Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 19, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1974 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."

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Houston Astros 4, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 4 2 2 0
Metzger ss 5 0 3 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 3 2
Watson lf 4 0 0 0
May 1b 5 1 2 2
  Milbourne pr 0 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
Menke 3b 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Campbell 3b 0 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 1 0
Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 1 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 4 14 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 2 1 1
Bowa ss 4 1 3 1
Schmidt 3b 4 0 3 2
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 1
Unser cf 2 0 0 0
Anderson rf 4 0 1 0
Hutton lf 3 0 0 0
  Robinson ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Boone c 4 1 1 0
Lonborg p 4 1 2 0
  Hernaiz p 0 0 0 0
  Scarce p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Houston 100 001 0024140
Philadelphia 102 002 00x5110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  L (7-3) 5.2 10 5 5 2 0
  Forsch   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Scherman   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
2
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lonborg  W (9-5) 8.0 13 4 4 3 1
  Hernaiz   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Scarce  SV (4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
4
4
3
1

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Houston Edwards (6,off Lonborg), Philadelphia Lonborg (2,off Griffin); Boone (10,off Griffin).  3B–Philadelphia Bowa (4,off Griffin).  HR–Houston L May (11,6th inning off Lonborg 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Griffin (6,off Lonborg).  SF–Cedeno 2 (3,off Lonborg,off Hernaiz).  IBB–Gross (2,by Lonborg); Unser 2 (4,by Griffin 2).  HBP–Cash (5,by Griffin).  SB–Metzger (6,2nd base off Lonborg/Boone); Bowa (19,2nd base off Griffin/Edwards); Schmidt (9,2nd base off Griffin/Edwards).  CS–Cedeno (8,2nd base by Lonborg/Boone).  HBP–Griffin (2,Cash).  IBB–Griffin 2 (6,Unser 2); Lonborg (4,Gross).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:18.
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