Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Astros
October 10, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 10, 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 1

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 5 0 1 0
McBride rf 5 0 1 0
Schmidt 3b 5 0 1 0
Luzinski lf 5 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 5 0 2 0
Maddox cf 4 0 2 0
Bowa ss 3 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 0 0
  Unser ph 1 0 0 0
  Moreland c 0 0 0 0
Christenson p 2 0 0 0
  Vukovich ph 1 0 0 0
  Noles p 0 0 0 0
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 0 7 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf,cf 4 0 2 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 2 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
  Landestoy pr 0 1 0 0
Cruz lf 2 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0
  Bergman 1b 1 0 0 0
  Howe ph 0 0 0 0
Walling 1b,rf 3 0 0 1
Pujols c 3 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0
Niekro p 3 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Philadelphia 000 000 000 00071
Houston 000 000 000 01161
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Christenson   6.0 3 0 0 4 2
  Noles   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  McGraw  L (0-1) 3.0 2 1 1 3 1
Totals
10.1
6
1
1
8
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   10.0 6 0 0 1 2
  Smith  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
7
0
0
2
4

  E–Christenson (1), Bergman (1).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  PB–Pujols (1).  2B–Philadelphia Trillo (1,off Niekro); Maddox (1,off Smith), Houston Puhl (2,off Christenson).  3B–Houston Cruz (1,off Christenson); Morgan (1,off McGraw).  HBP–Maddox (1,by Niekro).  IBB–Bowa 2 (3,by Niekro,by Smith); Walling (1,by Christenson); Cruz 3 (3,by Christenson,by McGraw 2); Howe (1,by McGraw).  SH–Reynolds (1,off Noles); Cabell (2,off Noles).  SF–Walling (1,off McGraw).  SB–Schmidt (1,2nd base off Niekro/Pujols); Maddox (2,2nd base off Niekro/Pujols).  CS–Cabell (1,2nd base by McGraw/Boone).  HBP–Niekro (1,Maddox).  IBB–Christenson 2 (2,Walling,Cruz); McGraw 3 (3,Cruz 2,Howe); Niekro (1,Bowa); Smith (2,Bowa).  U–Bruce Froemming, Doug Harvey, Ed Vargo, Jerry Crawford, Terry Tata, Bob Engel.  T–3:22.  A–44,443.
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