Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 24, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1980 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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 4, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy 2b 4 2 2 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 1 0
Puhl rf 3 0 1 2
Cruz lf 4 0 1 1
Walling 1b 4 1 1 1
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 2 0 0 0
Ashby c 2 0 0 0
  Leonard ph 1 0 0 0
Andujar p 2 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 3 1 0 0
McBride rf 4 1 2 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 1
Luzinski lf 3 1 2 1
  Gross pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 1
Maddox cf 4 1 0 0
Bowa ss 4 0 2 1
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 1
Larson p 2 0 0 0
  Saucier p 0 0 0 0
  Vukovich ph 0 0 0 0
  Moreland ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Houston 010 001 020460
Philadelphia 002 002 10x580
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (0-2) 5.2 7 4 4 2 2
  Sambito   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Smith   2.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
4
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Larson   5.1 3 2 2 2 1
  Saucier  W (2-0) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  McGraw  SV (3) 3.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
3
2

  E–None.  2B–Houston Cruz (5,off Saucier); Reynolds (2,off McGraw), Philadelphia Luzinski (7,off Andujar).  3B–Houston Puhl (1,off Larson), Philadelphia McBride 2 (4,off Andujar,off Smith); Schmidt (2,off Andujar).  HR–Houston Walling (1,2nd inning off Larson 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Puhl (1,off Saucier).  IBB–Schmidt (1,by Smith).  SB–Cedeno (14,2nd base off Larson/Boone); Landestoy (3,2nd base off Larson/Boone); Bowa 2 (3,2nd base off Andujar/Ashby 2); Luzinski (2,2nd base off Andujar/Ashby).  WP–Larson (1).  BK–Larson (1).  IBB–Smith (1,Schmidt).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:28.  A–28,539.
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