Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 6, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1972 at Veteran's 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 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 0 0 0
Alou rf 5 1 2 0
Cedeno cf 5 1 3 0
May 1b 2 0 0 0
Watson lf 4 0 2 1
Rader 3b 2 0 1 0
Howard c 3 0 0 0
Stewart 2b 4 1 1 0
  Fenwick 2b 0 0 0 0
Roberts p 4 1 2 2
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 4 0 2 0
Harmon 2b 4 1 0 0
Money 3b 3 1 1 0
Luzinski lf 4 1 1 1
Freed rf 3 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 1 2
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Montanez cf 4 0 0 0
Ryan c 3 0 1 0
Fryman p 1 0 0 0
  Browne ph 1 0 0 0
  Lersch p 0 0 0 0
  Koegel ph 1 0 0 0
  Selma p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Houston 200 200 0004110
Philadelphia 000 000 003361
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W (4-3) 8.1 5 3 3 1 3
  Gladding  SV (5) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman  L (2-5) 5.0 7 4 4 3 3
  Lersch   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Selma   1.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
4
4

  E–Bowa (3).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  PB–Howard (1).  2B–Houston Alou (1,off Fryman); Cedeno (7,off Fryman); Stewart (2,off Fryman), Philadelphia Luzinski (9,off Roberts).  3B–Philadelphia Bowa (3,off Roberts).  HR–Houston Roberts (1,4th inning off Fryman 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Howard (1,off Lersch).  IBB–May (5,by Fryman); Rader (5,by Fryman).  IBB–Fryman 2 (4,May,Rader).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–1:55.  A–8,237.
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