Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Astros
June 5, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1973 at Astrodome. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 4, Houston Astros 0

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Tovar rf 3 0 2 2
Harmon 2b 3 0 1 1
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Doyle 2b 1 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 0 1 0
Anderson cf 4 1 2 0
Boone c 4 0 1 1
Bowa ss 4 3 4 0
Twitchell p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 5 0 0 0
Wynn rf 2 0 1 0
Watson lf 4 0 0 0
May 1b 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 3 0 1 0
Helms 2b 4 0 2 0
Jutze c 4 0 2 0
Reuss p 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 0 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 7 0
Philadelphia 001 010 1014111
Houston 000 000 000070
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell  W (4-2) 9.0 7 0 0 7 8
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
7
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  L (6-4) 6.0 8 3 2 0 6
  Ray   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  York   1.1 3 1 1 0 2
  Upshaw   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
3
1
9

  E–Twitchell (1).  DP–Philadelphia 1, Houston 1.  PB–Boone (7); Jutze (2).  2B–Philadelphia Bowa (3,off Reuss), Houston Helms (10,off Twitchell).  3B–Philadelphia Anderson (1,off Reuss).  SF–Tovar (1,off Reuss).  HBP–Schmidt (3,by York).  IBB–Tovar (2,by Ray).  SB–Bowa 2 (6,2nd base off York/Jutze,3rd base off York/Jutze).  CS–Tovar (2,2nd base by Upshaw/Jutze); May (1,2nd base by Twitchell/Boone); Agee (4,2nd base by Twitchell/Boone).  WP–Twitchell 2 (5).  HBP–York (1,Schmidt).  IBB–Ray (4,Tovar).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:33.  A–12,912.
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