Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 8, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1996 at Veteran's Stadium. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 3 1 2 0
Bagwell 1b 2 0 1 0
Bell rf 3 0 0 1
Berry 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilkins c 4 0 0 0
Mouton lf 4 0 0 0
  Dougherty p 0 0 0 0
  Tabaka p 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 2 0 0 0
Reynolds p 2 0 0 0
  Cangelosi lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 1 1 0
Morandini 2b 4 0 0 0
Eisenreich rf,lf 4 0 2 1
Zeile 3b 4 0 2 1
Santiago c 4 0 0 0
Incaviglia lf 3 0 0 0
  Bottalico p 0 0 0 0
  Amaro, Jr. ph 1 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Phillips 1b 4 0 0 0
Stocker ss 4 0 0 0
Fernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Whiten rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Houston 000 100 000 0131
Philadelphia 000 100 000 1260
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds   8.0 5 1 0 1 8
  Dougherty   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Tabaka  L (0-2) 0.2 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.1
6
2
1
3
11
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   7.0 2 1 1 4 8
  Bottalico   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Ryan  W (2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
3
1
1
5
11

  E–Biggio (3).  2B–Houston Bagwell (8,off Fernandez); Biggio (8,off Fernandez).  SH–Reynolds (5,off Fernandez); Dykstra (1,off Reynolds).  SF–Bell (3,off Fernandez).  IBB–Bagwell (6,by Fernandez); Eisenreich (4,by Reynolds).  HBP–Whiten (1,by Tabaka).  SB–Gutierrez (1,2nd base off Fernandez/Santiago); Whiten (10,2nd base off Tabaka/Wilkins).  CS–Biggio (3,2nd base by Bottalico/Santiago).  HBP–Tabaka (3,Whiten).  IBB–Reynolds (2,Eisenreich); Fernandez (1,Bagwell).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–Mark Barron, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–3:15.  A–16,284.
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