Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Astros
August 29, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Phillies 1, Houston Astros 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 5 0 2 0
McBride rf 4 1 2 0
Matthews lf 3 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 1
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Maddox cf 4 0 0 0
Bowa ss 3 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 2 0
Davis p 1 0 0 0
  Proly p 1 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 4 1 1 1
Garcia ss,3b 4 0 3 3
Cedeno 1b 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 1 1 0
Howe 3b 2 1 2 0
  Reynolds ss 2 0 0 0
Woods rf 4 1 3 1
Pujols c 3 0 0 1
Thon 2b 3 1 2 0
Ruhle p 1 1 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 12 6
Philadelphia 001 000 000180
Houston 001 500 00x6122
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  L (0-2) 3.2 9 6 6 1 2
  Proly   2.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Lyle   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
1
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  W (2-3) 6.1 7 1 1 2 2
  Smith   2.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
2

  E–Garcia (7), Thon (6).  DP–Philadelphia 1, Houston 1.  2B–Philadelphia McBride (11,off Ruhle); Schmidt (16,off Ruhle), Houston Howe 2 (18,off M Davis 2); Scott (11,off M Davis).  SH–Ruhle (3,off M Davis).  SF–Pujols (1,off M Davis).  SB–McBride (3,2nd base off D Smith/Pujols).  CS–Garcia (1,2nd base by M Davis/Boone).  BK–Proly (1).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:22.
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