Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 29, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 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)
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Houston Astros 6, Philadelphia Phillies 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss,2b 3 0 2 0
  Walling ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 3 1
Cruz lf 3 1 0 0
Cedeno cf 5 0 1 1
Howe 1b,2b 4 1 2 3
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
  Reynolds ss 1 0 0 0
Leonard rf 4 1 1 0
Pujols c 2 1 2 1
  Ashby c 1 0 1 0
Andujar p 1 1 0 0
  Roberge p 1 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 12 6
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 3 3 2 1
Rose 1b 5 1 3 0
McBride rf 5 2 5 3
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 2
Moreland c 4 0 2 1
Maddox cf 4 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 1 1 0
Lerch p 0 0 0 0
  Noles p 2 0 0 0
  Vukovich ph 1 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Saucier p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph 0 1 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 14 7
Houston 013 011 0006122
Philadelphia 003 000 33x9141
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   4.0 7 3 3 3 2
  Roberge   2.1 3 3 3 0 0
  LaCorte  L (7-3) 1.2 4 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
4
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch   2.2 7 4 4 2 1
  Noles   3.1 4 2 1 2 2
  Brusstar   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Saucier  W (5-3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  McGraw  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
5
5
5

  E–Cruz 2 (8), Moreland (4).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Ashby (11,off Brusstar).  3B–Houston Leonard (4,off Noles).  HR–Houston Howe (5,2nd inning off Lerch 0 on, 1 out), Philadelphia Schmidt (27,7th inning off Roberge 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Landestoy (5,off Lerch); LaCorte (2,off Brusstar).  SF–Howe (2,off Noles); Pujols (2,off Noles).  IBB–Cruz (7,by Noles); Cabell (4,by Saucier); Unser (1,by LaCorte).  HBP–Smith (2,by Roberge).  SB–Cruz (23,2nd base off Noles/Moreland); Smith 3 (17,2nd base off Andujar/Pujols 2,2nd base off Roberge/Ashby); Bowa (13,2nd base off LaCorte/Ashby).  CS–Landestoy (11,2nd base by Lerch/Moreland); Cabell (9,2nd base by Lerch/Moreland).  WP–Noles (2).  HBP–Roberge (1,Smith).  IBB–LaCorte (2,Unser); Noles (8,Cruz); Saucier (4,Cabell).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:05.  A–30,252.
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