Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 23, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1985 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 6, Philadelphia Phillies 12

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 3 0 1 0
  Pankovits 2b 2 0 0 0
Garner 3b 5 0 0 0
Bass cf 5 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Mumphrey rf 3 2 3 0
Davis 1b 4 2 2 4
Bailey c 3 1 1 0
Thon ss 4 1 4 2
Knepper p 2 0 1 0
  Madden p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Mathis p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Heathcock p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 13 6
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 5 1 1 0
Hayes cf 4 2 2 0
Schmidt 1b 4 4 3 3
Wilson rf 4 1 1 1
Diaz c 5 3 3 4
Russell lf 5 0 3 0
Schu 3b 5 1 2 1
Jeltz ss 3 0 0 0
Koosman p 2 0 0 1
  Childress p 0 0 0 0
  Rucker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 15 10
Houston 010 202 0106131
Philadelphia 102 143 01x12150
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (8-8) 4.1 9 8 6 2 4
  Madden   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Mathis   2.0 4 3 3 2 0
  Heathcock   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
12
10
4
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (5-2) 5.1 10 5 5 1 3
  Childress   2.2 3 1 1 2 2
  Rucker   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
3
7

  E–Thon (7).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Bailey (8,off Koosman); Mumphrey 3 (14,off Koosman 2,off Childress), Philadelphia Samuel (20,off Knepper); Schu (9,off Knepper); Schmidt (18,off Knepper); Wilson (21,off Knepper); Diaz (5,off Knepper).  3B–Houston Bass (1,off Koosman), Philadelphia Hayes (3,off Mathis).  HR–Houston Davis 2 (5,4th inning off Koosman 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Koosman 1 on, 1 out); Thon (2,8th inning off Childress 0 on, 1 out), Philadelphia Schmidt (14,1st inning off Knepper 0 on, 2 out); Diaz 2 (2,6th inning off Mathis 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Heathcock 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Childress (1,off Mathis).  SF–Koosman (1,off Knepper).  CS–Mumphrey (5,2nd base by Koosman/Diaz).  WP–Madden (1).  T–2:35.  A–21,074.
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