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@CAL
3
6
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9
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@CLE
6
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0
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@OAK
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10
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@SDP
5
6
Sunday, April 14, 1974
, Astrodome
Attendance: 11,050, Time of Game: 2:18
Dodgers
7
7-3
 Won 2 
1st
at Astros
2
4-5
 Lost 2 
4th, 2½ GB
W: Tommy John (3-0)
L: Dave Roberts (1-2)
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Dodgers         1  0  0   2  2  1   0  0  1    7 15  0
Astros          0  1  0   0  0  0   0  0  1    2  7  1

Los Angeles Dodgers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS WPA aLI WPA+ WPA- RE24 PO A
Davey Lopes 2B 5 0 2 1 0 1 .318 .828 0.064 0.60 0.119 -0.054 -0.0 1 4 CS
Manny Mota LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .429 .929 -0.014 0.49 0.030 -0.043 0.0 1 0 HBP
   Von Joshua PR-LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .487 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.0 0 0
Jim Wynn CF 4 3 2 1 1 0 .306 1.169 0.053 0.53 0.085 -0.032 1.1 7 0 HR,3B
Ron Cey 3B 4 1 3 1 1 1 .389 .886 0.186 0.67 0.187 0.000 1.9 1 3
Steve Garvey 1B 4 1 2 1 1 0 .343 .997 -0.011 0.76 0.040 -0.051 1.1 13 0 HR
Tom Paciorek RF 2 1 1 0 0 0 .385 .923 0.008 1.28 0.044 -0.037 -0.0 1 0
   Bill Buckner PH-RF 3 0 1 2 0 0 .250 .646 0.069 0.45 0.071 -0.002 1.3 0 0 SB
Steve Yeager C 5 0 2 0 0 0 .400 1.000 0.081 0.62 0.117 -0.035 0.3 3 0 2B
Bill Russell SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 .286 .733 0.026 0.62 0.065 -0.039 -0.7 0 5
Tommy John P 4 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .200 -0.130 0.72 0.000 -0.130 -2.0 0 2 GDP
Team Totals 40 7 15 7 3 3 .375 1.032 0.332 0.63 0.758 -0.423 3.0 27 14
2B: S Yeager (1, off J Johnson).
3B: J Wynn (1, off D Roberts).
HR: J Wynn (4, off F Scherman; 6th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF); S Garvey (2, off J Johnson; 9th inn, 0 on, 1 out to CF-RF).
HBP: M Mota (1, by F Scherman).
TB: J Wynn 7; S Garvey 5; R Cey 3; S Yeager 3; D Lopes 2; M Mota; B Russell; T Paciorek; B Buckner.
GIDP: T John (1).
RBI: B Buckner 2 (6); S Garvey (6); R Cey (11); J Wynn (13); B Russell (3); D Lopes (3).
2-out RBI: J Wynn; D Lopes; R Cey.
Team LOB: 10.
With RISP: 4 for 12.
Baserunning
SB: B Buckner (2, 2nd base off M Nagy/M May).
CS: D Lopes (1, 3rd base by F Scherman POCS).

Houston Astros

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS WPA aLI WPA+ WPA- RE24 PO A
Roger Metzger SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .759 -0.061 0.62 0.000 -0.061 -0.8 1 4
Tommy Helms 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .321 .773 -0.046 0.48 0.000 -0.046 -0.7 4 2
Cesar Cedeno CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .368 .964 -0.024 0.29 0.004 -0.028 0.3 3 0 2B
Bob Watson LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 .306 .806 0.084 0.59 0.091 -0.007 0.5 2 0
Lee May 1B 3 0 0 1 0 0 .276 .751 -0.093 1.04 0.000 -0.093 -0.7 8 2 SF
Doug Rader 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .281 .785 0.004 0.77 0.043 -0.040 0.1 2 3
Ollie Brown RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 .250 .500 0.143 0.87 0.173 -0.030 1.4 3 0
Milt May C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .241 .543 -0.106 0.89 0.000 -0.106 -1.2 3 0
   Cliff Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 -0.004 0.17 0.000 -0.004 -0.4
Dave Roberts P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .429 -0.061 2.15 0.000 -0.061 -0.6 0 2
   Mike Nagy P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.0 0 0
   Dave Campbell PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 -0.011 0.44 0.000 -0.011 -0.1
   Fred Scherman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.0 1 1
   Denis Menke PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 1.000 0.007 0.18 0.007 0.000 0.2
   Jerry Johnson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.0 0 0
Team Totals 33 2 7 2 1 3 .212 .471 -0.168 0.69 0.318 -0.487 -2.0 27 14
2B: C Cedeno (5, off T John).
SF: L May (1, off T John).
TB: O Brown 2; B Watson 2; C Cedeno 2; D Rader; D Menke.
RBI: O Brown (1); L May (5).
Team LOB: 6.
With RISP: 1 for 5.
Fielding
DP: 1. D Roberts-D Rader-T Helms.
E: D Roberts (1).

