Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 25, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 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 2, Philadelphia Phillies 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy 3b 4 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 1 0
Puhl rf 3 0 2 1
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 3 0 2 0
Walling 1b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 1 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 3 0 0 0
McBride rf 4 0 1 2
  Gross rf 0 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 1 2 1
  Noles p 0 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 4 2 2 1
  Smith lf 0 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 1 1
Maddox cf 4 1 2 1
Bowa ss 4 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 1 3 0
Ruthven p 1 1 0 0
  Vukovich ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 11 6
Houston 110 000 000281
Philadelphia 031 020 00x6111
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (5-3) 6.0 10 6 6 1 1
  Niemann   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
1
1
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  W (5-3) 8.0 8 2 1 1 2
  Noles   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
1
2

  E–Reynolds (3), Ruthven (2).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Houston Cruz 2 (7,off Ruthven 2), Philadelphia Schmidt (9,off Forsch); Trillo (4,off Forsch); Luzinski (8,off Forsch).  3B–Houston Reynolds (3,off Ruthven); Cedeno (3,off Ruthven); Puhl (2,off Ruthven).  HR–Philadelphia Maddox (2,2nd inning off Forsch 0 on, 1 out); Schmidt (12,5th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out); Luzinski (12,5th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Puhl (2,off Ruthven).  SH–Ruthven (5,off Forsch).  HBP–Rose (2,by Forsch).  SB–Bowa (4,2nd base off Forsch/Ashby).  HBP–Forsch (2,Rose).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:10.  A–37,349.
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