Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 5, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1982 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."

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Houston Astros 3, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Thon ss 4 0 2 1
Scott cf 3 0 0 1
  Loucks cf 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
Knight 1b 4 1 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 2 0
Cruz lf 4 0 1 1
Ashby c 2 1 1 0
Heep rf 1 1 0 0
  Walling rf 0 0 0 0
Howe 3b 4 0 1 0
Ryan p 3 0 1 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Matthews lf 2 2 0 0
  Dernier rf 0 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 2 2
Vukovich rf,lf 4 1 2 2
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
Virgil c 2 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
  Molinaro ph 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 1 0 0 0
DeJesus ss 3 0 0 0
Bystrom p 1 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Matuszek ph 1 0 0 0
  Altamirano p 0 0 0 0
  Diaz c 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Houston 001 002 000380
Philadelphia 100 003 00x460
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (14-10) 7.0 4 4 4 4 8
  Smith   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
4
9
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Bystrom   2.1 3 1 1 5 1
  Bahnsen   2.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Altamirano  W (3-0) 1.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Monge   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Reed  SV (10) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
7
5

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Houston Cruz (24,off Bystrom); Ashby (13,off Altamirano).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (30,6th inning off Ryan 1 on, 2 out); Vukovich (6,6th inning off Ryan 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Scott (3,off Altamirano).  HBP–Garner (1,by Bystrom).  IBB–Heep (3,by Altamirano).  SB–Thon (31,2nd base off Bahnsen/Virgil); Molinaro (2,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby).  CS–Garner (10,2nd base by Bahnsen/Virgil).  HBP–Bystrom (5,Garner).  IBB–Altamirano (3,Heep).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:31.  A–33,983.
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