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Ron Cey collected three hits, including a homer, and drove in three runs to lead the Dodgers to a 4-3 victory over the Astros, who were stopped on their seven-game winning streak. Larry Dierker, who started for the Astros, went out for a pinch-hitter after seven innings, ending a string of six straight complete games by the Houston staff. Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Houston Astros 3Game Played on Friday, September 3, 1976 (Night game) at AstrodomeDodgers 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 - 4 9 0
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 3 9 0
Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Buckner lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .306 Gross rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .296
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .245 Cabell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .276
Smith rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .248 Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294
Garvey 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .302 Watson 1b 3 1 2 2 0 0 .302
Cey 3b 4 1 3 3 0 0 .286 Cruz lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .312
Lyttle cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .287 Herrmann c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .205
Russell ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .293 Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .261
Yeager c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .220 Metzger ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .217
Hooton p 3 0 1 1 0 1 .115 Johnson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222
Hough p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Howard pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223
Dierker p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .145
Boswell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257
Pentz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100
Roberts ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .284
Totals 35 4 9 4 2 6 Totals 34 3 9 3 2 2
Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 9,028
Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Astros 7
DP: Dodgers 1, Astros 0
Doubles: Cey (16), Garvey (31), Watson (25)
Triples: Yeager (3)
Home Runs: Cey (22)
Stolen Bases: Buckner (22), Cedeno (45), Cruz (24)
Sacrifice Flies: Watson (7)
GIDP: Boswell (6)
Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Hooton W(9-12) 6.1 6 1 1 1 1 0 26 3.66
Hough SV(14) 2.2 3 2 2 1 1 0 11 2.31
Totals 9 9 3 3 2 2 0 37
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Dierker L(13-13) 7 7 3 3 0 4 1 27 3.74
Pentz 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 5 3.10
Forsch 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2.30
Totals 9 9 4 4 2 6 1 37
Passed Balls: Herrmann (9)
Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Bruce Froemming
DODGERS 1ST: Buckner grounded out (third to first); Sizemore
struck out; Smith singled to center; Garvey forced Smith
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Astros
0.
ASTROS 1ST: Gross flied out to left; Cabell grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cedeno flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Dodgers 0, Astros 0.
DODGERS 2ND: Cey doubled to left; Lyttle grounded out (pitcher
unassisted) [Cey to third]; Russell grounded out (third to
first); Yeager flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers
0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz
grounded out (first to pitcher); Herrmann grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Astros 0.
DODGERS 3RD: Hooton flied out to left; Buckner lined to left;
Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Dodgers 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Andrews lined to shortstop; Metzger grounded out
(first unassisted); Dierker singled to left; Gross flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Astros 0.
DODGERS 4TH: Smith struck out; Garvey doubled to right; Cey
homered [Garvey scored]; Lyttle grounded out (first unassisted);
Russell grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Cabell made an out to first; Cedeno popped to first
in foul territory; Watson singled to center; Cruz walked [Watson
to second]; Herrmann lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Astros 0.
DODGERS 5TH: Yeager tripled to center; Hooton singled to right
[Yeager scored, Hooton out at second (right to shortstop)];
Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Andrews flied out to right; Metzger grounded out
(second to first); Dierker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Astros 0.
DODGERS 6TH: Smith grounded out (first unassisted); Garvey made
an out to second; Cey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Gross flied out to center; Cabell singled to left;
Cedeno singled to right [Cabell to third]; Cedeno stole second;
Watson hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cabell scored]; Cruz made an
out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 1.
DODGERS 7TH: Lyttle singled to center; Herrmann allowed a passed
ball [Lyttle to second]; Russell struck out; Yeager flied out to
center; Hooton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3,
Astros 1.
ASTROS 7TH: Herrmann grounded out (first unassisted); Andrews
singled to right; Metzger singled to right [Andrews to third];
BOSWELL BATTED FOR DIERKER; HOUGH REPLACED HOOTON (PITCHING);
Boswell grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Metzger out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers
3, Astros 1.
DODGERS 8TH: PENTZ REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Buckner singled
to center; Buckner stole second; Sizemore struck out; Smith
flied out to left; Garvey walked; Cey singled to center [Buckner
scored, Garvey to third]; FORSCH REPLACED PENTZ (PITCHING);
Lyttle was walked intentionally [Cey to second]; Russell forced
Lyttle (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 4,
Astros 1.
ASTROS 8TH: Gross singled to center; Cabell struck out; Cedeno
grounded out (third to first) [Gross to second]; Watson doubled
to left [Gross scored]; Cruz singled to right [Watson scored];
Cruz stole second; Herrmann grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 3.
DODGERS 9TH: Yeager grounded out (third to first); Hough struck
out; Buckner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers
4, Astros 3.
ASTROS 9TH: Andrews flied out to right; JOHNSON BATTED FOR
METZGER; Johnson walked; HOWARD RAN FOR JOHNSON; ROBERTS BATTED
FOR FORSCH; Roberts grounded out (third to first) [Howard to
second]; Gross flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers
4, Astros 3.
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