Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Astros
July 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 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 4, Houston Astros 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 5 1 1 1
Schu 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gross ph 0 0 0 1
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson cf 0 0 0 0
Hayes cf,1b 4 0 1 0
Schmidt 1b,3b 3 2 1 1
Parrish c 5 0 2 0
Wilson rf 4 0 1 1
James lf 4 0 3 0
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Dowell ss 4 0 1 0
Carman p 2 0 0 0
  Roenicke ph,cf,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 0 1 1
Doran 2b 3 0 1 0
Lopes lf 3 0 0 0
  Walling ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Bass rf 4 1 2 0
Davis 1b 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 1 2 1
Pena ss 3 0 1 0
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 10 2
Philadelphia 010 100 2004110
Houston 000 011 0002100
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carman  W (5-7) 6.0 8 2 2 2 2
  Tekulve   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bedrosian  SV (26) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
2
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (3-11) 6.0 10 4 4 1 3
  Kerfeld   3.0 1 0 0 3 3
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1, Houston 1.  2B–Houston Young (2,off Carman); Caminiti (1,off Carman).  3B–Philadelphia James (2,off Knepper); Samuel (7,off Knepper).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (20,2nd inning off Knepper 0 on, 0 out).  SF–G Gross (2,off Kerfeld); Young (1,off Carman).  SH–Knepper (8,off Carman).  SB–Thompson (25,2nd base off Kerfeld/Ashby); Bass (12,2nd base off Carman/Parrish).  CS–Doran 2 (9,2nd base by Carman/Parrish 2).  WP–Knepper (1).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:48.  A–30,368.
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