Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Astros
May 18, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1980 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Philadelphia Phillies 0, Houston Astros 3

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 0 3 0
McBride rf 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 2 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 3 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 1 0
Lerch p 1 0 0 0
  Vukovich ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy 2b 4 1 2 1
Puhl lf 3 0 2 1
Leonard rf 4 0 2 1
Cedeno cf 3 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0
Howe 1b 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 0
Pujols c 3 1 1 0
Ryan p 2 1 0 0
Totals 29 3 8 3
Philadelphia 000 000 000040
Houston 120 000 00x380
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch  L (0-6) 4.0 5 3 3 2 3
  Reed   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
  McGraw   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
3
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (2-3) 9.0 4 0 0 4 10
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
4
10

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1, Houston 1.  2B–Houston Pujols (3,off Lerch).  3B–Philadelphia Trillo (2,off Ryan).  SH–Puhl (2,off Lerch).  IBB–Cedeno (3,by Reed).  SB–Puhl (4,2nd base off Reed/Boone).  IBB–Reed (3,Cedeno).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:07.  A–33,950.
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