Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 24, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 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 1, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Pankovits 2b 2 1 1 0
  Thon ss 1 0 0 0
Reynolds ss,2b 4 0 2 1
Bass cf 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Mumphrey rf 4 0 1 0
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
Garner 3b 3 0 2 0
Bailey c 4 0 1 0
Ryan p 2 0 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 9 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 2 0 0 0
  Aguayo 2b 0 0 0 0
Hayes cf,lf 4 1 1 2
Schmidt 1b,3b 4 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 1 1 0
Virgil c 2 0 0 0
Russell lf 3 0 0 0
  Maddox cf 0 0 0 0
Schu 3b 2 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph,1b 0 0 0 1
Jeltz ss 2 0 0 0
Gross K. p 2 0 1 0
  Gross G. ph 0 1 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 3 3 3
Houston 000 010 000190
Philadelphia 000 000 12x330
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (8-8) 7.1 3 3 3 2 7
  Smith   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
3
3
3
2
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Gross  W (9-8) 8.0 9 1 1 1 7
  Tekulve  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–Philadelphia K Gross (1,off Ryan).  3B–Houston Reynolds (5,off K Gross).  HR–Philadelphia Hayes (9,8th inning off Ryan 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Ryan (10,off K Gross); Aguayo (3,off Ryan).  HBP–Davis (4,by K Gross); Samuel (3,by Ryan); Virgil (3,by Ryan).  SF–Corcoran (6,off Ryan).  SB–Reynolds (2,2nd base off K Gross/Virgil).  CS–Bailey (1,3rd base by K Gross/Virgil); Bass (3,2nd base by K Gross/Virgil).  WP–Ryan (9).  HBP–Ryan 2 (8,Samuel,Virgil); K Gross (7,Davis).  T–2:19.  A–23,160.
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