The Astros, after coming from behind to tie the score in four different innings, broke away with a run in the 12th to defeat the Dodgers, 6-5. The Astros knotted the count at 2-2 in the fifth, 3-3 in the sixth and 4-4 in the eighth when Cliff Johnson hit a homer.

The Dodgers went ahead again in the 11th with a walk to Lee Lacy, a wild pitch and single by Dave Sells, but Cesar Cedeno homered in the Astros' half to keep the game going. Then, with two out in the 12th, Milt May walked and scored the winning run on singles by Wilbur Howard and Ken Boswell. [The Sporting News]

Houston Astros 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Game Played on Friday, September 19, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome

Dodgers 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 5 9 0 Astros 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 - 6 11 1 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 5 2 2 0 1 1 .261 Howard lf 6 0 1 0 0 2 .296 Lacy cf,rf 5 3 2 0 1 0 .313 Andrews 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .227 Crawford rf 2 0 0 1 1 0 .266 Boswell ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .247 Sells p 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 Cedeno cf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .289 Garvey 1b 5 0 0 1 0 1 .315 Johnson 1b 5 2 2 1 0 0 .285 Cey 3b 4 0 1 0 2 0 .280 Cabell 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Lee lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .177 Gross rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .301 Royster ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Jutze c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .233 Cruz ph,lf 1 0 1 0 1 0 .244 Gardner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .067 Paciorek ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Metzger ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .230 Yeager c 4 0 1 0 2 3 .238 Konieczny p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .160 De Jesus ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .192 Helms ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .203 Mota ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Russell ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Milbourne ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .201 Rau p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .183 York p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McMullen ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Simpson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Hale ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .209 May ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .249 Wynn ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Totals 40 5 9 3 9 8 Totals 45 6 11 6 2 7 Time of Game: 3:01 Attendance: 11,160 Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Astros 6 DP: Dodgers 0, Astros 2 Errors: Johnson Doubles: Lopes (23), Lacy (10), Andrews (5), Gross (14) Triples: Lopes (6) Home Runs: Johnson (16), Cedeno (12) Stolen Bases: Lopes (74) Caught Stealing: Yeager (5) Sacrifice Hits: Crawford (6) Sacrifice Flies: Crawford (3), Garvey (5) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rau 6 7 3 3 1 6 0 25 3.22 Hough 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 2.68 Sells L(0-1) 3.2 3 2 2 1 1 1 15 6.28 Totals 11.2 11 6 6 2 7 2 47 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Konieczny 5 3 2 1 3 4 0 19 4.54 Cosgrove 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 9 2.63 York 0.2 1 1 1 3 0 0 6 4.62 Niekro 2.1 2 0 0 1 1 0 10 3.26 Roberts W(8-14) 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 8 4.27 Totals 12 9 5 4 9 8 0 52 Wild Pitches: Cosgrove (6), York (1), Roberts (8) Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Frank Pulli DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled to left; Lacy reached on an error by Johnson [Lopes scored (unearned) (no RBI), Lacy to second]; Crawford walked; Garvey hit into a double play (right to third) [Lacy out at third]; Cey walked [Crawford to second]; Lee struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Howard struck out; Andrews doubled to center; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first) [Andrews to third]; Johnson popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. DODGERS 2ND: Yeager walked; De Jesus lined to center; Yeager was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Rau struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cabell flied out to right; Gross popped to shortstop; Jutze grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. DODGERS 3RD: Lopes tripled to right; Lacy grounded out (third to first); Crawford hit a sacrifice fly to left [Lopes scored]; Garvey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Metzger popped to second; Konieczny was called out on strikes; Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 0. DODGERS 4TH: Cey flied out to left; Lee grounded out (shortstop to first); Yeager struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Andrews struck out; Cedeno flied out to center; Johnson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 0. DODGERS 5TH: De Jesus singled to left; Rau hit into a double play (catcher to second) [De Jesus out at second]; Lopes popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Cabell flied out to left; Gross singled to center; Jutze singled to left [Gross to second]; Metzger walked [Gross to third, Jutze to second]; HELMS BATTED FOR KONIECZNY; Helms singled to left [Gross scored, Jutze scored, Metzger to second]; Howard forced Helms (shortstop to second) [Metzger to third]; Andrews flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 2. DODGERS 6TH: COSGROVE REPLACED HELMS (PITCHING); Lacy doubled to center; Cosgrove threw a wild pitch [Lacy to third]; Crawford popped to second; Garvey hit a sacrifice fly to left [Lacy scored]; Cey lined to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 2. ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno struck out; Johnson singled to third; Cabell struck out; Gross doubled to left [Johnson to third]; Jutze singled to center [Johnson scored, Gross out at home (center to catcher)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 3. DODGERS 7TH: ROYSTER BATTED FOR LEE; Royster popped to first; Yeager singled to left; De Jesus popped to first; MCMULLEN BATTED FOR RAU; McMullen walked [Yeager to second]; SIMPSON RAN FOR MCMULLEN; Lopes struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 3. ASTROS 7TH: ROYSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HOUGH REPLACED SIMPSON (PITCHING); Metzger flied out to right; MILBOURNE BATTED FOR COSGROVE; Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 3. DODGERS 8TH: YORK REPLACED MILBOURNE (PITCHING); Lacy singled to right; Crawford out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Lacy to second]; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey was walked intentionally; CRUZ BATTED FOR ROYSTER; Cruz walked [Lacy to third, Cey to second]; York threw a wild pitch [Lacy scored, Cey to third, Cruz to second]; Yeager walked; NIEKRO REPLACED YORK (PITCHING); MOTA BATTED FOR DE JESUS; Mota grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 3. ASTROS 8TH: RUSSELL REPLACED MOTA (PLAYING SS); CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Andrews flied out to right; Cedeno grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnson homered; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 4. DODGERS 9TH: HALE BATTED FOR HOUGH; Hale grounded out (second to first); Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Lacy flied out to right; Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 4. ASTROS 9TH: HALE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SELLS REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Jutze grounded out (second to first); Metzger popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 4. DODGERS 10TH: Garvey flied out to left; Cey singled to left; Cruz singled to right [Cey to second]; Yeager was called out on strikes; Russell flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 4. ASTROS 10TH: CRUZ BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Cruz was called out on strikes; Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 4. DODGERS 11TH: ROBERTS REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); WYNN BATTED FOR HALE; Wynn grounded out (third to first); Lopes flied out to center; Lacy walked; Roberts threw a wild pitch [Lacy to second]; Sells singled to left [Lacy scored]; Garvey forced Sells (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 5, Astros 4. ASTROS 11TH: WYNN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); LACY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Cedeno homered; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 5, Astros 5. DODGERS 12TH: Cey flied out to center; PACIOREK BATTED FOR CRUZ; Paciorek struck out; Yeager struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 5, Astros 5. ASTROS 12TH: PACIOREK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); GARDNER BATTED FOR JUTZE; Gardner grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger grounded out (second to first); MAY BATTED FOR ROBERTS; May walked; Howard singled to center [May to second]; BOSWELL BATTED FOR ANDREWS; Boswell singled to center [May scored, Howard to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 5, Astros 6.

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