Los Angeles Dodgers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Tommy John, W (3-0) 9 7 2 2 1 3 0 0.69 35 67 0.168 0.69 2.0
Team Totals 9 7 2 2 1 3 0 2.00 35 67 0.168 0.63 2.0

Houston Astros

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Dave Roberts, L (1-2) 4 9 5 5 2 1 0 5.50 22 23 -0.278 1.05 -2.6
Mike Nagy 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.59 5 2 2 -0.035 0.70 -0.2
Fred Scherman 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1.42 12 0 0 -0.016 0.10 0.3
Jerry Johnson 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1.80 5 0 0 -0.003 0.01 -0.6
Team Totals 9 15 7 7 3 3 2 7.00 44 23 2 2 -0.332 0.69 -3.0
D Roberts faced 2 batters in the 5th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: F Scherman (1; M Mota).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: F Scherman (1; D Lopes, 3rd base (CS)).

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Frank Pulli.
Time of Game: 2:18.
Attendance: 11,050.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Los Angeles Dodgers         Houston Astros
1 Davey Lopes 2B 1 Roger Metzger SS
2 Manny Mota LF 2 Tommy Helms 2B
3 Jim Wynn CF 3 Cesar Cedeno CF
4 Ron Cey 3B 4 Bob Watson LF
5 Steve Garvey 1B 5 Lee May 1B
6 Tom Paciorek RF 6 Doug Rader 3B
7 Steve Yeager C 7 Ollie Brown RF
8 Bill Russell SS 8 Milt May C
9 Tommy John P 9 Dave Roberts P

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Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description
b2 0-1 1 12- R HOU O. Brown T. John -17% 36% Single to LF; Watson Scores; Rader to 3B; Brown to 2B/Adv on throw
t4 1-1 0 1-- LAD S. Yeager D. Roberts 12% 66% Single to LF; Paciorek to 3B
t4 2-1 2 -2- R LAD D. Lopes D. Roberts 11% 73% Single to CF; Russell Scores
t4 2-1 0 12- OO LAD T. John D. Roberts -10% 62% Ground Ball Double Play: Bunt P-3B-2B; Russell to 2B
t1 0-0 2 --3 R LAD R. Cey D. Roberts 10% 59% Single to LF; Wynn Scores

