Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 13, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 13, 1979 at Veteran's Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 4 2 4 0
Reynolds ss 5 0 1 0
Cedeno 1b 4 0 3 3
Cruz lf 3 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 5 0 1 0
Leonard rf 4 0 1 0
Howe 2b 3 1 1 1
  Landestoy pr,2b 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez 2b 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 1 1 0
Niekro p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 13 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 1 1 0
Bowa ss 4 0 2 0
Maddox cf 5 0 1 0
Luzinski lf 5 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 2 2 0
McBride rf 3 0 2 1
Boone c 3 0 0 0
Harrelson 2b 4 0 1 0
Ruthven p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 1
Houston 101 200 0004132
Philadelphia 001 100 010391
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (10-2) 9.0 9 3 2 4 7
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
4
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  L (6-4) 3.2 8 4 4 1 2
  Reed   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  McGraw   3.0 3 0 0 2 4
  Bird   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
5
6

  E–Cruz (7), Leonard (3), Maddox (1).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Houston Ashby (7,off Ruthven), Philadelphia Bowa (8,off Niekro).  3B–Philadelphia Schmidt (2,off Niekro).  HR–Houston Howe (3,4th inning off Ruthven 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Puhl (2,by Ruthven).  IBB–Cruz (7,by Ruthven); Howe (2,by McGraw).  SF–McBride (1,off Niekro).  SB–Puhl 2 (10,2nd base off Ruthven/Boone 2); Leonard (5,2nd base off McGraw/Boone); McBride (14,2nd base off Niekro/Ashby).  CS–Cruz (4,2nd base by Eastwick/Boone).  WP–Niekro (5).  HBP–Ruthven (2,Puhl).  IBB–Ruthven (4,Cruz); McGraw (1,Howe).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:53.  A–33,627.
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