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The Astros, after losing seven previous games in Dodger Stadium this season, got five-hit pitching from Tom Griffin and shut out the West Division leaders, 7-0. The Astros rapped Doug Rau for three runs in the fourth inning on singles by Cesar Cedeno and Bob Watson, a sacrifice fly by Lee May, walk to Doug Rader, single by Milt May and grounder by Tomy Helms. Houston Astros 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 0Game Played on Tuesday, September 17, 1974 (Night game) at Dodger StadiumAstros 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 - 7 10 0
Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Gross rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .307 Russell ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .272
Metzger ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .262 Buckner lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .313
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .274 Wynn cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .271
Watson lf 4 2 2 1 0 2 .296 Garvey 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .325
Howard lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Crawford rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .295
L. May 1b 3 1 1 3 0 1 .270 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .272
Rader 3b 3 2 2 1 1 1 .259 Ferguson c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .241
M. May c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .298 Lacy 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .303
Helms 2b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .278 Rau p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .148
Griffin p 4 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Hough p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Joshua ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .248
Rhoden p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 7 10 7 3 9 Totals 30 0 5 0 4 4
Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 19,452
Left on Base: Astros 6, Dodgers 7
DP: Astros 2, Dodgers 0
Errors: Garvey
Doubles: Metzger (17)
Home Runs: L. May (24), Rader (17)
Stolen Bases: Garvey (5), Russell (13)
Sacrifice Flies: L. May (9)
GIDP: Cey (15), Joshua (2)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Griffin W(14-9) 9 5 0 0 4 4 0 34 3.30
Totals 9 5 0 0 4 4 0 34
Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Rau L(13-9) 4.2 7 5 5 1 5 0 22 3.63
Hough 2.1 2 1 1 0 3 1 9 3.87
Rhoden 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 9 3.38
Totals 9 10 7 7 3 9 2 40
Wild Pitches: Griffin (10)
Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - John McSherry
ASTROS 1ST: Gross grounded out (second to first); Metzger popped
to second; Garvey dropped a foul fly hit by Cedeno for an error;
Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0.
DODGERS 1ST: Russell flied out to center; Buckner grounded out
(second to first); Wynn was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Watson struck out; L. May struck out; Rader singled
to shortstop; M. May singled to left [Rader to third]; Helms
popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0.
DODGERS 2ND: Garvey singled to left; Garvey stole second;
Griffin threw a wild pitch [Garvey to third]; Crawford flied out
to center; Cey struck out; Ferguson grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Griffin struck out; Gross flied out to center;
Metzger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0.
DODGERS 3RD: Lacy popped to third; Rau grounded out (pitcher to
first); Russell singled to second; Russell stole second; Buckner
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros
0, Dodgers 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno singled to left; Watson singled to center
[Cedeno to third]; L. May hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cedeno
scored]; Rader walked [Watson to second]; M. May singled to
right [Watson scored, Rader to third]; Helms forced M. May
(shortstop to second) [Rader scored]; Griffin popped to second;
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Dodgers 0.
DODGERS 4TH: Wynn walked; Garvey struck out; Crawford singled to
left [Wynn to second]; Cey forced Crawford (third to second)
[Wynn to third]; Ferguson walked [Cey to second]; Lacy flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 3, Dodgers 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Gross flied out to left; Metzger doubled to right;
Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson singled to
center [Metzger scored]; HOUGH REPLACED RAU (PITCHING); L. May
homered [Watson scored]; Rader struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 6, Dodgers 0.
DODGERS 5TH: Hough flied out to left; Russell singled to
pitcher; Buckner struck out; Wynn popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Dodgers 0.
ASTROS 6TH: M. May popped to third in foul territory; Helms
flied out to center; Griffin singled to left; Gross struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Dodgers 0.
DODGERS 6TH: Garvey walked; Crawford walked [Garvey to second];
Cey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Garvey to third, Crawford out at second]; Ferguson grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Dodgers 0.
ASTROS 7TH: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno
grounded out (third to first); Watson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Astros 6, Dodgers 0.
DODGERS 7TH: HOWARD REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING LF); Lacy singled
to center; JOSHUA BATTED FOR HOUGH; Joshua grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lacy out at second];
Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 6, Dodgers 0.
ASTROS 8TH: RHODEN REPLACED JOSHUA (PITCHING); L. May flied out
to center; Rader homered; M. May flied out to center; Helms
lined to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 7, Dodgers 0.
DODGERS 8TH: Buckner flied out to right; Wynn popped to
shortstop; Garvey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 7, Dodgers 0.
ASTROS 9TH: Griffin flied out to left; Gross walked; Metzger
grounded out (second to first) [Gross to second]; Cedeno walked;
Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 7, Dodgers 0.
DODGERS 9TH: Crawford flied out to right; Cey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Ferguson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Astros 7, Dodgers 0.
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