11             Totals               41   8  13   7     4   3

Time of Game: 3:23   Attendance: 17,744
Left on Base: Dodgers 10, Astros 7
DP: Dodgers 2, Astros 3
Errors: Davis
Doubles: Edwards 2 (10), Alou (11)
Triples: Watson (2)
Home Runs: Cedeno (1)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Mota (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Crawford (2)
GIDP: Mota (8), Haller (3), Menke (4), Wynn (11)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen                  7     8   4   4   3   1   1  30   2.96
Brewer W(4-1)           2     2   1   0   0   1   0   8   1.73
Mikkelsen SV(2)         1     3   3   3   1   1   0   7   3.55
Totals                 10    13   8   7   4   3   1  45

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker                 8.1  11   5   5   5   9   0  38   3.96
DiLauro                 0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   2.21
Gladding                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.44
Bouton L(3-6)           0.2   2   4   4   2   0   0   6   6.36
Cook                    0.1   2   1   1   0   1   0   3   3.38
Totals                 10    16  10  10   8  11   0  50

Wild Pitches: Gladding (4)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Al Barlick


DODGERS 1ST: Grabarkewitz struck out; Mota singled to center;
Davis flied out to left; Parker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Alou walked; Morgan forced Alou (second to
shortstop); Wynn walked [Morgan to second]; Watson singled to
center [Morgan scored, Wynn to third]; Menke grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Watson out at second]; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Astros 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford popped to first in foul territory; Sudakis
flied out to center; Haller grounded out (catcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Rader grounded
out (shortstop to first); Edwards grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Astros 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Lefebvre flied out to center; Osteen walked;
Grabarkewitz walked [Osteen to second]; Mota grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Grabarkewitz out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Dierker grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou
flied out to left; Morgan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Astros 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Davis walked; Parker singled to right [Davis to
third]; Crawford hit a sacrifice fly to center [Davis scored];
Sudakis singled to right [Parker to third]; Haller grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Sudakis out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Wynn singled to left; Watson flied out to right;
Menke forced Wynn (shortstop to second); Cedeno made an out to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Lefebvre singled to center; Osteen struck out;
Grabarkewitz singled to right [Lefebvre to third]; Mota singled
to third [Lefebvre scored, Grabarkewitz to second]; Davis
singled to left [Grabarkewitz scored, Mota to third]; Parker was
walked intentionally [Davis to second]; Crawford was called out
on strikes; Sudakis struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers
3, Astros 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Rader singled to left; Edwards doubled to center
[Rader scored]; Dierker singled to shortstop [Edwards to third];
Alou reached on a fielder's choice [Edwards out at home (third
to catcher to third), Dierker to second]; Morgan singled to
right [Dierker to third, Alou to second]; Wynn grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Morgan out at second]; 1
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Haller was called out on strikes; Lefebvre grounded
out (second to first); Osteen walked; Grabarkewitz struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 6TH: Watson tripled to right; Menke popped to first in
foul territory; Cedeno homered [Watson scored]; Rader grounded
out (shortstop to first); Edwards grounded out (pitcher to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros 4.

DODGERS 7TH: Mota grounded out (pitcher to first); Davis singled
to center; Parker singled to right [Davis to third]; Crawford
singled to right [Davis scored, Parker to third]; Sudakis lined
into a double play (second to first) [Crawford out at first]; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 7TH: Dierker grounded out (pitcher to first); Alou
grounded out (third to first); Morgan walked; Morgan stole
second; Wynn flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
4, Astros 4.

DODGERS 8TH: Haller lined to right; Lefebvre struck out;
GABRIELSON BATTED FOR OSTEEN; Gabrielson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 8TH: BREWER REPLACED GABRIELSON (PITCHING); Watson flied
out to left; Menke flied out to center; Cedeno grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 4.

DODGERS 9TH: PEPITONE REPLACED CEDENO (PLAYING RF); Grabarkewitz
singled to right; Mota out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Grabarkewitz to second]; DILAURO REPLACED DIERKER
(PITCHING); Davis struck out; Parker was walked intentionally;
KOSCO BATTED FOR CRAWFORD; GLADDING REPLACED DILAURO (PITCHING);
JOSHUA BATTED FOR KOSCO; Joshua singled to center [Grabarkewitz
scored, Parker to third]; Gladding threw a wild pitch [Joshua to
second]; Parker was out trying to advance to home (catcher to
pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Astros 4.

ASTROS 9TH: JOSHUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rader grounded
out (second to first); Edwards grounded out (first unassisted);
MARTINEZ BATTED FOR GLADDING; Martinez singled to center;
GERONIMO RAN FOR MARTINEZ; Alou doubled to center [Geronimo
scored (error by Davis) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Morgan struck out;
1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Astros 5.

DODGERS 10TH: BOUTON REPLACED GERONIMO (PITCHING); Sudakis made
an out to third; Haller made an out to shortstop; Lefebvre
walked; GARVEY BATTED FOR BREWER; Garvey singled to left
[Lefebvre to second]; Grabarkewitz singled to third [Lefebvre to
third, Garvey to second]; Mota walked [Lefebvre scored, Garvey
to third, Grabarkewitz to second]; COOK REPLACED BOUTON
(PITCHING); Davis singled to center [Garvey scored, Grabarkewitz
scored, Mota to third]; Parker singled to right [Mota scored,
Davis scored]; Joshua struck out; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
10, Astros 5.

ASTROS 10TH: MIKKELSEN REPLACED GARVEY (PITCHING); Wynn struck
out; Watson lined to pitcher; Menke walked; Pepitone singled to
center [Menke to second]; Rader singled [Menke scored, Pepitone
to second]; Edwards doubled to center [Pepitone scored, Rader
scored]; GEIGER BATTED FOR COOK; Geiger flied out to right; 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 10, Astros 8.



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