Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 5, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1987 at Veteran's Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 8, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 5 2 4 1
Doran 2b 5 0 2 0
Walling 3b 4 0 1 2
Davis 1b 5 1 2 0
Bass rf 4 2 3 1
Cruz lf 4 2 1 1
Ashby c 4 0 1 2
  Reynolds R. pr,c 0 0 0 0
Reynolds C. ss 3 1 1 1
Scott p 3 0 0 0
  Andersen p 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 15 8
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 3 1 2 0
Thompson cf 4 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Hayes 1b 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 0 2 1
Wilson rf 2 1 1 0
Gross G. lf 4 0 1 1
Daulton c 3 0 0 0
Dowell ss 2 0 0 0
  Hughes ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Roenicke cf 2 0 0 0
Gross K. p 1 0 0 0
  Aguayo ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Houston 120 001 1128151
Philadelphia 100 010 000263
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  W (10-4) 6.0 6 2 2 7 6
  Andersen  SV (2) 3.0 0 0 0 4 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
11
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Gross  L (6-8) 6.0 7 4 2 2 4
  Bair   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Ritchie   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Tekulve   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
8
6
3
6

  E–Walling (3), Schmidt (7), Daulton (2), K Gross (1).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Houston Cruz (13,off K Gross); Davis (22,off Tekulve); Ashby (11,off Tekulve), Philadelphia Samuel (17,off Scott); G Gross (2,off Scott).  SF–Walling (3,off K Gross); C Reynolds (5,off K Gross); Cruz (2,off K Gross).  IBB–C Reynolds (6,by Tekulve).  SH–K Gross (3,off Scott).  SB–Bass (10,2nd base off K Gross/Daulton); Hatcher (33,2nd base off Bair/Daulton); C Reynolds (4,2nd base off Ritchie/Daulton); Samuel (21,2nd base off Scott/Ashby).  CS–Samuel (7,3rd base by Scott/Ashby).  IBB–Tekulve (9,C Reynolds).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–John McSherry.  T–3:20.  A–30,179.
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