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Claude Osteen, facing his former teammates for the first time, needed help from Ken Forsch to come out a winner when the Astros defeated the Dodgers, 5-3. The Dodgers had a 2-1 lead against Osteen until Lee May homered off Al Downing with two men on base in the sixth inning. The Dodgers picked up a run off Osteen in the eighth before Forsch took over, but Doug Rader assured the Astros' victory with a scoring single in their half. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3Game Played on Friday, April 12, 1974 (Night game) at AstrodomeDodgers 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 - 3 9 1 Astros 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 x - 5 8 0 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lacy 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .389 Metzger ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .296 Buckner ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Helms 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .400 Paciorek lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .364 Milbourne pr,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Joshua ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Cedeno cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .367 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Watson lf,1b 3 2 2 0 1 0 .321 Wynn cf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .321 Menke 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ferguson c 3 0 0 0 2 0 .185 L. May 1b 3 1 1 3 0 0 .273 Crawford rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .267 Gross lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .550 Cey 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .357 Rader 3b 2 0 1 1 2 0 .280 Garvey 1b 4 2 3 0 0 0 .286 Brown rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Russell ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Gallagher ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Mota ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .667 M. May c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .318 Auerbach pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Osteen p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Downing p 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brewer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McMullen ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Lopes pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Totals 36 3 9 3 5 5 Totals 30 5 8 5 3 4 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 26,422 Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Astros 5 DP: Dodgers 2, Astros 0 Errors: Cey Doubles: Garvey 2 (4) Triples: Metzger (1), Watson (1) Home Runs: L. May (1) Stolen Bases: Cedeno 2 (3), Rader (1) Sacrifice Hits: Osteen (1) GIDP: Brown (1), L. May (2) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Downing L(0-2) 5.2 5 4 4 3 3 1 24 6.23 Brewer 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.00 Marshall 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.12 Totals 8 8 5 5 3 4 1 34 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Osteen W(1-1) 7.1 9 3 3 5 4 0 36 6.30 Forsch SV(1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.00 Totals 9 9 3 3 5 5 0 41 Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Lee Weyer DODGERS 1ST: Lacy flied out to right; Paciorek grounded out (pitcher to first); Wynn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Metzger tripled to right; Helms grounded out (third to first); Cedeno singled to shortstop [Metzger scored]; Cedeno stole second; Watson made an out to first; L. May popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Astros 1. DODGERS 2ND: Ferguson grounded out (third to first); Crawford grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey singled to left [Cey out at second (left to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 2ND: Rader walked; Brown grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Rader out at second]; M. May reached on an error by Cey; Osteen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Astros 1. DODGERS 3RD: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell grounded out (third to first); Downing struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms struck out; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Astros 1. DODGERS 4TH: Lacy singled to left; Paciorek flied out to center; Wynn grounded out (third to first) [Lacy to second]; Ferguson walked; Crawford forced Ferguson (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Watson singled to third; L. May grounded into a double play (second to first) [Watson out at second]; Rader flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Astros 1. DODGERS 5TH: Cey grounded out (third to first); Garvey singled to left; Russell made an out to second; Downing walked [Garvey to second]; Lacy singled to right [Garvey scored, Downing to second]; Paciorek struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Brown grounded out (third to first); M. May struck out; Osteen flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 1. DODGERS 6TH: Wynn walked; Ferguson grounded out (pitcher to first) [Wynn to second]; Crawford struck out; Cey singled to center [Wynn scored]; Garvey doubled to left [Cey to third]; Russell was walked intentionally; Downing struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Helms singled to shortstop; MILBOURNE RAN FOR HELMS; Cedeno forced Milbourne (shortstop to second); Cedeno stole second; Watson walked; L. May homered [Cedeno scored, Watson scored]; BREWER REPLACED DOWNING (PITCHING); Rader walked (walk was charged to Downing); Brown struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 4. DODGERS 7TH: MILBOURNE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Lacy made an out to shortstop; Paciorek singled to left; Wynn flied out to left; Ferguson walked [Paciorek to second]; Crawford made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 4. ASTROS 7TH: M. May singled; Osteen out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [M. May to second]; Metzger flied out to center; Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 4. DODGERS 8TH: WATSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); GROSS REPLACED L. MAY (PLAYING LF); Cey out on an unknown play; Garvey doubled to right; MOTA BATTED FOR RUSSELL; Mota singled to right [Garvey to third]; AUERBACH RAN FOR MOTA; MCMULLEN BATTED FOR BREWER; McMullen reached on a fielder's choice [Garvey scored, Auerbach to second]; LOPES RAN FOR MCMULLEN; FORSCH REPLACED OSTEEN (PITCHING); BUCKNER BATTED FOR LACY; Buckner popped to third in foul territory; JOSHUA BATTED FOR PACIOREK; Joshua flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 4. ASTROS 8TH: BUCKNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MARSHALL REPLACED JOSHUA (PITCHING); AUERBACH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); LOPES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Watson tripled to right; Gross flied out to center; Rader singled to center [Watson scored]; GALLAGHER BATTED FOR BROWN; Rader stole second; Gallagher flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 5. DODGERS 9TH: GALLAGHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MENKE REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING 1B); Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); Crawford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 5. |
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