Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Astros
June 12, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1974 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 3, Houston Astros 0

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 3 1 1 0
Bowa ss 3 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 0 0 1
Robinson lf 3 1 1 0
Unser cf 3 1 1 0
Montanez 1b 3 0 1 2
Anderson rf 3 0 1 0
Boone c 4 0 0 0
Carlton p 4 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0
Watson lf 2 0 1 0
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Johnson c 3 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 1 0
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 5 0
Philadelphia 100 002 000350
Houston 000 000 000050
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (9-4) 9.0 5 0 0 4 8
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
4
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  L (3-4) 7.1 5 3 3 7 5
  Scherman   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Forsch   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
7
5

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 2, Houston 2.  2B–Philadelphia Cash (13,off Wilson); Montanez (8,off Wilson), Houston Helms (9,off Carlton).  SB–Cash (7,3rd base off Wilson/C Johnson); Bowa (18,2nd base off Wilson/C Johnson); Cedeno 2 (28,2nd base off Carlton/Boone,3rd base off Carlton/Boone).  CS–Unser (3,2nd base by Wilson/C Johnson); Schmidt (6,2nd base by Wilson/C Johnson); Metzger (1,2nd base by Carlton/Boone).  WP–Wilson (1).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Art Williams, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:11.  A–12,010.
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