Play By Play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description
Top of the 1st, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Dave Roberts facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 --- O LAD D. Lopes D. Roberts -2% 48% Strikeout
t1 0-0 1 --- O LAD M. Mota D. Roberts -1% 46% Groundout: P-SS-1B
t1 0-0 2 --- LAD J. Wynn D. Roberts 3% 49% Triple to RF
t1 0-0 2 --3 R LAD R. Cey D. Roberts 10% 59% Single to LF; Wynn Scores
t1 1-0 2 1-- LAD S. Garvey D. Roberts 2% 60% Single to CF; Cey to 2B
t1 1-0 2 12- O LAD T. Paciorek D. Roberts -4% 57% Flyball: CF
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Behind 0-1, Dodgers' Tommy John facing 1-2-3
b1 0-1 0 --- O HOU R. Metzger T. John 2% 59% Strikeout
b1 0-1 1 --- O HOU T. Helms T. John 2% 60% Groundout: SS-1B
b1 0-1 2 --- O HOU C. Cedeno T. John 1% 61% Groundout: 2B-1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0.
Top of the 2nd, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Astros' Dave Roberts facing 7-8-9
t2 1-0 0 --- O LAD S. Yeager D. Roberts -2% 59% Flyball: 2B
t2 1-0 1 --- O LAD B. Russell D. Roberts -1% 58% Groundout: 3B-1B
t2 1-0 2 --- O LAD T. John D. Roberts -1% 57% Groundout: SS-1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Behind 0-1, Dodgers' Tommy John facing 4-5-6
b2 0-1 0 --- HOU B. Watson T. John -4% 53% Single to RF
b2 0-1 0 1-- O HOU L. May T. John 4% 57% Flyball: RF
b2 0-1 1 1-- HOU D. Rader T. John -4% 53% Walk; Watson to 2B
b2 0-1 1 12- R HOU O. Brown T. John -17% 36% Single to LF; Watson Scores; Rader to 3B; Brown to 2B/Adv on throw
b2 1-1 1 -23 O HOU M. May T. John 8% 44% Groundout: 2B-1B
b2 1-1 2 -23 O HOU D. Roberts T. John 6% 50% Strikeout
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 1.
Top of the 3rd, Dodgers Batting, Tied 1-1, Astros' Dave Roberts facing 1-2-3
t3 1-1 0 --- O LAD D. Lopes D. Roberts -2% 48% Flyball: CF
t3 1-1 1 --- LAD M. Mota D. Roberts 3% 50% Single to 2B
t3 1-1 1 1-- O LAD J. Wynn D. Roberts -3% 47% Flyball: CF
t3 1-1 2 1-- LAD R. Cey D. Roberts 2% 50% Walk; Mota to 2B
t3 1-1 2 12- O LAD S. Garvey D. Roberts -5% 45% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 1.
Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Tied 1-1, Dodgers' Tommy John facing 1-2-3
b3 1-1 0 --- O HOU R. Metzger T. John 2% 47% Groundout: SS-1B
b3 1-1 1 --- O HOU T. Helms T. John 2% 49% Groundout: 3B-1B
b3 1-1 2 --- O HOU C. Cedeno T. John 1% 50% Lineout: CF
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 1.
Top of the 4th, Dodgers Batting, Tied 1-1, Astros' Dave Roberts facing 6-7-8
t4 1-1 0 --- LAD T. Paciorek D. Roberts 4% 54% Single to 3B
t4 1-1 0 1-- LAD S. Yeager D. Roberts 12% 66% Single to LF; Paciorek to 3B
t4 1-1 0 1-3 R LAD B. Russell D. Roberts 6% 73% Single to LF; Paciorek Scores; Yeager to 2B
t4 2-1 0 12- OO LAD T. John D. Roberts -10% 62% Ground Ball Double Play: Bunt P-3B-2B; Russell to 2B
t4 2-1 2 -2- R LAD D. Lopes D. Roberts 11% 73% Single to CF; Russell Scores
t4 3-1 2 1-- LAD M. Mota D. Roberts 1% 74% Lopes Picked off 1B, safe on E1; Lopes to 2B
t4 3-1 2 -2- O LAD M. Mota D. Roberts -3% 71% Flyball: LF
2 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 1.
Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Behind 1-3, Dodgers' Tommy John facing 4-5-6
b4 1-3 0 --- HOU B. Watson T. John -5% 67% Single to RF
b4 1-3 0 1-- O HOU L. May T. John 4% 71% Flyball: CF
b4 1-3 1 1-- O HOU D. Rader T. John 3% 75% Flyball: CF
b4 1-3 2 1-- O HOU O. Brown T. John 3% 77% Groundout: SS-1B
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Astros 1.
Top of the 5th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 3-1, Astros' Dave Roberts facing 3-4-5
t5 3-1 0 --- LAD J. Wynn D. Roberts 3% 80% Walk
t5 3-1 0 1-- LAD R. Cey D. Roberts 7% 86% Single to LF; Wynn to 3B
Mike Nagy replaces Dave Roberts pitching and batting 9th
t5 3-1 0 1-3 LAD S. Garvey M. Nagy 2% 88% Walk; Cey to 2B
Bill Buckner pinch hits for Tom Paciorek (RF) batting 6th
t5 3-1 0 123 RR LAD B. Buckner M. Nagy 7% 95% Single to LF; Wynn Scores; Cey Scores; Garvey to 3B
t5 5-1 0 1-3 LAD S. Yeager M. Nagy 0% 95% Buckner Steals 2B
t5 5-1 0 -23 O LAD S. Yeager M. Nagy -1% 94% Flyball: 2B
t5 5-1 1 -23 O LAD B. Russell M. Nagy -2% 92% Flyball: SS
t5 5-1 2 -23 O LAD T. John M. Nagy -2% 90% Strikeout
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 5, Astros 1.
Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Behind 1-5, Dodgers' Tommy John facing 8-9-1
Bill Buckner moves from PH to RF
b5 1-5 0 --- O HOU M. May T. John 2% 92% Groundout: 2B-1B
Dave Campbell pinch hits for Mike Nagy (P) batting 9th
b5 1-5 1 --- O HOU D. Campbell T. John 1% 93% Strikeout
b5 1-5 2 --- O HOU R. Metzger T. John 1% 93% Groundout: P-1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 5, Astros 1.
Top of the 6th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 5-1, Astros' Fred Scherman facing 1-2-3
Fred Scherman replaces Dave Campbell (PH) pitching and batting 9th
t6 5-1 0 --- O LAD D. Lopes F. Scherman -1% 93% Groundout: SS-1B
t6 5-1 1 --- O LAD M. Mota F. Scherman -0% 92% Groundout: 2B-1B
t6 5-1 2 --- R LAD J. Wynn F. Scherman 3% 96% Home Run
t6 6-1 2 --- LAD R. Cey F. Scherman 0% 96% Single to CF
t6 6-1 2 1-- O LAD S. Garvey F. Scherman -0% 96% Groundout: 3B-1B
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 6, Astros 1.
Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Behind 1-6, Dodgers' Tommy John facing 2-3-4
b6 1-6 0 --- O HOU T. Helms T. John 1% 97% Groundout: SS-1B
b6 1-6 1 --- O HOU C. Cedeno T. John 1% 97% Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
b6 1-6 2 --- O HOU B. Watson T. John 0% 98% Lineout: CF
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 6, Astros 1.
Top of the 7th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 6-1, Astros' Fred Scherman facing 6-7-8
t7 6-1 0 --- O LAD B. Buckner F. Scherman -0% 97% Groundout: 1B-P
t7 6-1 1 --- O LAD S. Yeager F. Scherman -0% 97% Flyball: RF
t7 6-1 2 --- O LAD B. Russell F. Scherman -0% 97% Popfly: 1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 6, Astros 1.
Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Behind 1-6, Dodgers' Tommy John facing 5-6-7
b7 1-6 0 --- O HOU L. May T. John 1% 98% Groundout: 3B-1B
b7 1-6 1 --- O HOU D. Rader T. John 0% 98% Groundout: 3B-1B
b7 1-6 2 --- O HOU O. Brown T. John 0% 99% Lineout: CF
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 6, Astros 1.
Top of the 8th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 6-1, Astros' Fred Scherman facing 9-1-2
t8 6-1 0 --- O LAD T. John F. Scherman -0% 99% Flyball: RF
t8 6-1 1 --- LAD D. Lopes F. Scherman 0% 99% Single to CF
t8 6-1 1 1-- LAD M. Mota F. Scherman 0% 99% Hit By Pitch; Lopes to 2B
Von Joshua pinch runs for Manny Mota (LF) batting 2nd
t8 6-1 1 12- O LAD J. Wynn F. Scherman -0% 99% Lopes Caught Stealing (PO) 3B (P-1B-3B)
t8 6-1 2 1-- O LAD J. Wynn F. Scherman -0% 98% Flyball: RF
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 6, Astros 1.
Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Behind 1-6, Dodgers' Tommy John facing 8-9-1
Von Joshua moves from PR to LF
b8 1-6 0 --- O HOU M. May T. John 1% 99% Groundout: P-1B
Denis Menke pinch hits for Fred Scherman (P) batting 9th
b8 1-6 1 --- HOU D. Menke T. John -1% 98% Single to 3B
b8 1-6 1 1-- O HOU R. Metzger T. John 1% 99% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
b8 1-6 2 1-- O HOU T. Helms T. John 0% 100% Lineout: CF
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 6, Astros 1.
Top of the 9th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 6-1, Astros' Jerry Johnson facing 4-5-6
Jerry Johnson replaces Denis Menke (PH) pitching and batting 9th
t9 6-1 0 --- O LAD R. Cey J. Johnson -0% 99% Strikeout
t9 6-1 1 --- R LAD S. Garvey J. Johnson 0% 100% Home Run (CF-RF)
t9 7-1 1 --- O LAD B. Buckner J. Johnson -0% 100% Groundout: 2B-1B
t9 7-1 2 --- LAD S. Yeager J. Johnson 0% 100% Double to LF
t9 7-1 2 -2- O LAD B. Russell J. Johnson -0% 100% Lineout: LF
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 1.
Bottom of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 1-7, Dodgers' Tommy John facing 3-4-5
b9 1-7 0 --- HOU C. Cedeno T. John -0% 99% Double (CF-RF)
b9 1-7 0 -2- O HOU B. Watson T. John 0% 100% Groundout: 2B-1B; Cedeno to 3B
b9 1-7 1 --3 RO HOU L. May T. John 0% 100% Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Cedeno Scores
b9 2-7 2 --- HOU D. Rader T. John -0% 100% Single to CF
b9 2-7 2 1-- HOU O. Brown T. John -0% 100% Single to CF; Rader to 2B
Cliff Johnson pinch hits for Milt May (C) batting 8th
b9 2-7 2 12- O HOU C. Johnson T. John 0% 100% Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 2.

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