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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Houston Astros

1971-08-30 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 6410 · night · 2:08

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Houston Astros 3–2. Los Angeles Dodgers put up 3 in the 3rd. Al Downing earned the win and Jim Brewer picked up the save. Dick Allen went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAN	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	7

W: Al Downing L: Ken Forsch SV: Jim Brewer

Umpires — HP: Paul Pryor · 1B: John Kibler · 2B: Bruce Froemming · 3B: Al Barlick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Valentine	4	1	0	0	1	0
Bill Buckner	4	1	0	0	1	1
Willie Davis	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dick Allen	4	0	3	2	0	1
Willie Crawford	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wes Parker	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tom Haller	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Russell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Downing	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Lefebvre	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Brewer	1	0	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jesus Alou	3	0	0	1	0	0
Denis Menke	4	0	2	0	0	0
Cesar Cedeno	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bob Watson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Rader	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Wynn	3	0	1	0	1	0
Larry Howard	4	0	0	0	0	1
Roger Metzger	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ken Forsch	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cesar Geronimo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Martinez	1	0	0	0	0	0

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Downing	7.2	7	0	2
Jim Brewer	1.1	0	1	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Forsch	6.0	6	2	6
Denny Lemaster	2.0	1	0	1
Fred Gladding	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Valentine: 8
Bill Buckner: E4.B-1
Willie Davis: S9.1-3
Dick Allen: K
Willie Crawford: K

Bot 1

Jesus Alou: 43
Denis Menke: 6
Cesar Cedeno: 3

Top 2

Wes Parker: K
Tom Haller: E3.B-1
Bill Russell: 13.1-2
Al Downing: WP.2-3
Al Downing: K

Bot 2

Bob Watson: 9
Doug Rader: K
Jim Wynn: 53

Top 3

Bobby Valentine: W
Bill Buckner: W.1-2
Willie Davis: S6.2-3;1-2
Dick Allen: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Jim Lefebvre: S8.3-H;1-3
Wes Parker: K
Tom Haller: 3(B)6(1)/GDP#

Bot 3

Larry Howard: 2
Roger Metzger: 63
Ken Forsch: 43

Top 4

Bill Russell: K
Al Downing: 43
Bobby Valentine: 8

Bot 4

Jesus Alou: 8
Denis Menke: 8
Cesar Cedeno: 53

Top 5

Bill Buckner: 7
Willie Davis: 8
Dick Allen: D9
Jim Lefebvre: 4

Bot 5

Bob Watson: 4
Doug Rader: S6
Jim Wynn: S8.1-2
Larry Howard: 3/FL
Roger Metzger: 13

Top 6

Wes Parker: 43
Tom Haller: S8
Bill Russell: 64(1)/FO
Al Downing: 43

Bot 6

Cesar Geronimo: 31
Jesus Alou: 9
Denis Menke: S7
Cesar Cedeno: S4.1-2
Bob Watson: 9

Top 7

Bobby Valentine: 8
Bill Buckner: K
Willie Davis: 3/G

Bot 7

Doug Rader: 8
Jim Wynn: 8
Larry Howard: K

Top 8

Dick Allen: S8
Jim Lefebvre: 16(1)/FO
Wes Parker: 16(1)/FO
Tom Haller: 46(1)/FO

Bot 8

Roger Metzger: D7
Marty Martinez: 43.2-3
Jesus Alou: 7/SF.3-H
Denis Menke: D7
Cesar Cedeno: D7.2-H
Bob Watson: 63

Top 9

Bill Russell: 63
Jim Brewer: S8
Bobby Valentine: 64(1)/FO
Bill Buckner: 7

Bot 9

Doug Rader: 4
Jim Wynn: W
Larry Howard: CS2(26)#
Larry Howard: 7

Notes & reviews

Dodgers Crawford and Astros Hiatt ejected by HP umpire Pryor for fighting; the fourth pitch by to Crawford was well inside; Crawford walked towards the mound and catcher Hiatt ran out beside Crawford; the two exchanged words and Crawford threw his left arm at Hiatt; Hiatt landed two punches and Crawford retaliated with a right; both benches cleared; the brawl lasted about two minutes; Hiatt suffered a bruised shin and a cut on his right ankle from being spiked; Crawford suffered swollen lips;

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