Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 21, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 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 3, Philadelphia Phillies 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard cf 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 3 3 2
Cruz rf 4 0 1 0
Watson 1b 4 0 1 1
Ferguson c 4 0 0 0
Howe 2b 3 0 0 0
Fuller lf 3 0 0 0
Sperring ss 3 0 0 0
Lemongello p 1 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride cf 5 1 3 1
Bowa ss 4 0 1 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 1
Luzinski lf 4 0 0 0
Hebner 1b 4 1 1 1
Johnstone rf 3 1 2 0
McCarver c 4 1 2 3
Sizemore 2b 3 1 0 0
Carlton p 4 1 1 1
Totals 34 7 11 7
Houston 100 100 001350
Philadelphia 000 502 00x7110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemongello  L (5-14) 3.2 7 5 5 2 3
  Dixon   1.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Pentz   2.0 2 2 2 0 1
  McLaughlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
2
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (18-7) 9.0 5 3 3 1 14
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
1
14

  E–None.  2B–Houston Cabell (29,off Carlton), Philadelphia McBride (16,off Lemongello).  3B–Philadelphia Schmidt (8,off Lemongello).  HR–Houston Cabell 2 (12,1st inning off Carlton 0 on, 1 out,4th inning off Carlton 0 on, 0 out), Philadelphia McCarver (5,4th inning off Lemongello 2 on, 1 out); Carlton (2,6th inning off Pentz 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Schmidt (7,off Pentz).  CS–Cruz (18,2nd base by Carlton/McCarver).  SB–Johnstone (3,2nd base off Lemongello/Ferguson); Sizemore (5,2nd base off Lemongello/Ferguson); McBride (24,2nd base off Pentz/Ferguson).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–1:59.  A–46,852.
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