Los Angeles Dodgers 13, Houston Astros 1
Game Played on Friday, September 14, 1973 (Night game) at Astrodome
Dodgers      4  0  0    0  0  3    3  1  2  -  13 17  0
Astros       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   2   2   1     0   1   .275      Gross lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Mota lf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .318      Sutherland 2b         4   1   1   0     0   0   .207
  Crawford ph,rf      1   1   0   0     1   0   .296      Cedeno cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .315
Davis cf              5   1   4   0     0   0   .289      May 1b                4   0   1   1     0   0   .265
  Joshua pr,lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .230      Rader 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Ferguson c            3   2   1   2     2   0   .263      Gallagher rf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .264
  Cannizzaro c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Jutze c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Paciorek rf,lf,cf     6   2   2   1     0   1   .273      Torres ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .091
Cey 3b                5   2   2   2     1   2   .242        Stewart ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .185
Garvey 1b             3   1   2   3     1   0   .298        Busse ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .120
Russell ss            4   1   2   1     1   0   .263      Reuss p               1   0   0   0     1   1   .126
Messersmith p         4   0   1   2     1   1   .172        Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dierker p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cosgrove p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Easler ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .231

Totals               41  13  17  12     7   6             Totals               30   1   4   1     1   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  8,458
Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Astros 3
DP: Dodgers 1, Astros 2
Errors: May
Doubles: Garvey (17), Cey (18), Russell (25), Messersmith (3), Sutherland (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Ferguson (9), Lopes (6), Garvey (3)
GIDP: Mota (11), Paciorek (4), Torres (4)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(13-10)    9     4   1   1   1   5   0  31   2.76
Totals                  9     4   1   1   1   5   0  31

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss L(15-11)          5    10   7   7   2   2   0  26   3.59
Upshaw                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.18
Dierker                 1     4   4   4   3   1   0  10   4.68
Cosgrove                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   1.74
Crawford                1     2   2   2   1   2   0   7   4.48
Totals                  9    17  13  13   7   6   0  51

Wild Pitches: Dierker (2), Cosgrove (1), Crawford (7)

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Paul Pryor


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to left; Mota singled to second
[Lopes to second]; Davis singled to left [Lopes to third, Mota
to second]; Ferguson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lopes scored,
Mota to third]; Paciorek singled to center [Mota scored, Davis
to second]; Cey struck out; Garvey doubled to right [Davis
scored, Paciorek scored]; Russell was walked intentionally;
Messersmith flied out to center; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gross popped to third in foul territory; Sutherland
popped to first; Cedeno was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Mota
reached on an error by May [Mota to first]; Davis singled to
center [Mota to second]; Ferguson popped to third; Paciorek
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
grounded out (third to first); Gallagher flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Cey was called out on strikes; Garvey grounded out
(third to first); Russell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Jutze singled to shortstop; Torres grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Jutze out at
second]; Reuss walked; Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Messersmith walked; Lopes lined to second; Mota
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Messersmith out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Sutherland doubled to center; Cedeno grounded out
(shortstop to first); May singled to right [Sutherland scored];
Rader popped to second; Gallagher popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Davis singled to center; Ferguson flied out to
center; Paciorek grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Davis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Astros 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Jutze flied out to right; Torres flied out to right;
Reuss struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey doubled to left; Garvey singled to third [Cey
to third]; Russell doubled to left [Cey scored, Garvey to
third]; UPSHAW REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Messersmith doubled to
left [Garvey scored, Russell scored]; Lopes struck out; Mota
flied out to right; Davis grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Gross struck out; Sutherland flied out to center;
Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Astros 1.

DODGERS 7TH: DIERKER REPLACED UPSHAW (PITCHING); Ferguson
walked; Paciorek singled to right [Ferguson to second]; Dierker
threw a wild pitch [Ferguson to third, Paciorek to second]; Cey
singled to left [Ferguson scored, Paciorek scored, Cey to second
(on throw)]; Garvey walked; Russell singled to second [Cey to
third, Garvey to second]; Messersmith was called out on strikes;
Lopes hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cey scored, Garvey to
third, Russell to second]; CRAWFORD BATTED FOR MOTA; Crawford
flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 10, Astros 1.

ASTROS 7TH: PACIOREK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); CRAWFORD
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); May flied out to center; Rader
popped to shortstop; Gallagher lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 10, Astros 1.

DODGERS 8TH: Davis singled to center; JOSHUA RAN FOR DAVIS;
Ferguson walked [Joshua to second]; COSGROVE REPLACED DIERKER
(PITCHING); Paciorek forced Joshua (third unassisted) [Ferguson
to second]; Cosgrove threw a wild pitch [Ferguson to third,
Paciorek to second]; Cey was walked intentionally; Garvey hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Ferguson scored, Paciorek to third];
Russell flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 11,
Astros 1.

ASTROS 8TH: JOSHUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PACIOREK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Jutze flied out to right; STEWART BATTED
FOR TORRES; Stewart was called out on strikes; EASLER BATTED FOR
COSGROVE; Easler struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 11,
Astros 1.

DODGERS 9TH: BUSSE REPLACED STEWART (PLAYING SS); CRAWFORD
REPLACED EASLER (PITCHING); Messersmith grounded out (second to
first); Lopes singled to left; Crawford walked [Lopes to
second]; Joshua struck out; Ferguson singled to right [Lopes
scored, Crawford to third]; Paciorek struck out but Crawford
advanced to home and Ferguson advanced to second and Paciorek
advanced to first on a wild pitch; Cey forced Paciorek (second
to shortstop); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 13, Astros 1.

ASTROS 9TH: CANNIZZARO REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING C ); Gross
flied out to left; Sutherland lined to left; Cedeno singled to
left; May lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 13,
Astros 1.