Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 28, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1980 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."

"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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Houston Astros 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bergman rf,1b 5 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 1 1 0
  Howe ph,ss 2 0 1 1
Morgan 2b 3 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 1 2 1
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 1
Heep 1b 5 0 0 0
  Leonard rf 0 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 3 1 1 0
Pladson p 3 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 9 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 4 0 0 0
Rose 1b 3 1 0 0
McBride rf 4 0 2 0
Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 0 1
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Bowa ss 3 1 1 0
  Moreland ph 1 0 1 0
  Vukovich pr 0 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 0 0
Espinosa p 2 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 5 1
Houston 001 000 100 1390
Philadelphia 000 110 000 0250
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Pladson   8.0 4 2 2 1 3
  Sambito  W (6-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
10.0
5
2
2
1
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa   6.1 6 2 2 4 2
  McGraw   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Reed  L (6-4) 2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
10.0
9
3
3
5
3

  E–None.  2B–Houston Cruz (18,off Espinosa), Philadelphia McBride (22,off Pladson).  3B–Houston Reynolds (6,off Espinosa); Cedeno (6,off Reed), Philadelphia Trillo (6,off Pladson).  SB–Cruz (22,2nd base off Espinosa/Boone); Bowa 2 (12,2nd base off Pladson/Ashby,Home off Pladson/Ashby).  CS–Cabell (8,2nd base by Espinosa/Boone); Morgan (5,2nd base by Reed/Boone); McBride (3,2nd base by Pladson/Ashby).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:41.  A–30,181.
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