Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Astros
August 28, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1981 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 2, Houston Astros 3

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf 4 0 0 0
  Gross rf 0 0 0 0
Rose 1b 4 1 2 0
Matthews lf 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 2 1 0 0
Moreland c 4 0 2 1
Maddox cf 4 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Bowa ss 3 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Aguayo ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 4 2 1 0
Garcia ss,3b 4 0 2 1
Woods rf 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 5 0 0 0
Howe 3b 4 0 2 0
  Reynolds pr,ss 1 1 1 1
Roberts 1b 1 0 0 0
  Spilman ph,1b 2 0 2 1
Pujols c 2 0 1 0
  Ashby ph,c 2 0 0 0
Pittman 2b 3 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  Thon 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 9 3
Philadelphia 000 200 000 0251
Houston 000 000 011 1392
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton   6.0 2 0 0 1 8
  Reed   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  McGraw   2.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Lyle  L (6-3) 0.1 2 1 0 2 0
Totals
9.1
9
3
2
4
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   7.0 5 2 1 1 1
  LaCorte   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Smith  W (2-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
5
2
1
2
1

  E–Schmidt (10), Garcia (6), Roberts (5).  DP–Houston 3.  2B–Houston Garcia (3,off Carlton); Howe (16,off McGraw); Scott (10,off Lyle).  3B–Houston Garcia (1,off McGraw).  IBB–Garcia (2,by Lyle); Woods (4,by Lyle).  SB–Cedeno (10,2nd base off McGraw/Moreland).  IBB–Lyle 2 (8,Garcia,Woods).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:37.  A–29,482.
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