Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Astros
October 12, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 12, 1980 at Astrodome. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 8, Houston Astros 7

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 3 0 1 1
McBride rf 3 0 0 0
  Moreland ph 1 0 0 1
  Aviles pr 0 1 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Vukovich ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruthven p 0 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 5 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 3 0 1 0
  Smith pr 0 0 0 0
  Christenson p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph,rf 2 2 2 1
Trillo 2b 5 1 3 2
Maddox cf 4 1 1 1
Bowa ss 5 1 2 0
Boone c 3 1 2 2
Bystrom p 2 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Gross lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 39 8 13 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 6 3 4 0
Cabell 3b 5 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
  Landestoy 2b 1 0 1 1
Cruz lf 3 1 2 2
Walling rf 5 2 1 1
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Howe 1b 4 0 2 1
  Bergman pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Pujols c 1 0 0 0
  Ashby ph,c 3 0 1 1
Reynolds ss 5 1 2 0
Ryan p 3 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 14 6
Philadelphia 020 000 050 18132
Houston 100 001 320 07140
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Bystrom   5.1 7 2 1 2 1
  Brusstar   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Christenson   0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Reed   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  McGraw   1.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Ruthven  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
14
7
6
3
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   7.0 8 6 6 2 8
  Sambito   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Forsch   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  LaCorte  L (1-1) 2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
10.0
13
8
8
3
10

  E–Luzinski (1), Trillo (1).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Philadelphia Unser (1,off LaCorte); Maddox (2,off LaCorte), Houston Cruz (1,off Bystrom); Reynolds (1,off Bystrom).  3B–Philadelphia Trillo (1,off Forsch), Houston Howe (1,off Reed).  SH–Boone (1,off LaCorte); Cabell (3,off Christenson).  IBB–Rose (2,by LaCorte).  CS–Rose (2,2nd base by Ryan/Pujols).  SB–Puhl (2,2nd base off Bystrom/Boone).  WP–Christenson (1).  IBB–LaCorte (1,Rose).  U–Ed Vargo, Jerry Crawford, Bob Engel, Terry Tata, Doug Harvey, Bruce Froemming.  T–3:38.  A–44,802.
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