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Doug Rau pitched a three-hitter and gained his fourth straight victory when the Dodgers defeated the Astros, 4-0. Reggie Smith backed the lefthander with a triple and homer. A single by Davey Lopes, Smith's triple and a sacrifice fly by Steve Garvey put two runs on the board for the Dodgers in the first inning. Smith hit his homer in the fourth. [The Sporting News] Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Houston Astros 0Game Played on Sunday, September 5, 1976 (Day game) at AstrodomeDodgers 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 7 1
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Lopes 2b 2 1 1 0 0 1 .228 Howard lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .218
Sizemore 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .274
Buckner lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .303 Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .293
Smith rf 4 2 2 2 0 0 .252 Watson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .300
Garvey 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .301 Johnson c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .225
Cey 3b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .285 Cruz rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .309
Lyttle cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Andrews 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .257
Russell ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .291 Metzger ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .216
Yeager c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Roberts ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .282
Rau p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .148 DaVanon ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .309
Larson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .320
Boswell ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .264
Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185
Totals 31 4 7 4 2 3 Totals 30 0 3 0 3 3
Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 12,483
Left on Base: Dodgers 4, Astros 6
DP: Dodgers 1, Astros 1
Errors: Russell
Doubles: Cruz (19)
Triples: Smith (5)
Home Runs: Smith (15)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (45), Cedeno (47)
Caught Stealing: Cey (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Garvey (7)
GIDP: Cey (8), Cedeno (15)
Hit by Pitch: Lopes (4,by Larson)
Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Rau W(14-10) 9 3 0 0 3 3 0 33 2.54
Totals 9 3 0 0 3 3 0 33
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Larson L(4-6) 8 6 3 3 1 3 1 30 3.07
Niekro 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 3.49
Totals 9 7 4 4 2 3 1 35
Hit by Pitch: Larson (1)
Wild Pitches: Niekro (8)
Balks: Larson (2)
Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Ed Sudol
DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to center; Larson balked [Lopes to
second]; Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lopes to
third]; Smith tripled to center [Lopes scored]; Garvey hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Smith scored]; Cey walked; Cey was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Howard flied out to center; Cabell grounded out
(third to first); Cedeno walked; Cedeno stole second; Watson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2,
Astros 0.
DODGERS 2ND: Lyttle struck out; Russell grounded out (third to
first); Yeager grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Johnson flied out to left; Cruz made an out to
second; Andrews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2,
Astros 0.
DODGERS 3RD: Rau grounded out (second to first); Lopes struck
out; Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Dodgers 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Metzger flied out to center; Larson flied out to
right; Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2,
Astros 0.
DODGERS 4TH: Smith homered; Garvey flied out to center; Cey
singled to center; Lyttle forced Cey (second to shortstop);
Russell forced Lyttle (pitcher to shortstop to second); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Cabell grounded out (third to first); Cedeno flied
out to center; Watson walked; Johnson forced Watson (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0.
DODGERS 5TH: Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); Rau
grounded out (second to first); Lopes was hit by a pitch; Lopes
stole second; Buckner singled to shortstop [Lopes to third];
Smith made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 5TH: SIZEMORE REPLACED LOPES (PLAYING 2B); Cruz doubled
to center; Andrews grounded out (second to first); Metzger lined
to center; Larson lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers
3, Astros 0.
DODGERS 6TH: Garvey singled to right; Cey grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Garvey out at second];
Lyttle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Howard flied out to right; Cabell walked; Cedeno
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Cabell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros
0.
DODGERS 7TH: Russell struck out; Yeager grounded out (third to
first); Rau grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 7TH: Watson lined to left; Johnson singled to right; Cruz
made an out to second; Andrews reached on an error by Russell
[Johnson to second, Andrews to first]; ROBERTS BATTED FOR
METZGER; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 3,
Astros 0.
DODGERS 8TH: DAVANON REPLACED ROBERTS (PLAYING SS); Sizemore
grounded out (second to first); Buckner grounded out (first to
pitcher); Smith made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 8TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR LARSON; Boswell singled to
center; Howard grounded out (third to first) [Boswell to
second]; Cabell flied out to center [Boswell to third]; Cedeno
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 0.
DODGERS 9TH: NIEKRO REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Garvey flied
out to center; Cey walked; Lyttle grounded out (second to first)
[Cey to second]; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Cey to third];
Russell singled to pitcher [Cey scored]; Yeager flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 0.
ASTROS 9TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
flied out to left; Cruz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 0.
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