| A homer by Bob Watson after a double by Lee May in the sixth inning carried the Astros to a 2-1 victory over the Dodgers. Manny Mota homered for the Dodgers' run in the home half of the sixth. [The Sporting News] |
Houston Astros 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Game Played on Sunday, May 21, 1972 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 6 1 Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Metzger ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .175 Valentine 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .357 Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Mota lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .268 Wynn rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .303 Davis cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257 May 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .317 Robinson rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Watson lf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .270 Parker 1b 2 0 2 0 2 0 .307 Edwards c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Garvey 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .263 Rader 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .217 Wills ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .117 Helms 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .206 Cannizzaro c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .295 Reuss p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .133 Crawford pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Brewer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lefebvre ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Russell ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .324 Singer p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .167 Dietz ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Totals 33 2 6 2 2 4 Totals 29 1 5 1 3 7 Time of Game: 2:03 Attendance: 33,928 Left on Base: Astros 6, Dodgers 7 DP: Astros 1, Dodgers 1 Errors: Rader, Garvey Doubles: May (4), Parker (2) Home Runs: Watson (5), Mota (2) Sacrifice Hits: Russell 2 (2), Wills (2) GIDP: May (3) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuss W(3-2) 9 5 1 1 3 7 1 35 3.86 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 7 1 35 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Singer L(3-4) 7 6 2 2 2 4 1 29 2.17 Brewer 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.87 Totals 9 6 2 2 2 4 1 35 Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Bob Engel ASTROS 1ST: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno popped to first in foul territory; Wynn popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); Mota walked; Davis hit into a double play (first to shortstop) [Mota out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 2ND: May struck out; Watson singled to right; Edwards forced Watson (first to shortstop); Rader walked [Edwards to second]; Helms popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Robinson grounded out (third to first); Parker walked; Garvey forced Parker (shortstop to second); Cannizzaro grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 3RD: Reuss grounded out (second to first); Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 3RD: Russell flied out to center; Singer singled to right; Valentine struck out; Mota forced Singer (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 4TH: Wynn singled to left; May singled to left [Wynn to third]; Watson struck out; Edwards popped to shortstop; Rader struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 4TH: Davis grounded out (second to first); Robinson flied out to center; Parker doubled to right; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 5TH: Helms grounded out (second to first); Reuss struck out; Metzger walked; Cedeno popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 5TH: Cannizzaro reached on an error by Rader [Cannizzaro to first]; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cannizzaro to second]; Singer struck out; Valentine flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 6TH: Wynn flied out to left; May doubled to left; Watson homered [May scored]; Edwards flied out to right; Rader flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 6TH: Mota homered; Davis struck out; Robinson was called out on strikes; Parker walked; Garvey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 1. ASTROS 7TH: Helms singled to right; On a bunt Reuss forced Helms (pitcher to shortstop); Metzger lined to third; Cedeno forced Reuss (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 7TH: Cannizzaro singled to right; CRAWFORD RAN FOR CANNIZZARO; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Crawford to second]; DIETZ BATTED FOR SINGER; Dietz was called out on strikes; Valentine grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 1. ASTROS 8TH: DIETZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); BREWER REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Wynn reached on an error by Garvey [Wynn to first]; May grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Wynn out at second]; Watson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 8TH: Mota grounded out (pitcher to first); Davis flied out to center; Robinson made an out to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 1. ASTROS 9TH: Edwards flied out to right; Rader popped to first in foul territory; Helms grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 9TH: Parker singled to right; WILLS BATTED FOR GARVEY; Wills out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Parker to second]; LEFEBVRE BATTED FOR BREWER; Lefebvre reached on a fielder's choice [Parker out at third (third unassisted)]; Russell lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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