The Astros scored all their runs in the second inning, three coming on Bob Watson's homer, and then held off the Dodgers, 6-5. Houston's big inning began when loser Burt Hooton walked Doug Rader. Rob Andrews, Greg Gross, Roger Metzger and Cesar Cedeno followed with singles before Watson unloaded his 10th round-tripper of the season.

Los Angeles, which got single runs in the second and fifth, chased winner Dave Roberts with a three-run seventh. Two walks and an infield hit brought on reliever Joe Niekro, who was touched for singles by Ron Cey and Joe Ferguson, cutting the Houston lead to one run. Wayne Granger came on, picked Cey off third, got Steve Yeager on an infield grounder, then pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth and picked up his fifth save. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Game Played on Monday, June      23, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome
Dodgers      0  1  0    0  1  0    3  0  0  -   5  9  1
Astros       0  6  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   6  6  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b,ss           3   1   0   0     2   1   .234      Gross lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .280
Paciorek lf           5   1   1   0     0   1   .204      Metzger ss            4   1   1   1     0   1   .249
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cedeno cf             2   1   1   1     2   0   .256
Wynn cf               3   1   1   0     2   0   .293      Watson 1b             3   1   1   3     1   0   .339
Garvey 1b             5   1   1   0     0   0   .317      Johnson c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .278
Cey 3b                4   1   2   1     1   0   .268      Cabell rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .277
Ferguson rf           3   0   2   2     1   1   .199      Rader 3b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .230
Yeager c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .211      Andrews 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Auerbach ss           3   0   2   1     0   0   .209      Roberts p             3   1   1   0     0   0   .103
  De Jesus ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .205        Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Buckner ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .181        Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacy pr,2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .318
Hooton p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .111
  McMullen ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .133
  Rhoden p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lee ph,lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .148

Totals               33   5   9   4     8   5             Totals               30   6   6   5     5   2

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 12,472
Left on Base: Dodgers 9, Astros 5
DP: Dodgers 0, Astros 1
Errors: Lopes, Gross
Doubles: Paciorek (6)
Triples: Roberts (1)
Home Runs: Watson (10)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno 2 (31)
Caught Stealing: Paciorek (1)
GIDP: Garvey (10)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hooton L(6-6)           3     5   6   6   3   2   1  17   4.20
Rhoden                  4     1   0   0   1   0   0  14   3.49
Marshall                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.29
Totals                  8     6   6   6   5   2   1  35

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts W(4-9)          6.1   7   5   5   7   5   0  31   4.04
Niekro                  0     2   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.40
Granger SV(5)           2.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   8   2.36
Totals                  9     9   5   5   8   5   0  41

Wild Pitches: Roberts (4)

Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Bruce Froemming


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; Paciorek struck out; Wynn popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger
struck out; Cedeno walked; Cedeno stole second; Watson walked;
Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Astros 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey
walked; Ferguson walked [Cey to second]; Yeager forced Ferguson
(shortstop to second) [Cey to third]; Auerbach singled [Cey
scored, Yeager to second]; Roberts threw a wild pitch [Yeager to
third, Auerbach to second]; Hooton struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
walked; Andrews singled [Rader to second]; Roberts forced
Andrews (third to second) [Rader scored (error by Lopes) (no
RBI)]; Gross singled [Roberts to second]; Metzger singled
[Roberts scored, Gross to second]; Cedeno singled [Gross scored,
Metzger to third]; Cedeno stole second; Watson homered [Metzger
scored, Cedeno scored]; Johnson made an out to first; 6 R, 5 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 6.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes walked; Paciorek forced Lopes (third to
second); Paciorek was caught stealing second; Wynn walked;
Garvey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Astros 6.

ASTROS 3RD: Cabell was called out on strikes; Rader popped to
catcher in foul territory; Andrews flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 6.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey flied out to center; Ferguson singled; Yeager
struck out; Auerbach singled to left [Ferguson to third,
Auerbach to second (error by Gross)]; MCMULLEN BATTED FOR
HOOTON; McMullen walked; Lopes flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 1
E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 6.

ASTROS 4TH: RHODEN REPLACED MCMULLEN (PITCHING); Roberts
tripled; Gross flied out to left; Metzger reached on a fielder's
choice [Roberts out at home (shortstop to catcher to third)];
Cedeno walked [Metzger to second]; Watson flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 6.

DODGERS 5TH: Paciorek doubled; Wynn singled [Paciorek to third];
Garvey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Paciorek scored (no RBI), Wynn out at second]; Cey
singled; Ferguson struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Astros 6.

ASTROS 5TH: Johnson flied out to left; Cabell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rader flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Astros 6.

DODGERS 6TH: Yeager grounded out (third to first); Auerbach
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rhoden grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Astros 6.

ASTROS 6TH: DE JESUS REPLACED AUERBACH (PLAYING SS); Andrews
grounded out (third to first); Roberts popped to third in foul
territory; Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Astros 6.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes walked; Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Lopes to second]; Wynn walked; Garvey singled [Lopes to
third, Wynn to second]; NIEKRO REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Cey
singled [Lopes scored, Wynn to third, Garvey to second];
Ferguson singled [Wynn scored, Garvey scored, Cey to third];
GRANGER REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Cey was picked off third;
Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Astros 6.

ASTROS 7TH: Metzger flied out to center; Cedeno grounded out
(third to first); Watson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 5, Astros 6.

DODGERS 8TH: BUCKNER BATTED FOR DE JESUS; Buckner walked; LACY
RAN FOR BUCKNER; LEE BATTED FOR RHODEN; Lee forced Lacy (pitcher
to shortstop); Lopes forced Lee (pitcher to shortstop); Paciorek
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Astros 6.

ASTROS 8TH: LEE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LACY STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING 2B); LOPES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); MARSHALL
REPLACED PACIOREK (PITCHING); Johnson walked; Cabell grounded
out (second to first) [Johnson to second]; Rader grounded out
(third to first); Andrews flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 5, Astros 6.

DODGERS 9TH: Wynn grounded out (third to first); Garvey grounded
out (third to first); Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Astros 6.