Houston Astros 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Friday, August    31, 1973 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Astros       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  7  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  4  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wynn rf               3   1   0   0     2   2   .214      Lopes 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .270
Metzger ss            3   0   1   0     1   1   .260      Joshua cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .236
Cedeno cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .311      Buckner lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .278
Watson lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .313      Ferguson c            4   1   1   1     0   1   .269
Rader 3b              2   1   2   1     1   0   .253      Crawford rf           2   0   1   1     2   1   .298
May 1b                4   1   1   2     0   1   .264      Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .306
Helms 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .277      Cey 3b                3   0   0   0     0   1   .246
Jutze c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .225      Russell ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .270
Griffin p             4   0   0   0     0   0   .063      Rau p                 2   0   0   0     0   0   .111
                                                            McMullen ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
                                                            Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
                                                            Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               30   3   7   3     5   7             Totals               30   2   4   2     3   9

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 31,395
Left on Base: Astros 7, Dodgers 4
DP: Astros 0, Dodgers 1
Errors: Russell
Doubles: Joshua (3), Garvey (16)
Home Runs: May (22), Ferguson (22)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (31)
Caught Stealing: Rader (3), Crawford (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Jutze (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Rader (5)
GIDP: Cedeno (18)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin W(1-5)          9     4   2   2   3   9   1  33   4.60
Totals                  9     4   2   2   3   9   1  33

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau                     8     4   1   1   5   5   0  31   3.64
Brewer L(6-7)           0     3   2   2   0   0   1   3   2.71
Richert                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   1.94
Totals                  9     7   3   3   5   7   1  37

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Tom Gorman


ASTROS 1ST: Wynn walked; Metzger was called out on strikes;
Cedeno singled to left [Wynn to third]; Watson walked [Cedeno to
second]; Rader hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wynn scored,
Cedeno to third]; May was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Astros 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Joshua flied out
to center; Buckner flied out to center; Ferguson flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Dodgers 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Helms grounded out (third to first); Jutze grounded
out (second to first); Griffin flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford struck out; Garvey was called out on
strikes; Cey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1,
Dodgers 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Wynn walked; Metzger singled to right [Wynn to
second]; Cedeno struck out; Watson popped to second; Rader
singled to third [Wynn to third, Metzger to second]; May flied
out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell was called out on strikes; Rau grounded out
(second to first); Lopes grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Dodgers 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Helms singled to center; Jutze out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Helms to second]; Griffin flied out to
center [Helms to third]; Wynn popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Joshua doubled to left; Buckner grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Joshua to third]; Ferguson lined to third;
Crawford singled to right [Joshua scored]; Crawford was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 1, Dodgers 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Metzger grounded out (catcher to first); Cedeno
struck out; Watson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey struck out; Cey flied out to center; Russell
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
1, Dodgers 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Rader walked; Rader was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); May flied out to center; Helms lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Rau grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes flied
out to center; Joshua flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Astros 1, Dodgers 1.

ASTROS 7TH: Jutze grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); Ferguson
struck out; Crawford walked; Garvey doubled to left [Crawford to
third]; Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
1, Dodgers 1.

ASTROS 8TH: Metzger walked; Cedeno grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Metzger out at second]; Watson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 8TH: Russell flied out to left; MCMULLEN BATTED FOR RAU;
McMullen popped to catcher in foul territory; Lopes was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Dodgers 1.

ASTROS 9TH: BREWER REPLACED MCMULLEN (PITCHING); Rader singled
to shortstop [Rader to second (error by Russell)]; May homered
[Rader scored]; Helms singled to center; RICHERT REPLACED BREWER
(PITCHING); Jutze struck out; Griffin flied out to center; Wynn
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 9TH: Joshua struck out; Buckner struck out; Ferguson
homered; Crawford walked; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Dodgers 2.