Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 22, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1981 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 4, Philadelphia Phillies 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 4 0 2 1
Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Puhl rf 3 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno 1b 4 1 2 0
Howe 3b 3 1 1 0
  Roberts 3b 1 0 0 0
Ashby c 2 1 1 0
  Pujols ph 1 0 0 0
Pittman 2b 3 0 0 1
Niekro p 1 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 1 1 2
  Thon ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 1 1 0
  Aguayo ss 0 0 0 0
McBride rf 3 0 2 1
  Davis rf 1 0 0 0
Matthews lf 3 1 2 1
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 2
Moreland c 3 3 2 2
Maddox cf 4 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 3 1 3 2
  Vukovich 2b 1 0 0 0
Bowa ss 3 0 0 0
  Unser 1b 1 0 0 0
Ruthven p 3 1 1 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 12 8
Houston 000 010 300470
Philadelphia 012 230 00x8120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (7-7) 4.0 7 5 5 1 0
  Smith   2.0 4 3 3 0 0
  LaCorte   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
2
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  W (9-5) 6.2 6 4 4 2 2
  Lyle   2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Cedeno (14,off Ruthven); Walling (6,off Ruthven), Philadelphia Trillo (7,off B Smith).  3B–Houston Scott (4,off Ruthven).  HR–Philadelphia Moreland 2 (5,2nd inning off Niekro 0 on, 1 out,5th inning off B Smith 0 on, 2 out); Trillo (4,4th inning off Niekro 1 on, 1 out); Schmidt (19,5th inning off B Smith 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Pittman (1,off Ruthven); Matthews (4,off Niekro).  SB–Trillo (7,2nd base off Niekro/Ashby); Schmidt (7,2nd base off LaCorte/Ashby).  CS–Matthews (2,2nd base by LaCorte/Ashby).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–2:16.  A–35,199.
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