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September 17, 1972

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Dodgers 11 16 3
Astros 12 16 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Dodgers 11 16 3
Astros 12 16 0

Cesar Cedeno Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .400 .328
OBP .400 .391
At Bats 5 512
Hits 2 168
• Singles 0 103
• Doubles 1 36
• Triples 1 8
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 0 50
RBI’s 5 78

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Astrodome - September 17, 1972
Doug Rau
Steve Yeager
Wes Parker
Billy Grabarkewitz
Bobby Valentine
Bill Russell
Frank Robinson
Willie Davis
Willie Crawford
Cesar Cedeno
Jim Wynn
Roger Metzger
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Cedeno is walked intentionally.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Wynn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Wynn reaches second base with a double. Metzger moves to third.
Bottom 8 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grabarkewitz misplays the ball. That's an error on Grabarkewitz.
Bottom 8 Doug Rau now pitching. Gladding strikes out.
Top 8 Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Fred Gladding now pitching. Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. Robinson moves to third.
Top 8 Valentine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davis scores. Robinson moves to second.
Top 8 Crawford strikes out.
Top 8 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Davis moves to second.
Top 8 Dave Roberts now pitching. Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 7 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell misplays the ball. That's an error on Russell. May moves to third. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rader hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grabarkewitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Watson takes first base on ball four. May moves to second.
Bottom 7 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cedeno scores.
Bottom 7 Jim Brewer now pitching. Cedeno hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Metzger scores. Wynn goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard scores. Metzger moves to third.
Bottom 7 Metzger takes first base on ball four. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gary Sutherland pinch hits for George Culver. Sutherland hits a popup towards short. Russell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Grabarkewitz takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Richert bunts towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. Yeager moves to second.
Top 7 Yeager hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Rader takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 May hits a popup, foul, towards first. Parker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 George Culver now pitching. The ball gets by Howard for a passed ball. Crawford scores. Valentine moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Valentine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Parker scores. Crawford moves to third.
Top 6 Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out. Parker moves to third.
Top 6 Robinson strikes out.
Top 6 Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Parker moves to second.
Top 6 Mike Cosgrove now pitching. Parker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pete Richert now pitching. Wynn takes first base on ball four. Metzger moves to second.
Bottom 5 Metzger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard scores. Alou moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Jesus Alou pinch hits for Jim Ray. Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Helms scores. Howard moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Howard takes first base on ball four. Helms moves to second.
Bottom 5 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentine juggles the ball. That's an error on Valentine.
Bottom 5 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ron Perranoski now pitching. Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Grabarkewitz strikes out.
Top 5 Steve Garvey pinch hits for Pete Mikkelsen. Jim Ray now pitching. Garvey strikes out.
Top 5 Yeager hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Valentine moves to third. Russell moves to second.
Top 5 Russell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Crawford scores. Valentine moves to second.
Top 5 Valentine hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Crawford moves to third.
Top 5 Crawford takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Tom Griffin now pitching. Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 May strikes out.
Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Crawford who is chasing the ball. Cedeno reaches third base with a triple. Stewart scores. Wynn goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard scores. Stewart moves to second.
Bottom 4 Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jimmy Stewart pinch hits for Jerry Reuss. Stewart hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 4 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mikkelsen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Davis for the out.
Top 4 Parker strikes out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Yeager scores. Grabarkewitz moves to third.
Top 4 Grabarkewitz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wynn. Grabarkewitz reaches second base with a double. Russell scores. Yeager moves to third.
Top 4 Mikkelsen strikes out.
Top 4 Jerry Reuss now pitching. Yeager hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Valentine scores. Russell moves to third.
Top 4 Russell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Crawford scores. Valentine moves to third.
Top 4 Valentine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Crawford moves to third.
Top 4 Crawford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Pete Mikkelsen now pitching. Rader strikes out.
Bottom 3 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 May hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentine fields it and throws to first for the out. Wynn scores.
Bottom 3 Wynn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Crawford who is chasing the ball. Wynn reaches third base with a triple. Metzger goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Metzger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Dierker strikes out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Davis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Parker takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Grabarkewitz. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Grabarkewitz steals second.
Top 3 Grabarkewitz takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Downing strikes out.
Top 3 Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Howard hits a line drive into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Helms takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grabarkewitz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. May moves to third.
Bottom 2 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. May moves to second.
Bottom 2 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Russell strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Valentine. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Valentine steals second.
Top 2 Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Crawford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Robinson hits a line drive into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grabarkewitz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Parker scoops it up and throws to first, with Downing covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Davis hits a line drive towards first. May reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Grabarkewitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.