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September 5, 1976

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 4 7 1
Astros 0 3 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 4 7 1
Astros 0 3 0

Jose Cruz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .309
OBP .333 .384
At Bats 3 362
Hits 1 112
• Singles 0 86
• Doubles 1 19
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 53

Doug Rau Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 10 0
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Astrodome - September 5, 1976
Out
Doug Rau
Steve Yeager
Steve Garvey
Ted Sizemore
Ron Cey
Bill Russell
Bill Buckner
Jim Lyttle
Reggie Smith
Jose Cruz

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Los Angeles Dodgers 4 7 1 4
Houston Astros 0 3 0 6
Winning Pitcher Doug Rau
Losing Pitcher Dan Larson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Reggie Smith
Attendance 12,483
Time of Game 2 hours 8 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Yeager hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cey scores.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Cey moves to third.
Top 9 Lyttle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cey moves to second.
Top 9 Cey takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Joe Niekro now pitching. Garvey hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cabell hits a fly ball into center field. Lyttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boswell moves to third.
Bottom 8 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out. Boswell moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ken Boswell pinch hits for Dan Larson. Boswell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Smith hits a popup towards short. DaVanon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Larson covering, for the out.
Top 8 Jerry DaVanon now playing shortstop. Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Leon Roberts pinch hits for Roger Metzger. Roberts strikes out.
Bottom 7 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell misplays the ball. That's an error on Russell. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Cruz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Watson hits a line drive into left field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Russell strikes out.
Bottom 6 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Cabell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lyttle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Garvey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Larson hits a line drive towards first. Garvey reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Metzger hits a line drive into center field. Lyttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ted Sizemore now playing second base. Cruz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lyttle. Cruz reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Smith hits a popup towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lopes moves to third.
Top 5 There goes Lopes. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Lopes steals second.
Top 5 Lopes is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Rau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Lyttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Larson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Lyttle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Cey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Garvey hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Smith hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 3 Larson hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Lyttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lopes strikes out.
Top 3 Rau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Andrews strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lopes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Buckner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lyttle strikes out.
Bottom 1 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Yeager and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Bottom 1 Cedeno takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Lyttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Cey. The throw from Johnson and he is out, Metzger applying the tag.
Top 1 Cey takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Garvey hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith tags and scores.
Top 1 Smith hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno who is chasing the ball. Smith reaches third base with a triple. Lopes scores.
Top 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lopes moves to third.
Top 1 The umpire calls a balk on Larson Lopes moves to second.
Top 1 Lopes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.