Although suffering from a foot injury, Maury Wills came to the plate as a pinch-hitter and cracked a two-run double as the Dodgers rallied for five runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Astros, 6-5, for their seventh straight victory. A triple by Cesar Cedeno, who batted in two runs, paced the Astros to a 4-1 lead going into the ninth.

Wes Parker started the Dodgers' comeback with a one-out double, took third on Cedeno's boot of the ball and scored on a single by Willie Crawford. A pass to Bill Sudakis brought Jack DiLauro to the mound for Houston. Andy Kosco struck out, but Jim Lefebvre singled Crawford home. Sudakis took third and Lefebvre advanced to second on Cedeno's wild throw to the infield. Wills then hit his double, limping to second. Claude Osteen ran for Wills and scored what proved to be the deciding run when Billy Grabarkewitz singled off Jim Ray. Jim Wynn homered in the Astros' half of the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Houston Astros 5
Game Played on Wednesday, July      8, 1970 (Night game) at Astrodome
Dodgers      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  5  -   6 10  0
Astros       1  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   5  9  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grabarkewitz ss       5   0   2   1     0   3   .341      Alou rf               5   1   3   0     0   0   .287
Mota lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .309      Morgan 2b             4   1   1   0     1   0   .263
Davis cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .302      Watson 1b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .299
Parker 1b             4   2   3   0     0   1   .286        Geronimo lf         0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
Crawford rf           4   1   1   2     0   0   .230      Pepitone lf,1b        3   1   1   1     1   0   .251
Sudakis 3b            3   1   0   0     1   0   .211      Menke ss              3   1   2   1     1   0   .309
Haller c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .273      Cedeno cf             4   0   1   2     0   2   .216
  Kosco ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .240      Martinez 3b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .246
  Torborg c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Edwards c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Lefebvre 2b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .296      Wilson p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .120
Sutton p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .200        DiLauro p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Joshua ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .274        Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Lamb p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wynn ph             1   1   1   1     0   0   .274
  Wills ph            1   0   1   2     0   0   .270
  Osteen pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .222
  Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6  10   6     2   5             Totals               35   5   9   5     3   8

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 16,865
Left on Base: Dodgers 4, Astros 6
DP: Dodgers 0, Astros 1
Errors: Cedeno 2
Doubles: Parker (25), Wills (8), Morgan (13), Alou (12)
Triples: Parker (2), Pepitone (5), Cedeno (1)
Home Runs: Wynn (13)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (18)
Caught Stealing: Grabarkewitz (4)
GIDP: Lefebvre (4)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton                  7     7   4   4   3   7   0  30   3.58
Lamb W(3-0)             1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.38
Brewer SV(12)           1     2   1   1   0   1   1   5   1.90
Totals                  9     9   5   5   3   8   1  38

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilson                  8.1   7   4   4   2   4   0  33   4.46
DiLauro L(0-3)          0.1   2   2   2   0   1   0   3   4.22
Ray                     0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.28
Totals                  9    10   6   6   2   5   0  37

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


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

ASTROS 1ST: Alou singled to third; Morgan doubled to left [Alou
to third]; Watson struck out; Pepitone was walked intentionally;
Morgan was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); Menke
singled to center [Alou scored, Pepitone to third]; Cedeno
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Astros 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Parker tripled to center; Crawford grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Parker scored]; Sudakis made an out to
third; Haller grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Martinez grounded out (first to pitcher); Edwards
grounded out (first unassisted); Wilson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Lefebvre made an out to shortstop; Sutton singled
to right; Grabarkewitz struck out; Mota singled to right [Sutton
to third, Mota to second (on throw to 3b)]; Davis lined to left;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Alou grounded out (second to first); Morgan walked;
Morgan stole second; Watson struck out; Pepitone tripled to
right [Morgan scored]; Menke walked; Cedeno tripled to center
[Pepitone scored, Menke scored]; Martinez was called out on
strikes; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 4.

DODGERS 4TH: Parker struck out; Crawford flied out to center;
Sudakis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Astros 4.

ASTROS 4TH: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Wilson
struck out; Alou grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 4.

DODGERS 5TH: Haller walked; Lefebvre grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Haller out at second]; Sutton
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Astros 4.

ASTROS 5TH: Morgan grounded out (pitcher to first); Watson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Pepitone flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 4.

DODGERS 6TH: Grabarkewitz struck out; Mota lined to right; Davis
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 4.

ASTROS 6TH: Menke singled to left; Cedeno struck out; Martinez
flied out to left; Edwards flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 4.

DODGERS 7TH: Parker singled to center; Crawford flied out to
left; Sudakis lined to right; Haller flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 4.

ASTROS 7TH: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou
doubled to right; Morgan flied out to left; Watson flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 4.

DODGERS 8TH: GERONIMO REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING LF); PEPITONE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Lefebvre popped to third in foul
territory; JOSHUA BATTED FOR SUTTON; Joshua lined to third;
Grabarkewitz singled to left; Mota flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 4.

ASTROS 8TH: LAMB REPLACED JOSHUA (PITCHING); Pepitone flied out
to right; Menke grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Astros 4.

DODGERS 9TH: Davis grounded out (first unassisted); Parker
doubled to center [Parker to third (error by Cedeno)]; Crawford
singled to right [Parker scored]; Sudakis walked [Crawford to
second]; DILAURO REPLACED WILSON (PITCHING); KOSCO BATTED FOR
HALLER; Kosco struck out; Lefebvre singled to center [Crawford
scored, Sudakis to third, Lefebvre to second (error by Cedeno)];
WILLS BATTED FOR LAMB; Wills doubled to right [Sudakis scored,
Lefebvre scored]; OSTEEN RAN FOR WILLS; RAY REPLACED DILAURO
(PITCHING); Grabarkewitz singled to center [Osteen scored];
Grabarkewitz was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
5 R, 5 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Astros 4.

ASTROS 9TH: BREWER REPLACED OSTEEN (PITCHING); TORBORG REPLACED
KOSCO (PLAYING C ); Martinez struck out; Edwards flied out to
center; WYNN BATTED FOR RAY; Wynn homered; Alou singled to
second; Morgan grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 6, Astros 5.