Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Astros
May 11, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1987 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 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Thompson cf 4 1 1 0
Stone lf 4 2 2 0
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Samuel 2b 4 3 2 5
Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 1
Hayes 1b 4 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 0 1 1
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Aguayo ss 3 0 0 0
  Jeltz ss 1 0 0 0
Carman p 2 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 7 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 5 0 1 0
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Garner 3b 3 1 1 0
  Walling ph,3b 2 1 1 0
Davis 1b 5 1 1 0
Bass rf 4 2 3 1
Cruz lf 5 0 2 2
Ashby c 4 1 2 3
Thon ss 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Ryan p 3 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 6
Philadelphia 200 100 040770
Houston 000 301 1106131
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carman   5.1 7 4 4 1 3
  Ritchie   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Tekulve   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Schatzeder  W (2-1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Bedrosian  SV (3) 2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
3
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   7.0 4 3 2 0 7
  Andersen  L (3-2) 1.0 3 4 4 1 2
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
7
6
1
9

  E–Garner (2).  PB–Parrish (7).  2B–Philadelphia Wilson (2,off Ryan), Houston Bass (8,off Carman); Davis (5,off Tekulve).  3B–Houston Bass (1,off Carman).  HR–Philadelphia Samuel 2 (4,1st inning off Ryan 1 on, 1 out,8th inning off Andersen 2 on, 1 out); Schmidt (11,8th inning off Andersen 0 on, 1 out), Houston Ashby (2,8th inning off Bedrosian 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Puhl (1,off Bedrosian).  IBB–Thon (1,by Ritchie); Bass (3,by Tekulve).  SB–Samuel (9,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Thompson (8,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby).  IBB–Ritchie (1,Thon); Tekulve (4,Bass).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:47.  A–11,369.
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