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.

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