Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 7, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 7, 1972 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 1, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Alou rf 4 0 2 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0
May 1b 4 0 1 0
Watson lf 3 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 1 1 0
Howard c 2 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 0 0
Stewart 2b 4 0 2 1
Reuss p 2 0 0 0
  Fenwick ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 3 1 0 0
Harmon 2b 2 0 0 0
Money 3b 3 1 1 0
Luzinski lf 3 1 1 2
  Stone pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Freed rf 3 0 0 0
  Montanez ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 1 1
  Hutton pr,1b,lf 0 0 0 0
Browne cf 3 0 1 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Koegel 1b 0 0 0 0
Ryan c 3 0 0 0
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
  Gamble ph 1 0 0 0
  Brandon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 5 3
Houston 000 000 100160
Philadelphia 000 003 00x352
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  L (3-5) 6.0 4 3 3 3 6
  Culver   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
4
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (6-6) 7.0 5 1 1 3 11
  Brandon  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
13

  E–Money (5), Johnson (3).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia Luzinski (10,off Reuss).  SH–Harmon (1,off Reuss).  HBP–Luzinski (1,by Culver).  SB–Bowa (4,3rd base off Reuss/Howard); Hutton (1,2nd base off Reuss/Howard).  WP–Carlton (1).  HBP–Culver (1,Luzinski).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:09.  A–10,712.
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