After Davey Lopes and Bill Buckner walked in the first inning, Steve Garvey and Ron Cey hit consecutive homers to start the Dodgers off to an 8-3 victory over the Astros. Doug Rau limited the Astros to six hits while collecting three himself, including a two-run single in the third. Doug Rader rapped a pair of solo homers for the Astros. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 8, Houston Astros 3
Game Played on Tuesday, June      24, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome
Dodgers      4  0  3    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   8 11  0
Astros       0  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   2   0   0     1   2   .231      Gross lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Buckner lf            2   1   0   0     1   1   .178      Metzger ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Yeager c            1   0   0   0     1   1   .210      Cedeno cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .253
Wynn cf,lf            5   0   0   0     0   3   .286      Watson 1b             3   1   2   0     1   0   .343
Garvey 1b             4   1   2   3     1   1   .319      Johnson c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .277
Cey 3b                4   2   1   1     1   0   .268      Cabell rf             2   0   0   1     0   0   .273
Ferguson c,rf         5   1   1   0     0   1   .199      Rader 3b              3   2   2   2     0   1   .236
Cruz rf,cf            4   1   3   1     0   0   .280      Andrews 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .196
De Jesus ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .209      Griffin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .136
Rau p                 3   0   3   2     1   0   .237        Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
                                                            Forsch p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .100
                                                            Helms ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .154
                                                            Cosgrove p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   8  11   7     6  10             Totals               30   3   6   3     1   5

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 14,285
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Astros 2
DP: Dodgers 2, Astros 2
Errors: Johnson
Doubles: Watson (15)
Home Runs: Garvey (9), Cey (11), Rader 2 (5)
Stolen Bases: Lopes 4 (26), Cruz (1), Garvey (4)
Caught Stealing: De Jesus (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Cabell (2)
GIDP: Cey (7), Cabell (5), Gross (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau W(7-6)              9     6   3   3   1   5   2  32   3.36
Totals                  9     6   3   3   1   5   2  32

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin L(3-8)          2.1   5   6   6   3   2   2  15   5.33
Crawford                0     3   1   1   0   0   0   3   2.70
Forsch                  5.2   3   1   0   2   8   0  21   3.02
Cosgrove                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.74
Totals                  9    11   8   7   6  10   2  42

Passed Balls: Johnson (3)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Buckner walked;
Wynn struck out; Garvey homered [Lopes scored, Buckner scored];
Cey homered; Ferguson grounded out (third to first); Cruz
singled; Cruz stole second; De Jesus struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gross flied out to center; Metzger flied out to
left; Cedeno flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
4, Astros 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Rau singled; Lopes forced Rau (shortstop to
second); Lopes stole second; Buckner grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Lopes to third]; Wynn flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson doubled; Johnson flied out to right [Watson
to third]; Cabell hit a sacrifice fly to right [Watson scored];
Rader homered; Andrews flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Garvey made an out to shortstop; Cey walked;
Ferguson singled [Cey to second]; CRAWFORD REPLACED GRIFFIN
(PITCHING); Cruz singled [Cey scored, Ferguson to second]; De
Jesus singled [Ferguson to third, Cruz to second]; Rau singled
[Ferguson scored, Cruz scored, De Jesus to second]; FORSCH
REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Lopes struck out while De Jesus
was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Forsch struck out; Gross grounded out (shortstop to
first); Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Buckner struck out; Bill Buckner ejected by 3B
umpire Art Williams; Wynn struck out; Garvey struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: YEAGER REPLACED BUCKNER (PLAYING C ); FERGUSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
CF); WYNN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Cedeno was called out
on strikes; Watson walked; Johnson singled [Watson to second];
Cabell grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Johnson
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Cey grounded out (pitcher to first); Ferguson flied
out to center; Cruz singled; De Jesus flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Rader homered; Andrews flied out to left; Forsch
struck out; Gross grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Rau singled; Lopes forced Rau (pitcher to
shortstop); Lopes stole second; Lopes stole third [Lopes scored
(error by Johnson) (unearned)]; Yeager struck out; Wynn struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 8, Astros 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno
grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson singled; Johnson was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 8, Astros
3.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey singled; Garvey stole second; Cey flied out
to center; Ferguson struck out; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 8, Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Cabell made an out to shortstop; Rader struck out;
Andrews flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 8,
Astros 3.

DODGERS 8TH: De Jesus made an out to second; Rau walked; Johnson
allowed a passed ball [Rau to second]; Lopes struck out; Yeager
walked; Wynn flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
8, Astros 3.

ASTROS 8TH: HELMS BATTED FOR FORSCH; Helms singled; Gross
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Helms out at second]; Metzger grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 8, Astros 3.

DODGERS 9TH: COSGROVE REPLACED HELMS (PITCHING); Garvey walked;
Cey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Garvey out at second]; Ferguson grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 8, Astros 3.

ASTROS 9TH: Cedeno lined to left; Watson flied out to center;
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 8, Astros 3.