Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Astros
July 16, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1987 at Astrodome. 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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Philadelphia Phillies 1, Houston Astros 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 4 1 1 0
Thompson cf 3 0 1 0
Hayes 1b 3 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
Wilson rf 4 0 0 0
James lf 2 0 1 0
Aguayo ss 2 0 0 0
Gross K. p 2 0 0 0
  Gross G. ph 1 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 1 1
Doran 2b 3 0 0 0
Walling lf 0 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 2 2 1
Reynolds ss 3 0 1 0
Darwin p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 4 2
Philadelphia 000 001 000140
Houston 000 000 101240
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Gross   7.0 2 1 1 7 1
  Ritchie   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Jackson  L (3-7) 1.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.1
4
2
2
10
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  W (6-6) 9.0 4 1 1 3 7
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1, Houston 2.  3B–Houston Caminiti (1,off K Gross).  HR–Houston Caminiti (1,7th inning off K Gross 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–James (2,by Darwin).  SH–Walling (2,off Ritchie).  IBB–Cruz (2,by M Jackson).  SB–Thompson (23,2nd base off Darwin/Ashby); Bass (11,2nd base off K Gross/Parrish).  CS–Young (1,2nd base by K Gross/Parrish).  HBP–Darwin (4,James).  IBB–M Jackson (3,Cruz).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:42.  A–19,614.
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