Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 7, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1969 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 6, Philadelphia Phillies 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 1 1 0
Miller rf 4 1 3 2
Wynn cf 5 1 2 3
Blefary 1b 3 1 2 0
Menke ss 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 5 0 3 1
Geiger lf 2 1 0 0
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
Dierker p 4 1 1 0
Totals 34 6 13 6
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Hisle cf 4 0 0 0
Briggs lf 4 0 0 0
Allen 1b 4 0 0 0
Callison rf 4 1 2 1
Johnson D. 3b 3 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 3 0 1 0
Money ss 3 0 1 0
Ryan c 3 0 0 0
Johnson J. p 1 0 0 0
  Stone ph 1 0 0 0
  Lersch p 0 0 0 0
  Reams ph 1 0 0 0
  Raffo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Houston 000 030 0216130
Philadelphia 000 000 100150
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (4-3) 9.0 5 1 1 0 14
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
14
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (2-3) 6.0 7 3 3 4 3
  Lersch   2.0 3 2 2 4 3
  Raffo   1.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
9
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1, Philadelphia 1.  2B–Houston Miller (5,off Lersch), Philadelphia Money (5,off Dierker).  HR–Houston Wynn (5,5th inning off J Johnson 2 on, 1 out), Philadelphia Callison (2,7th inning off Dierker 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Dierker (3,off Lersch); Geiger (1,off Raffo).  IBB–Morgan (1,by Lersch); Edwards (3,by Raffo).  SB–Morgan (8,3rd base off Lersch/Ryan); Miller (2,2nd base off Lersch/Ryan).  CS–Blefary (2,2nd base by J Johnson/Ryan).  IBB–Lersch (1,Morgan); Raffo (1,Edwards).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Frank Dezelan.  T–2:19.  A–3,001.
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