Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 31, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 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 6, Philadelphia Phillies 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 5 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 2 2 2
Watson lf 3 0 0 0
May c 4 1 3 2
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 4 1 1 1
Milbourne 2b 4 1 2 0
Richard p 1 0 1 0
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  de los Santos p 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 36 6 12 6
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 1 1 0
Bowa ss 3 0 1 1
  Harmon ss 1 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 0
Montanez 1b 5 1 2 3
Luzinski lf 3 2 3 1
  Anderson rf 1 0 0 0
Unser cf 4 2 3 0
Johnstone rf 3 1 1 3
  Christenson p 1 0 0 0
Boone c 4 1 3 1
Lonborg p 1 0 0 0
  Brown ph,lf 3 1 1 1
Totals 37 10 16 10
Houston 001 300 0116120
Philadelphia 030 700 00x10160
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  L (1-1) 3.1 8 6 6 0 1
  Cosgrove   0.1 2 4 4 2 0
  York   0.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Scherman   2.0 4 0 0 0 3
  de los Santos   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
10
10
2
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lonborg   4.0 6 4 4 1 0
  Christenson  W (1-0) 5.0 6 2 2 1 5
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1, Philadelphia 3.  PB–Boone (7).  2B–Houston Metzger (13,off Lonborg); Cedeno (27,off Lonborg); C Johnson (3,off Lonborg); Milbourne (2,off Christenson), Philadelphia Luzinski (10,off Richard); Brown (5,off Cosgrove); Montanez (25,off Cosgrove); Unser (17,off York).  HR–Houston Rader (14,3rd inning off Lonborg 0 on, 0 out); M May (5,4th inning off Lonborg 1 on, 1 out); Cedeno (23,8th inning off Christenson 0 on, 1 out), Philadelphia Johnstone (6,2nd inning off Richard 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Bowa (3,off Cosgrove).  IBB–Cash (2,by Cosgrove).  CS–Bowa (9,2nd base by Richard/M May).  WP–Richard (5).  IBB–Cosgrove (3,Cash).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:27.  A–35,257.
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