Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Astros
May 14, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1976 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 5, Houston Astros 1

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 3 1 0 1
Bowa ss 5 0 1 0
Schmidt 3b 4 2 3 1
Luzinski lf 4 0 1 0
  Martin lf 1 0 0 0
Brown rf 1 1 0 0
Maddox cf 5 0 0 0
Tolan 1b 4 1 2 1
Boone c 3 0 2 1
Christenson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Milbourne 2b 4 0 0 0
Gross rf 4 1 2 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 2 1
Johnson c 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 2 0
Boswell 3b 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 2 0 1 0
Cosgrove p 2 0 0 0
  Barlow p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Hardy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
Philadelphia 000 201 101590
Houston 100 000 000183
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Christenson  W (3-1) 9.0 8 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Cosgrove  L (1-2) 5.2 5 3 0 6 3
  Barlow   1.1 2 1 0 0 1
  Hardy   2.0 2 1 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
0
7
6

  E–Milbourne (6), Cedeno (2), Watson (7).  DP–Philadelphia 2, Houston 2.  PB–Johnson (5).  2B–Philadelphia Tolan (2,off Cosgrove).  3B–Houston Gross (1,off Christenson).  SH–Brown (1,off Barlow).  HBP–Cash (1,by Cosgrove).  IBB–Boone (3,by Cosgrove).  SB–Tolan (1,3rd base off Cosgrove/Johnson); Bowa (4,3rd base off Hardy/Johnson); Schmidt (2,2nd base off Hardy/Johnson); Milbourne (6,2nd base off Christenson/Boone).  HBP–Cosgrove (1,Cash).  IBB–Cosgrove (2,Boone).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:24.  A–14,264.
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