Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Astros
April 23, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1983 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 7, Houston Astros 3

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf,lf 5 1 2 3
Matthews lf 3 1 1 0
  Rose 1b 1 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 0
Perez 1b 4 1 2 2
  Dernier rf 0 0 0 0
Diaz c 4 1 1 1
Maddox cf 4 1 1 0
DeJesus ss 4 0 1 1
Denny p 4 1 1 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 0 1 0
Bass rf 4 0 0 0
Thon ss 4 0 1 0
Garner 3b 4 1 1 0
Cruz lf 3 1 1 0
Knight 1b 3 1 2 2
Ashby c 2 0 0 1
Reynolds 2b 3 0 0 0
Niekro p 1 0 0 0
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Doran ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Philadelphia 200 410 0007111
Houston 030 000 000360
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  W (2-1) 9.0 6 3 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
0
0
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (0-2) 3.2 8 6 6 2 1
  Dawley   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Ruhle   3.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Smith   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
2
4

  E–DeJesus (1).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–Philadelphia Perez (3,off Niekro); Schmidt (3,off Niekro).  3B–Philadelphia G Gross (1,off Niekro), Houston Knight (1,off Denny).  SF–Ashby (1,off Denny).  SB–Maddox (1,2nd base off Dawley/Ashby).  CS–Rose (1,2nd base by Smith/Ashby); Moreno (2,2nd base by Denny/Diaz).  T–2:11.  A–22,790.
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