Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Astros
July 24, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 1988 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 6, Houston Astros 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 5 1 1 0
Thompson cf 4 2 1 0
Schmidt 3b 5 1 1 3
James lf 5 1 1 1
Young rf 3 0 1 1
Jordan 1b 4 0 1 0
Daulton c 2 0 1 0
Jeltz ss 4 0 0 0
Gross p 4 1 2 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
Doran 2b 5 1 2 1
Puhl rf,lf 3 1 1 0
Davis 1b 4 1 2 0
Reynolds 3b 4 1 1 1
Hatcher lf,cf 3 0 1 1
Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0
Biggio c 3 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  Trevino c 0 0 0 0
Scott p 1 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 1 0 0 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Bass ph,rf 2 0 1 1
Totals 36 4 9 4
Philadelphia 000 002 400690
Houston 000 000 220491
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Gross  W (10-6) 7.0 8 4 4 1 4
  Tekulve   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Bedrosian  SV (19) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (9-3) 6.0 5 2 2 3 7
  Meads   0.0 2 3 2 0 0
  Darwin   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Agosto   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
3
8

  E–Reynolds (8).  2B–Philadelphia Daulton (4,off Scott); Thompson (10,off Scott); James (18,off Scott), Houston Puhl (4,off K Gross); Davis 2 (16,off K Gross,off Tekulve).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (10,7th inning off Darwin 2 on, 0 out), Houston Doran (5,8th inning off K Gross 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Thompson (2,off Meads).  HBP–Hatcher (8,by Tekulve).  SB–Daulton (2,2nd base off Scott/Biggio); Hatcher (26,2nd base off Bedrosian/Daulton).  HBP–Tekulve (1,Hatcher).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:57.  A–25,811.
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