Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 6, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1977 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 5, Philadelphia Phillies 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno cf 3 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 3 1 2 0
Cruz rf 3 1 1 0
Crawford lf 2 1 1 0
Watson 1b 3 1 2 3
Howe 2b 2 1 1 0
Herrmann c 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 1 1
McLaughlin p 1 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner ph 1 0 1 0
  Larson p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 5 10 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 4 1 3 1
  Martin cf 0 0 0 0
Johnstone rf 4 1 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 2 2 2
Luzinski lf 4 2 3 1
  Brown lf 0 0 0 0
Hebner 1b 3 2 3 4
Boone c 4 0 1 1
Sizemore 2b 4 0 1 0
Bowa ss 2 1 0 0
Christenson p 3 0 1 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 14 9
Houston 000 1045100
Philadelphia 302 2119141
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
McLaughlin  L (1-3) 3.2 10 7 7 1 6
  Niekro   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Larson   1.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Pentz   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
6.0
14
9
9
3
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Christenson  W (5-5) 5.2 10 5 5 2 3
  Brusstar  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
6.0
10
5
5
2
3

  E–Boone (5).  DP–Houston 1, Philadelphia 2.  2B–Houston Watson (8,off Christenson); Cruz (11,off Christenson); Cabell (10,off Christenson); Howe (9,off Christenson); Gonzalez (10,off Christenson), Philadelphia Luzinski (15,off McLaughlin); Boone (8,off Niekro).  3B–Philadelphia Sizemore (2,off McLaughlin).  HR–Houston Watson (7,6th inning off Christenson 2 on, 1 out), Philadelphia Hebner 2 (4,3rd inning off McLaughlin 1 on, 1 out,6th inning off Pentz 0 on, 0 out); Schmidt (8,4th inning off McLaughlin 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Hebner (1,off McLaughlin).  IBB–Bowa (1,by McLaughlin).  SB–Cedeno (21,2nd base off Christenson/Boone); Maddox (4,2nd base off McLaughlin/Herrmann).  CS–Cabell (7,2nd base by Christenson/Boone).  WP–McLaughlin (2).  IBB–McLaughlin (1,Bowa).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–1:50.  A–17,326.
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